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The Pink Lady
This is another one we found in Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. In it, he points out that you can go into…
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The Blackthorn Cocktail
I was in the mood for something I hadn’t heard of before. Not new, just new to me. B was also thinking some thing…
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Delmonico’s No. 1
Well, this is just quick one. First the recipe from David Wondrich’s Esquire Drinks: 3/4 oz. gin 1/2 oz. brandy 1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth…
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The Last Word…
Apparently this is going to be another blog post with a rambling backstory before I get to the drinking…. This story begins back in…
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Working back to a name…
It all started out so simply. It’s summer. Limes are eight for a dollar. I like gimlets (especially gin, though vodka ones can slake…
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Making sense of a 103 degree day.
Today was hot. The first really hot one of the summer—103 to be specific. Just to keep things interesting, the power also went out…
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The Ramos Gin Fizz
This one has been taunting me for a while (not the glass St. Nick decoration in the background). Oh well, this one is better…
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The Monkey Gland
B here. When absinthe became legal again in the U.S. last year, M was overjoyed. I–less so. I remembered sipping from my mom’s Pernod…
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A Tasty bit of Transcendentalism
Emerson Ingredients: 1 oz Sweet Vermouth 1 1/2 oz Gin Juice of 1/2 Lime 1 tsp. Maraschino liqueur (a key ingredient in the Hemingway…