Upcoming TDN – Bols Genever Genever may be my favorite new spirit of the year. Combining the coniferous lure of juniper with a proper gentleman’s dose of malt, Genever manages to taste like gin and whisky at the same time. If only other spirit flavor profiles combined in such quizzically alluring ways… like rum and […]
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Super Punch
Jannamico Super Punch tastes like liquid fruit cake. And I’m not talking about your lovely homemade variety with dried fruit, nuts, rum, etc. I’m talking those grocery store, candied-orange monstrosities that have a shelf life longer than Pop Tarts. It also has this spicy caramel syrup quality to it. Yet, despite all of that, I […]
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Original BarSol Pisco Cocktails
Upcoming TDN – Oval Vodka Vodka alone accounts for over 20% of spirits sales in the U.S. yet gets not play with the cocktail snobs. Think you’re so cool only working with ingredients that taste like tree bark and gasoline? How about mixology where you are in charge of all the flavors. No chance to […]
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Are You a Lurker?
It’s de-lurking day! For the third year in a row, I’ve been dragging you bashful, non-commenters out of your hobbit holes to introduce yourself and win something. The past two years have been a great success and we’ve added with style to our community of cocktail enthusiasts. Think we can top the 46 comments from […]
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Original Rum Cocktails
Welcome Stumblers! If you’re new, make sure to check out what Thursday Drink Night is all about. Upcoming TDN – BarSol Pisco Our first pisco-themed TDN ( What’s Thursday Drink Night? ) will feature one of the most-liked of its kind among cocktail enthusiasts – BarSol. Diego Loret de Mola, a knowledgeable and passionate pisco […]
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Original Rye Whiskey Cocktails
Upcoming TDN – Rum The rum-infused week sails on toward Thursday Drink Night and our ship’s hold is filled to the breaking point, leaving us drowning in delicious bilge water. So turn your cocktail shaker into a bucket and join us this week to create original rum cocktails. The prize for the best original cocktail, […]
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Beefeater 24 Cocktails
Upcoming TDN – Rye Whiskey We’ve had over 25 Thursday Drink Nights and have yet to feature one of cocktail’s most important spirits: Rye Whiskey. Paul Clarke must be insanely distressed. Well, this week we’ll make everything better by slinging original rye cocktails and tweaking them to perfection (or as close as we can get). […]
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Original Swizzles
Upcoming TDN – Beefeater 24 Gin has been one of the most successful Thursday Drink Night themes, generating a vast array of tasty libations each time its featured. Well, nothing’s being held back this time. In addition to our regular chat room intensity, several of us will be live at the Quarter Bar in New […]
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Cocktail Season in San Francisco
It was HOT in San Francisco last week week. I’m talking 93 degrees in parts of the city that are usually reliably fog-covered. Solution? Lots of frosty cocktails. Last Sunday, for example, I found myself in the vicinity of Alembic. While Alembic is a suitable destination for quaffable concoctions any day of the week, this […]
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Original Absinthe Cocktails
Upcoming TDN – Swizzle Pouring high-proof rum over the bed of crushed ice brings me joy and happiness. But what about gin and Chartreuse? Or vermouth and Peychaud bitters? This coming Thursday we’ll be making more swizzles than you can twirl a stick at. And as voted on by the participants, the best cocktail of […]
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