Bourbon

Grapefruit Bourbon Sour

January 24, 2012

If you’ve ever been to the mixers section of the grocery store you’ve seen sour mix. Maybe you’ve even purchased it and made whiskey sours at home. Well NO MORE, my friends! We can overcome this, together. Because, see, throwing sour mix out the window and replacing it with equal parts citrus (lemon or lime) [...]

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Hot Apple Pie

October 26, 2011

I’m helping with Thanksgiving dinner this year. I don’t know if your family holidays are like mine, but ours usually start with an afternoon dinner and stretch far into the evening. My family are not drinkers. If they were, I’d serve this at that moment when a few brave souls start recovering from the meal [...]

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This is probably my first truly successful drink. Though as I’ve learned, I’ve modified it. Now, it has fresher ingredients and is more bourbon-y. Like I do. Orange, ginger, pear & bourbon 1.5 oz. bourbon .5 oz. ginger syrup Juice of 1/2 an orange (2 oz?) 2 pear wedges Orange and lime slices, for garnish [...]

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If I was ever going to describe this drink in one word, it would be “ohmygod.” I’d recommend enjoying it on a humid summer day while sitting in a rocker on your screened porch while your bloodhound Buster pants quietly. Or you know, it’d probably be just as good sitting on your kitchen floor sobbing [...]

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