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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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Spring Tiki
It’s spring in Seattle, which means it’s tiki time! The weather’s a bit dull, grey and rainy right now, so we’re turning to delicious tropical drinks to lighten our spirits. Come with us to the South Pacific 🙂 Read on … Continue reading
Switchels & Shrubs
This week we decided to take a look at shrubs – flavored, sweetened vinegar-based syrups – and switchels, which are the same thing only with the inclusion of ginger as a flavoring. The vinegar in them serves the same role … Continue reading
Posted in blackberry liqueur, gin, Original Cocktail, shrub, switchel, white rum
Tagged as above so below cocktail recipe, brave sir robin cocktail recipe, dr picketts lemon ginger blackberry switchel, giffard muroise, Pacific Distillery Voyager Gin, pok pok som honey shrub, prichards crystal rum
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Which Bitters?
If you’re a regular reader here, you know that we’re fascinated by how different ingredients affect a drink. Some might even say we’re somewhat obsessed with it. 🙂 This week we decided to noodle around a bit with bitters. Bitters, … Continue reading
MxMo: Amaretto Sour Lemon vs. Lactart
 It’s Mixology Monday time again! This month’s theme, Sours, comes from Andrea over at Ginhound. Taking Andrea’s suggestion, we decided to experiment with what souring agent we used. Awhile back, we picked up some Acid Phosphate and some Lactart. After tasting both, we decided … Continue reading
My Black and Bitter Heart
We’re not big romantics here at Booze Nerds, but we still like to throw ourselves into the spirit of any holidays that come our way. Never decline a chance to celebrate, right? So we felt it was only right that … Continue reading
Posted in campari, coffee liqueur, cognac, punt e mes, rye
Tagged my black and bitter heart cocktail recipe, vday2014
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Chartreuse
Chartreuse is a French herbal liqueur that comes in both a green and a yellow formulation. You can find both varieties in many cocktails, where they add interest from their herbal flavors as well as sweetness. This week, we check … Continue reading
Maraschino Comparison
This week we decided to do a comparison between the two maraschino liqueurs we currently have in the liquor cabinet. Maraschino is a cherry-almond liqueur used in many classic drinks, and we’re both fond of it for it’s complex, somewhat … Continue reading
MxMo: Gone Courting & Ozaki
It’s Mixology Monday time again. This month’s theme, highballs, comes from Joel at Southern Ash. From the announcement: Highball – n. 1. a long iced drink consisting of a spirit base with water, soda water, etc -Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged … Continue reading
What to do with woody whiskey
There are a lot of craft distillers out there now. We really love some of the interesting and high quality products they’re making. However, we don’t enjoy the micro barreled whiskeys that some of them are producing. We get it, … Continue reading
Posted in aperol, Original Cocktail, raspberry liqueur, Tasting Notes, whiskey
Tagged Aperol, tallahassee cocktail recipe, woody whiskey
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