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Drink of the Week: The Conhattan
With St. Patrick’s Day 2013 nearly upon us, we’re featuring the second of two cocktails that claim some sort of association with the Emerald Isle and it’s descendents in the vast Irish diaspora. Last...
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The Paris Manhattan
There’s a movie out right now called “Paris-Manhattan” but that is actually just a pretty massive coincidence. I haven’t seen this French homage to the films of Woody Allen, but I’m certainly willing...
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Drink of the Week: The Brancamenta Giulebbe di Menta
So, yeah, last week we hit Cinco de Mayo pretty good here at DOTW central, and we pretty much ignored Derby Day, but better late than never as we’ve got a very nice Mint Julep variation with a bit of...
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Drink of the Week: The Old Fashioned (Remixed)
I know this will probably drive me out of the cocktail writers’ club, but this week’s recipe-centric DOTW was preempted by a cold. I know this will make me sound a bit wussy to some of you, but I...
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3 Liquors Hip-Hop Heads Love (and Recipes for Each)
Free image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net Liquor is a staple in the hip hop world. Flashy cars, hot girls, stacks of money, and of course … the partying. Rappers like Eminem, 50 Cent, Ice Cube,...
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Drink of the Week: The Montenegro Sour
Lately, we’ve been featuring a few cocktails made with really good booze sent to me by the dark forces of the liquor-industrial complex. Today’s post is a bit different as the much appreciated gift of...
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Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
Bourbon keeps growing in popularity, and we love trying the premium brands. The good folks at Basil Hayden’s Bourbon were kind enough to send us a bottle, and we definitely enjoyed trying it straight...
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Drink of the Week: The Liberal (modern style)
Yes, it won’t be shock if you’ve been paying close attention, but I’m a liberal. Not a Noam Chomsky-style ultra-progressive or a concern-trolling Tom Friedman/Joe Klein style enabler of everything that...
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Drink of the Week: The Blinker (Duffy’s Version)
The Blinker was one of the many moribund beverages revived by Ted Haigh in his epochal 2009 book, Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. Haigh, in turn, found the drink in a 1934 tome by a Patrick...
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Drink of the Week: The Blinker (Dr. Cocktail’s Version)
If there is a more confusing matter in the world of cocktails than the naming of beverages, I haven’t come across it. It’s hard enough that the proportions of such basic drinks as the Martini and the...
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