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Easy to make, easy to drink
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. . . Cocktail stories and culture with a twist of irreverence and a dash of profanity
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Featured Cocktails:
Milk Mezcal Margarita
Milk clarified cocktails!
The Last Poblano
A spicy Last Word riff
Bittersweet Angel
Created from murky origins
All Cocktails:
Hard Maybe
Easy to make, easy to drink
Festivus Daiquiri
For the rest of us
X-mess Cooler
A nice way to cool down from holiday stress
Milk Mezcal Margarita
Milk clarified cocktails!
Black Forest Flip
German chocolate cake anyone?
The Kerouac
Another nod to a famous alcoholic writer
Flower Tart
Nothing says spring quite like rhubarb
Cotton Candy Mojito
It's really a grape Mojito but you wouldn't try it if I named it that
Ramos Gin Fizz
A classic cocktail from 1888 New Orleans
The Last Poblano
A spicy Last Word riff
The Last Word
A classic from Detroit of the 1910s
Norwegian Wood
Norway via Iceland, or the other way around
Midnight Sun
A lost classic featuring aquavit. Read and learn!
Riders of the Pepper Sage
A hot and spicy contest entry
The Pegu Club
Half gimlet, half margarita, all delicious!
The Hummingbird's Wing
A bergamot Bee's Knees
Pisco Sour
A classic sour from Peru
Allspice Sour
Have a sour new year!
Midnight Cicada
Dark and bittersweet like the end of summer
Watermelon Mojito
Mandatory summer cocktail!
Espaguetis Occidental
My Spaghetti Western was made in Mexico
Bittersweet Angel
Created from murky origins
Flower Girl
My favorite floral drink!
The Parrot’s Grog
Less rum, more Campari
The Zombie
Appropriately named
The Airedale
Q: Bourbon or Rye? A: Both!
Zug Island Mule
...or the Motor City Mule. Must use Vernors
My Mai Tai
I love everything tiki!
Cherry Orange Kiss
Who doesn't love a good kiss?
Scotch Violet
Cocktails with Scotch is NOT sacrilege
Grapefruit Margarita
Margarita + Grapefruit = Heaven
Cherry Byrrh
Byrrrrrrh!!!! It's still cold outside!
The Bloody American
(or I'm Afraid of Americans) My version of the Americano
Whoa, Nellie!
A dumb name for a tasty drink.
April in Paris
It's only March, but I'm desperate for spring!
Hemingway Daiquiri
Drink with caution! Remember, it didn't end well for Hemingway
Highlander Margarita
Drambuie in a Margarita?!?
Blood and Sand
No, it's not a nazi chant, it's a Scotch cocktail for old men
White Russian
I'm not big on milkshake cocktails, but this is just too yummy to ignore
Christmas Cosmo
It's like drinking a Christmas tree!
Dave’s Mapletini
It's really an appletini with a maple and cinnamon touch
Pear Blossom
Almost a "peartini", but better and more delicate
The Holiday Mule
The Moscow Mule for the Holidaze!
Flight to Bangkok
My riff on "The Aviation"
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