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For well over a year I’ve been ripping drink recipes out of magazines and collecting them in an overstuffed 3-ring binder. This must indicate I’m an optimist at heart, because at this point I’ve got way more recipes stashed than I’ll likely ever get around to making. But occasionally I pull one out, round up the requisite ingredients, and have at it. Like a lucky game show contestant being

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I’m embarrassed it’s taken me this long to make a drinking vessel out of a pineapple. It really should have happened long before now. I’ve been fiddling with tiki-style drinks for well over a year, and I regularly buy whole pineapples, so it’s not like I don’t have them lying around. I’ve also attended at least a dozen Jimmy Buffett concerts, where unorthodox beverage containers abound (lawn

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Capetown Collins 2 oz. Gin (Any straightforward London dry should do the trick) ½ oz. Fresh lemon juice 2 oz. Rooibos-rosemary syrup Place all ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well, and strain into ice cube-filled Collins glass. Garnish with rosemary sprig. Rooibos-rosemary syrup Simmer one cup water, sugar, and a rosemary sprig in a medium saucepan, stirring until sugar is

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Jamaica Mule 2 oz. White rum 1 oz. Dark rum 1 oz. Gold rum 1 oz. Falernum 1 oz. Lime juice Ginger beer Shake everything except ginger beer with ice and strain into a large tumbler (at least 12 ounces…preferably larger) over ice. Fill with ginger beer and garnish with pineapple chunks and crystallized ginger. Adapted from 1001 Cocktails by Alex Barker Sometimes I seriously consider

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Jet Pilot ½ oz. Fresh lime juice ½ oz. Grapefruit juice ½ oz. Cinnamon-infused sugar syrup ½ oz. Falernum (Fee Bros.) 1 oz. Dark Jamaican rum (I used Myer’s) ¾ oz. Gold Puerto Rican rum (I subbed Cruzan) ¾ oz 151-proof Lemon Hart Demerera rum Dash Angostura bitters 6 drops (1/8 teaspoon) Pernod 4 ounces crushed ice Put everything in a blender, saving crushed ice for last. Blend at high speed

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Got 5 days to kill in mid-July? If so, great! You should head to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail. If not, change your plans so that you DO have five days to kill, and then head to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail. But regardless of whether you can or can’t make it, you should still regularly visit talesblog.com, a collaborative undertaking that showcases the efforts of over two

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Last month I looked at the calendar and realized that I started this blog a year ago. I remember thinking that the absolute last thing I was going to do was one of those “Happy Birthday/anniversary”-type posts. But then I changed my mind. I do that. What prompted me was a regular feature that Esquire magazine does called “What I’ve Learned”. It’s my favorite part of the magazine*, and for

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I’ve noticed a fine tradition among many boozebloggers is to try a recipe and then tinker with it to suit their personal taste. I’ve done this occasionally, but more often than not, I tend to be happy with the initial results yielded by most recipes. I take this to mean one of two things: 1) I’m fairly lucky when selecting a particular recipe 2) I’ve got pretty low standards Regardless,

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I know what you’ve all been thinking: “Dr. Bamboo’s blog is okay…but what would really be neat was if there was some way his crackpot musings and goofy pictures could be printed on paper and sent to my mailbox!” Oddly enough, this can happen. Since last Fall, I’ve been moonlighting as the drinks columnist for Bachelor Pad Magazine. I probably should have mentioned it back then, but I tend to

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The Boulevardier 1 ½ oz. Bourbon (I used Bulleit) 1 oz. Campari 1 oz. Sweet vermouth Stir with ice in mixing glass and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with orange slice, lemon twist, or cherry. The other night I was gripped by a desire for Bourbon (I‘m usually gripped by a desire for gin or rum, but whisk(e)y has been clamoring for my attention with alarming frequency these days). I

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Caipirinha (standard recipe) 1.75 oz Cachaca 1/2 Fresh Lime 1 teaspoon superfine cane sugar Cut ½ lime into thirds and muddle with the sugar in a rocks glass. Fill with ice cubes and add cachaca. Place mixing tin over glass, invert and shake well. Pour contents (do not strain) back into glass, and garnish with lime wheel. (Like many cocktails, the Caipirinha’s ingredient proportions vary

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I recently ran across the term “haptics” (oddly enough in a promotional brochure for a local supermarket chain) and having never heard it before, did what I imagine many of us do when the giant cartoon question mark appears over our heads: scurry to the nearest computer to see what we can find. According to the Wikipedia entry, “Haptics is the study of touching behavior”. As I delved further

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So So Cocktail ¾ oz. gin ¾ oz sweet vermouth ½ oz. Calvados ½ oz. grenadine Stir with ice in mixing glass and strain into cocktail glass. I have to admit that brandy is my least favorite of the base spirits. It’s not that I hate the stuff, it’s just that whenever I make a cocktail recipe containing brandy, the brandy is always the flavor I end up liking the least. So when I saw that

