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Washington Gin Showcase Part 4

Yesterday we went to Proof, a showcase for local distillers. Something right up our alley 🙂 It was fantastic – if you are in the Seattle area and didn’t get a chance to attend, we strongly recommend that you try to do … Continue reading

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MxMo: Southern Virgin & Peruvian Disco

It’s Mixology Monday time again. This month’s theme comes from Andrea from Gin Hound. It’s cherries! A favorite around here 🙂 Both of the drinks this month are favorites that we’ve been holding in our back pockets for just the right occasion. … Continue reading

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Kentucky Bourbon Tour: Everything else

Hello and welcome to our final post about our Kentucky bourbon tour. Here are parts one and two While every place we visited had something of interest to offer, of the other distilleries and retailers we saw, three stood out; Buffalo … Continue reading

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Kentucky Bourbon Tour: Willett

Welcome to our second entry for our Kentucky bourbon tour. There are many bourbon distilleries in Kentucky, and of those, there were two that were “must sees” for us. One was Four Roses, the other was Willett. Neither us can … Continue reading

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Kentucky Bourbon Tour: Four Roses

Being booze nerds and all (hence the name :)), it isn’t unheard of for us to spend our vacation time doing things that are booze-related. So a week and a half ago, we decided to go to Lexington, Kentucky and … Continue reading

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MxMo: Clark Kent

It’s time again for Mixology Monday. This months theme, Witches’ Garden, comes from Mark Holmes at Cardiff Cocktails. It’s an herbal theme that we’re very excited about. We have lots of herbs in the garden right now, in the form of … Continue reading

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Daiquiri Comparison

The weather is very warm here in Seattle which makes it perfect for sipping a delicious daiquiri. We like daiquiris here at Booze Nerds 🙂 The daiquiri is classic, and a fairly simple drink, only three ingredients.  Despite that, there are … Continue reading

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The Four Roses Alphabet

We here at Booze Nerds like bourbon a lot and one of our favorite distillers is Four Roses. For those of you who are unaware of this, Four Roses has 10 different recipes that they make, using two different mash … Continue reading

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Umami Cocktails

We both enjoy savory cocktails, but there isn’t a vast variety out there outside of bloody marys and dirty martinis. So we thought we’d experiment a bit and see if we could come up with a few new options, and soy sauce … Continue reading

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Cherry Spirits

It’s spring and the cherries are in bloom, and cherry is one of our favorite spring flavors. The fruit isn’t in season yet, so we have a number of cherry spirits to tide us over until it is available. Today … Continue reading

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