Following right on the heels of the Christmas season–when most people are beginning to experience the post-holiday doldrums–certain parts of the world have one thing in mind: continuing the party. For most areas, Carnival starts somewhere between January 6th (Twelfth…
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AlcoHOLidays | Repeal Day | Good Clean Fun
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From 1920 to 1933, the United States was technically dry, minus a few loopholes and a helluva lot of bootleggers. See, the temperance movement thought that many of society’s ills would be cured if drinking were just outlawed. And even…
AlcoHOLidays | Veterans Day | Alliance
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Veterans Day began life as Armistice Day, commemorating the cease-fire (aka an armistice) that halted actual fighting on November 11, 1918, even though the end of World War I wasn’t until the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following June.…
AlcoHOLidays | Leif Erikson Day | That Norse Thing
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In my original blog schedule, I had today pegged for the upcoming Columbus Day holiday (observed on 10/8 in 2012, the landing was actually 10/12). While I’m not averse to hit on some more obscure holidays over this next year,…
Cosmic Cocktails | Libra | Tip the Scales
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Or, rather, don’t–your local Libra wouldn’t like that very much. It’s no surprise that with a set of scales as a symbol, Libra is the Sun sign of balance. Equity. Justice. When you consider that Libra is also our second…
Good Evening, Mr. Underhill
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My main objective in this week’s Alphatini was a more-or-less savory cocktail; we’ve had a lot of sweet going on and it’s nice to mix things up a bit. Pun unintended. But we’re on the letter U and, well, I…
Introducing: AGWA de Bolivia
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Lately I’ve been getting a lot of press releases from different companies running contests or touting new or improved alcohols and I’m thrilled to be able to share then with you guys. Don’t worry, though, I won’t be turning this…
Arabian Nights
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The metamorphosis of this week’s cocktail was a bit of a long and winding road. A road, in point of fact, that begins France or thereabouts* and ends somewhere in or near Morocco. Neither place I’ve been but both I’d…
Fighting the Tropics
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While I’m still slaving away on the cookbook, I’ve got the pleasure of bringing you a bit of alcohol history and a fabulous new reference by way of this guest post from my new friend, Woody Robinson. I mean really, how…
Have I Got a Dill For You!
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As promised, this week in Alphatinis is a savory sipper perfect for hot summer days. ~~~oOo~~~ I knew, when I (loosely) planned out this series, that D would have something to do with dill. A dill cocktail practically cries out…