May 2017 – Fizzy Cocktail

May 29, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: My Own Cocktail

In the interests of clarity (and for new readers of this blog) this isn’t MY own cocktail. It’s my Great Great Uncle’s from The Mixing Master, his c. 1933 unpublished mixing guide.

May 24, 2017 Karin

Feeling Bitter(s)?

Bitters were originally developed as “tonics” — aka patent medicines.

May 19, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: Virgin’s Peril

The problem with this cocktail — or the advantage of it, depending on your viewpoint — is that it’s very easy to drink.

May 15, 2017 Karin

Dine and Dance (but don’t drink…)

This ad is from the November 26, 1932 issue of the rather unimaginatively named “Cleveland Office Worker” magazine.

May 11, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: Whisky Fizz

…To me, fizzes are basically sours in a good mood.

May 7, 2017 Karin

Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

“Absinthe makes the heart grow founder” is a quote sometimes attributed to author/renaissance woman Ethel Watts Mumford. Although I distinctly remember Groucho Marx saying it at some point.

May 3, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: Perfect Cocktail

… an “easy cocktail” that is also happily the Perfect Cocktail.

May 2, 2017 Karin

More About Proof

Because I am extraordinarily slow on the uptake, I recently became the last person on the planet to realize that a liquor’s “proof” is twice the percentage of alcohol by volume (ABV).

Month: May 2017

RECIPE: My Own Cocktail

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Feeling Bitter(s)?

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Dine and Dance (but don’t drink…)

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Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

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RECIPE: Perfect Cocktail

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More About Proof

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