Category: Ingredients
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Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon
For a nighttime sipping bourbon, I've been enjoying the 2018 release of the Michter's 10 Year Single Barrel lately. Michter's is an interesting brand with a complex history; it's an old brand name used by a couple different companies in succession for Pennsylvania-style whiskeys, and they distilled at a complex in Schaefferstown, PA until going…
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Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon
For a nighttime sipping bourbon, I've been enjoying the 2018 release of the Michter's 10 Year Single Barrel lately. Michter's is an interesting brand with a complex history; it's an old brand name used by a couple different companies in succession for Pennsylvania-style whiskeys, and they distilled at a complex in Schaefferstown, PA until going…
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Where’d My Glasgow?
SF Girl By Bay hosted a cocktail contest a couple months back, along with Women & Whiskies, and we thought we'd try our hand at an original recipe. The contest showcased Glen Grant's The Major's Reserve single-malt Scotch, which is an interesting ingredient to work with. You don't see too many Scotch cocktails, typically; the…
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Where’d My Glasgow?
SF Girl By Bay hosted a cocktail contest a couple months back, along with Women & Whiskies, and we thought we'd try our hand at an original recipe. The contest showcased Glen Grant's The Major's Reserve single-malt Scotch, which is an interesting ingredient to work with. You don't see too many Scotch cocktails, typically; the…
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Sorry, Slate, You’re Wrong: Two Different Fruits Don’t Taste The Same
Slate says you can use lemons instead of limes in drinks. Can you tell the difference? We decided to test them in five classic cocktails and find out.
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Sorry, Slate, You’re Wrong: Two Different Fruits Don’t Taste The Same
Slate says you can use lemons instead of limes in drinks. Can you tell the difference? We decided to test them in five classic cocktails and find out.
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Bittermilk Cocktail Mixers: A Rather Digressive Review, by Susan Harlan
(Ed. note: From cocktailian and friend of the blog Susan Harlan.) Bittermilk is a small company based in Charleston, SC and run by the team of Joe and MariElena Raya. They make three cocktail mixers: the Smoked Honey Whiskey Sour (the label describes it as “Strong and smoky with notes of honey and citrus”), the…
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Unpacking My Bar, by Susan Harlan
(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…
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What Have I Been Drinking Lately?
I've had some pretty good drinks in the past couple weeks, and wanted to showcase cocktails from three of the more interesting places I've had them. Thursday night, I had the Summer Silk (formerly the "Maïs d'Été") at Marseille in Manhattan, as part of their Corn Festival — all the restaurants in the Tour de…
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What Have I Been Drinking Lately?
I've had some pretty good drinks in the past couple weeks, and wanted to showcase cocktails from three of the more interesting places I've had them. Thursday night, I had the Summer Silk (formerly the "Maïs d'Été") at Marseille in Manhattan, as part of their Corn Festival — all the restaurants in the Tour de…