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MxMo XCIX – Ice Baby!

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MxMo XCIX – Ice Baby! I though I’d take this opportunity to discuss my favorite toy, er, tool.  The ice sphere maker. Making Clear Ice at Home Mixology Monday Bottom line, a lot of trouble for little reward. You can easily make clear ice in small quantities. But for entertaining,…

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New York Sour

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This has become one of my favorite sours.  If we have a bottle of red wine open, it’s the first cocktail I consider.  The egg white makes a velvety mouth feel and the large ice cube in the shaker creates a nice texture.  Use a full bodied, fruity wine such…

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Belle Meade Sour

Belle Meade Sour

I like my whiskey sours 1:1 bourbon and lemon sour.  For the lemon sour, I prefer 2:1 lemon to simple syrup.  I also like the mouth feel of egg white. 1 1/2 oz. Belle Meade Bourbon 1 oz. Fresh lemon juice 1/2 oz. Simple syrup 1 large egg white (can…

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The Wellington

Treaty Oak Distilling is aging their gin in whiskey barrels to create their Waterloo Antique Gin.  This is truly a unique gin.  It has the sweet caramel nose that you would expect from the barrel aging but with the addition of the herbaceous input of gin.  The flavors are citrus,…

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G-n-Tini

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I think that Fords Gin cries out for grapefruit.  It so happens that grapefruit is one of the primary flavors in Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s tonic recipe.  His quinine syrup, that you can add to club soda to make tonic water, is simple and takes less than an hour to make.  I…

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