A detailed guide on how to make regular and flavored simple syrup at home. Easy instructions, preparation and storage tips.
How Much Juice Comes From a Lime?
We answer the age-old question that every home bartender wants to know
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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
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Cocktails for an Outing
Sometimes the amateur mixologist is called upon to prepare cocktails for an outing, such as a picnic, road trip, or camping trip. Since you cannot have your entire bar available in such circumstances,
Mint Simple Syrup
In some ways this is almost too simple to devote a post to, but I know that I resisted making syrup for a while, so my hope is that describing how easy it is will help you take the plunge.
Mint Simple
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Testing Quantities
One of the challenges for the amateur mixologist is trying to find the right ratios of ingredients. Even with classic cocktails, you can find recipes with a range of ratios, and you need to decide how
Ordering Cocktails at Restaurants
We took a little road trip this weekend to southwest Colorado, enjoying a little skiing, hiking, and hot springs. On Sunday we went out for a nice dinner, and the food was excellent, but the cocktail
Behind the Bar – Bartending Tips
As Dave and I work on this blog, we are going to try to summarize bartending tips that we think are important in a new page on the blog called Behind the Bar – Bartending Tips. We hope it will be
Shaken or Stirred?
Because tonight’s cocktail was just an enjoyable variant of the Upper West Side, I thought I’d talk briefly about the age-old question of shaken or stirred, which for some is a matter equal in importa