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Freedom Trail

1 1/2 oz White Whiskey [Bully Boy]
3/4 oz Cranberry Liqueur [GrandTen]
3/4 oz Triple Sec [Short Path]
Few dashes Fancy Tony’s Barrel Aged citrus bitters

Stir with ice, strain into an ice filled rocks glass. Garnish with lemon star flag.

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Tomorrow is the 4th of July, one of the great drinking holidays in our fair country. And so it’s my civic to come up with a drink to help celebrate. However, I’m not gonna do what you think I’m gonna do. And no, I’m not talking about flipping out, but instead about coming up with a red, white, and blue themed drink.

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Shamrock Spritz

1 1/2 oz gin [Detroit City Distillery]
3/4 oz Creme de Menthe [Short Path]
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
1/4 oz Lime Juice
Club Soda

Combine first 4 ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake.  Strain into an ice filled rocks glass, top with club soda.  Garnish with lime twist

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Short Path Distillery just north of Boston has a great CSA program.  However, instead of fruits and veggies, it’s booze related.  The acronym in this case stands for Community Supported Alcohol.  Basically they do limited edition, single batch releases of different spirits.  You can pre-order them and they must be picked up at the distillery itself.  The more popular ones even graduate to their regular lineup.  So when I got an email announcing the release of their Creme de Menthe, I jumped on the chance to get it. Continue reading →

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Telegraph Hill

2 oz Barrel aged gin [Grand Ten]
1/2 oz Kina l’Aero d’Or
1/2 Etrog Liqueur [Sukkah Hill Spirits]
Few dashes orange bitters [Regan’s]

Stir with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.

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You guys, my love of Manhattans knows no bounds, and not just because it was my gateway cocktail. I really love the whole universe of Manhattans – your Little Italys, your Bensonhursts, your Brooklyns. My introduction into the the neighborhood variation was the Red Hook, and still remains one of my favorites.

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Sufferin’ Succulents

2 oz Prickly Pear infused Pisco [Macchu Pisco]
1/2 oz Chareau Aloe Spirit
1/2 oz Blanc Vermouth [Dolin]
barspoon Mezcal [Del Maguey Vida]

Pour mezcal into a cocktail glass, swirl and set aside. Combine remaining ingredients in mixing glass with ice and stir. Dump out mezcal, and strain other ingredients into the glass. Garnish with lime and orange Prickly Pear Cactus.

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The other day I was at the grocery store, doing my normal weekly shopping. Veggies for some dinners during the week, snacks for lunches, and some fruit for the house. As I made my way towards the citrus, there was a whole display with a bunch of – shall we say, weirder – fruits. Yucca, star fruit, chayote. My cocktail gears started turning, so I took a closer look, and spotted some prickly pears. “Yeah”, I thought, “I could work with that” (despite the fact I never even had one before).

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