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Category: Ingredients

  • St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

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    I’ve been seeing St. Germain Elderflower liqueur popping up on cocktail menus everywhere.  St. Germain is a handcrafted artisinal liqueur from France made from elderflowers, which grow wild in most of Europe and have a short blooming period.  Historically, it’s been difficult to turn elderflowers into alcohol, but the makers of St. Germain discovered a…

  • St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

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    I’ve been seeing St. Germain Elderflower liqueur popping up on cocktail menus everywhere.  St. Germain is a handcrafted artisinal liqueur from France made from elderflowers, which grow wild in most of Europe and have a short blooming period.  Historically, it’s been difficult to turn elderflowers into alcohol, but the makers of St. Germain discovered a…

  • Drinky Goodness

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    A quartet of links for your Friday perusal: Finally, a use for vodka:  in pie crusts.  (and I bet an Angostura-spiked apple pie would be yummy.)  (via Dethroner.) Part of what I like about cocktail blogs is the experimentation — I hear about interesting things that I want to try just about every day.  But…

  • Drinky Goodness

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    vidiot
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    A quartet of links for your Friday perusal: Finally, a use for vodka:  in pie crusts.  (and I bet an Angostura-spiked apple pie would be yummy.)  (via Dethroner.) Part of what I like about cocktail blogs is the experimentation — I hear about interesting things that I want to try just about every day.  But…

  • Attention, absinthe lovers

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    St. George’s Spirits Absinthe Verte, which sold out a few weeks after its debut, will have new batches available for sale on Feb 3rd.  The 750mL bottles are $75, and there will be a three-bottle limit per person to allow more people to have an opportunity to purchase a bottle. Absinthe Verte can be found…

  • Attention, absinthe lovers

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    St. George’s Spirits Absinthe Verte, which sold out a few weeks after its debut, will have new batches available for sale on Feb 3rd.  The 750mL bottles are $75, and there will be a three-bottle limit per person to allow more people to have an opportunity to purchase a bottle. Absinthe Verte can be found…

  • Gettin’ Rid of the Leftovers

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    As I mentioned in my previous post, Don the Beachcomber’s cocktails were notable for their use of secret mixes which typically consisted of simple syrups or fruit juices combined with whole spices like cinnamon or vanilla. Since I still had a sizable amount of Don’s Mix #2 (grapefruit juice and cinnamon syrup) left in the…

  • Gettin’ Rid of the Leftovers

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    vidiot
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    As I mentioned in my previous post, Don the Beachcomber’s cocktails were notable for their use of secret mixes which typically consisted of simple syrups or fruit juices combined with whole spices like cinnamon or vanilla. Since I still had a sizable amount of Don’s Mix #2 (grapefruit juice and cinnamon syrup) left in the…

  • Zombie La Louche

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    What do you think of when you picture an Absinthe drinker, a dissipated hedonist, living in a ruined garret in Paris, getting ready to slice off  a part of his anatomy to box up and send to a lover? Well, you’d be mostly right. But did you know that la Fée Verte played an integral…

  • Zombie La Louche

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    vidiot
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    What do you think of when you picture an Absinthe drinker, a dissipated hedonist, living in a ruined garret in Paris, getting ready to slice off  a part of his anatomy to box up and send to a lover? Well, you’d be mostly right. But did you know that la Fée Verte played an integral…