Liquor 101

24 Feb Rinomato Orange Liqueur + the Rinomato Sling Cocktail Recipe

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Rinomato Orange Liqueur We've spent our week tasting bottles sent to us by our new friends at Fasel Shenstone, and comparing them to similar old favorites. We have to say that Fasel Shenstone has done quite well; the worst they've done in any round is a...

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23 Feb Mancino Bianco Vermouth + Bianco & Bitters Drink Recipe

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Mancino Bianco Vermouth Our new friends at Fasel Shenstone recently sent us several bottles of their artisanal fortified wines, and we took that as the perfect opportunity to place an addendum on our earliest set of posts, a vermouth tournament. Today we have an epic battle of two...

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22 Feb Yzaguirre Reserva Vermouth + Vermouth & Tonic Drink Recipe

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Yzaguirre Reserva Vermouth As we mentioned earlier this week, our new friends at Fasel Shenstone sent us some Spanish vermouths and a couple of other bottles recently. We've been using these newly discovered vermouths as an opportunity to add a bit of an addendum to our...

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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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20 Feb Fasel Shenstone Brings the Aperitivo to America

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

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Fasel Shenstone Brings the Aperitivo to America We've recently made a new friend, and we want you to know all about them. Like most friendships, this one is built on a common interest, fortified wines. We know you're not supposed to have favorites, and all of...

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15 Feb Quaker Strength Whiskey + Copperhead 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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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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14 Feb ‘I Lillet You’ Valentine’s Day Cocktail Recipe

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'I Lillet You' Valentine's Day Cocktail Recipe We mentioned in a previous post that we felt proud to come out of our visit to Astor Wines with only 3 bottles: a favorite we've had a hard time finding, something we've wanted to try but can't find,...

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09 Feb Uncle Sal 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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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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07 Feb Escubac Liqueur + Escuby 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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Escubac Liqueur If you're a regular reader, you might have noticed that we recently took a trip to New York (here, here, here, here, here), an anniversary celebration that was also something of a cocktail pilgrimage. A required stop on that pilgrimage was the great Astor...

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01 Feb Where We’ve Been Drinking: the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Cocktail History, Where to Drink, Where to Drink: DC by Roberts & June

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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...

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