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

Posted in angostura bitters, Bitters, Cocktails, column, David Wondrich, Gin, Hanky Panky, Hearst, Hibiscus, Italian Vermouth, lime juice, Orange Bitters, Orange Juice, Pinky Gonzales, Rum, Rye, Trader Vic, Vermouth, Ward Eight, Weekly Dig 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 [...]

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Genever – its a Dutch thing

Posted in angostura bitters, genever, Gin, Italian Vermouth, 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 [...]

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Some classy cocktails to get the party started this summer…

Posted in angostura bitters, French Vermouth, Italian Vermouth, Orange Bitters, Orange Juice, sloe gin, Southern comfort 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 [...]

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Oh When the Saints…

Posted in French Vermouth, Herbsaint, Italian Vermouth, New Orleans, Tales of the Cocktail on July 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The ladies of LUPEC Boston are gearing up for our annual excursion to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail. For five days we will be learning about everything from Shochu to sensory perception. And for five nights we will be eating, drinking and dancing at our favorite haunts. Sounds like something real close to [...]

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Gin & Vermouth — Two Tickets to Paradise

Posted in French Vermouth, Gin, gincident, Italian Vermouth, Weekly Dig on May 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

by Pink Lady The LUPEC Boston column in this week’s issue of the Weekly Dig stars two spirits that have become less and less vogue in the age of the extra extra dry, extra extra dirty vodka martini: gin and vermouth. I will save discussion of the “original” martini recipe (and modern bastardizations thereof) for [...]

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Nina Simone: The High Priestess of Song

Posted in French Vermouth, Gin, Italian Vermouth, Nina Simone, Orange Juice on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

by MiMi Protest singer, jazz vocalist, pianist, temperamental diva and American civil rights heroine, Nina Simone remains one of the most important musicians in American music history. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21 in 1933, Simone started playing the piano at the age of four, and made her concert debut when she was just [...]

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