bitters
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Why You Need a Little Spray Bottle on Your Bar Cart
Rinsing a glass with a strongly-flavoured spirit before you pour your drink gives the cocktail a whisper of flavour without obscuring the star ingredients. Absinthe, Scotch, and herbal liqueurs like Campari and either colour of Chartreuse are all good rinsers but, as Food52 points out, the act of rinsing is just a tad wasteful. Rather…
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The Best (and Easiest) Alternatives to the Aperol Spritz
When you think of spritz drinks, the first that probably comes to mind is the Aperol Spritz, and for good reason — it’s delicious. This Italian cocktail is made with sparkling wine, Aperol (or another type of liqueur), and soda water. But if you’re getting a little tired of the Aperol Spritz, there are plenty…
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Let Those ‘I-Don’t-Care’ Days Begin With a Fancy Free
There are two key signifiers that cement the fact that I am, officially, unambiguously, and regrettably, an adult. It isn’t my age (which, depending on the day and who you’re asking, is anywhere from 27 to 50 years old), and it isn’t the horizontal lines deepening on my forehead from the countless times people, life,…
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Get Weird With the Age of Aquarius Cocktail
Any person flipping through a dossier on my life would find that from childhood until now, littered across papers like report cards, teacher’s notes, transcripts, correspondences, psychologist’s notes, recorded schoolyard snickering, employee reviews, and greeting cards are words like the following: Unusual. Different. Peculiar. Quirky. Unconventional. Strange. “Unique.” Bizarre. Odd. Freakish. Eccentric. Offbeat. You know,…