I ran across a “recipe” (more of an idea since it’s so simple) for Fernet and Coke a while back. It called for 2 full ounces of Fernet mixed with a few ounces of coke. As I’ve discussed before, Fernet
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Rosé is the new Albariño
Did you know that rosé is the new Albariño? Ok, not really, but it is when it comes to my backyard patio. A few years ago I discovered Albariño and it seemed to me the perfect summer patio wine. Light
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So Many Rums. Which One Do I Use . . .
In my daily run to the liquor store today, I noticed that the Rum section is becoming almost as overwhelming as the Vodka section. Rums from different countries; with a variety of alcohol content; dar
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Storing Citrus
One of the challenges for the home bartender is that keeping fresh ingredients on hand is more difficult, since (hopefully) you do not use them as fast as a public bar does. We’ve previously discussed
Gin and Tonic with Blueberry Mead
The other day, I met with Ash Fischbein and Matt Trahan, the founders of Sap House Meadery in Ossippee, NH. Yeah, that’s mead, as in honey wine, the ancestor of almost all fermented drinks. These guys
Four Need-to-Know Margaritas
There are about 42,000 margarita recipes out there and that doesn’t even count the frozen varieties or the ones you can buy pre-made in a jug at the grocery store. While many of these are tasty, like
American Trilogy
The American Trilogy is decidedly not a classic cocktail. Created in 2007 at New York’s Little Branch bar, it’s a relatively new drink with a name that is a bit of a conundrum. While it’s primary ingr
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Consumatorium Reviews: Craft Cocktail Bars in Copenhagen, Denmark
Following up on our Stockholm bar review last week, the Consumatorium team continued our Northern European tour and headed to Copenhagen, Denmark. There, we found two things that threw us for a loop.
Consumatorium Reviews: Pharmarium in Stockholm, Sweden
For most of our readers, Stockholm is not part of the usual pub crawl circuit. That, however, doesn’t keep the Consumatorium team from covering all the bases for our international and traveling follow