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Happy Hour: General Ignacio
May 4, 2011
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, and many of you will be sloshing down the compulsory...
Upcoming Event PSA: Sake Tasting for Beginners (NYC)
April 28, 2011
Annual Sake Tasting & Lecture: Back to Basics! Tuesday, May 10 @ 6:30 pm Japan...
Happy Hour: Good Morning Heartache
April 20, 2011
Being out of the country for nearly a month has a tendency to adjust a...
Packaging Whore: Gyokuro Tea for Intelligentsia
April 15, 2011
When visiting Chicago for the first time last year, I of course had Intelligenstia Coffee...
Happy Hour: The Desert Ain't That Dry
April 7, 2011
The Prohibition Era figures prominently in the collective imagination of the cocktail world. The aura...
Happy Hour: March Cocktails: Out Like a Lambs Club
March 31, 2011
“Floreant Agni” (May the Lambs Flourish) - Motto of the original Lambs theatre club The...
Happy Hour: March Cocktails: The American Trilogy
March 23, 2011
There is nothing like an expertly crafted Old Fashioned-style cocktail to help you navigate the...
Happy Hour: March Cocktails: Bloody Caesar for the Ides
March 16, 2011
When selecting a mid-March cocktail for this article, I was tempted to go the easy...
Skankynavia: Cocktails at 1105 (CPH)
March 16, 2011
A bar is a playground for grown-ups. A place where you can meet new playmates,...
Japanify: Oolong-Hai (Shochu Iced Tea)
March 10, 2011
Step-by-step instructions on how to make Oolong Hai, or shochu iced tea.
Tap This: Beer Recipe Writing Improv
February 25, 2011
If you are getting tired of using beer kits or following other peoples recipes and...
Happy Hour: The Vesper
February 17, 2011
"Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina...