*Liqurious
Washingtonian profiles Scofflaw's Den bloggers SeanMike Whipkey and Marshall Fawley, covering subjects ranging from from the three must-have home-bar items to DC's best bartender.
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*Liqurious
Shaken & Stirred illustrates the trend of smokey cocktail ingredients with the Smoked Anise, as prepared by H. Joseph Ehrmann at Elixir in San Francisco, and the outlines of 3 more drinks.
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*Liqurious
Jack at Fifth Flavor hosts a fundraiser for Northwest Harvest. Aperitifs included a holiday spice martini and sparkling wine scented with rosemary.
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*Liqurious
The Times profiles cocktailians, "a growing legion of amateur connoisseurs who have turned cocktails — mixed at home or sought out in bars and restaurants — into a lifestyle".
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*swipelife
You can now engrave your own personal message on a Johnny Walker Blue Label bottle. A great gift for the whiskey enthusiast.
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*jmcotteleer
The Hot Apple Toddy, based on a recipe from Jerry Thomas' Bon Vivant's Companion, will keep you warn on a cold winter's night.
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*tradertiki
Over at the Mixoloseum, Blair of TraderTiki.com talks about that winter classic, the Tom and Jerry.
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*Liqurious
Underhill Lounge ponders Harry's Cocktail: "Sweet vermouth, absinthe, gin, and mint should pretty much be a gimme," but the drink didn't appeal.
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*RobertSimonson
Off the Presses asks: What wine do you drink during a recession when $20 starts to look like a lot of money?
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*Liqurious
Eric Asimov proclaims: "[Single-malt Scotch] whiskey is serious business." He sips 21 samples of Speyside, recommending 10 and dubbing one -- Tamdhu 10 Years Old 80 Proof -- a best value.
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*Liqurious
The Star profiles Toronto's Blowfish Restaurant, home of more than 20 high-priced saketinis. The Hurricane Morning (left) features a mind-boggling mix of VSOP Cognac and Red Bull.
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*Liqurious
I'm a Lebowski, you're a Lebowski, Steven Kurutz is a Lebowski... and he hits up Lebowski Fest to sip White Russians with some die-hard fans.
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*Liqurious
Table Matters offers an agave primer, with 14 tequilas in three different classes -- blanco, reposado, and añejo -- for sipping or mixing.
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*Liqurious
Neo-classicist Murray Stenson making magic at Zig Zag Cafe in Seattle, as featured in The Pour's post outlining eight bartending philosophies.
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*Liqurious
Where do tea bags go to die? Designer Jonas Trampedach provides a solution: With the ‘Tea Bag Coffin’, it's buried under the cup, out of the way.
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*Liqurious
Abandoning all pretense, Rémy Martin's new ads declare its Cœur de Cognac "the most yummy Cognac in the world".
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*Liqurious
SF Chronicle offers a list of inspired wine and spirits gifts under $20. Along with an assortment of books, you'll find handy gadgets like this cocktail rimmer from Williams-Sonoma.
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*Liqurious
Jay from Oh Gosh! regrets trying the Alabazam. Not because it's bad -- it isn't -- but because it's "certain to empty my bottle of The Bitter Truth Repeal Bitters far sooner than I would like".
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*Liqurious
Remembering a bad mulled wine experience, Drink Snob almost passed on the chance to try glogg, but this Swedish holiday treat won him over.
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*Liqurious
Lyke 2 Drink sips a Baked Apple Pie Cocktail
at the Library Bar in Dallas's Warwick Melrose Hotel.
*Liqurious
Drinkhacker's got a holiday gift guide with drinks for everyone. One example: Cuvée Homere Clement's bottle design makes it absolutely perfect for gift-giving.
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*DRY_MANHATTAN
Understand exactly what you're toasting this Repeal Day by reading Michael Lerner's "Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City".
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*Liqurious
Chow declares "the return of punch", just in time for holiday entertaining. Pictured above, Jersey Lightning created by Phil Ward of Death & Co.
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*Liqurious
Tiare gets her bar set up for a special Saturday edition of Mixoloseum's Drink Night. The theme: All Things Apple.
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*Liqurious
Slashfood celebrates the birthday of the Bloody Mary, invented 75 years ago by a Frenchman.
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*Liqurious
The Kitchn's newest indulgence, pear brandy, sparks an investigation into just how whole fruit gets inside the bottle.
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*Liqurious
Table Matters takes a tequila pilgrimage and returns with recipes like the tamarind margarita.
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*Liqurious
Henrietta Lovell, owner of London's Rare Tea Company, enthuses to Dos Hermanos about using her teas in cocktails like the Oolong Mojito.
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*Liqurious
A perfect holiday gift for the newly fledged cocktailian, Marquis by Waterford's "Build Your Bar" set includes two each of highball, pilsner, cocktail, and snifter glasses.
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*Liqurious
December 5 -- this Friday -- marks 75 years since Prohibition was repealed, and Eastern Standard is celebrating with a blowout befitting the most extravagant speakeasies of the Roaring '20s.
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*Liqurious
Tiare from A Mountain of Crushed Ice shares her technique for a show-stopper garnish: Coat a honeyed vanilla bean with light and dark muscovado sugars.
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*Liqurious
Slashfood explains how to make your own corncob wine, which helpful commenters correctly point out is the first step to DIY moonshine.
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*Liqurious
The $100 Suntory Yamazaki 18-Year single-malt may be enough to convert your Scotch-loving friends to the pleasures of Japanese whisky.
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*Liqurious
LeNell Smothers and Gary Regan -- among other cocktail luminaries -- judge the 2008 Martin Miller’s Masters Gin Competition.... with a full report by Jamie Boudreau.
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*Liqurious
Indian single-malt distillery Amrut has won a top prize at this year's Malt Maniacs Awards. The Amrut NAS scooped the Non-Plus-Ultra Award 2008 in the "Daily Drams" section.
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*Whisk: a food blog
Chef Steven Vardy's spiked white-chocolate cappuccino features brandy and almond extract.
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*cocktailvirgin
BoingBoing describes how the variations and experimentations that go into home brewing can make a product superior to what can be store bought.
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*Liqurious
Lyke to Drink amasses an impressive collection of photos depicting Christmas trees made out of beer cans, kegs, and bottles.
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*Liqurious
Drinkhacker reviews four Compass Box Scotch whiskys -- Peat Monster, Peat Monster Reserve, Oak Cross, and Hedonism Maximus -- in honor of St. Andrew’s Day.
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*Liqurious
What to get for the cocktail geek who has everything? Stylized bar tools from Danish firm Nuance ($125 at SFMOMA MuseumStore).
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*Liqurious
Underhill Lounge samples Ada Coleman's Hanky-Panky cocktail: half gin, half sweet vermouth, and a liberal splash of Fernet Branca.
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