Liquor 101

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

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Modern, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by Roberts & June

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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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26 Apr The Jaguar Cocktail Recipe + Cask Aged Jaguar

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The Jaguar Cocktail Recipe + Cask Aged Jaguar A little while ago, we got ourselves a little 2L barrel to try out some cask aging. The general rules of cask aging are use young spirits, since they are more dramatically affected by a short time of...

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18 Apr Daisy Week: Fancy Gin Daisy Cocktail Recipe

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Daisy Week: Fancy Gin Daisy Cocktail Recipe We're spending this week acquainting ourselves with a very old, mostly forgotten class of cocktail called the Daisy, a sort of sour with something(s) extra. It's a deliciously refreshing and aptly named cocktail for the current season of warming...

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15 Apr Daisy Week: Introduction + Whiskey Daisy Cocktail Recipe

Posted at 18:52h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Cocktail History by Roberts & June

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Daisy Week: Introduction A couple of weeks ago, we tried out our Lyon Distilling curacao on a Holland Gin Daisy. We enjoyed our Holland Gin Daisy so much that we decided we needed to look a little further into the Daisy. We discovered that the Daisy...

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

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: R&J Original, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by Roberts & June

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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

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: R&J Original, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by Roberts & June

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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

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

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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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29 Mar Punch Week: Punch’s Secret Sauce + Major Bird’s Brandy Punch Recipe

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

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Punch Week: Punch's Secret Sauce This week, we're familiarizing ourselves with the cocktail's predecessor, punch. We're not talking about the jungle juice served from a trash can to a solo cup at your first college party, but a mellow blend of spirit, citrus, spice, and sugar...

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