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LUPEC: HIGHER PROOF, HIGHER SPIRITS

Posted in Absinthe, Bitters, Herbsaint, Peychaud's, Rittenhouse 100 Proof, Sazerac on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

*as posted in DigBoston   If a Sazerac tastes delicious to you and drinking several makes you drunk, what’s an easy way to make the experience of imbibing them even better? Why, make them stronger of course. But how do you make a cocktail that’s already about as boozy as they come even more so? A [...]

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The Storied Sazerac

Posted in Absinthe, angostura bitters, Herbsaint, New Orleans, Peychaud's, Ricard, Sazerac on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

With half of LUPEC Boston in NOLA for the Tales of the Cocktail festival this week, it only seemed right to raise a glass to the Sazerac, the city’s official cocktail. It’s not just a tag line you know: last month the Louisiana House of Representatives proclaimed the Sazerac New Orleans’ official cocktail in a [...]

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The Green Hour

Posted in Absinthe, Benedictine, Chrysanthemum Cocktail, Cointreau, Corpse Reviver (No. 2), Fascinator Cocktail, French Vermouth, Gin, Kubler, lemon juice, Lillet, Lucid on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

After 95 years of being a big no no, absinthe is once again legal in the United States. Here in Boston we are fortunate to have wonderful liquor retailers such as Brix and Downtown Wine and Spirits so finding the two available absinthes, Lucid and Kubler, is a simple enough task. But what do you [...]

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Atten-Hut!

Posted in Absinthe, Cocktails, Creme de Violette, Gin, Mixology Monday, Variations, Vermouth on February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It’s Mixology Monday again! This month we are, with our host Jimmy’s Cocktail Hour, exploring Variations. Here in Boston the ladies of LUPEC have been very excited with the recent availability of the Rothman and Winter Creme de Violette. It’s always thrilling to have a new product available, but in this case this is a [...]

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Pearl Rivers

Posted in Absinthe, Benedictine, Bitters, Broads, Cocktails, New Orleans, Rye, Vermouth on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Born in 1849 in Pearlington along the Mississippi River, Eliza Jane Poitevent became the first woman owner and publisher of a major daily newspaper in the United States, the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Eliza began her career as a poet under the pen name Pearl Rivers. In 1870 she was offered the position as literary editor [...]

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The Cradle of the Cocktail and the Women Who Rocked It!

Posted in Absinthe, Bitters, Cocktails, Gin, New Orleans, Rye, Vermouth on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Last night the lovely ladies of LUPEC Boston gathered at the home of Pinky Gonzalez to raise our glasses to the women of New Orleans. We nibbled on Shrimp “Arnaud,” fried okra, fried oysters, jalapeno cornbread, and “Bananas in Jackets”/”Nuts in Sticks.” And we washed it all down with the following delicious cocktails! Pimm’s Cup [...]

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