Late winter seems to have summoned the exotic in all of us, with Matt and his attempts to try 473 different combinations of rum in his Mai Tai, to an entire Thursday Drink Night devoted to the Zombie, and finally with Doug, who devoted the entire month of February to tiki drinks. My consumption of […]
Original Fernet Branca Cocktails
Upcoming TDN Long Island Iced Tea We explore what might be the cornerstone of the cocktail world. Or perhaps better said, where many of us began our journey: mixing lots of random booze together and praying to the mixology gods that it wouldn’t kill us. And taking that as our mantra, we have only one […]
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The Slippery Drink: Convincing the Masses to Like Gin
“I’ll have something without gin or whiskey in it.” I can’t even begin to count the number of times I used to hear this when mixing up drinks for friends. So what did I do? I made them a drink with gin or whiskey. “Oh, that’s really tasty, what’s in it?” “Gin.” Needless to say, […]
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Original “Rinsed” Cocktails – TDN
Upcoming TDN Telephone No, it’s not the new cocktail version of the iPhone, but it’s sure different from our usual Thursday Drink Night themes. Remember the game “telephone” from when you were a child? Well, TDN will kick off with the person at the top of the chatroom list submitting a drink. 15 minutes later […]
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Original Absinthe Recipes – TDN Mata Hari
Upcoming TDN – Vermouth Vermouth helped to transform straight booze into the cocktail, and in turn, rowdy bar patrons into sophisticated glitterati. Join us in the Mixoloseum chatroom, where a host of cocktail nerds will be making vermouth new again with original cocktails. Bring along your favorite dry, sweet, and blanc. Festivities begin at 7pm […]
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TDN Float Wrap-Up
Upcoming TDN – Chartreuse Oh, the lure of Chartreuse. Herbs, both aromatic and sweet, embracing all of your senses and whisking you on a dance in the trees with fairies and monks. It’s green hue brings thoughts of Christmas, mistletoe, and the hearth. For me, Chartreuse is a Yuletide spirit, and as long as my […]
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