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2 oz Wolfhound Irish Whiskey 1 oz Laird’s 100 Proof Apple Brandy 0.5 oz Walnut Liqueur 0.25 oz Simple Syrup Stir ingredients with ice, strain into a glass over an ice cube. Garnish with apple slices. NOTES: I may have gotten a little selfish on this one and wanted to get away from the overly […]

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Key Lime

1 oz Cazadores Reposado Tequila 1 oz OYO Honey Vanilla Vodka 0.5 oz Honey Syrup 0.75 oz lime juice 1 egg white 3 drops Shoofly Bitters Shake all ingredients well without ice for 30 seconds. Really shake the crap out of it. Then add the ice and shake for another 10 seconds. Strain into a […]

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1 oz Bluecoat Gin 1 oz Limoncello 0.5 oz Amaro Abano 0.25 oz lemon juice 0.5 oz simple syrup 1 dash Orange bitters Shake ingredients well with cracked ice and double strain into a coupe. Garnish with a lemon peel. NOTES: Because the Lemon Poppy donut is fairly straightforward and I couldn’t think of a […]

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1.5 oz Brandy 1 oz Raspberry Syrup 0.5 oz Creme de Cacao 0.25 oz St. Germain 2 dashes Aztec Chocolate Bitters 1 oz Heavy Cream Shake ingredients like crazy for about 20 seconds with cracked ice. Strain into glass and garnish with a raspberry. Shave chocolate onto the top of the drink. NOTES: Took a […]

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1.5 oz 10 Cane Rum 0.5 oz Rhuby 0.5 oz Frangelico 1 oz Pomegranate Syrup 2 dashes Rhubarb bitters Shake ingredients well with ice, strain and serve up. Garnish with a maraschino cherry. NOTES: This one fell a little flat. It wasn’t bad, but the flavor was a little on the medicine side and it […]

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1.5 oz Penn 1681 Vodka 0.5 oz Benedictine 0.25 oz Honey Syrup 1 oz Spicy Peanut Syrup 3 dashes Chocolate Bitters Pour a little honey syrup onto a wet paper towel and dip the rim of the glass into it. Then pat the honey-rimmed glass onto a plate covered in a thin layer of cocoa […]

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When Federal Donuts on 2nd Street opened, like most of the city, we were excited. We were even more excited when the rumors proved to be true, and the donuts were just as tasty and unique as we had heard. The only problem is that the donuts weren’t made of alcohol, so we set out […]

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Just a few updates on things: Hop Sing Laundromat is coming along nicely. We checked in with Lêe again for what he tells us is the last time until opening to check out the furniture and completed bar. The bar (above) itself looks incredible. The wide, long stainless steel bar is covered in nickels and […]

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Honestly, this was a lot more difficult than I expected it to be. I’ve never done a giveaway before and narrowing it down was a lot tougher than expected. Everything sounded totally delicious, but we had to narrow it down since we only have a couple bottles. Luckily for our waffling, we decided to send […]

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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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