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Elixir #2 1 ½ oz. Gin ½ oz. White crème de menthe ½ oz. Maraschino liqueur ½ oz. Brandy Combine all ingredients in ice-filled cocktail shaker and stir for 20-30 seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist. From the Art of the Bar by Jeff Hollinger and Rob Schwartz (adapted from Burke’s Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes by Harman Burney Burke, 1934) Let's face

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I’m not a gadget guy. I have a severe Luddite streak that makes me skeptical of many consumer goods that have a limited purpose or in some cases seem to be altogether unnecessary. It’s not that I’m anti-technology…there are many modern inventions (contact lenses, air conditioning, computers) that I consider to be indispensable parts of my daily life. What I’m talking about are those items

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Del Coronado 1/2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice 1/2 oz. passion fruit syrup 2 1/2 oz. orange juice 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice 1/4 oz. fresh lime juice 1/2 oz. papaya nectar 1 oz. gin 1 oz. dark Jamaican rum Shake well with ice cubes and pour into tall glass. When I saw that this month’s MxMo theme was gin, I almost collapsed under the combined weight of options and excitement. Gin is my

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Martini 3 oz. Gin 1/8 oz. Dry Vermouth Shake with plenty of ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with olive. Celery & Stilton Soup 1 head celery, chopped 1 medium-sized yellow onion, chopped 3 tablespoons butter 3-¾ cups vegetable or chicken stock 2 egg yolks 2/3 cup half-and-half 1 cup crumbled Blue Stilton cheese (but I use at least twice this much) salt and pepper to

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Colonel Beach's Plantation Punch 1 oz. fresh lime juice 2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice 1/2 oz. falernum 2 oz. ginger beer 2 dashes Angostura bitters 1/8 teaspoon Pernod 2 oz. dark Jamaican rum 1 oz. gold Puerto Rican rum 1/2 oz. Barbados rum Shake with one cup crushed ice. Pour into tall glass with 3 or 4 ice cubes. Garnish with pineapple chunk and sprig of mint. Baby Bamboo wasn’t

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Blue Monday Cocktail 1 1/2 oz. Vodka 3/4 oz. Triple Sec 1 Dash Blue Food Coloring Baby Bamboo* arrived last Wednesday. Back in February when I started this blog, I wondered if the Bamboo Babe** being pregnant would affect the frequency and quality of my posts. The answer was yes. In retrospect, starting a booze blog when your wife is expecting is probably not the wisest move

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Leatherneck Cocktail 2 oz. blended whiskey 3.4 oz. blue Curacao 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice Shake in an iced cocktail shaker and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel. The Green Man 1 measure Irish whiskey 1/2 measure blue Curacao 1 measure fresh lemon juice 1 dash egg white Shake all ingredients with a little ice until well frosted. Pour into a medium-sized tumbler or

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Dr. Bamboo, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Blog For this month's MxMo my intent was to try a recipe I found over at Intoxicated Zodiac that called for gin, lime juice, simple syrup, and rose water. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to lay my hands on any rose water (not being able to locate a key ingredient is a recurring motif in my adventures). However, I still had an ample

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Lady Rebel Cocktail 1 oz. rye or Bourbon 1/2 oz. apricot flavored brandy 1/2 oz. white creme de cacao 1 oz. sweet cream (I used heavy cream) 1 tbsp. grenadine Shake well with cracked ice and strain into 4 oz. cocktail glass. The next time I see my father, the drinks are on me. Thanks to him, I recently came into possession of a pristine 1959 edition of the Old Mr. Boston De Luxe Official

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Mexico on Fire 1 1/2 oz. Tequila Anejo 1/2 oz. Amaretto Champagne Build Tequila and Amaretto in Champagne flute. Fill with Champagne. Garnish with orange twist and cherry. I swear this recipe isn't just an excuse to get rid of leftover Champagne from last month's MxMo. Actually, this one comes courtesy of my good friend (and fellow adult beverage enthusiast) Dave from San Antonio,

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Pearl of Wisdom 1 oz. dry white sake 1 oz. cherry brandy 1 oz. gin 2 oz. sweet and sour mix Approx. half a lime's worth of juice (just enough to add tartness & a little pulp) Splash of club soda Place a Maraschino cherry or pearl onion (the pearl) in the bottom of a tall pilsner glass and cover with a couple inches of crushed ice. Shake all ingredients (except club soda) with ice and strain

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Bourbon Lancer 1 1/2 oz. Bourbon 1/2 tsp. sugar -or- 1 sugarcube 1 dash Angostura bitters Champagne In a tall glass (14 oz. works well), place sugar and wet with Bourbon and bitters. Add several ice cubes and fill with Champagne. Garnish with lemon peel spiral. The good folks over at Married with Dinner are hosting Mixology Monday, and the theme this time around is Champagne cocktails.

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