Cocktailians

Author: vidiot

  • Diary of a Tales Virgin, Part 1

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    I'm greatly enjoying my time at Tales of the Cocktail so far. Hotter than the hobs of Hades, as my friend Tizzie puts it, but it certainly feels goshdarned civilized to stroll down the sidewalk with a St. Germain cocktail clutched in one's paw. (The impending Tropical Storm Bonnie should at least dump some rain…

  • Diary of a Tales Virgin, Part 1

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    vidiot
    in ,

    I'm greatly enjoying my time at Tales of the Cocktail so far. Hotter than the hobs of Hades, as my friend Tizzie puts it, but it certainly feels goshdarned civilized to stroll down the sidewalk with a St. Germain cocktail clutched in one's paw. (The impending Tropical Storm Bonnie should at least dump some rain…

  • Drinky Linky: Girding My Liver for Tales Edition

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    A bunch of interesting shiznit from the Web, for your enjoyment and perusal: Eater tracks what it says are the big five cocktail trends of 2010. Really? A lot of these seem like they've been ongoing for a while; The NYT chronicles the cocktail scene in Copenhagen; while Budget Travel does likewise in LA; No…

  • Drinky Linky: Girding My Liver for Tales Edition

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    vidiot
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    A bunch of interesting shiznit from the Web, for your enjoyment and perusal: Eater tracks what it says are the big five cocktail trends of 2010. Really? A lot of these seem like they've been ongoing for a while; The NYT chronicles the cocktail scene in Copenhagen; while Budget Travel does likewise in LA; No…

  • Cocktails At 35,000 Feet

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    Being away from a quality bar — whether a cocktailian boîte or your own home — doesn't mean you can't have a well-crafted drink. For instance, most airlines will sell you a miniature liquor bottle and a mixer, and it's not hard at all to enjoy a rum and Coke, a gin and tonic, a…

  • Cocktails At 35,000 Feet

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    Being away from a quality bar — whether a cocktailian boîte or your own home — doesn't mean you can't have a well-crafted drink. For instance, most airlines will sell you a miniature liquor bottle and a mixer, and it's not hard at all to enjoy a rum and Coke, a gin and tonic, a…

  • Terrible, Terrible (Hopefully Fictional) Drinks

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    My favorite super-secret Internet cult site recently had a thread in which users posted their recipes for horrific-sounding drinks. (Reminiscent of Defective Yeti's marvelous post on "Unpopular Mixed Drinks" a little while ago.) A selection follows: Ginbeerbon One shot of gin and one shot of bourbon in a pint glass with an open bottle of…

  • Terrible, Terrible (Hopefully Fictional) Drinks

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    My favorite super-secret Internet cult site recently had a thread in which users posted their recipes for horrific-sounding drinks. (Reminiscent of Defective Yeti's marvelous post on "Unpopular Mixed Drinks" a little while ago.) A selection follows: Ginbeerbon One shot of gin and one shot of bourbon in a pint glass with an open bottle of…

  • Drinky Linky: Bloomsday (+1) Edition

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    Go Latino!, originally uploaded by Globe Trodden. I know it's really a day when you should be drinking a "good glass of Burgundy" at Davy Byrne's, (What do you mean? It's June 17th. –Ed. (Yeah, but I started writing this post yesterday.) Hmmmph. –Ed.) but here's a roundup of things mixological that I've found interesting…

  • Drinky Linky: Bloomsday (+1) Edition

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    vidiot
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    Go Latino!, originally uploaded by Globe Trodden. I know it's really a day when you should be drinking a "good glass of Burgundy" at Davy Byrne's, (What do you mean? It's June 17th. –Ed. (Yeah, but I started writing this post yesterday.) Hmmmph. –Ed.) but here's a roundup of things mixological that I've found interesting…