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Slashfood celebrates the birthday of the Bloody Mary, invented 75 years ago by a Frenchman.
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The Kitchn's newest indulgence, pear brandy, sparks an investigation into just how whole fruit gets inside the bottle.
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Table Matters takes a tequila pilgrimage and returns with recipes like the tamarind margarita.
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Henrietta Lovell, owner of London's Rare Tea Company, enthuses to Dos Hermanos about using her teas in cocktails like the Oolong Mojito.
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A perfect holiday gift for the newly fledged cocktailian, Marquis by Waterford's "Build Your Bar" set includes two each of highball, pilsner, cocktail, and snifter glasses.
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December 5 -- this Friday -- marks 75 years since Prohibition was repealed, and Eastern Standard is celebrating with a blowout befitting the most extravagant speakeasies of the Roaring '20s.
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Tiare from A Mountain of Crushed Ice shares her technique for a show-stopper garnish: Coat a honeyed vanilla bean with light and dark muscovado sugars.
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Slashfood explains how to make your own corncob wine, which helpful commenters correctly point out is the first step to DIY moonshine.
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The $100 Suntory Yamazaki 18-Year single-malt may be enough to convert your Scotch-loving friends to the pleasures of Japanese whisky.
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LeNell Smothers and Gary Regan -- among other cocktail luminaries -- judge the 2008 Martin Miller’s Masters Gin Competition.... with a full report by Jamie Boudreau.
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Indian single-malt distillery Amrut has won a top prize at this year's Malt Maniacs Awards. The Amrut NAS scooped the Non-Plus-Ultra Award 2008 in the "Daily Drams" section.
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Chef Steven Vardy's spiked white-chocolate cappuccino features brandy and almond extract.
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BoingBoing describes how the variations and experimentations that go into home brewing can make a product superior to what can be store bought.
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Lyke to Drink amasses an impressive collection of photos depicting Christmas trees made out of beer cans, kegs, and bottles.
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Drinkhacker reviews four Compass Box Scotch whiskys -- Peat Monster, Peat Monster Reserve, Oak Cross, and Hedonism Maximus -- in honor of St. Andrew’s Day.
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What to get for the cocktail geek who has everything? Stylized bar tools from Danish firm Nuance ($125 at SFMOMA MuseumStore).
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Underhill Lounge samples Ada Coleman's Hanky-Panky cocktail: half gin, half sweet vermouth, and a liberal splash of Fernet Branca.
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An update from Drink Dogma on Anvil, the soon-to-open craft cocktail bar in Houston.
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*stevideter
Eric Felten writes in the Wall Street Journal about celebrating Repeal Day, dubbing it Cinco de Drinko.
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Off the Presses takes a look at that ubiquitous Art Deco artifact of American drinking, the West Bend Penguin Hot and Cold Server Ice Bucket.
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*Peter Patau
Edible flowers garnish the Left Bank Martini at Monroe Street Bistro in Madison, WI.
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The Liquid Muse created the Apple Pie Shooter -- a tiny dessert drink -- for Every Day with Rachel Ray.
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Underhill Lounge finds another excuse to combine gin and Cocchi Americano -- his substitute for the original recipe Kina Lillet -- in the H & H cocktail.
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An affordable indulgence for your next cocktail party: A set of 8 coasters, printed by hand on heavy white coaster stock with waterproof gray ink.
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Attention, lovers of the leaf: The Kitchn is giving away a UtiliTEA Kettle Set from Adagio Teas.
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The cranberry, orange liqueur, and Champagne concoction known as The Poinsettia is easy to make in party-sized quantities, says the Toronto Star.
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Counting down to the holidays, SFist proposes a toast to McCormick & Schmick’s Apple Cider Mojito.
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If you're looking for a "seasonal, suitable and historically appropriate accompaniment" to your holiday meals, Paul Clarke suggests that you look no further than hard cider.
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Like a Dark n' Stormy, the 10 Cane Bailout from
My Year of Drinking Heavily features rum, lime juice, and ginger beer.
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Drinkhacker declares Oronoco Rum "exceptionally smooth and creamy, offering an immediate vanilla nose."
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SF Chronicle analyzes the trend of DIY cocktail ingredients -- bitters, orgeat, syrups, and such -- featuring a recipe for Erik Ellestad's clementine bitters.
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Drinks after Dark reports that British officials are considering banning Happy Hour discounts, one of several ideas aimed at curbing binge drinking among teenagers and young adults.
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Imbibe Unfilters stops in to Laurel Tavern, the six-week-old gastropub that replaced Studio City’s Sapphire bar. The beer list features 16 rotating taps of California microbrews.
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Drinkhacker sips a trio of Inniskillin ice wines, a very sweet and flavorful drink made from grapes left on the vine until winter’s frost arrives.
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