TDN: W(h)ine Announcement

December 22, 2011

Tonight at the Mixoloseum chatroom starting at 8pm EST is a w(h)ine-themed Thursday Drink Night. With the duality of the event title, the object is to create tasty wine-containing cocktails and name the drink after a complaint. Whines about relatives, bosses, or bunions are all fair game. Remember, an hour spent with [...]

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This Week in the Blogs

December 21, 2011

• Michael Dietsch of A Dash of Bitters continues his scholarly Cocktail 101 lectures on SeriousEats with one on how to batch cocktails. It is important lesson to learn so that you are not stuck behind the bar at your party for hours making drinks.  Batched cocktails are also great to show up with [...]

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TDN: Hot Drinks Wrap Up

December 16, 2011

Last night was a hot drinks themed Thursday Drink Night, and the call to libation was ceremoniously sounded by a whistling tea kettle. Here are three of the drinks proffered in the chatroom that night:
Zach Pearson took the hot milk route with his Flip-Swizzle hybrid that he dubbed a Fizzle. On the base [...]

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This Week in the Blogs

December 14, 2011

• Erik Ellestad gives a preview of what’s to come for winter 2011 with the Savoy Stomp including the last series of Fixes, Juleps, and Cups, and he ponders what he should do after the epic cocktail tome is done, cover to cover.
• Pegu Doug talks about two spirits this week. The first is [...]

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TDN: Hot Drinks Announcement

December 13, 2011

Thursday night at the Mixoloseum chatroom will be a hot beverage-themed drink night. With winter setting in on some if not most of us, warm fortifying beverages are needed to get through these dreary colder days. Therefore, show up with your ideas, your ingredients, and your tea kettle on Thursday the 15th starting [...]

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This Week in the Blogs

December 7, 2011

• A Dash of Bitters’ Michael Dietsch gives some great holiday gift ideas in SeriousEats. From books to bitters, these are 10 things to consider for that cocktailian in your life (or for you to leave hints for other people).
• Tiare of A Mountain of Crushed Ice reviews Tiki Lovers Rums from the Bitter [...]

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This Week in the Blogs

November 30, 2011

Even with the chaos of travel and cooking for Thanksgiving, there was still a surprisingly large amount of traffic on the blogs this week.  Without further ado, here is the Week in the Blogs:
• Erik Ellestad of the Savoy Stomp discusses the Brandy Fix and how the Fix differs from the Daisy.
• Pegu Doug points [...]

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This Week in the Blogs

November 23, 2011

• Michael Dietsch of A Dash of Bitters alerts us that he, Paul Clarke, Rumdood, and others have contributed drink recipes to the new Gojee site. And because Thanksgiving means family and family means drinking, Mike’s Cocktails 101 column on SmartEats is on Thanksgiving cocktails to bring to the feast.
• A Jigger of Blog’s Matt [...]

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TDN: Red and Yellow Wrap Up

November 21, 2011

Last Thursday for drink night, the theme was “red and yellow” in honor of the leaves changing color as we get further into Autumn. Therefore, the use of red and/or yellow cocktail ingredients was encouraged; this included Campari, Cherry Heering, and sweet vermouth for red, and Strega, Lillet Blanc, and Galliano for yellow. [...]

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TDN: Red and Yellow Announcement

November 17, 2011

Tonight at the Mixoloseum chatroom will be a red and yellow themed drink night. With autumn well upon us, let us honor red and yellow, two of the primary colors of fall by putting them in our drinks! Reds like Campari, Cherry Heering, and Angostura Bitters, and yellows like Lillet, Yellow Chartreuse, Galliano, [...]

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