MY BOURBON LOVE STORY

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Bourbon was foreign to me until my first night in residence during university. One of my floor mates, who I would quickly learn was an alcoholic at a tender age, had packed a case of Jim Beam when he ...
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A Classy Dame and Cocktail Lesson

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Many years ago, in a bar, far, far away an elderly lady taught me everything I needed to know about being a mixologist. It was a slow, Sunday afternoon in the middle of a hot July. I had barely opened...
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A port in any storm…

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Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of the scholar and the philosopher. -Evelyn Waugh I am neither young, active or vain so it is only f...
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Coffee after

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CAFE CASINO ROYALE The other day rodent meteorologists predicted six more weeks of winter; a gloomy forecast for continued bad weather. When the weather outside has you feeling the winter blahs, inves...
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A wee dram…and no more

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Many years ago I discovered this scotch at a steakhouse in Las Vegas. A great run at the blackjack table necessitated the best steak dinner be consumed. In support of my digesting the 50 oz porterhous...
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TEQUILA REVOLUTION

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Tequila deserves a new look.  Too many people have the perception that tequila tastes like lighter fluid.  Good tequila is like a great single malt.  It demands your attention.   Next time you ha...
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A CURE THAT BECAME A COCKTAIL

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Often the best things in life are discovered by accident or come to us in an indirect method.   The universally known cocktail the Gin and Tonic had its origins in the malarial jungles of India and ...
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A Delicious Looking Libation

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Malibu Bay Breeze 1 1/2 oz Malibu Coconut Rum 2 oz cranberry cocktail 2 oz pineapple juice garnish with a pineapple wedge On a recent trip to Mesquite, Nevada I spotted this concoction on a menu at a ...
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A WEEKEND DRINK

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A variation on an old favourite the Harvey Wallbanger   Brass Monkey Cocktail Ingredients 1 oz vodka ½ oz light rum ½ oz Galliano 4 oz orange juice Instructions Combine the vodka, rum and orang...
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STILL CELEBRATING CINCO DE MAYO

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Origins:   From our cyber-experts at wikipedia There is no solid proof who “invented” the Margarita. The most accepted of all stories is that the Margarita was invented in October 1941, ...
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