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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. [singlepic=272,480,360,,center] Old Gold 1 1/2 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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