Month: May 2012
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When Pot Distilled Whiskey Is Not Pot Still Whiskey
What is pot still whiskey? The obvious answer is "whiskey that's made in a pot still," but apparently that's not true if you're in Ireland. I was on a trip recently with whiskey writer/expert/class clown/author Dominic Roskrow and was showing off my sexy Irish whiskey distillery diagram, when he called me out on it. He…
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A Few Thousand Words on the Aviation, In German
In the current issue of Mixology Magazine, the premier German-language bartending magazine, I have a big story about the Aviation cocktail. It covers a bunch of the history of the cocktail – how it originally had creme de violette and then the recipe was probably copied incorrectly and it was not made the right way…
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Another Commercial Clear Ice Cube Tray
As you may recall, through much experimentation I figured out a way to make clear ice at home. I later found an ice cube tray that uses the same principle (controlling direction of freezing) to make clear ice. And now someone just pointed me to another ice cube tray that also uses the same principle…
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The Sangria Spectrum in Fine Cooking Magazine
In the June/July issue of Fine Cooking magazine I have a story about sangria. We kind of rewrote it a bunch of times and now it's mostly a list of tips on how to make a good sangria, but here is the intro. Traditional sangria is delicious, but it can also be a bit predictable:…