Molecular Drinking
Adventures with (mostly) Vintage Cocktails
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Lucien Gaudin Cocktail
B & I were just settling in to enjoy a cocktail in front of the newly erected Christmas tree discuss hors d’oeuvres for our impending Christmas party. I was in the mood for something new with Rye and turned to…
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Deshler
After a hiatus much to long, we’re back to wish everyone a happy Halloween. B and I will likely be celebrating with The Corpse Reviver #2. Since we already had whack at that one, I’ve decided to mention another one…
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The Twentieth Century Cocktail
I think I’ll start this post off with a disclosure and a disclosure on the disclosure in the form of a confession. Confused? It all started a couple of weeks ago when, much to my surprise, I received a bottle…
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Kir Royale
Tonight is one of those great summer evenings. There’s a cool breeze blowing in off the Sacramento River delta. The blackberries in the sorbet are at their sweetest. The perfect cocktail to round out this evening, a Kir Royale. The…
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Morning Glory
Just a quick blog post about one of our newer cocktail discoveries. This cocktail has three things I love. It’s old, being mentioned in Jerry Thomas’s 1887 Bartenders Guide. It also has both rye and absinthe, two of my favorite…
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Tantris Sidecar
I think we stumbled on a really good one this time. B and I were trying to decide what we wanted for our cocktail on Sunday when the discussion drifted to a daiquiri made with rhum agricola that was mentioned…
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A relaxing Sunday with overly stimulated mint
Apparently spring is upon us. I looked out an our mint has gone absolutely crazy. It was Sunday, the weather was fabulous and the only choice B and I had to make was how to drink some mint. No problem. …
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Tipperary
B and I decided to try a new one this weekend. Imbibe Magazine tweeted about an old cocktail named Tipperary in honor of St. Patrick’s day. We are a little late on that one as it’s now Easter, but since…
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Hi there! We are Brenda and M, scientists by day and a knitter/piano player/gardener and a tinker/putterer/cook and bartender in a parallel universe. This blog was born out of Brenda’s earlier blog MolecularKnitting and in interest in really cool vintage cocktails.
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