Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews

08 May Tasting Mancino Chinato + Chinato Comfort Cocktail Recipe

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Tasting Mancino Chinato We've been on something of a (greater than usual) fortified wine kick for the last week or so, prompted by the arrival of several samples from fortified wine importer Fasel Shenstone. Beyond being simply delicious, they've taught us a lot about fortified wines, and...

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04 May Tasting St. Raphael Quinquina + Rose is a Rose is a Raphael Cocktail Recipe

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Tasting St. Raphael Quinquina Let's talk about Quinquinas. A few days ago, we mentioned that Cocchi Americano is a quinquina, not a vermouth, and arguably therefore should never have been allowed in our Vermouth Taste-Off tournament. That might have left you with a couple of questions: 'What exactly...

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03 May Adding to our Red Vermouth Catalog + Bold Proposition Cocktail Recipe

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Adding to our Red Vermouth Catalog Our earliest sets of posts (here and here and here and here and here) came about when, after years of using whatever vermouth was handy, we realized that it might be useful to find out which one we liked best...

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02 May A Belated Recognition of Vermouth Bianco + Depth Charge Cocktail Recipe

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A Belated Recognition of Vermouth Blanco It's time for us to make a confession: we're cheaters. Some of our very earliest posts (here and here) were a bracket-style tournament of vermouths. Though we called one side of the bracket 'The Whites,' it was more precisely a...

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01 May Revisiting Dry Vermouth + Vermouth & Curacao Cocktail Recipe

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Revisiting Dry Vermouth Pretty much our first cocktail writing project came about when it occurred to us, after years of grabbing the closest vermouth on the shelf, to ask, 'What's the difference between all of these vermouths and which should we be buying?' We conducted a...

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05 Apr Lyon’s Liqueurs: Beersky + Hopping Parrot Cocktail Recipe

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Lyon's Liqueurs: Beersky A while ago, Lyon Distilling, a rum maker on Maryland's Eastern Shore, was kind enough to provide us with samples of most of their products. We had such a good time tasting, experimenting with, and writing about their excellent and interesting rums that...

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04 Apr Lyon Liqueurs: Coffee Rum + Toreador Express Cocktail Recipe

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Lyon Liqueurs: Coffee Rum A while ago, Lyon Distilling, a rum maker on Maryland's Eastern Shore, was kind enough to provide us with samples of most of their products. We had such a good time tasting, experimenting with, and writing about their excellent and interesting rums...

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03 Apr Lyon Liqueurs: Curacao + Holland Gin Daisy Cocktail Recipe

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Lyon Liqueurs: Curacao A while ago, Lyon Distilling, a rum maker on Maryland's Eastern Shore, was kind enough to provide us with samples of most of their products. We had such a good time tasting, experimenting with, and writing about their excellent and interesting rums that...

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07 Mar What We’re Drinking: Wigle’s Afterglow Ginger Whiskey + Very Ginger Highball Cocktail Recipe

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Wigle's Afterglow Ginger Whiskey One of the innovations of our friends at Pittsburgh's Wigle Whiskey is to release spirits on a seasonal schedule, rather like breweries do. They get their inspiration for these seasonal releases two ways: good, old fashioned brainstorming; or through market research done...

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06 Mar Where You Should Be Drinking: Sazon in Santa Fe

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Where You Should Be Drinking: Sazon in Santa Fe Stop. Stop what you're doing, and book a trip to Santa Fe. I went there last year and fell in love (here and here). And then I went there again this year, and my love grew all...

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