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Christa and Shaun discovered that they have a shared passion, some might say obsession, for good booze, cocktails and food. This blog chronicles their further explorations and adventures tasting, mixing and enjoying yummy and sometimes not so yummy booze.-
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Category Archives: sparkling wine
Tonic Syrup Cocktails
A few years ago we discovered tonic syrup. We think it’s a great addition to any bar seen as it allows you to control exactly how much tonic flavor you put in your drink without adding undue dilution. Recently, Christa … Continue reading
Pink Sparkles
We are now officially into the thick of the holiday season, so it’s time to break out the sparkling wine cocktails. OK, we’re actually fans of having sparkling wine cocktails at any time, but now they’re especially nice. For this … Continue reading
Holy @$#*&!, 3 Years
We recently passed our 3 year anniversary here at Booze Nerds HQ. Which puts us in the mood to celebrate! This naturally means drinking cocktails, and what else but fizzy wine cocktails? For us there’s just something joyous and sophisticated about them. With that … Continue reading
Spritzes to the Rescue
It’s hot, way too damn hot here in Seattle. Since that’s the case, we’ve been having more light, refreshing, club soda-heavy drinks after dinner rather than our usual practice of having a splash of brandy or whiskey. Actually, we’ve been having them … Continue reading
Aperol
A couple weeks ago we played around with Campari. This week we’re playing around with its cousin, Aperol. Much like Campari, Aperol is a bitter herbal Italian aperitif. That said, it has its own unique characteristics that make it another must-have in … Continue reading
Posted in aperol, passionfruit puree, sparkling wine, sweet vermouth, white rum
Tagged Aperol, subgenius cocktail recipe
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Tinkering with Tinctures
This week we’re talking about tinctures, which are great for adding variety to cocktails. A tincture is defined as: a medicine that is made of a drug mixed with alcohol. Which we like the sound of. 🙂 Booze mixed with medicine, … Continue reading
Posted in blanco tequila, champagne, gin, grapefruit juice, lemon juice, lime juice, mezcal, orange juice, sparkling wine
Tagged del maguey mezcal, drink additions chipotle, drink additions curry, drink additions tarragon, mischief gin, mumbai moderne cocktail recipe, partida tequila, sundog cocktail recipe
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A tequila transition
We both like tequila, but we don’t use it as much as we should. It isn’t used much in the classical cocktail canon apart from in Margaritas, which makes it easy to overlook. This fact was brought to our attention … Continue reading
Cranberry Holiday Cocktails
Thanksgiving is coming up soon, and what is more Thanksgiving-y than cranberries? Well, turkey, sure, but we aren’t going to make turkey cocktails 😉 So we put together a few new cocktails using cranberry syrup (which only takes a few … Continue reading
Happy Anniversary!
It’s been a year since we started this blog and we’re still with it! Yay us. Hopefully a number of you are still with us as well. 🙂 In honor of the auspicious occasion, we decided to make a couple … Continue reading
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