Cocktailians

Category: Housekeeping

  • 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…

  • Drinky Linky: Six Years Of This Place Edition

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    vidiot
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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • So Yeah, It’s Been A While

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    Which isn't to say that I haven't been busy. I've been writing a lot elsewhere, but will renew my efforts to keep up the ship here. For you. Yes, you. You're my favorite. I've been writing for CNN: National Mint Julep Day; National Bourbon Day; National Dry Martini Day; National Anisette Day; and National Pina…

  • So Yeah, It’s Been A While

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    vidiot
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    Which isn't to say that I haven't been busy. I've been writing a lot elsewhere, but will renew my efforts to keep up the ship here. For you. Yes, you. You're my favorite. I've been writing for CNN: National Mint Julep Day; National Bourbon Day; National Dry Martini Day; National Anisette Day; and National Pina…

  • I’ll Make It A True Daily Double (Shot), Alex

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    We here at Cocktailians are as pleased as punch that one of our authors, one Tony Hightower, appeared on Jeopardy! this week, and downright surprised and tickled that he gave this li'l ole blog a shoutout in his chat with Alex. (Yours truly, the other co-author, was on the show some ten years ago, but…

  • I’ll Make It A True Daily Double (Shot), Alex

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    vidiot
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    We here at Cocktailians are as pleased as punch that one of our authors, one Tony Hightower, appeared on Jeopardy! this week, and downright surprised and tickled that he gave this li'l ole blog a shoutout in his chat with Alex. (Yours truly, the other co-author, was on the show some ten years ago, but…

  • Drinky Linky: M’Aidez Edition

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    It's not May flowers as much as May showers, if I look out the window at Cocktailians HQ — remembering to move the bottles on the windowsill full of various infusions — but it seems as good a time as any to check in.  The winners of Saveur.com's Best Food Blogs Awards have been announced,…

  • Drinky Linky: M’Aidez Edition

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    vidiot
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    It's not May flowers as much as May showers, if I look out the window at Cocktailians HQ — remembering to move the bottles on the windowsill full of various infusions — but it seems as good a time as any to check in.  The winners of Saveur.com's Best Food Blogs Awards have been announced,…