Martini & Rossi Fiero Vermouth Review
Fiero is an Italian orange vermouth that’s made from white wine and botanicals.
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The Best Gins and Vermouths for Martinis, According to Top Bartenders
Noted barkeeps share what ingredients they reach for when mixing up the most opinionated of drinks.
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Vermú Rosé Review
Vermú Rosé is Baltimore’s first-ever hometown vermouth.
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Regal Rogue Vermouth Reviews
Regal Rogue makes a line of vermouths made from organic Australian wine and native Australian herbs and spices.
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How to Make Vermouth
A step-by-step guide to making vermouth at home.
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The Adonis Cocktail Recipe
The Adonis dates back to the 1880s. This aperitif is easy to make, generally delicious and it’s low in alcohol, so you can have a few without missing dinner. The equal parts of sherry and vermouth make for a nutty…
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Ransom Dry Vermouth Review
Based in Oregon, Ransom Spirits produces a diverse lineup of fine beverages, including their most well-known product: Ransom Old Tom Gin. Over the years, we’ve enjoyed Ransom’s gins as well as Whipper Snapper Whiskey, but this week brought our first…
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Vermouth School with Brian McCullough
The 2014 San Antonio Cocktail Conference concluded on Sunday, which means we’ve had just a couple days to recuperate from the haze of seminars, tastings and parties. So many parties… And while the late night festivities at venues like the…
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This Week in Booze
Get the Door. It’s Whiskey. The US Postal Service is looking to alcohol as the answer to its financial troubles, and it could be worth upwards of $50 million per year to an agency that lost $16 billion last year….
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Maison Lillet Releases Lillet Rose
Maison Lillet, producers of the French aperitifs Lillet Blanc and Lillet Rouge, announced their first new product in 50 years: Lillet Rosé. Lillet Rosé has just launched on the public market, but it was introduced to the industry last year,…
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Palmetto Cocktail
I’m a big fan of simple cocktails, in part because they’re easy to make with what’s on hand, but also because they prove that good drinking doesn’t require a handful of fancy syrups, liqueurs and garnishes. My appreciation for the basic…
Read MoreThe Tailspin Cocktail
The Tailspin is a lovely little cocktail I first came across in How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice. Combining gin, sweet vermouth, green chartreuse and a touch of Campari, the Tailspin is a flavor-packed cocktail colored with interesting…
Read MoreThe Hearst Cocktail
While yesterday was a rye day, today was most definitely a gin day. With an assortment of gins at hand (Plymouth, Tanqueray Ten, Sapphire, Aviation and Martin Miller’s) I wanted to drink either something new, or something I hadn’t had…
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Mixology Monday: Absinthe and the Chrysanthemum Cocktail
Once per month cocktail fiends band together to create a booze-soaked collection of cocktail recipes for Mixology Monday. This month’s host is Sonja of Thinking of Drinking, who chose absinthe as the theme. From Sonja – The topic for February…
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Naked Lady (Cocktail)
Ah Valentine’s Day, that special holiday when couples spend money and singles spend time alone. Whichever boat you’re in this year, you might as well add a naked lady to the mix. Despite the name, the Naked Lady cocktail is…
Read MoreThe Bronx Cocktail
While there’s always a place for intricate cocktails boasting fun ingredients like Benedictine, Orgeat or Maraschino liqueur, sometimes you just want to simplify your life and your drinks. Comprised of five simple ingredients found in any reasonably stocked home bar,…
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Before Martini, there was Martinez
Many cocktails have predecessors, but perhaps none was quite as important as the under appreciated Martinez, a gin and sweet vermouth concoction that helped pave the way for the ubiquitous martini. As with many cocktails, origins of the Martinez are…
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The Derby Cocktail Recipe
No drink quite embodies the Kentucky Derby like the Mint Julep, the classic concoction of bourbon, sugar and mint served in an iconic silver cup. But another cocktail, simply known as The Derby, was created to commemorate the Kentucky Derby. The…
Read MoreThe Scofflaw: One Good Thing to Come out of Prohibition
The word “scofflaw” applies to one who flouts the law. During the dark days of Prohibition, this term was a popular one, thrown at those brave, thirsty souls forced into hidden speakeasies by their own government. With a disapproving nod…
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The Rob Roy is basically a Manhattan that uses Scotch instead of rye. It’s believed to have been named after Robert Roy MacGregor, who was a Robin Hood-like figure in 18th century Scotland. Hence the Scotch. For best results, opt…
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