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  • How Is This Drink Different From All Other Drinks?

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    I'm not Jewish. And my girlfriend is about as much of a secular Jew as it's possible to get — she loves bacon, and she sometimes asks me questions about Judaism. (Quick! To the Internet!) But ever since moving to New York, where there are a lot more Jews around than the Southern burgs I…

  • Correcting The Times, or Thirty Seconds Over Google

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    Below is a letter I sent to the Times yesterday (with links added for annotation and clarity): Hello, In the article "Bar Crawling From Boutique to Boutique" by Michael Rovner on p. E9 of today's paper, there is the statement that "the Jack Rose [is] named after a friend of the owner, Jonas Hegewisch, and…

  • Correcting The Times, or Thirty Seconds Over Google

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    vidiot
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    Below is a letter I sent to the Times yesterday (with links added for annotation and clarity): Hello, In the article "Bar Crawling From Boutique to Boutique" by Michael Rovner on p. E9 of today's paper, there is the statement that "the Jack Rose [is] named after a friend of the owner, Jonas Hegewisch, and…

  • Yes, Thonx.

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    One nice thing about wintertime is that citrus is pretty cheap. While I can't compete with the lucky-dog co-authors of this site that have lemon trees in their backyard (and they know who they are), lemons at my local grocery store are currently running about 15-20 cents each, and good juice oranges can seemingly be…

  • Yes, Thonx.

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    vidiot
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    One nice thing about wintertime is that citrus is pretty cheap. While I can't compete with the lucky-dog co-authors of this site that have lemon trees in their backyard (and they know who they are), lemons at my local grocery store are currently running about 15-20 cents each, and good juice oranges can seemingly be…

  • The Grey Pirate

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    A while back, on a trip to Kalustyan's to pick up some ingredients for bitters (more on that anon), I was pleased to note that they carried some of the Trader Tiki line of syrups. Trader Tiki aka Blair Reynolds, as you'll recall from my visit to Portland, is an accessible, enthusiastic tiki maven who's…

  • The Grey Pirate

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    vidiot
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    A while back, on a trip to Kalustyan's to pick up some ingredients for bitters (more on that anon), I was pleased to note that they carried some of the Trader Tiki line of syrups. Trader Tiki aka Blair Reynolds, as you'll recall from my visit to Portland, is an accessible, enthusiastic tiki maven who's…

  • Cocktails At 35,000 Feet

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    Being away from a quality bar — whether a cocktailian boîte or your own home — doesn't mean you can't have a well-crafted drink. For instance, most airlines will sell you a miniature liquor bottle and a mixer, and it's not hard at all to enjoy a rum and Coke, a gin and tonic, a…

  • Cocktails At 35,000 Feet

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    vidiot
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    Being away from a quality bar — whether a cocktailian boîte or your own home — doesn't mean you can't have a well-crafted drink. For instance, most airlines will sell you a miniature liquor bottle and a mixer, and it's not hard at all to enjoy a rum and Coke, a gin and tonic, a…

  • Drinko de Mayo

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    Yes, it's May 5th today, so that means that for the past few weeks your hosts here at Cocktailians have been bombarded with press releases for seasonal drinks. Some holidays have natural cocktail themes — Irish whiskey for St. Patrick's Day, et cetera — but others don't. (You should see some of the more inane…