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The Orchard Keeper 1.5 oz Eagle Rare Bourbon 0.5 oz Laird’s 100 Proof Apple Brandy 0.25 oz Nocello Walnut Liqueur 1 oz Grenadine 3 drops Autumn Spice Bitters Shake ingredients well with cracked ice and strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with candied ginger and cinnamon. NOTES: This one is […]

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We were invited to a potluck this past week with a lot of people that do some really heavy-duty cooking, so I thought I’d leave the cooking to them and bring along a drink to share. I also got to take the half-finished bar bag for a test run. It needs a little work, but […]

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1.5 oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon 1 oz Mezcal 1 oz Pear Vanilla Shrub 1 tbsp condensed milk 2 dashes chocolate bitters Shake ingredients well with ice, strain and serve up. Garnish with a slice of pear. NOTES: I set out to try something in the bourbon family with the pear shrub. In my head, I […]

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After a surprisingly high number of suggestions to do so, we decided to try our hand at some beer cocktails. Being fall (and considering it was already in our fridge), we started with a pumpkin beer that neither of us had ever tried: Stegmaier Pumpkin Ale. I was a little surprised by the results, specifically […]

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Year of the Flood 1.5 oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon 0.5 oz Cazadores Reposado Tequila 1 oz Raspberry Vanilla Syrup 0.5 oz Benedictine Shake well and serve over ice. NOTES: Pretty tasty. I really like the taste of this syrup, but if we’re being honest, the follow-up drink was just 1 oz of the syrup and […]

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After being teased with advance ads for over a month, we were finally able to get our hands on a bottle of RHUBY, Art In The Age’s newest liqueur. We sat down to try it out by itself first. I will say it’s not quite the sipping spirit that I found ROOT to be, mostly […]

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2 oz Bourbon 0.75 oz Applejack 0.5 oz Cherry Heering 0.25 oz Aperol 3 drops Burlesque Bitters Shake well with ice, pour over a large ice cube. Squeeze some orange oil out of a peel into the finished drink and drop in to garnish. NOTES: Good flavor, but the Bulleit bourbon was a little overpowering. […]

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2 oz Bourbon 0.5 oz Pineapple basil shrub (recipe below) 0.25 oz maple syrup 0.25 oz dry vermouth Shake ingredients with ice, pour over crushed ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with pineapple left over from making the shrub. Pineapple Basil Shrub 1 small pineapple 1/2 bottle apple cider vinegar 5 oz sugar 10 leaves […]

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2 oz Bourbon 1 oz Blackberry jalapeno syrup 0.5 oz milk 1 egg white ground cardamom shake bourbon, syrup, milk and egg for 15 seconds. add ice. shake 15 more. strain into glass, sprinkle cardamom on top. NOTES: kinda meh. Not bad, but not great. jalapeno spiciness is redundant with the bourbon warmth, egg didn’t […]

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2 oz Bourbon 1 oz Homemade strawberry basil syrup 1 egg white Shake ingredients in shaker for 15 seconds, add ice and shake for an additional 15 seconds. pour into glass through sieve and serve up with a strawberry garnish. Strawberry Basil Syrup 6 large strawberries 15 basil leaves 1 cup sugar 1 cup water […]

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