Cocktailians

Author: vidiot

  • Cure For What Ails Ya. Even If It’s Sobriety

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    I have a slight cold. So it was the perfect excuse to write about hot toddies on CNN.com.

  • Cure For What Ails Ya. Even If It’s Sobriety

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    vidiot
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    I have a slight cold. So it was the perfect excuse to write about hot toddies on CNN.com.

  • Drinky Linky: Bad Ideas (and Some Good Ones) Edition

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    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus another links roundup post so soon after the last one. But there's a lot of stuff that's worth your attention. Including some horrible ideas. We looked at this last time around in brief, chiefly the idea of spiking a Thanksgiving turkey. But, alas, along with all the cool…

  • Drinky Linky: Bad Ideas (and Some Good Ones) Edition

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    vidiot
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    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus another links roundup post so soon after the last one. But there's a lot of stuff that's worth your attention. Including some horrible ideas. We looked at this last time around in brief, chiefly the idea of spiking a Thanksgiving turkey. But, alas, along with all the cool…

  • Drinky Linky: Thanksgiving Edition

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    Happy Thanksgiving from all the Cocktailians to you. I don't have a particular Thanksgiving cocktail to share with you, but I will probably be making Tippecanoe Sparklers tonight after the day job releases me. And, recently I was the lucky recipient of a gift of Pumpkin Spirit from the Great Lakes Distillery in Milwaukee. (Well,…

  • Drinky Linky: Thanksgiving Edition

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    vidiot
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    Happy Thanksgiving from all the Cocktailians to you. I don't have a particular Thanksgiving cocktail to share with you, but I will probably be making Tippecanoe Sparklers tonight after the day job releases me. And, recently I was the lucky recipient of a gift of Pumpkin Spirit from the Great Lakes Distillery in Milwaukee. (Well,…

  • The Grey Pirate

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    A while back, on a trip to Kalustyan's to pick up some ingredients for bitters (more on that anon), I was pleased to note that they carried some of the Trader Tiki line of syrups. Trader Tiki aka Blair Reynolds, as you'll recall from my visit to Portland, is an accessible, enthusiastic tiki maven who's…

  • The Grey Pirate

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    vidiot
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    A while back, on a trip to Kalustyan's to pick up some ingredients for bitters (more on that anon), I was pleased to note that they carried some of the Trader Tiki line of syrups. Trader Tiki aka Blair Reynolds, as you'll recall from my visit to Portland, is an accessible, enthusiastic tiki maven who's…

  • Splice the Mainbrace

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    In honor of National Rum Day today: Sailors have long been associated with drinking; the British Royal Navy issued daily rations of hooch to its sailors for centuries. At first, each sailor was issued a gallon of beer or wine a day, but after some storage difficulties, that was changed to a ration of hard…

  • Splice the Mainbrace

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    vidiot
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    In honor of National Rum Day today: Sailors have long been associated with drinking; the British Royal Navy issued daily rations of hooch to its sailors for centuries. At first, each sailor was issued a gallon of beer or wine a day, but after some storage difficulties, that was changed to a ration of hard…