Cocktailians

Author: vidiot

  • A Question

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    I’m looking forward to participating in my very first Mixology Monday in a week or so; the topic this time around is Brandy (you’re a fine spirit), and I think I’ll enjoy trying to put together a new drink or discovering an old one.  A question, though:  what brandy to use?  I feel like I…

  • The Twentieth Century Cocktail

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    I spent the early part of Christmas Eve at The Swizzle Stick Bar at Café Adelaide in New Orleans, being very well taken care of by the Queen of New Orleans Cocktails, Lu Brow, along with her excellent bartenders Mike, Kevin and Tommy. I began the evening with a most excellent Sazerac, continued with a…

  • The Twentieth Century Cocktail

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    I spent the early part of Christmas Eve at The Swizzle Stick Bar at Café Adelaide in New Orleans, being very well taken care of by the Queen of New Orleans Cocktails, Lu Brow, along with her excellent bartenders Mike, Kevin and Tommy. I began the evening with a most excellent Sazerac, continued with a…

  • Still Life with Bubbly

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    Still Life with Bubbly, originally uploaded by Vidiot.

  • Still Life with Bubbly

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    Still Life with Bubbly, originally uploaded by Vidiot.

  • Champagne Celebration

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    To go with the New Year theme, here’s a marvelous disquisition on Champagne and Champagne cocktails from New Orleans magazine Where Y’At (via Chuck at the Gumbo Pages): How does one confidently improve real Champagne? One presumes, I suppose. There are a few dresses Champagne can slip into that show off her best features. The…

  • Champagne Celebration

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    To go with the New Year theme, here’s a marvelous disquisition on Champagne and Champagne cocktails from New Orleans magazine Where Y’At (via Chuck at the Gumbo Pages): How does one confidently improve real Champagne? One presumes, I suppose. There are a few dresses Champagne can slip into that show off her best features. The…

  • Welcome!

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    Happy New Year, and welcome to Cocktailians.com, a new group blog devoted to cocktails.  We’re interested in exploring cocktailian culture:  cocktail recipes, reviews of drinking establishments, pictures of cocktails, roundups and links to other doings on the other cocktail blogs out there, tidbits of cocktailian history and ephemera, interviews with bartenders, and whatever else we…

  • Welcome!

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    Happy New Year, and welcome to Cocktailians.com, a new group blog devoted to cocktails.  We’re interested in exploring cocktailian culture:  cocktail recipes, reviews of drinking establishments, pictures of cocktails, roundups and links to other doings on the other cocktail blogs out there, tidbits of cocktailian history and ephemera, interviews with bartenders, and whatever else we…