*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, in case you missed ‘em in this week’s Dig. by Pink Lady Ninety years ago this week the struggle for women’s suffrage in United States came to quiet end. At 8 a.m. that morning, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby issued a proclamation that the 19th Amendment granting American women the [...]
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Women’s Equality Day*
Posted in Weekly Dig, tagged Aperol, Bols Genever, fresh lemon juice, St-Germain on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What We’re Drinking: The Aviation*
Posted in Weekly Dig, tagged lemon juice, Maraschino, creme yvette, The Aviation, dry gin on August 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, originally published in the Weekly Dig. by Pink Lady Who doesn’t love an Aviation? This drink is a tremendous cocktail that has been thankfully resurrected in recent years by classic cocktail cognoscenti. The drink recipe was first published in How to Mix Drinks by Hugo Ensslin, the German-born head bartender [...]
ART OF THE APERITIF*
Posted in Weekly Dig, tagged lemon juice, St-Germain, Old Overholt Rye, Aperitif, ginger beer, Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli, Brix on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, in case you missed ‘em in this week’s Dig. by Pink Lady + Bourbon Belle Look at you, relaxing on the veranda or at the café in the early evening with a glass of something lightly sweet and lightly alcoholic. Stimulating your appetite with an aperitif? How civilized. Aperitifs, or [...]
AN EGGS-CELLENT ADVENTURE*
Posted in Weekly Dig, tagged Scotch, Absinthe, lemon juice, sugar, lime juice, egg white, Fizz, egg drinks, Morning Glory Fizz on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, originally published in the Dig. by Pink Lady LUPEC is fresh off the plane from Tales of the Cocktail, an annual convention for drink geeks in New Orleans, and after five straight days of imbibing, we sure are hungover. Back in the days before Prohibition, this situation called for one [...]
BULLETPROOF COCKTAIL: THE AMERICANO*
Posted in Weekly Dig, tagged Campari, sweet vermouth, Bulletproof Cocktails, club soda, Americano on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, in case you missed ‘em in the Dig. by Pinky Gonzalez In the spirit of bulletproof cocktails (read: drinks very hard to fuck up), we offer the Americano. It was born in Italy, and named for us Americans. It’s a tall, soda-and-mixers drink, and you can knock back a few [...]
What We’re Drinking: The Anacaona Aperitif*
Posted in Tales of the Cocktail, Weekly Dig, tagged angostura orange bitters, brut champagne or sparkling wine, Combier L’Original, Dubonnet Rouge, St. Elizabeth’s allspice dram on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, in case you missed ‘em in the Dig. As you read this, we’re living it up in New Orleans for the five days of boozy revelry known as Tales of the Cocktail. In addition to attending the classes, parties and tasting rooms that fill the days and nights, LUPEC Boston [...]
What We’re Drinking: The Vieux Carré*
Posted in Tales of the Cocktail, Travel, Weekly Dig, tagged angostura bitters, Benedictine, cognac, Peychaud's, Rye, sweet on July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, in case you missed ‘em in this week’s Dig. by Pink Lady Tales of the Cocktail is just around the corner, and the rank and file of LUPEC are beside ourselves with anticipation. This marks one of our favorite weeks of the entire year, when we join thousands of like-minded [...]
Crescent City Cooler: A Toast to Flo Woodard*
Posted in Tales of the Cocktail, Weekly Dig, tagged angostura bitters, Bacardi rum, Court of Two Sisters, cranberry juice, Crescent City Cooler, Flo Woodard, ginger ale, lime wedge, mint, Peychaud's, simple syrup on July 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC, originally published in the Weekly Dig by Pink Lady In just 13 days the ladies of LUPEC Boston will descend upon the New Orleans along with roughly 10,000 other mixologists, brand ambassadors, cocktail writers, and die-hard cocktail enthusiasts. Its one of our favorite weeks of the year – and one of [...]
Martha Washington’s Rum Punch
Posted in Weekly Dig, tagged cinnamon sticks, cloves, dark rum, lemon juice, lemons, Light Rum, nutmeg, orange, orange curaçao, Orange Juice, simple syrup on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, originally published in the Weekly Dig. by Pink Lady + Hanky Panky In honor of the anniversary of the birth of our nation, the ladies of LUPEC raise our glasses to the original first lady. Regardless of party affiliation, most of us can agree that our very first president was [...]
Botanically Speaking*
Posted in Weekly Dig, tagged Gin, Orange Bitters, fresh lime juice, orange curaçao, angostura bitters, fresh lemon juice, Pegu Club on June 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
*Recent ruminations from LUPEC Boston, originally published in the Weekly Dig. by Pink Lady It’s easy to walk into a bar and order a call brand of gin with your martini or tonic, but how familiar are you with the gins you order and why you like them? If you’ve only ever tried the brand [...]


