Cocktailians

Author: vidiot

  • Our Sadly Sober Century

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    I’m stealing this quote in its entirety from jesuschris’ tumblr blog, which is an excellent found-picture blog with the occasional nugget like this in it: “It is probably not even an exaggeration to say that pretty much everyone in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was in a continuous state of mild inebriation. A Berkshire farmer…

  • Our Sadly Sober Century

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    vidiot
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    I’m stealing this quote in its entirety from jesuschris’ tumblr blog, which is an excellent found-picture blog with the occasional nugget like this in it: “It is probably not even an exaggeration to say that pretty much everyone in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was in a continuous state of mild inebriation. A Berkshire farmer…

  • The Curse of Tezcatlipoca

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    The weather’s finally starting to warm up here in da Nort’woods, and I’ve been feeling the need for an exotic summer cocktail; something a little sweet, a little tart, and very aromatic. Basically, I wanted a Mojito that didn’t suck, so I whipped up the following drink, based around Pisco, a Peruvian grape brandy, and…

  • The Curse of Tezcatlipoca

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    vidiot
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    The weather’s finally starting to warm up here in da Nort’woods, and I’ve been feeling the need for an exotic summer cocktail; something a little sweet, a little tart, and very aromatic. Basically, I wanted a Mojito that didn’t suck, so I whipped up the following drink, based around Pisco, a Peruvian grape brandy, and…

  • History’s Heftiest Hangovers

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    The New Yorker probes the myths, customs and remedies for the hangover, and finds many of the latter to actually be varying degrees of helpful: …anyone who discovered a widely effective hangover cure would make a great deal of money. Doing the research is hard, though. Lab tests with cell samples are relatively simple to…

  • Death & Co., an NYC Favorite, Sues State Liquor Authority

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    Death & Company, the Lower East Side haven much beloved by the purveyors of this blog (see: [a], [b]), is currently suing the New York State Liquor Authority for unfairly targeting them, being one of the newer kids on the block, for filling the gentrifying streets with drunk people. As the Gothamist mentions, D&C is…

  • Death & Co., an NYC Favorite, Sues State Liquor Authority

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    Death & Company, the Lower East Side haven much beloved by the purveyors of this blog (see: [a], [b]), is currently suing the New York State Liquor Authority for unfairly targeting them, being one of the newer kids on the block, for filling the gentrifying streets with drunk people. As the Gothamist mentions, D&C is…

  • Robby the Robot Meets Mr. Boston

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    Mind-reading robot mixologists that monitor your alpha waves and mix drinks accordingly?  Self-propelled kegs of Sierra Nevada?  Lego-based shot-pouring robots?  Theremin-derived automatic toasting machines?  It was all on display at Roboexotica SF, which sounds like a seriously good time.

  • Robby the Robot Meets Mr. Boston

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    vidiot
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    Mind-reading robot mixologists that monitor your alpha waves and mix drinks accordingly?  Self-propelled kegs of Sierra Nevada?  Lego-based shot-pouring robots?  Theremin-derived automatic toasting machines?  It was all on display at Roboexotica SF, which sounds like a seriously good time.

  • Scorpion Rising

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    Aloha, I’ve been making myself scarce (and keeping myself sober), for the past couple of months due to  dietary/health concerns, but after officially shedding 20 pounds, and shaving almost 20 points off my blood pressure I decided it was time to celebrate by treating myself to a tropical libation. In a recent e-mail discussion with…