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Happy Hour: The Rum Vieux Carré
January 26, 2012
Let’s face it, mid-winter is almost upon us and there is not a ground hog...
Happy Hour: Tom + Jerry, The Original Winter Cocktail
December 23, 2011
Winter is coming. The leaves are long gone; stark bare branches and the increasing chill...
Happy Hour: Autumn Cocktail: The Rusty Nail Redux
October 26, 2011
PREFACE Happy Hour: Rusty Nail (By Paystyle; February 2010) +++ Many years ago, when I...
Happy Hour: Autumn Cocktails: Harvest Moon Buck with Becherovka
October 13, 2011
Summer seems to be lingering around with above average temperatures during the day and then...
Happy Hour: Vermouth 101: The Martinez (The Grand Daddy of Cocktails)
September 22, 2011
PREFACE Vermouth 101: The Old Hickory +++ Well now that you have an appetite inducing...
Happy Hour: Vermouth 101: The Old Hickory
September 7, 2011
A lounger pal of mine recently coined the term “qualifying round” to rationalize why going...
Happy Hour Photography Show (NOLA)
July 20, 2011
Paystyle and Vanessa are in New Orleans this week for the annual cocktail fête of...
Happy Hour: Pusser's v. Painkiller
June 16, 2011
In the past week there's been a lot of buzz in cocktail circles regarding the...
Happy Hour: MCC Recap (And Behind the Scenes)
June 2, 2011
Like a whirlwind, the Manhattan Cocktail Classic came and went in a flash, leaving a...
Happy Hour: Rainforest Cobbler
May 25, 2011
It feels good to return to normalcy (read proper hydration) now that the Manhattan Cocktail...
Happy Hour: General Ignacio
May 4, 2011
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, and many of you will be sloshing down the compulsory...
Happy Hour: Good Morning Heartache
April 20, 2011
Being out of the country for nearly a month has a tendency to adjust a...