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So I figured it was time to revisit Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, to continue the cocktail journey through the ages. Flipping through the pages, I was initially drawn to the Corpse Reviver #2 (feeling a little logey tonight and all!), but I figured I would rather try one of the cocktails I’ve never [...] Well today is many things, including National Margarita Day, but its also Don the Beachcomber’s birthday, one of the founders of all things Tiki. So while other people are sipping on margaritas in shapes and variations, I decided to continue in the spirit of Pegu Doug’s Tiki month, and have a Mai Tai in honor of [...] I’ve had another round of bitters in the works, and these pink grapefruit bitters are particularly tasty. I started with a base of Bacardi 151 — one of the few overproof rums available to us up here, and one that is too fiery to successfully use blended in cocktails. What else to do with a [...] For all you Valentine revelers, here’s a Valentine’s cocktail that Cupid himself might like to kick back with. If you have a date for Valentine’s, enjoy, knowing that Cupid is getting his vacay time in. If you are flying solo for Valentine’s, take comfort in the fact that Cupid is on the beach in [...] Another evening with falernum needing to be used up … another colonial cocktail from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails! I think I’m up to number 6 or so of these that I’ve documented here or on Flickr. I still have about 250 ml of homemade falernum to use up, and have been trying it in as [...] Its more than enough time since the last cocktail from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails and while I’m not strictly going in alphabetical order, I am moving roughly from the front to the back. So tonight’s Dr. Cocktail Bingo landed on The Blackthorn Cocktail! This one is a gin-based cocktail of few ingredients. Its on the [...] Another Thursday Drink Night — Last night’s theme was nuts: liqueurs made from nuts, nut infused booze, and more nuts. Go check them all out, make some for yourself and and vote for your favourite! I’m not a big nut liqueur fan, usually finding them too sweet and cloying, so this was a bit more of [...] Time for another cocktail from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails! Ive been eyeing this one for a bit, thinking it would be a fun one to try, just for the historical kicks, if nothing else. I can just imaging all the New York party set heading out on their private boats for a bit of imbibing [...] Another Thursday Night, another Thursday Night Drink Night. Tonight’s theme was fruit brandies — poire williams, kirshwasser, framboise, apricot brandy, grappa … I started by pulling out all the fruit brandies and liqueurs I had in the liquor cabinet, and decided to go with the tree fruit based brandies rather than the berry based ones, so apple, [...] We had a good run of blood oranges available in the markets up here, and now its tapering off, and I found myself with 2 left in the fridge. What to do? Turn them into cocktails! Blood oranges taste so delicious, and have such a gorgeous colour, you don’t want to do too much to muck [...]  |
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