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04 Nov Classics Week: The Sazerac

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Cocktail History by Roberts & June 1 Comment

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Believe it or not, cocktails in general and many of the classic cocktails in particular have their roots in the very beginnings of pharmacy. For instance, yesterday's drink, the daiquiri, started as a preventative medicine against scurvy. And bitters--those extra-intense alcohol mixtures that play an...

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03 Nov Classics Week: The Daiquiri

Posted at 12:19h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic by Roberts & June 0 Comments

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Classics Week: The Daiquiri As we've mentioned, rum is not our strong suit. What's become of the daiquiri might go a long way toward explaining our prejudice against rum. When we think of the daiquiri, we think of artificial flavors and artificial colors, basically frozen Kool-Aid with...

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02 Nov Classics Week: The Manhattan

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Classics Week: The Manhattan   James Bond may be drinking Heineken from the bottle nowadays, and maybe he doesn't look like he cares whether his martini is shaken or stirred. But during the long, dark period in which cocktails were on the outs with American drinkers, James...

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30 Oct Where We’ve Been Drinking: Chaplin’s

Posted at 07:01h in Blog, Where to Drink, Where to Drink: DC by Roberts & June 0 Comments

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Where We've Been Drinking: Chaplin's Ramen. Cocktails. Silent Film Era decor. We don't usually think of these things as being particularly strongly related to one another. Chaplin's obviously disagrees. Each of these three elements is so prominently featured in the restaurant's presentation of itself that it's clear the combination...

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29 Oct Drink of the Week: Thursday’s Comfort

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: R&J Original by Roberts & June 0 Comments

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Drink of the Week: Thursday's Comfort Truth be told: I hate Thursdays. I know everyone talks about Wednesday being the worst as it's hump day, or Monday because it's the start of the week, or perhaps Sunday as the reality sets in that the weekend will...

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28 Oct Should I buy it? Drambuie & Averna

Posted at 08:00h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by steph 0 Comments

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We're always on the hunt for new possibilities for Bottle #9, that liquor that makes a bar distinctive. Well, not always. A while ago, Steph and I found ourselves in a bit of a rut. Whenever I asked, 'What would you like to drink?', Steph would...

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27 Oct Where We’ve Been Drinking: Brick & Mortar

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Where to Drink, Where to Drink: Boston by Roberts & June 0 Comments

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Where we've been drinking: Brick & Mortar If we're forced to go to Central Square--not our favorite of the squares--we'd always prefer to end up at Brick & Mortar. It's been the location for a handful of friends' birthday and dissertation parties. You go to a...

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26 Oct To Stir or to Shake (and why to do either at all)

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To Stir or to Shake A handful of drinks--the Old Fashioned, for instance--get made right in the glass you'll drink it from. You've probably noticed, though, that most of them get shaken or stirred in some other container and then strained into the serving glass. It...

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23 Oct Drink(s) of the Week: The Last Word(s)

Posted at 08:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic, Liquor 101 by Roberts & June 0 Comments

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Drink(s) of the Week: The Last Word(s) We've mentioned the concept of variation on a theme as one solid way of creating a cocktail. Cocktails are very seldom created from a blank slate; instead you start with a known quantity, and tweak until you find something new...

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22 Oct One Eight Distillery

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Liquor 101, Where to Drink, Where to Drink: DC by Roberts & June 1 Comment

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Do you know what makes a rye a rye or that gin actually starts out as a vodka? We didn't either until we visited One Eight Distilleries--a local to DC small bath distillery. ...

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