Category Archives: triple sec

Kamikaze Orange Liqueur Variants

Posted on April 5, 2015 by BoozeNerds

Last week’s post was all about iterating on an existing recipe. This week, we decided to talk about one of the other things we like to experiment with here at Booze Nerds HQ, trying different types of the same ingredient. We … Continue reading →

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Using complementary orange liqueurs

Posted on June 1, 2014 by BoozeNerds

We have quite a number of orange liqueurs in our cabinet, and we’ve been curious for a while whether it was good, bad, or indifferent to use an orange liqueur with a base spirit that’s complementary to the primary liquor … Continue reading →

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Wild Kingdom

Posted on March 30, 2014 by BoozeNerds

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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Lime vs Acid Phosphate

Posted on July 28, 2013 by BoozeNerds

Recently we received an order of acid phosphate (as well as other goodies) from Darcy O’Neil at Art of the Drink. Mr. O’Neil has been a tireless researcher of extinct drink ingredients. We love such intrepid individuals. We’re fascinated by such … Continue reading →

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Happy Pride!

Posted on June 30, 2013 by BoozeNerds

It’s the day of the Pride parade here in Seattle, and in light of that, we decided to mix up a couple of cocktails to celebrate. First the Mattachine, to honor one of the first organizations to fight the good … Continue reading →

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