Molecular Drinking
Adventures with (mostly) Vintage Cocktails
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Festive and Fizzy
B informed me she wanted some thing festive and fizzy this afternoon. After a bit of mouth-agape monkey-trying-to-solve-a-Rubik’s-cube thinking, she reminded me that she had found a recipe for a drink called a Kir Royale 38. Loyal readers of the…
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Emerald
As college towns go, it’s been my contention that we have long suffered a dearth of suitable drinking establishments. Well, a couple of weeks ago that situation markedly improved with our new Irish public house, Devere’s. And there’s a lot…
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The Widow’s Kiss
I have to confess that I found this one looking for something with Calvados in it. In looking at it, it had pretty much everything I love. It’s old. It’s chock-full of screwball booze. Also, it turns out to be…
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Agricole Daiquiri
This twist on the classic involves one of my favorite things… quirky booze. This time it’s rhum agricole. All rum is originally fermented from sugar (it’s what makes it rum instead of say brandy, which uses fruit, or whiskey…
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Limoncello Fizzy Sangria
Admittedly “Limoncello Fizzy Sangria” is a bit of a deviation (some might even go as far as deviant) from the usual vintage cocktail vibe of this blog. I can only offer two items in my defense… summer and patio. …
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Vieux Carré
I just realized that it’s been exactly six months since my last post. Wow. I knew I had been putting this off a bit, but this is even more serious procrastination that I’m normally capable of. I definitely planned on…
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Mexican Sweet Limes
Thought I would go with a quick post here. B and I bought a couple of “Mexican Sweet Limes” at the Sacramento Farmers’ Market on Sunday. They look like a round lemon. We decided to give them a whirl tonight…
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Bijou
One of the problems with the history of cocktails, is that the people most qualified to write it would rather be drinking. Those that are writing, tend to be prone to indulging in a bit of self aggrandizement. Case in…
Brenda & M
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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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