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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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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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The Measure of Success

Posted in Amer Picon, Cointreau, Gin, maraschino liqueur, Measuring, Orange Bitters on June 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I never thought I would become attached to a kitchen tool. That is, until I met the Oxo angled measuring cup. The 2 oz measuring cup, shown on the right, allows one to accurately measure amounts as small as one quarter ounce. In addition to ounces, their are interior markings for tablespoons and the more [...]

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Dispatches from the May meeting

Posted in Amer Picon, angostura bitters, Cantina Bostonia, Harpoon Cider, Irish Coffee, lemon juice, Monday-Night Mug, Normandy, Orange Bitters, Pink Gin, St-Germain, Whiskey 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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Hello, sucker!

Posted in Broads, Chartreuse, Grenadine, lemon juice, Mae West, Orange Bitters, Scoff Law, Texas Guinan, Vaudeville, Vermouth, Whiskey, Women's History on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

by Pinky Gonzales …This was the standard greeting you’d likely receive from the jovial, peroxide blonde manning the house at one of several Manhattan speakeasies during Prohibition. Of course, this would foreshadow the spending of all your dough, on illegal hooch and tips for the showgirls. You’d happily fork over $25 (back then no chump [...]

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Going to the Chapel!

Posted in Apricot Brandy, Contessa, Gin, Orange Bitters, Vermouth, weddings on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today was a big day for the ladies of LUPEC Boston. No, it’s not because we’re so excited about Women’s History Month starting tomorrow we can’t even stand it! It’s because one of LUPEC Boston’s very own tied the knot today! That’s right, today Miss Contessa became a Mrs. She and her beloved just couldn’t [...]

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Love and other stuff!

Posted in Bourbon Belle, Chambord, Champagne, Gin, Grenadine, Guinness, Moscow Mule, Orange Bitters on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s the romantic day of the year…according to Hallmark, anyway. Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day gives us all good reason to kick back a few. Here are some LUPEC approved vaguely pink concoctions to get you through: Bourbon Belle suggests… The French Velvet In a champagne flute add equal parts Guinness Champagne or [...]

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