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Pink Sparkles

We are now officially into the thick of the holiday season, so it’s time to break out the sparkling wine cocktails. OK, we’re actually fans of having sparkling wine cocktails at any time, but now they’re especially nice. For this … Continue reading

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Spritzes to the Rescue

It’s hot, way too damn hot here in Seattle. Since that’s the case, we’ve been having more light, refreshing, club soda-heavy drinks after dinner rather than our usual practice of having a splash of brandy or whiskey. Actually, we’ve been having them … Continue reading

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A tequila transition

We both like tequila, but we don’t use it as much as we should. It isn’t used much in the classical cocktail canon apart from in Margaritas, which makes it easy to overlook. This fact was brought to our attention … Continue reading

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A Harmonious Cocktail for Labor Day

Like many people, we’re having a family BBQ tomorrow so we can hang out, grill some meat, and have a few drinks together. We were contemplating what cocktail would make a good match for typical cook-out foods, and we thought … Continue reading

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MxMo: Oh, Inverted World

It’s Mixology Monday time again! This month’s theme comes courtesy of Stewart Putney of Putney Farm. The theme is Inverted which really got us to thinking. It’s a challenging theme to say the least. Shaun really wanted to do something with an … Continue reading

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Sparkling Wine Cocktails

It’s the holidays here in the States. And as such, many people turn to sparkling wine for it’s celebratory nature. However, we here at Booze Nerds are never happy to just drink something without fiddling with it. 🙂 So this … Continue reading

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Pear Brandy Showcase

We here at Booze Nerds love our fruit brandy, and pear brandy (aged or not) is near the top of the list. We have two in the cabinet at the moment, one aged from Peach Street Distillers and one non-aged … Continue reading

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