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Drink of the Day: Greek American

December 29, 2014 | By | Add a Comment

Good Monday morning to all of you. The last Monday of 2014 and the beginning of a very short work week for the second consecutive week - that is if you didn’t take the last few of your vacation days off to finish off the year. Either way, I have a cocktail I came up […]

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The Greek - American Cocktail is August 4th Drink of the Day!!

August 4, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

If you have been one to follow my blog, you have already seen this cocktail. I had the privilege of sampling a honey bourbon and made this drink to complement its flavor. For the one I am introducing now, I had to add the honey flavor myself. What gives this drink its uniqueness is the […]

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The Greek-American Cocktail is May 6th Drink of the Day!!

May 6, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

A couple months ago, I introduced you to a new bourbon out in the market made by Big House in California. Here is their Tupelo Honey Bourbon, which I used for this cocktail. The smoothness of this bourbon by itself is amazing enough, so I did not want to go too overboard with adding to it […]

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The Red Lion is February 11th Drink of the Day!!

February 11, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

This cocktail won a competition being held by Booth’s Gin back in 1933. Arthur Tarling, a British bartender, came up with this very smooth and enjoyable gin cocktail. Grand Marnier, being another key ingredient in this drink, has taken this drink in to promote their liqueur. I attempted to do a little modernization to this […]

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The Negroni is November 27th Drink of the Day!!

November 27, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

We’re getting to the end of the year, so I need to keep the old stand-bys in mind for the next month, so we don’t miss any of the important drinks that revolutionized the mixology craze. We have come a long way with the ingredients we have available to us. So much, in fact, that […]

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The Carnegie Cocktail is November 25th Drink of the Day!!

November 25, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

This is a true American Dream story: This man was born in Scotland and came over to the United States as a teenager to find work. He would work many hours in manufacturing, until finding a job in the new telegraph industry, where he would work his way up the ladder. He would eventually save […]

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Cooper’s Cocktail is November 24th Drink of the Day!!

November 24, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

The one and only plane hijacking that was never solved happened on this day in 1971. A man by the name of Dan Cooper boarded a Northwest flight at Porland International Airport headed for Seattle, Washington. He handed the flight stewardess a note demanding a ransom of $200,000 and four parachutes or he would blow […]

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The Captain Hook Cocktail is November 6th Drink of the Day!!

November 6, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

The original play of Peter Pan would open for the first time in New York City on Broadway after a year of success in London, England at the Duke of York’s Theater. Maude Adams would take the stage here and would play the lead role for 233 performances. Since then, the other people who have […]

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The Ace Cocktail is October 8th Drink of the Day!!

October 8, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Eddie Rickenbacker was an incredible human being. He stuffed in one lifetime what ten men could have split up and looked at as living life in an incredible way. This guy had a seventh grade education and accomplished so much in life. Who says perserverance doesn’t get you where you want to go? Having to […]

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