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A Spicy Hot Summer Drink
This is a variation of a mojito that I tried tonight. Typically, a mojito has mint, fresh lime juice, simple syrup, white rum, and club soda. I made some substitutions to change the profile of this...
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As Promised… The Doctor’s Bloody Mary
I’m not a big Bloody Mary fan, but I figured it was high time I learn how to make one when I got a recipe request from the one and only Air Force Lewis. As a bartender, you probably have to know how...
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Maple Bacon Old Fashioned
It’s been a little while since I’ve written, but I haven’t stopped making cocktails – lots to catch up on! This is one of my favorite new drinks for the colder part of the year. I made it for the first...
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Earl Grey Mar-tea-ni
I received another drink request from one of my friends who likes to use “cute” aliases: Drink Doctor, Loved your post about sprucing up coffee. I’m more of a tea lady myself. Anything worth doing with...
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Caffe Martinez
Coffee is an excellent ingredient in modern cocktails. I think that modern cocktails are no longer tied to sweetness in the way that cocktails in the last few decades may have been. Cocktails today can...
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Update on the Verbena: How To
I wrote about the Verbena after a trip to Las Vegas last summer after staying at the Cosmopolitan and visiting The Chandelier bar. The Verbena is a yuzu/ginger/tequila cocktail, served on the rocks...
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The Breakfast Flip
I first had this drink at a place in downtown OKC called Ludivine. Ludivine is a nice little farm-to-table restaurant that also does some mighty fine craft cocktails. This drink was so good I had to...
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Smoking Jacket
I tried this one at my favorite cocktail joint in OKC, Ludivine. I’m not 100% sure about the ratios here, but I think I got it pretty close to the way they make it there. SMOKING JACKET -2 oz Rye -1/2...
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The Zombie
I made my own Falernum, and then I made this drink. The recipe I referenced a year ago seems to have disappeared, but I was able to find an excellent one by Kaiser Penguin. The best commercial...
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