Cocktailians

Author: vidiot

  • Announcing MxMo XLIII: Vermouth

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    The intrepid cocktailians participating in Mixology Monday have tackled some interesting things: spice, guilty pleasures, 19th-century cocktails, strong drinks. They've even asserted that vodka is your friend…something that can be a stretch for many cocktail aficionados. Well, it enjoys a somewhat better reputation among the cocktailian cognoscenti than it does among the greater public, but…

  • The Manhattan Cocktail Classic

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    What did you do the other weekend? Well — and this post has taken me longer than I'd have liked to get written and posted — I went to the fall preview event of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. Something akin to New York's version of Tales of the Cocktail, the event was a jam-packed two…

  • The Manhattan Cocktail Classic

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    What did you do the other weekend? Well — and this post has taken me longer than I'd have liked to get written and posted — I went to the fall preview event of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. Something akin to New York's version of Tales of the Cocktail, the event was a jam-packed two…

  • September (scratch that — Anytime) is Julep Time

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    I realize that it’s no longer summer — the autumnal equinox has come and gone, regardless of the weather — but I’m clinging to the memory of warmer climes. This stance is chiefly due to my recent acquisition of a vintage electric ice crusher. This streamlined (I think early-to-mid-’60s) Rival Ice-O-Matic is built like a…

  • September (scratch that — Anytime) is Julep Time

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    I realize that it’s no longer summer — the autumnal equinox has come and gone, regardless of the weather — but I’m clinging to the memory of warmer climes. This stance is chiefly due to my recent acquisition of a vintage electric ice crusher. This streamlined (I think early-to-mid-’60s) Rival Ice-O-Matic is built like a…

  • BarSmarts

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    My growing interest in the world of cocktails — the recipes, the stories, the people, the methods — has been a continuous learning experience for the past several years. And starting this site last year only kickstarted that; delving into the history and backstories of various drinks and talking to the great bartenders of the…

  • BarSmarts

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    My growing interest in the world of cocktails — the recipes, the stories, the people, the methods — has been a continuous learning experience for the past several years. And starting this site last year only kickstarted that; delving into the history and backstories of various drinks and talking to the great bartenders of the…

  • Here’s How To Mix Them

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    I was going to add this to the Drinky Linky post below, but this particular link really deserves its own post. This is an effort by one Maurice C. Dreicer, who invented the Dreicer Special cocktail and whose obit in the Times described him as "a radio personality and program developer who engaged in such…

  • Here’s How To Mix Them

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    I was going to add this to the Drinky Linky post below, but this particular link really deserves its own post. This is an effort by one Maurice C. Dreicer, who invented the Dreicer Special cocktail and whose obit in the Times described him as "a radio personality and program developer who engaged in such…

  • Drinky Linky: Labor (Day) of Love Edition

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    On our minds and radar at Cocktailians HQ lately: Metromix interviews Katie Stipe of Clover Club and Mayahuel; tickets go on sale today (at 7:33pm!) for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic's preview next month; Darcy takes on bartending schools; …and the McNuggetini didn't come from a bartending school, but looks disgusting nonetheless; Should bars print the…