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MxMo: Clark Kent

It’s time again for Mixology Monday. This months theme, Witches’ Garden, comes from Mark Holmes at Cardiff Cocktails. It’s an herbal theme that we’re very excited about. We have lots of herbs in the...

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Happy Pride!

It’s the day of the Pride parade here in Seattle, and in light of that, we decided to mix up a couple of cocktails to celebrate. First the Mattachine, to honor one of the first organizations to fight...

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MxMo: The Achaean & Raven’s Wing

In keeping with our Mixology Monday theme, we decided to gin up (heh ) a couple of resin-y cocktails this week. For the first drink, we started with a bottle of retsina that we had lying around. We...

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MxMo: Gone Courting & Ozaki

It’s Mixology Monday time again. This month’s theme, highballs, comes from Joel at Southern Ash. From the announcement: Highball – n. 1. a long iced drink consisting of a spirit base with water, soda...

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MxMo: State Fair Sour & Fourteen Shillings

It’s time again for Mixology Monday. This month’s theme is preserves from Craig at World of Drinks. From the description: The aim of the challenge is to go back to the days of the preserve, pick an...

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MxMo: Around the Block & First Frost

It’s time again for Mixology Monday. This month’s theme comes from Chris over at A Bar Above, one of our favorite professional bartender blogs. The theme this month is Unknown, where one of the options...

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Shandies

We recently received some samples of Innis & Gunn barrel aged beer from Scotland (see our samples policy to understand what it means that we’re posting about them). Since we now had some beer to...

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Sweetness

We recently picked up Dave Arnolds new book Liquid Intelligence. If you’re looking for some serious Booze Nerdery, this is the book for you. We’re pretty sure this is the only cocktail book with...

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Kamikaze Orange Liqueur Variants

Last week’s post was all about iterating on an existing recipe. This week, we decided to talk about one of the other things we like to experiment with here at Booze Nerds HQ, trying different types of...

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Ginger Beer/Ale Moscow Mule comparison

We recently received some complimentary Moscow Mule mugs from Buxxu. (See our Samples policy for what it means that we’re talking about them). With that as an excuse, we decided to try some different...

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Sage

High summer has come early in Seattle this year, which means we’re seeing lots of sun and very little rain. The sage, thyme, rosemary and other dry-season herbs are loving it, so we have plenty to...

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Flower Power

After recovering from Tales of the Cocktail, we’re back this week to talk about using flower waters in cocktails. The two most common flower waters are rose water and orange blossom water. To be...

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Washington Vodka Showcase Part 1

For those of you who have been following us for a while, you know we’re big on local spirits. Witness our 5 part series on Washington Gin (and we we wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a 6th part...

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Tonic Syrup Cocktails

A few years ago we discovered tonic syrup. We think it’s a great addition to any bar seen as it allows you to control exactly how much tonic flavor you put in your drink without adding undue dilution....

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Watermelon

Summer is starting to put in some special guest appearances here in Seattle. That means stone fruits are back at the market, and so is yummy watermelon. We’ve noodled around with watermelon in the past...

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Lavender Cocktails

Happy 4th of July everyone! It’s another beautiful summer day here in Seattle; 61 degrees, overcast, with showers predicted for this afternoon. Everyone get out your July 4th fleeces. We don’t know...

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