TIP OF THE DAY: Flavored Shots

Delicious by the shot: No mixers needed! Photo courtesy Blue Chair Bay Rum.   While spiced rum has been around since the 1940s*, the more modern trend of flavored spirits began with vodka in the 1980s. The first flavored vodka, that inspired scores of other flavors, was Absolut Peppar, in 1986. Absolut Citron followed in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Russian Iced Coffee

[1] In a tall glass or a short one, iced coffee lovers will get a kick from this drink (photo © DeLonghi).   For years, we’ve enjoyed Black Russians and White Russians, two venerable vodka-based cocktails. The Black Russian, invented in 1949, combines vodka and coffee liqueur; the subsequent addition of cream created a White…
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The Classic Whiskey Sour Recipe For National Whiskey Sour Day

Whiskey Sour. Photo by Lognetic | Fotolia.   August 25th is National Whiskey Sour Day. We’ll drink to that! The Whiskey Sour is one of the most famous of the classic cocktails, one that survived Prohibition, which saw the fall into the obscurity of many other classics of the time (Satan’s Whiskers, anyone). Those that…
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