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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: mezcal
Amaro Lucano
Rather than wait a year or more between amaro posts, we thought we’d get ahead of the game and do another. Closing our eyes, spinning around in a circle, and grabbing a bottle from the shelf, we landed on Amaro … Continue reading
Posted in amaro, amaro lucano, cocktail recipe, Cointreau, mezcal, orange bitters
Tagged Amaro, amaro cocktail recipe, amaro lucano, dust storm cocktail recipe
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Amaro: Averna
2+ years ago O_o, we planned on doing a series of posts on amaro, which we are *ahem* picking up now. As we mentioned in our original post, we’re big fans of amaro. For those of you who don’t know, … Continue reading
MxMo: Funeral Pyre
It’s Mixology Monday time again, our favorite post of the month. This month’s theme is courtesy of JFL over at Rated R Cocktails, one of our favorite tiki themed blogs. The theme this month is Spoooooooky cocktails. JFL was very … Continue reading
Posted in 151 rum, gold rum, grenadine, lemon bitters, lime juice, mezcal, pineapple juice
Tagged funeral pyre cocktail recipe, Mixology Monday
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You say toe-mah-toe
This week we decided to experiment with tomato juice. It’s a common ingredient in Bloody Marys, but you rarely see it combined with anything but vodka. So we decided to see what else we could mix it with. We also … Continue reading
MxMo: Rone-ry & Blue Alert
It’s Mixology Monday time again! This month’s theme comes from Andrea over at Ginhound. The theme is Blue. Andrea gave everyone permission to interpret that however they see fit, so we’re taking that flexibility to the limit. Read on to … Continue reading
Smoke Signals
We’re well into indian summer here, with warm days and cool nights. The leaves are coming down, and at least in the more rural areas the fragrance of burning leaves (delightful!) is ubiquitous. With that scent in mind, we thought … Continue reading
Posted in amaro montenegro, amontillado sherry, angostura bitters, coffee liqueur, gin, grapefruit liqueur, lemon bitters, mezcal, oloroso sherry, ramazzotti amaro, scotch
Tagged alistair loves cecil cocktail recipe, martini alternatives, wheelhouse cocktail recipe, your charming cousin 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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More Muddled Thinking
As we discovered last week, muddling herbs and spices in spirit or not noticeably affects the flavor of the finished cocktail. This week, continuing with our current booze-related obsession, we’re experimenting with fruits and vegetables to see what difference (if any) we … Continue reading
Cinco de Mezcal
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, which is one of those weird ‘Merican holidays in our minds. It’s a popular holiday in the states, but in it’s country of origin, Mexico, it’s not that big of a deal. So if we … Continue reading
Wild Kingdom
March 28th was Marlin Perkin’s birthday. When we were kids in the 70’s, he hosted Wild Kingdom, which influenced us in many ways. We both have fond memories of watching it on Sunday evenings, where Marlin and his crew exposed us … Continue reading
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