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It’s Alive!!!! The NEW shaunthebartender.com site is up and running!

It’s Alive!!!! The NEW shaunthebartender.com site is up and running!

November 21, 2012 | By | 1 Comment

It has been a long time coming but welcome to our new site! We have updated everything and added allot of new features, including our new store and a integrated library of all your favorite drink of the day videos. Stop in check it out and let us know what you think!

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The Livingstone Cocktail is November 10th Drink of the Day!!

November 10, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

By the time he reached his destination to locate Dr. David Livingstone, Journalist and Explorer Henry Stanley had lost most of his traveling party due to disease, or just simply leaving due to his treatment to them. He had heard that Livingstone had taken ill and was resting in the town of Ujiji on Lake […]

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The Barbary Coast Cocktail is November 5th Drink of the Day!!

November 5, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Since I was unable to match a drink with history, I went back to the Prohibition Era to see if I could find something unique for you. If you’re into creamy drinks and want to try something that’s a unique combination, I found something that will interest you. It combines scotch and gin, something you […]

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The Oregon Spruce Goose is November 2nd Drink of the Day!!

November 2, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Howard Hughes was never one to be afraid of the extreme. He would showcase it this day in 1947 when he introduced a plane that is to this day, the largest that had ever been built. Hughes felt the Hercules 4 (H4) would be good for the war effort. The Hughes Aircraft Company built this […]

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The Yankee Cocktail is October 20th Drink of the Day!!

October 20, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Mickey Mantle, most will tell you, was the best switch hitter baseball has ever seen. He hit for power on both sides of the plate and still holds the major league record for walk-off homeruns with thirteen, (tied with Jim Thome). He played eighteen years in the pros, all with the New York Yankees. He […]

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The American Revolution Cocktail is October 19th Drink of the Day!!

October 19, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

The beginning of the end was near. Britain would take one final last stand in Yorktown, Virginia. With British General Cornwallis on command, and his wartime manuevers legandary, there seemed no doubt the British would get the upper hand again in the War against the New World Order. However, it wasn’t meant to be. George […]

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The Monkey Gland Cocktail is October 13th Drink of the Day!!

October 13, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Some days, it’s hard to find a drink that goes along well with the history of that particular day. This would be one of those days. Whenever this happens, I like to dig into some old cocktail books to see what you may want to try that’s no longer a mainstay - something that you […]

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The Blackstone Cocktail is September 27th Drink of the Day!!

September 27, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Harry Blackstone, Sr. was one of the most famous magicians in the 20th Century. He began his career in his teens and would travel the countryside to show off his illusions. Some of the most famous of his illusions are: sawing a woman in half, the floating woman that vanishes, the floating light bulb, and […]

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The Songbird Cocktail is September 11th Drink of the Day!!

September 11, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

If you live in the United States, or anywhere else in the world for that matter, you know that this is the anniversary of one of the most criminal acts in this country’s history. However, since we will probably be hearing about this all over the place, and due to the fact I don’t want […]

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The Rin Tin Tin Cocktail is September 10th Drink of the Day!!

September 10, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

The origins of one of the first superstar canines is in itself unique enough to make it today’s story for the Drink of the Day. However, the drink itself is a very strong one, and I must suggest that you may want to half the ingredients of the booze and keep the tonic water volume […]

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