Entries Categorized as 'How To'

How to rim a glass

Date November 23, 2009

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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 basic ...

How to pour a layered cocktail

Date May 20, 2009

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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 ...

Vodka Gummi Bears

Date March 22, 2009

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When you soak gummi 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 gummi bears, I made vodka sugar-free gummi bears, vodka gummi worms ...

How to make green beer, leprechaun style

Date March 10, 2009

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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 ...

Mixology Tip: Customizing Cocktails for Guests

Date March 7, 2009

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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 prefer the ...

Skittles Vodka Tutorial

Date January 19, 2009

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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 - you don't ...