Category Archives: cocktail recipe

MxMo: Nothing to Declare & Persuasion

Posted on August 24, 2014 by BoozeNerds

It’s Mixology Monday again! This month’s theme is Coconut from JFL over at the wonderful Rated R Cocktails blog. With that theme in mind, we wanted to see if we could make a less sweet cocktail with coconut. We often see fairly sugary coconut … Continue reading →

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Juicer redux

Posted on August 17, 2014 by BoozeNerds

Last week we looked into whether using juice from a squeeze juicer vs. a twist juicer made a difference for oranges and grapefruit. Turns out it did. We then became curious if the same held true for lime and lemon … Continue reading →

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Squeeze juicer vs twist juicer

Posted on August 10, 2014 by BoozeNerds

Christa’s twist juicer is rather pathetic. It clogs with pulp in seconds, and strongly makes us suspect nobody tried to juice anything with it before putting it on the market. Hmph :S. Due to that, she sometimes uses her squeeze juicer … Continue reading →

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Cobbler Weather

Posted on August 3, 2014 by BoozeNerds

It’s high summer here in Seattle, which means it’s cobbler weather. Fortunately, we’re going to make the kind of cobbler that does not require the use of an oven. It’s hot, well hot for us :), and it seemed like … Continue reading →

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MxMo: Simply Smashing

Posted on July 27, 2014 by BoozeNerds

It’s time again for Mixology Monday. This month’s theme is The Smash, courtesy of Stacy and her eponymous blog Stacy Markow. For those of you that don’t know, a smash is a base spirit mixed with a muddled herb (typically mint) and a sweetener and … Continue reading →

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A is for Agave

Posted on July 20, 2014 by BoozeNerds

This coming Thursday, the 24th of July 2014, is National Tequila Day. Being the booze patriots that we are, we felt we should honor the event by making more tequila drinks. As we said in A tequila transition, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Tinkering with Tinctures

Posted on July 13, 2014 by BoozeNerds

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 →

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More Muddled Thinking

Posted on July 6, 2014 by BoozeNerds

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 →

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Muddled Thinking

Posted on June 29, 2014 by BoozeNerds

In case it isn’t obvious, we tend to obsess with how drinks are assembled, and whether or not using one technique over another makes for a better drink. One such technique is muddling. In particular  we were wondering if muddling … Continue reading →

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MxMo: Pineapple

Posted on June 22, 2014 by BoozeNerds

It’s Mixology Monday time again, and this month’s theme is Pineapple, courtesy of Thiago over at Bartending Notes.  The first thing that came to our minds for this ingredient was tiki drinks (of course!) But then we thought, while tiki is certainly a delicious way to … Continue reading →

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