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Holiday Punch!

Some recipes for large batches of good-old holiday cheer! The big guy will be so drunk and happy! *o* Feature LDB Product: “Woodford Reserve Bourbon” For single serving: “Don’t upset the Apple-Cart” 1.50 oz Bourbon 1.00 oz Masala Black Chai Tea Syrup* 0.75 oz Lemon juice 2.00 oz Apple cider 2 dashes Angostura bitters Stir [...]

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“Social Lubricant”?

Spending the holidays entertaining day after day can be tiring, and quite costly. Recipes that are easy to execute, while being affordable and innovative can be challenging, but punch is the savior. With its long and antiquated history, the punch still stands alone as the “holiday water-cooler”; an instigator of conversation, an ice-breaker, something to [...]

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Just in time for Tales!

As we’re approaching the inaugural Vancouver beginnings for Tales of the Cocktail on Tour, I decided “quick-like-fox” to throw a really inspiring cocktail list together, and launch it just in time for all eyes to be on the West Coast libations scene! Available now at the Refinery, my bar team – Graham Racich & Marlo [...]

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Lab-Rats February 2011

Each month, my bar team – Graham Racich, Marlo Panucci, Ben de Champlain – and I develop a set of ingredients and unique on-the-spot impromtu cocktails for guests that reflect our interesting style of cocktailing. Here’s what we’ve done so far for February: Ingredient List: Ancho-Chipotle Bitters Orange-Juniper-Cardamom Bitters Grapefruit-Fennel-Szechuan Pepper Bitters Plum-Rootbeer Bitters Corn-Vanilla [...]

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Boozing – The Christmas Cocktail Edition.

by Lauren Mote Here is a list of delicious contemporary and “spins” on classic cocktails perfect for the holidays. 1) Best noggin’ your eggs have ever seen: Single Serving: 1 cold organic whole egg 2 oz 35% cream 1/2 oz B & B (Brandy & Benedictine) 1/2 oz Madeira (I use Broadbent – available at [...]

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The Cocktail Kitchen: Novice Seminar 101

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to share a curriculum with an interested audience at Victoria’s Art of the Cocktail. With the help of Chef Jonathan Chovancek of Culinary Capers Catering, we were able to deliver 90 minutes of interaction, information and deliciousness. See the information shared below. ***for more information on “cocktail kitchen” [...]

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