whiskey Tag

21 Feb Reviewing our Vermouth Taste-off + Creole 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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Reviewing our Vermouth Taste-off As we mentioned yesterday, fortified wine importer Fasel Shenstone was kind enough recently to send us a sampling of their products. Since trying out new fortified ones is one of our favorite things to do, this made us very happy. One of the...

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17 Feb ‘Empty the Bar’ Goodbye Party + Bon Voyage Cocktail Recipe

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

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'Empty the Bar' Goodbye Party One of the best things about DC is the opportunity it gives to meet the most amazing people. Smart, interesting people, incredibly devoted to making the world a better place are drawn here from all over the country and all over the...

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15 Feb Quaker Strength Whiskey + Copperhead Cocktail Recipe

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Quaker Strength Whiskey We mentioned last week that Wigle Whiskey is releasing a series of whiskeys exploring the theme, 'Whiskey is beer, distilled,' by building whiskey off of popular beer styles. Last week, we tasted a Belgian-style triple whiskey; this week, we have an oatmeal stout whiskey....

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09 Feb Uncle Sal Cocktail Recipe

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Uncle Sal Cocktail Recipe The latest release from our friends at Wigle is part of their brewers' series, in which they work with different brewers to explore the idea that whiskey is beer, distilled. For Old Sap, they used a mash bill based on Four Seasons...

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02 Feb Cole Porter Cocktail Recipe

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Cole Porter Cocktail Recipe Thumbing through our Waldorf Astoria Bar Book recently, we ran across this nice little variation on a whiskey sour. We like the bit of funk the sherry brings, and we always prefer our sours with an egg white foam; to us, the...

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19 Jan Liquor 101: Glass Rinsing + the Homburg Cocktail Recipe

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Liquor 101: Glass Rinsing A few of the recipes we've featured recently have called for washing--otherwise known as rinsing--the glass. Last Friday, for instance, the No Jacket Required involved an absinthe wash. Earlier last week, the Vespa called for washing the gin with olive; since we didn't...

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18 Jan Liquor 101: Failed Experiments with Ardbeg Perpetuum + New York Sour Cocktail Recipe

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Liquor 101: Failed Experiments with Ardbeg Perpetuum As is the case with most people of my age and gender, my first step along the path to cocktails was single malt Scotch, neat. Back in those days when I was just beginning to familiarize myself with spirits,...

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17 Jan Liquor 101: Whipped Cream Dispenser + Wembley’s Son Cocktail Recipe

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Liquor 101: Whipped Cream Dispenser I know it's a little late to say so, but we hope you had a merry Christmas. We sure did. Among other things, we were given a bunch of new cocktail toys that we're sure we'll be sharing with you. Without...

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26 Dec F.E.W. Spirits Tasting + Tipperary Cocktail Recipe

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F.E.W. Spirits Tasting While Prohibition ended nationally in 1933, some localities decided to keep it going for a while. Take Evanston, IL, for instance. This small city on Chicago's northern border, the headquarters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, kept Prohibition in place until 1972. It's ironic...

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20 Dec 12 Drinks of Christmas 2016: Minthattan Cocktail Recipe

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12 Drinks of Christmas 2016: Minthattan Cocktail Recipe Happy holidays! It's the time of the year for holiday decorations, twinkling lights, warm spices, and a rolling series of parties, gatherings, and celebrations. For the second year in a row, we'll be adding to the festivities with twelve...

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