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On Pink Gin

Posted in Bitters, Gin, Pink Gin, Pinky Gonzales, Weekly Dig, angostura bitters, tagged , , , , , , , on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

by Pinky Gonzales
For those of you who consider the Pink Gin an old familiar friend (not to be confused with LUPEC member Pink Gin), below you’ll find an array of comments on its existence. For the unacquainted, or who read this week’s Dig column to the bitter end, Pink Gin is a keep-it-simple, Zen-like [...]

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Feels Like the Very First Time

Posted in Bitters, Bourbon, Bourbon Belle, Cocktails, Cointreau, French Vermouth, Gin, Grenadine, Hanky Panky, Mixology Monday, Pink Gin, Pink Lady, Pinky Gonzales, Plymouth gin, Rye, Scoff Law, Vermouth, Whiskey, angostura bitters, brandy, gincident, lemon juice, tagged on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

LUPEC Boston is honored to be hosting today’s Mixology Monday at our humble abode.  Inspired by a chance encounter that Pink Lady had with a cocktail novice, we’ve decided to consider those cocktails that would be suitably delicious for the first timer.
Obviously there are a couple things to consider when offering up advice to the [...]

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A Bubble Bath for Two

Posted in Bitters, Bourbon, Champagne, Cocktails, Cointreau, Peychaud's, Weekly Dig, angostura bitters on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and folks are clamoring for reservations at romantic locales all about town.  With the state of the economy and the big event falling on a Saturday many, however, may be choosing to spend the night at home.  That would be my choice as nothing is dearer to me than [...]

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Stocking Your Bar with the Basics – One Cocktail at a Time

Posted in Bitters, Cocktails, David Wondrich, Gin, Hanky Panky, Hearst, Hibiscus, Italian Vermouth, Orange Bitters, Orange Juice, Pinky Gonzales, Rum, Rye, Trader Vic, Vermouth, Ward Eight, Weekly Dig, angostura bitters, column, lime juice on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

by Pink Lady
Hanky Panky’s column in this week’s Dig advocates building your home bar on a cocktail by cocktail basis: each week, choose a favorite cocktail and purchase the items necessary to mix it at home. With this method, you will never be left wondering what you can mix with the items you have on [...]

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Fabulous Fall Cocktails

Posted in Benedictine, Bourbon, Cocktails, Green Chartreuse, Jamaican rum, Pimento Dram, St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram, Yellow Chartreuse, angostura bitters, brandy, maraschino liqueur on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We’re always sad to say goodbye to summer, but happy to welcome a new season of drinking and all that that entails. If you read this week’s column in the Dig you know we are all about the fall-tastic flavors you can create with a little Allspice Dram. Since this also happens to be National [...]

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Genever – its a Dutch thing

Posted in Gin, Italian Vermouth, angostura bitters, genever, maraschino liqueur, the Martinez on September 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »

by Pink Lady
When I studied abroad in Ireland my junior year, I was shocked to learn that my Irish roommates preferred Budweiser to Guinness. The American import was pissier and more expensive than their native stout, yet none of the lads would be caught in the pub with a Guinness in hand. I chalked this [...]

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Some classy cocktails to get the party started this summer…

Posted in French Vermouth, Italian Vermouth, Orange Bitters, Orange Juice, Southern comfort, angostura bitters, sloe gin on July 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Get your hands on a bottle of sloe gin, turn up Rumors by Fleetwood Mac, and let the games begin!
SLOE COMFORTABLE SCREW
from Dale DeGroff’s Craft of the Cocktail
1 oz sloe gin
1 oz Southern Comfort
4 oz fresh orange juice
Orange slice for garnish
This drink has sloe gin, southern comfort, and OJ — get it? A sloe, comfortable [...]

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The Storied Sazerac

Posted in Absinthe, Herbsaint, New Orleans, Peychaud's, Ricard, Sazerac, angostura bitters 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 [...]

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Dispatches from the May meeting

Posted in Amer Picon, Cantina Bostonia, Harpoon Cider, Irish Coffee, Monday-Night Mug, Normandy, Orange Bitters, Pink Gin, St-Germain, Whiskey, angostura bitters, lemon juice on May 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

by Pink Gin
The theme of the May LUPEC Boston meeting was Travel.
We live in an amazing time when women have status and choices and when travel is cheap and easy. The ladies of LUPEC Boston celebrated the convergence of these ‘movements’ with food, drink, conversation, and authentic costumes from around the world. Featured [...]

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