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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...
Happy Hour: March Cocktails: In Like a Lion's Tail
March 9, 2011
March, as the idiom goes, comes in like a Lion, and goes out like a...
Happy Hour: The Vesper
February 17, 2011
"Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina...
Happy Hour: The Old Fashioned
February 3, 2011
Before we had bars, we had places called taverns and saloons. And before we had Manhattans, Martinis, and...
Happy Hour: What's a Mixing Glass?
January 27, 2011
A guide to the difference between a mixing glass, cobbler shaker, Boston shaker. Find out what a yarai mixing glass is and how to use it to make cocktails.
Happy Hour: The Hot Toddy
January 20, 2011
Last week I wrote about the Hot Buttered Rum, and how it's a winter drink...
Happy Hour: Hot Buttered Rum (Take 2)
January 13, 2011
We're a couple weeks into 2011 and many of you are still hopeful about staying...
The Man Behind Happy Hour
January 5, 2011
Meet Paystyle-- a dashing, whip-smart, er, smartass from Brooklyn by way of Los Angeles. He's...