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So I'm working with an idea for a very simple bar, a bar one liquor deep. Essentially the well is, well, all there is. So with that in mind, I want to choose spirits that are both good and versatile. The basic idea is to be able to concoct many drinks from the fewest spirits. Think Swiss Army Bar...
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With cocktails increasingly focused on fresh *seasonal* ingredients, I haven't seen any discussion of the ubiquitous use of citrus juices and garnishes in cocktails. Currently the oranges on my tree are quite green and my meyer lemons will take even longer to ripen. Here in California's Central...
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Just a heads up for those who were looking (or longing) for the Bittermens Bitters to be available but weren't on their mailing list/google group - they are now working with The Bitter Truth to get them produced. You can read about it here - http://bittermens.com/news/ If your looking to buy either...
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Does any know any good cocktails which incorporate Marie Brizzard's Charleston Follies liquer? I managed to stumble across some bottles in my local bottle store. They sold it to me for next to nothing, mostly because they had no idea what it was. Ignorance is bliss.
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Thanks again, Martin - I just got back from Martinique, where your recommendations proved very helpful. Visited JM, Depaz and St. James. All worthwhile for different reasons - Depaz for the gorgeous grounds and educational walk-through of rum-making, St. James for the exhibits about the brand's history...
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Thanks to everyone for the help and good ideas. I've experimented so far with rinsing, soaking and then re-drying store-bought sundried tomatoes before using them to infuse vodka. The flavor of the resulting infusion is pronounced and quite nice. The drawback was that even after rinsing and soaking...
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[quote user="Liberty - Bar"] I've checked all over and I can't find any overproof brandy. I'm sure that it's out there, but... I bet that it's out there! [/quote] I know I won’t be able to find any overproof brandy around here. Matter of fact, I can’t get any...
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Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The French web site 1001 Cocktails has a lot of recipes on home/bar made ingredients. I´m pretty sure some are good and some are not. Since I just ran it this section of their site today I haven’t tried any, but...
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Hi folks, I came across a recipe for bitters in an old cookbook from a friend of my mother. I've accumulated almost all of the dry ingredients (thank you, Seattle's Tenzing Momo esoteric herb shop), but I have a question about the proportions of the liquids. The recipe calls for equal parts 95...
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Dubonnet, in Sickness and in Health Obscure spirits become obscure for many obscure reasons. But there may be no bottle more enigmatic than Dubonnet. Its strange journey from popularity to obscurity begins with malaria, involves the French Foreign Legion, the Queen of England and Pia Zadora, and ends...