Liquor 101: Cocktail History

01 Feb

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Where We've Been Drinking: the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Last week, our friends at Wigle sponsored an event at the Smithsonian, as any whiskey maker would. As part of their American History After Hours series, the museum was doing a program on the myths...

28 Jul

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Bar Absinthe in French Riviera The neon green sign beckons you into a cozy, cave-like cellar bar that feels like the perfect place to try some absinthe. The hosts are genial, relaxed, and seem like they were born to serve absinthe in a small French bar. The large screen TV which...

12 Apr

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Fortified Wine Week: Introduction A little while ago, we did a post on the three basic alcoholic building blocks of a cocktail: spirits, liqueurs, and fortified wines. We discussed the part each of them plays in your cocktail, and tried to help you get a sense of...

03 Mar

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Spirits Week: Rum Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories: the base spirits. These...