Cocktailians

Category: MxMo

  • MxMo Submission: The Astoria

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    This month's Mixology Monday theme is "Amaro", chosen by none other than co-author Chuck Taggart over at Looka. What an interesting topic; there are tons of amari, all different and many of them quite mixable. They range from light herbal vermouth-esque liqueurs to real monsters of bitterness, like Campari, Fernet Branca (the legendarily bitter drink…

  • MxMo Submision: Aviation

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    Welcome, n00bs: this month's Mixology Monday theme is "First Time."  To wit; what cocktail does one serve to someone who's never had a cocktail before?  You want to whet their appetite for future cocktails (while simultaneously wetting their whistle), but you don't want to scare them off with tons of ingredients or acquired-taste flavors.  As…

  • MxMo Submision: Aviation

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    Welcome, n00bs: this month's Mixology Monday theme is "First Time."  To wit; what cocktail does one serve to someone who's never had a cocktail before?  You want to whet their appetite for future cocktails (while simultaneously wetting their whistle), but you don't want to scare them off with tons of ingredients or acquired-taste flavors.  As…

  • MxMo Submission: Tippecanoe Sparkler

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    This month's Mixology Monday theme is "Spice."  Craig at Tiki Drinks & Indigo Firmaments is hosting, and says "Spice should give you plenty of room to play – from the winter warmers of egg nog, wassail and mulled products to the strange and interesting infusions of pepper, ceubub, grains of paradise, nutmeg — what have…

  • MxMo Submission: Tippecanoe Sparkler

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    This month's Mixology Monday theme is "Spice."  Craig at Tiki Drinks & Indigo Firmaments is hosting, and says "Spice should give you plenty of room to play – from the winter warmers of egg nog, wassail and mulled products to the strange and interesting infusions of pepper, ceubub, grains of paradise, nutmeg — what have…

  • MxMo Submission: Manhattan with Fig Bitters

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    The Mixology Monday theme this month is "Made From Scratch" — Doug over at Pegu Blog is inviting participants to come up with drinks which include ingredients that they've made themselves. And I have a confession to make:  Due to poor planning and MxMo's tendency to sneak up on me, I'm currently several hundred miles…

  • MxMo Submission: Manhattan with Fig Bitters

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    The Mixology Monday theme this month is "Made From Scratch" — Doug over at Pegu Blog is inviting participants to come up with drinks which include ingredients that they've made themselves. And I have a confession to make:  Due to poor planning and MxMo's tendency to sneak up on me, I'm currently several hundred miles…

  • MxMo Submission: Careful, Man, There’s A Beverage Here!

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    The Mixology Monday theme this month is "Guilty Pleasures."  Like it or not, many cocktailians (including , um, yours truly) raise their noses in the air. It can be part of truly appreciating what you’ve spent a great deal of time contemplating, but it can also come across as base snobbery.  As host Stevi Deter…

  • MxMo Submission: The Prince of Wales Cocktail

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    The Prince of Wales got around.  The future Edward VII spent his first 59 years of life as heir apparent to the English throne, but his mother Queen Victoria shut him out of all royal business and political power.  With no official duties, Albert Edward became "the playboy prince", and typified the life of a…

  • MxMo Submission: The Prince of Wales Cocktail

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    The Prince of Wales got around.  The future Edward VII spent his first 59 years of life as heir apparent to the English throne, but his mother Queen Victoria shut him out of all royal business and political power.  With no official duties, Albert Edward became "the playboy prince", and typified the life of a…