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It’s 5 degrees C here, not 25 C, but for some reason, I’ve had summer-ey cocktails on the brain. Thus, when a recent challenge arose to do something with bourbon, my mind naturally turned to sours … and fizzes (after all, a fizz is nothing more than a sour with bubbles!). And from [...]
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Spiced Citrus Whisky Punch
(Janice Mansfield, 2011)
One glass A whole bunch of punch! ½ oz. falernum 225 ml falernum ½ oz. ginger syrup 225 ml ginger syrup ½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon 225 ml freshly squeezed lemon ½ oz. freshly squeezed orange 225 ml freshly squeezed orange 1 ½ oz. Rye [...]
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A conversation on twitter the other night, combined with the dip in ambient temperatures has got me thinking about those spirits that we consider "medicinal" and why we don't consider drinking them in hot form. We all recongize the magical herbal powers of Fernet Branca, and talk in hushed tones about the mystical maceration of [...]
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(originally published November 21, 2011)
It's MxMo Monday! and there has been a flurry of interest in retro cocktails of the tawdry sort! Not the classics like the Martinez or the Sazerac, or even the Ramos Gin Fizz, but those tacky cocktails you remember [...]
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Today was a snowday here for most folks on the Wet Coast! To be fair, it only takes a few cms to throw folks into a tailspin, but there are about 15 cms stacked up in the back yard!
What to do on a snow day, but sit back, enjoy some slow food, and have [...]
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We had an impromtu photo sho
ot here today at the Shiba Shack! One of the local media outlets covering Art of the Cocktail came by take some shots of at-home cocktail making, and get the scoop on what prompts someone to enter a cocktail competition [...]
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I recently received some Polish vodka to try (Zubrowka being among them), and endeavoured to go in with an open mind — for the vodka that is. I am a brown spirits afficionado — never met a brown spirit I didn't like — if its got age and funk on it, I'm there! Cocktails with [...]
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