Moscow Mule
This classic cocktail is reported to have been invented in the Cock 'n' Bull pub in Hollywood in the mid 1940's. It was originally made with Smirnoff Vodka but it can clearly be made with any quality Vodka. It's dead simple but surprisingly tasty when made with...
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Cape Codderkazi
Sometimes cocktail ideas collide, sometimes literally. The Cape Cod is nice but often flat while the Kamikaze is refreshing. If you are having these kind of thoughts you are also likely slapping the muddler in your hand so you may as well use it. Limes and basi...
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White Russian
It is hard to say where this cocktail was first made but it likely first appeared in the 1970s. There was the classic Russian cocktail in the 1930s that employed Vodka with Gin and crème de cacao so the basic idea has been alive for some time. If you bartended...
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Bolivian 63 – featuring Singani 63
The classic French 75 is a beautiful cocktail and one of our favorites. Like so many classic cocktails there are many variations – some good and some not so good. The Bolivian 63 is a damn fine twist on the classic and in some ways it's even better as the brig...
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The Gautier Cognac Sour
Regular readers at BevX know that we are subscribers to the theory that less is often more. This cocktail illustrates this point perfectly. Just three ingredients are required while the flavors are certainly more than a sum of its parts.
The Gautier Cognac...
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Campo de' Fiori
Everyone loves a great French 75, don't they? If you know someone that doesn't love a good French 75 reconsider the friendship. Like all great cocktails there are countless variations – some good and some bad. (If the French 75 and the Negroni had a baby – i...
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Rummy Hot Chocolate
In the holiday season we are encouraged to play with comforting cocktails. There is nothing more comforting than taking a childhood favorite and tweaking it for adult only consumption. Hot chocolate is easy to put together but it is something that we have sadly...
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Italian Coffee
Everyone knows the Irish Coffee so why not have a hot coffee cocktail from the land of superb coffee drinks? We have added layers of Italian flavors along with a double dose of espresso to create a drink that just might be too tasty.
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Manhattan with Cedar Ridge Malted Rye Whiskey
The Manhattan is a classic American cocktail. Like many classics, it has inspired many inventive variations. The Manhattan is believed to have been conceived in Manhattan, of all places, in the late 19th century. It is widely accepted that the first Manhattan w...
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Mai Tai
Victor Bergeron, best known as Trader Vic, in 1944, created this classic cocktail. (It must be noted that Don the Beachcomber claims to have invented the same drink 11 years earlier in Hollywood.) The Second World War was in full swing in both Europe and the Pa...
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