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Old Gold

This here’s a new drink I whipped together for the recent Forbidden Island cocktail contest on Tiki Central, held by Martin Cate of Forbidden Island!  I revealed this last night at the Thursday Drink Night.  No awards for this one, but I still think it’s a doozy of a drink.

Old Gold

1 1/2 oz El [...]

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Orgeat

Trader Tiki’s Orgeat now available for sale!
Orgeat, fashionably French soda sweetener, or one of the best ingredients ever set behind the bar?
First, for a quick peek at how to properly pronounce the word, see this pic by Humuhumu from Martin’s recent presentation on the subject.
Here is a classic recipe from 1835.  It’s quite a bit [...]

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GADF 2008 Mixology Competition

For those interested parties, here was my initial entry into the Great American Distillers Festival 2008 Mixology Competition.
Old Wood

1 ½ oz Dry Fly Gin
¾  oz Yellow Chartreuse
¾  oz Carpano Antica
rinse Campari
3 dashes scorched Dry Fly Bitters

Rinse a chilled cocktail glass with Campari.  Stir liquors with ice and strain into Campari-rinsed cocktail glass.  Spray Dry [...]

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