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Author: vidiot

  • Drinky Linky: Six Years Of This Place Edition

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    Happy New Year from the Cocktailians crew to you. And we turn six years old today! Happy blogiversary to us! Here are some things that have caught our eye lately: perhaps appropriate for the date, a look at the science of hangovers; over at Serious Eats: Drinks, Michael Dietsch shares his cocktail resolutions for 2014 – in…

  • “Handcrafted Cocktails”, by Molly Wellmann

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    I picked up "Handcrafted Cocktails: The Mixologist's Guide to Classic Drinks for Morning, Noon & Night" by Molly Wellmann (Betterway Home, $24.99) when it came out a little while back. My friend Tizzie (of bourbon slush fame) put her on my radar and got to go to the book's launch party, and was kind enough…

  • “Handcrafted Cocktails”, by Molly Wellmann

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    I picked up "Handcrafted Cocktails: The Mixologist's Guide to Classic Drinks for Morning, Noon & Night" by Molly Wellmann (Betterway Home, $24.99) when it came out a little while back. My friend Tizzie (of bourbon slush fame) put her on my radar and got to go to the book's launch party, and was kind enough…

  • Arctic Chill Stainless Steel Muddler Review

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    The folks at Arctic Chill recently got in touch with me and asked if I would review their Stainless Steel Cocktail Muddler, and sent over a sample.  I should note that I'm not much of a Gear Guy, once I've got a setup I like. I have Boston shakers of the all–metal and metal-and-glass varieties,…

  • Arctic Chill Stainless Steel Muddler Review

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    The folks at Arctic Chill recently got in touch with me and asked if I would review their Stainless Steel Cocktail Muddler, and sent over a sample.  I should note that I'm not much of a Gear Guy, once I've got a setup I like. I have Boston shakers of the all–metal and metal-and-glass varieties,…

  • Clay Risen’s Whiskey Guide

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    (Housekeeping note: I have a bunch of interesting books that have come my way over the past few months, and I'm hoping to get as many as possible reviewed before the end of the year.) One of the neat books that's arrived lately is "American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye: A Guide to the Nation's Favorite…

  • Paper (Honey) Moon

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    A little more than a year ago, Cocktailians co-author and all-around Great Guy Tony Hightower and frequent Cocktailians Guest Star and all-around Great Gal Joanna Scutts got married. (See wedding-cocktail-related coverage here; we did massive batches of Boulevardiers, an Earl-Grey-tea-infused gin sour, and Royal Hibernian Punch.) One of their friends recently suggested that I work on a…

  • Drinky Linky: October Surprise Edition

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    Well, I dunno about the "surprise" part, but the government is working again for the next little while at least, the days are getting chillier, and here are some interesting things I've seen around the Internets of late: the government shutdown affected the TTB, just like anywhere else — label and formula approvals, required by…

  • Drinky Linky: October Surprise Edition

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    Well, I dunno about the "surprise" part, but the government is working again for the next little while at least, the days are getting chillier, and here are some interesting things I've seen around the Internets of late: the government shutdown affected the TTB, just like anywhere else — label and formula approvals, required by…

  • Unpacking My Bar, by Susan Harlan

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    (Ed. note: This gorgeous essay came over the transom, from cocktailian and friend of the blog Susan Harlan.) I am unpacking my bar. Yes, I am. My bar was just delivered, and it has all the potential of a new thing. And now I am going to fill it with old things. This bar will…