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Category: Cocktail Recipe

December 23, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Best Spirit for the Perfect Spiked Eggnog

It’s that time of year! The time when my wife gets super excited, buys an entire half-gallon of eggnog, and then only drinks about a third of the carton before

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May 5, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Cocktail Recipe: Mint Gin Margarita

I love a good margarita. Frozen, on the rocks, flavored, original… I’m a fan of them all. But what happens when you take that same formula (spirit, citrus, and orange

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May 4, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Recipe: Mint Simple Syrup

Experimenting with cocktails can make you feel almost like a mad scientist. There’s a seemingly infinite variety of flavors, interesting raw ingredients, strange different spirits, and a veritable rainbow of

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April 7, 2020 Nick Leghorn

A Lifesaving Cocktail That Stops Disease: Gin & Tonic

There’s a disease out there that impacts approximately 228 million people annually and which has caused around 405,000 deaths to date. It’s a disease that is growing, and which is

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January 27, 2020 Nick Leghorn

Determining the Right Glass for Serving Whiskey

There’s a dizzying array of glasses on the market available to serve your various cocktails. But which of these is the “right” glass for your drink? Even just keeping within

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January 18, 2020 Jake Clements

Making a Sazerac Cocktail

The Sazerac Cocktail is one of my favorite whiskey cocktails. The simple yet potent cocktail is one of the, if not the oldest cocktails in the United States. The mystery,

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January 1, 2020 Nick Leghorn

Cocktail Recipe: New Year’s Boulevardier

It’s the roaring twenties all over again! At least, that’s what the internet keeps telling me. And what better way to ring in the new year than with a cocktail

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December 2, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Cocktail Recipe: Bourbon-Spiked Holiday Mulled Wine

Last year, my wife and I spent the holidays in Munich, Germany. For her, the highlight of the trip was a little station in one of the ancient city gates

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November 1, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Cocktail Recipe: Apple Cider Manhattan

With fall in full swing and the holiday season fast approaching, its time to start thinking festive cocktails. Since my holidays are spent in New York, I decided that this

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October 8, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Cocktail Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Kentucky Mule

It’s that time of the year again… when everything is pumpkin spice flavored including Spam, pasta sauce, and Kit-Kat bars. (I’m not kidding — Google these for yourself!) For the

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September 2, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Recipe: Penicillin Cocktail

If you’re looking for a recipe for the medicine penicillin, you’ve come to the wrong place. This recipe is for the modern classic Penicillin cocktail, a drink that won’t cure

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August 9, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Recipe: Watermelon Bourbon Slush

It’s August, y’all. The days are getting hotter, and down here in Austin the thermometer is regularly reaching over 100 degrees. For those who still want to enjoy the outside,

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February 12, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Recipe: The Perfect Spicy Whiskey Mule

The Kentucky Mule is probably my favorite summertime drink here in Austin, Texas. It’s a great mix of competing flavors: cool ice versus warm bourbon, sweet ginger beer versus tangy

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