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Sazerrazzle Dazzle

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A Drink from the Garden

Farm to Table cocktails from LAist.com.

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The Old-Fashioned by Troy Patterson (for Slate.Com)

A killer article on cocktails, cocktailing, the old-fashioned and the evolution of a culture and a practice.

(Hat tip to Ms. Liz Miller for pointing it out!)

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Cocktails 101 at The Association

Here’s my latest piece for LAist.com on The Association’s Cocktail Education classes and some accompanying inspiration for making your own hand-crafted cocktails.

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Only a total boozehound whore would even dream up such a thing as Negroni Season. ”
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The first time I’ve regretted adding my uncle as a gchat friend was this morning, as I realized I really can’t make this my “status.”

miss u already qed

(via taoistdrunk)

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Blood and Sand

turnabout:

americandrink:

I’ve never actually tasted a Blood & Sand. It seems like that classic foreign film I keep wanting to watch, but I just can’t bring myself queue up whenever I sit down for movietime.

— JT Dobbs

First they wrote the book1, then they made a movie2 (for which the drink is named,) then they remade it four separate times, once with Sharon Stone. The French re-imagined it as a study of male friendship and determination with a sprinkling of anti-war sentiment and homoerotic undertones3. The STARZ Network simply used the title for their boob-n-gore-soaked, gladiatorial man-drama, Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

If all that sounds confusing, off-putting or even intriguing, let me present to you the ingredients:

The Blood and Sand

  • 1 - 1.5 oz. blended scotch
  • 1 oz. fresh orange Juice
  • 3/4 oz. sweet vermouth
  • 3/4 oz. cherry brandy
Shake this unholy gaggle of ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a good cherry and if you’re really going to go this far, a flamed orange zest.

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God this sounds good.

Endorsed!

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hapaxlegomenon: Hawt!
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hapaxlegomenon:

Hawt!

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Gimlet. Meet Sazerac. Both at Bigfoot Lodge West.
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Gimlet. Meet Sazerac. Both at Bigfoot Lodge West.

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fightwithknives: pterodactyls: The Stormin’ of the Sazerac New Orleans bar the Sazerac on September 26, 1949, the day the bar opened its doors to women. Nothing else is going to be better than this today. Important day in Feminist Cocktail History.
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fightwithknives:

pterodactyls:

The Stormin’ of the Sazerac

New Orleans bar the Sazerac on September 26, 1949, the day the bar opened its doors to women.

Nothing else is going to be better than this today.

Important day in Feminist Cocktail History.

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Casks of CASK. Turns out Coppola does excellent wine.
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Casks of CASK. Turns out Coppola does excellent wine.

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Ladies Day drinks at the Landmark.
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Ladies Day drinks at the Landmark.

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The Queen of Hearts Ball, perfect for a sazerrazzled and dazzled Monday in February. 
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The Queen of Hearts Ball, perfect for a sazerrazzled and dazzled Monday in February. 

(Source: campaign.r20.constantcontact.com)

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The Association Presents Its New Winter Menu

Monday-Friday, from 5-9 p.m. for a limited time The Association is offering their new winter drinks menu for $5.  Such an amazing deal for handcrafted cocktails!

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hapaxlegomenon: The “Kobayashi.” Scotch, hibiscus and ginger. Retarded delicious. Rob suggested this one when we didn’t know what to order. It’s named after a regular who looks like Pete Postlethwaite.
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hapaxlegomenon:

The “Kobayashi.” Scotch, hibiscus and ginger. Retarded delicious.

Rob suggested this one when we didn’t know what to order. It’s named after a regular who looks like Pete Postlethwaite.

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hapaxlegomenon: Bella Rossa, Ginger Smash and Ruby Tuesday. Heaven. Employee’s Only in the West Village serves amazing cocktails.  The Ruby Tuesday is my favorite; it includes cherry puree and rye.  I would like to have its babies. Pretty much everything else there is also wonderful, and it’s just wrong to only drink one cocktail.  Our favorite bartender, Rob, is starting his own bar, and yes, I will go to Brooklyn for his Manhattans.
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hapaxlegomenon:

Bella Rossa, Ginger Smash and Ruby Tuesday. Heaven.

Employee’s Only in the West Village serves amazing cocktails.  The Ruby Tuesday is my favorite; it includes cherry puree and rye.  I would like to have its babies.

Pretty much everything else there is also wonderful, and it’s just wrong to only drink one cocktail.  Our favorite bartender, Rob, is starting his own bar, and yes, I will go to Brooklyn for his Manhattans.

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Top 10 Holiday Cocktails from the LA Weekly

These all sound yummy and decadent.  I’d like to add that Lola’s Egg Nog Martini was far better than I expected it to be (although I had it with vodka and not rum).  The Canton ginger liqueur made a big difference. Often their specialty drinks are too sweet for me (meaning I drink them too quickly).

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