12 Drinks of Christmas: Spiced Winter Red Sangria For the tenth drink of Christmas, my true love served to me … a spiced winter red sangria. It’s the 10th of our 12 ideas for how to make your holiday parties merry and your nights by the fire bright. This is our third and final (thus far) experiment with taking the ultimate summer pitcher drink into winter. For what it’s worth, when our friend Kariuki tried these...
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12 Drinks of Christmas: Alpine Sangria For the sixth drink of Christmas, my true love served to me … an Alpine Sangria. As we mentioned on the fourth drink of Christmas, we’ve been experimenting with winter sangria. As our friend and field tester Kariuki mentioned, he couldn’t find the key ingredient to one of our recipes. You may not be able to either. Nonetheless, that’s the recipe I’m going to share...
Read More(photo cred: uniquitchen.com) Should I buy it? Gran Classico (in place of Campari?) In one of the cocktail books I’ve been reading recently-I can’t remember which, and can’t find the passage. Sorry, fine author, for the lack of proper attribution!-the author mentioned something that is, of course, true and even obvious, but which I had up until that moment kept myself from noticing: Campari gets its...
Read MoreShould I buy it? Drambuie & Averna 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 answer, ‘You know, I think I’m in the mood for a vesper martini,’ as if it were not the very same thing she said the...
Read MoreTears of Chios: the most beautiful Mediterranean cocktail you ever did have This drink! We can’t say enough good things. The only tears it will bring are ones of joy. We mentioned yesterday how we discovered this delicious specimen during our frequent trips to the Liberty Hotel Bar. If you don’t call Boston home and can’t easily trek to the Liberty, fret not. Today we’ll tell you how to make it at home. The...
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