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Cocktail – The Buffalo Red
Well, it’s been a while since I posted one of my cocktails, but I’ve gotten a lot pickier about which recipes I choose to share (too many of my early attempts were merely so-so drinks). After ages of tweaking this … Continue reading
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Tagged bitters, booze, bourbon, buffalo trace, cocktails, drinks, maple bitters, pernod, peychaud, recipe, sazerac, urban moonshine
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Summer Cocktails – The Neat Drinks
The fine folks at Primer Magazine have posted the third and final installment in my Summer Cocktails series: “The Neat Drinks.” This one deals with straight-up cocktails, and could also have been titled “Up Drinks”, but the idea remains the … Continue reading
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Tagged article, booze, chris, cocktails, drinks, non-fiction, primer, primer magazine, recipe, Writing
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Article: Summer Cocktails – The Rocks Drinks
Primer Magazine has published the second in my trio of articles on summer cocktails, this one focusing on drinks that you serve on the rocks. It includes a new cocktail of my own design never before featured on this site, … Continue reading
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Tagged article, booze, cocktails, drinks, non-fiction, on the rocks, recipe, rocks, summer, summer cocktails
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Article: Summer Cocktails – The Long Drinks
The good folks over at Primer Magazine have published some more of my musings on cocktails. This time we’re taking a look at delicious summer cocktails, which I’ve broken out into three types: long drinks, rocks drinks, and neat (straight-up) … Continue reading
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Tagged booze, chris, cocktails, drinks, long drinks, primer, recipe, summer cocktails
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Cocktail – The English Bulldog – Tanqueray “Best T&T” Contest Winner
This drink was entered into the amateur portion of Tanqueray’s “Best T&T” contest and took the grand prize. It is a play on the traditional gin and tonic that incorporates additional ingredients which bring an increased complexity to the drink. … Continue reading
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Tagged bitters, booze, cocktails, contest, delicious, drinks, english bulldog, gin, gin and tonic, lime, orange marmalade, paddington bear, recipe, tanqueray, tonic, vermouth, winner
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Eight Cocktails that Women Will Love
I’ve written an article for Primer Magazine — an online magazine for men that targets post-college guys who’re moving out of the frat house and figuring out how to be an adult. It’s called “Eight Cocktails that Women Will Love” … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, alcohol, article, bitters, booze, bourbon, champagne, cocktails, drinks, gin, non-fiction, primer magazine, recipe, vermouth
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8 Great Manhattans – Delicious Drink Recipes
The Manhattan. One of the quintessential cocktails, it was invented by a British lady, uses what was at the time the great American spirit as its base, and is named after one of the most international islands on the planet. … Continue reading
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Tagged amaretto, bitters, booze, bourbon, calvados, campari, cherry heering, cocktails, cognac, drinks, manhattan, orange bitters, recipe, rye, scotch, vermouth
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Cocktail – The French Caribbean – Rum, Cognac, Cider, OJ
This cocktail has a fairly long ingredient list, but I think you’ll find that the flavors all play very well together. Rum and cider are a match made in heaven, and the cognac helps to refine the party a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged angostura, apple cider, bitters, booze, chartreuse, cocktails, cognac, drinks, flamed orange peel, france, lemon juice, orange juice, recipe, rum
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Cocktail – The ChaChaCha – Champagne, Green Chartreuse, Peychaud’s Bitters
My lovely wife Charlotte is French, and she loves champagne in basically any form (as long as it’s not too sweet). I don’t know if it’s bred into the French, or if it’s just her in particular, but she’s definitely … Continue reading
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Tagged bitters, booze, champagne, charlotte, chartreuse, drinks, green chartreuse, peychaud, prossecco, recipe, sparkling wine
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Cocktail – The Arizona Gimlet – Gin, Vermouth, Lime, Agave Syrup
Recently we’ve been on a warm streak here in Indianapolis, and that got me craving some refreshing summer cocktails. I wanted to make one of my favorites, the gin gimlet, but was lacking Rose’s Lime Juice, an essential ingredient in … Continue reading
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Tagged agave nectar, agave syrup, booze, cocktails, drinks, gimlet, gin, lime juice, recipe, vermouth
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