Long before Guinness created United Distillers, in the 1990s, there was a company formed in the 1930s named United Distillers Limited (U.D.L.). They date to just after the repeal of Prohibition and they were originally based in Canada and the… Contin…
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In my late 20s I thought I invented the Perfect Manhattan Cocktail. When I started making and drinking Manhattans, all the cocktail books I had mentioned sweet red vermouth, and all the bars in UT made theirs with sweet red vermouth so, to be different, I made mine with dry vermouth. One night, when I […]
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Recently I’ve been delving into the world of cocktails more and more and with that, I’ve been getting into classic, though a tad bit obscure, cocktails. To fix that I’ve decided to hit some of the true classics, like the Old Fashioned, before going back down the rabbit hole of classic, semi-forgotten or overlooked cocktails. […]
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My sister-in-law, Andrea Hammer, knows I like science fiction and whiskey, so she found this book as a gift for Christmas. It is a fun little cocktail book with some interesting cocktails. Unfortunately, very few of them call for Bourbon… Continue Re…
Silky and boozy, this cocktail combines blended whiskey with amaro, tiki spices syrup, milk stout, and an egg.
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This cocktail is meant to give the feeling of a warm embrace, with Tennessee whiskey mixing with espresso syrup, heavy cream, and Coca-Cola.
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Get tropical with this cocktail which mixes bourbon with falernum, coconut milk, and a coconut water hibiscus shrub.
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These cocktails use ingredients like coconut milk, stout beer, and heavy cream to deliver wonderful spice-driven wintery drinks.
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A variation on the classic Manhattan, the Preakness cocktail is an herbaceous and delicious cocktail that’s easy to make. The name of the cocktail comes from an annual horse race, the Preakness Stakes, and I guess is meant to symbolize a day at the track; tasting the sweetness of victory (vermouth) and the bitterness of […]
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