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September 2010

Fickle Pickle

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The Fickle Pickle blends four different alcohols with Sweet and Sour mix for a flavor that’s definitely different: melon and whiskey with a touch of orange. But the Sweet and Sour is what pulls it all together and makes it work. This is a nice mild drink that’s good for sipping along when you want ... Read the full article →

Halley’s Comfort

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Halley’s Comfort is peach schnapps and peach liqueur combined with ice and club soda. Guess what it tastes like? Yep – peaches! But that’s a great flavor. It predominates in beloved cocktails like Sex on the Beach. In fact, if you secretly love Sex on the Beach but are embarrassed to order it because some ... Read the full article →

Felicia

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Vodka and cranberry is one of those simple cocktails favored by light social drinkers who aren’t sure what to order when they go out. The Felicia cocktail just takes it a tiny step further, using apple vodka instead of the plain kind. Still very simple, but a tiny bit more complicated, and maybe a little ... Read the full article →

Vanilla Creamsicle

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The Vanilla Creamsicle uses milk as a mixer. Therefore, you may be tempted to argue that it’s a health drink. You would be wrong. This drink contains ridiculous amounts of alcohol – four and a half ounces, to be precise. That ranks it up there with the Zombie. (You can weaken this one for those ... Read the full article →

Amaretto Rose

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The Amaretto Rose has nothing to do with roses. Strangely, it does have to do with lime. But most importantly, it’s got a lot to do with amaretto. A whole delicious jigger of it. Drinks involving amaretto, like the B-52, are usually among the sweetest treats in the cocktail world. This drink is a little ... Read the full article →

Flaming Dr. Pepper

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This is another one for back-to-college week: the Flaming Dr. Pepper cocktail. So named because it tastes like Dr. Pepper and then of course you light it on fire. What else? Really, what better way to celebrate getting back to school than taking a long-cherished beverage from childhood, converting into an alcoholic cocktail, lighting it ... Read the full article →

Mountain Dew

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This one’s for all of you heading off to college this week. We know how you feel about Mountain Dew. We know how you feel about drinking. Yes, you can combine the two, and here’s how. The Mountain Dew cocktail doesn’t actually involve any Mountain Dew. It just tastes like it. And it’s one of ... Read the full article →

Blue Russian

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So you’ve got your White Russians and your Black Russians, but have you heard of a Blue Russian? This cocktail is definitely one of the lesser known Russians. It uses Blue Curacao as its liqueur. That gives it an orangey flavor – with the cream, it becomes a little like a Dreamsicle in a glass. ... Read the full article →

White Russian

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The White Russian is basically the Black Russian with cream, but there are a couple of variations on it. While a Black Russian always uses coffee liqueur, and the White Russian traditionally does too, the White can also use white Creme de Cacao for a more chocolatey flavor. This classic cocktail’s popularity is well-established. Not ... Read the full article →

Lynchburg Beer

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While the Jack and Coke cocktail is so common you might be a little embarrassed to order one, there’s an equally simple drink that’s not nearly as popular but is surprisingly good. The Lynchburg Beer is simply Jack Daniel’s with root beer. Which cocktail you’ll prefer depends on how you feel about root beer versus ... Read the full article →

Jack and Coke

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It’s almost not worth sharing a recipe for the Jack and Coke, since the recipe is pretty much built into the name of the cocktail. But this drink is so popular, it must be mentioned. The Jack and Coke is popular with young drinkers because the strength and acquired taste of the whiskey is drowned ... Read the full article →

57 Chevy

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The 57 Chevy is perfect for a nostalgic time with old friends. It’s sweet and highly drinkable, featuring peach and orange liqueurs, pineapple juice and non-threatening vodka. If you want to fantasize about life being less complicated, this is a great drink to accompany your daydreaming. I think of this as a summertime drink, with ... Read the full article →

Ten Strike

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The Ten Strike cocktail is another traditional recipe. It marries two of the more distinctive flavors available in the alcohol world: the juniper-herbal notes of gin with the anise of Pernod, with nothing more to tame them than a couple of dashes of orange bitters. It’s definitely different. Enjoy this one in any situation where ... Read the full article →

Hazel’s Wonder

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Hazel’s Wonder is a blended drink you could easily swap with dessert. Blended drinks combine some liquid ingredients with at least one solid, such as ice or fruit. This one’s a little unusual in that it uses shelled hazelnuts as the solid ingredient. This gives the drink a unique nutty flavor that’s out of this ... Read the full article →

Eagle

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The Eagle isn’t one of the better-known cocktails. It uses raw egg, which is a little scary in this day and age to many people (and particularly to bars with lawyers), but you can use an egg substitute instead for safety. It also uses Creme de Violette, which no one’s thought of much in years, ... Read the full article →

Jack Rose

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The Jack Rose is a classic cocktail popular in the the 1920s and ’30s. It was referenced in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises in 1926, but you need not associate it with bleak romance. The Jack Rose is grown-up but yummy – you don’t need to acquire a taste for it. It’s sweet and ... Read the full article →

Moscow Moose

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The Moscow Moose is super simple, but super delicious. No frou frou here – in fact, the entire drink is pure alcohol. You can always serve it over the rocks if that’s a bit strong for you (or for the occasion). I tend to associate this one with winter time and frosty weather because of ... Read the full article →

Jade

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There are a couple of different recipes called Jade cocktails. For maximum enjoyment, you will need both of them. The first one reminds me of a Mojito. Jade #1 2 ounces white rum 1/4 ounce green creme de menthe 1/2 ounce Cointreau 1/2 ounce lime juice Shake everything up with ice and strain it into ... Read the full article →

Marble Hill

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Marble Hill is a neighborhood in Manhattan that’s actually associated more closely with the Bronx. This cocktail was named for it. The Marble Hill is a sophisticated cocktail with a strong kick – three ounces of alcohol. Two of them are gin, so this drink is not for gin-haters. It does have some orange juice, ... Read the full article →

Romance

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The Romance cocktail is all about coffee, chocolate and cream flavors. It’s sinfully rich and sweet. Anytime you see Kahlua and Bailey’s in a recipe, the image that springs to mind is of the just-old-enough-to-drink set in a club giggling over drinks designed to comfortably resemble the beverages of childhood. And yeah, there’s no denying ... Read the full article →

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