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Rum Caviar tutorial

Rum Caviar served in a bowl on a plate with a spoon, like dessert

A friend of mine made something a few months ago that blew my mind. It’s called Rum Caviar, and it’s barely sweetened rum in the form of little golden spheres, just like fish eggs: They stay like that until you eat them, and then they melt deliciously in your mouth with all that rum flavor. ... Read the full article →

What are your favorite hangover cures?

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There’s no solid scientific answer to the question of how to cure a hangover. Many sources agree that drinking lots of water is essential. Some consider sleep the best solution. Some recommend drinking lots of juice with vitamin C. A traditional hangover cure used to be drinking coffee, but it’s now believed that just makes ... Read the full article →

Marshmallow Vodka Infusion

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Based on the success of my Jolly Rancher Vodka experiment last month, I decided to try something involving a soft candy for a change: marshmallows. There aren’t many marshmallow liqueurs out there, after all, and a successful marshmallow infused vodka would be just that. With it, you could do beautiful things like this: Yum. As ... Read the full article →

Jolly Rancher Vodka Tutorial

Chilled Jolly Ranchers Vodka in flasks

It’s time again for childhood and adulthood to collide in a most delicious way! You can infuse vodka with Jolly Rancher candies, much the same way we make Skittles Vodka. Actually, this process is much easier, and the results are fabulous: tasty and gorgeous to look at. You can whip up batches of five Jolly ... Read the full article →

How to pour a layered cocktail

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Layered cocktails taste good, look amazing and impress anyone who sees you successfully pouring them. They’re typically associated with sweet liqueurs, but plenty of layered cocktail recipes use rum, whiskey, vodka and other hard liquors to cut the sweetness and add some kick. Whether your style is “cin-cin” or “chug chug,” there’s a layered cocktail ... Read the full article →

How to make green beer, leprechaun style

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When I decided to write an article on how to make the perfect green beer, I decided no fooling around: I captured a leprechaun and asked it for the recipe. At first, of course, it refused to tell me. It even offered to take me to its pot of gold instead, but I knew that ... Read the full article →

Entertainment Tip: Mixing Multiple Drinks

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When you’re entertaining guests, you can save yourself time by pre-mixing a shakerful of cocktails. This is simple to do – just follow the tips below. Premixing a pitcher of cocktails You can pre-mix a pitcher of cocktails up to a week before your party, as long as you don’t add ice until you’re ready ... Read the full article →

The right way to pour a beer

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Choosing the right beer is definitely the most important factor in enjoying a good glass of beer, but how you pour it is not far behind. The type of glass you use and the way you pour beer into it actually makes a difference. Seasoned beer drinkers have strong preferences about how their beer should ... Read the full article →

How to rim a glass

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Some cocktail recipes, like margaritas, call for you to rim the glass with salt or sugar. You should also feel free to add rims to cocktail recipes that don’t call for them – this can put an exciting twist on standard recipes. There are a couple of ways to rim a cocktail glass, but the ... Read the full article →

Vodka Gummy Bears

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When you soak gummy bears in vodka, they absorb the alcohol and turn into a yummy fruity treat with a kick. The how-to part of this is pretty simple, so I decided to make things a little more interesting. In addition to regular vodka gummy bears, I made vodka sugar-free gummy bears, vodka gummy worms ... Read the full article →

Mixology Tip: Customizing Cocktails for Guests

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When you’re serving cocktails to guests, there’s a very easy way to impress them by tweaking the drink so it’s just how they like it: Use just a little less of each ingredient than the recipe calls for, or pour in your pre-mixed cocktails but leave a little room at the top. Ask if they ... Read the full article →

Skittles Vodka Tutorial

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Infusing vodka with Skittles is a very popular trend right now. There are a couple of different ways to do it. My way involves separating all the Skittles into their separate flavors and making five different bottles of Skittles vodka. For this project, you’ll need: One 1.75 liter bottle of vodka (I used Stoli – ... Read the full article →