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Latest Articles

Weekend Cocktail Reading 17-Dec-2010

Reading summary: Imbibe kicks off their 10-day Xmas countdown with a Mexican Drinking Chocolate. Try making your own versions of recipes from Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (London, 1869). Should Time's Person of the Year have been the Cocktail instead of Zuckerberg?  Weekend reading finishes with two suggestions from the Caribbean, spiced rum and Pimento Dram.

Weekend Cocktail Reading 10-Dec-2010

Reading summary: The Royal Society of Chemistry dedicates a few pages to the molecular mixology. Not much goes better with the holiday season than drinks made with apple brandy (included a drink created by Misty Kalkofen) and milk, although not necessarily together.  The week is rounded off with seven recommendations for winter beers and a cocktail made with ouzo.

Weekend Cocktail Reading 3-Dec-2010

Reading summary: Sunday, Dec 5, is the 77th anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the USA, learn more about the failed, noble experiment by reading Last Call. This is also the beginning of the holiday season, so why not starting putting Chartreuse in your hot chocolate? Speaking of culture, The Economist compares pub culture in London, New York and DC, and theorizes why London wins. Lastly, read about how hard your bartenders work and an interview with Jackson Cannon, one of our favorite mixologists in Boston.

Five Questions for Misty Kalkofen

We are pleased to inaugerate a new column in Classic Mixology where we ask top Mixologists about their work, and we are especially pleased and honored to begin the series with Misty Kalkofen.