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  • Wedding Cocktails

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    Co-author of the blog and all-around great guy Tony Hightower got married last weekend (to frequent Guest Star and all-around great gal Joanna Scutts), and the happy couple requested yours truly to come up with some drinks for the reception. We put our heads and palates together, did some brainstorming, some tasting, some trial and…

  • Wedding Cocktails

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    by

    vidiot
    in

    Co-author of the blog and all-around great guy Tony Hightower got married last weekend (to frequent Guest Star and all-around great gal Joanna Scutts), and the happy couple requested yours truly to come up with some drinks for the reception. We put our heads and palates together, did some brainstorming, some tasting, some trial and…

  • Tonic Water Shootout, Part 1: The Contenders

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    vidiot
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    The Problem: It's still summer, and it can still be H-O-T out there.. And tropical levels of humidity demand something cool and refreshing. Maybe with bubbles and some lime, to cut the stickiness. In short, summertime demands a gin and tonic. And you want — you deserve — the best possible G&T, no? So how…

  • Tonic Water Shootout, Part 1: The Contenders

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    by

    vidiot
    in ,

    The Problem: It's still summer, and it can still be H-O-T out there.. And tropical levels of humidity demand something cool and refreshing. Maybe with bubbles and some lime, to cut the stickiness. In short, summertime demands a gin and tonic. And you want — you deserve — the best possible G&T, no? So how…

  • Tequila (y Paloma) por Mi Amante

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    There are many wonderful books on drinking, some of which truly reside in the canon of greatness. Gary Regan's The Joy of Mixology, David Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book…but the most entertaining one, for my money, is Charles H. Baker, Jr.'s The Gentleman's Companion, originally published in…

  • Tequila (y Paloma) por Mi Amante

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    by

    vidiot
    in ,

    There are many wonderful books on drinking, some of which truly reside in the canon of greatness. Gary Regan's The Joy of Mixology, David Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book…but the most entertaining one, for my money, is Charles H. Baker, Jr.'s The Gentleman's Companion, originally published in…

  • The Triple Crown of Cocktails

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    The Cocktailians team traces the history of, and taste-tests, the official cocktails of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

  • The Triple Crown of Cocktails

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    vidiot
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    The Cocktailians team traces the history of, and taste-tests, the official cocktails of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

  • Celebrating (with a) Manhattan

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    We don't really get into politics much here at Cocktailians, but the news tonight of Osama bin Laden's death did have me in an ebullient mood. I doubt bin Laden or al-Qaeda were big on things like drinks or any sort of libertine fun, so I thought a celebratory cocktail might be in order, and…

  • Celebrating (with a) Manhattan

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    vidiot
    in

    We don't really get into politics much here at Cocktailians, but the news tonight of Osama bin Laden's death did have me in an ebullient mood. I doubt bin Laden or al-Qaeda were big on things like drinks or any sort of libertine fun, so I thought a celebratory cocktail might be in order, and…