{"id":665,"date":"2009-08-19T19:37:06","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T19:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2009\/08\/drinky-linky-august-heat-edition.html"},"modified":"2009-08-19T19:37:06","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T19:37:06","slug":"drinky-linky-august-heat-edition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"Drinky Linky: August Heat Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of good stories on the radar here at Cocktailians HQ:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wow, when I posted the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vidiot\/3834100183\/\">picture<\/a> of the <a href=\"\/2009\/08\/18\/summertime-is-gimlet-time\/\">Gimlet<\/a> garnished with a borage flower yesterday, I didn&#39;t know I was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/19\/dining\/19flower.html?_r=2\">being trendy<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savorycities.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/fcis-alexis-kahn-dave-arnold-on-cocktails.html\">Here&#39;s a great interview<\/a> with FCI beverage maven (and <a href=\"http:\/\/athirstyspirit.com\/\">drinkblogger<\/a>) Alexis Kahn and tech-crazed genius Dave Arnold;<\/li>\n<li>and speaking of Dave, he drops more cocktail science, with <a href=\"http:\/\/cookingissues.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/09\/more-cocktail-science-why-do-my-shaker-cans-get-sucked-together\/\">Why Do My Shaker Cans Get Sucked Together?<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cookingissues.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/19\/cocktail-science-pegu-club\/\">All-Star Shake-off at Pegu Club Testing Shaking Differences Between Bartenders Qualitatively<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><em>Imbibe<\/em> covers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imbibemagazine.com\/Ghost-Man-Walter-Backerman\">the last New York seltzer man<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Marshall from <a href=\"http:\/\/scofflawsden.com\/blog\/\">Scofflaw&#39;s Den<\/a> follows up on <a href=\"\/2009\/08\/04\/the-intellectual-property-of-booze\/\">my post about the intellectual property of booze<\/a> from a couple weeks ago, and in grand style: he invited IP lawyer Chris Leger to <a href=\"http:\/\/scofflawsden.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/13\/trademarks-rum-a-special-guest\/\">weigh in on the subject<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Taggart gives us an awesome, authoritative post on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixoloseum.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/fresh-lemonaid-10-cents\/\">lemonade and some its wonderful variations<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>The Dizzy Fizz <a href=\"http:\/\/thedizzyfizz.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/13\/stirreth-shaketh-bring-it\/\">highlights some upcoming cocktail contests<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Robert Simonson, writing in the <em>Times<\/em>, gives us an authoritative look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/12\/dining\/12don.html?emc=tnt&amp;tntemail1=y\">the historical accuracy of the cocktailing<\/a> on &quot;Mad Men&quot;;<\/li>\n<li>while Stephanie M of Astor Wines &amp; Spirits <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.astorwines.com\/post\/2009\/08\/13\/The-Women-of-Mad-Men-and-their-Cocktails.aspx\">picks cocktails for the women of &quot;Mad Men&quot;<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>and AMC itself provides a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/originals\/madmen\/cocktail-guide\/\">1960s cocktail guide<\/a> on its &quot;Mad Men&quot; site;<\/li>\n<li><em>National Geographic Traveler<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/traveler.nationalgeographic.com\/drives\/kentucky-bourbon.html\">names the Kentucky Bourbon Trail<\/a> one of its &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/traveler.nationalgeographic.com\/drives\">Drives of a Lifetime<\/a>&quot;; and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/aug\/19\/bolivia-cocaine-bar-route-36\">here&#39;s a bar<\/a> that this website will<span> <em>not<\/em><\/span><span> be reviewing<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of good stories on the radar here at Cocktailians HQ: Wow, when I posted the picture of the Gimlet garnished with a borage flower yesterday, I didn&#39;t know I was being trendy; 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