COCKTAIL RECIPE: Grapefruit Fizz

The proliferation of flavor-infused vodkas provides a ready-made “cocktail” that you can enjoy straight (and straight 80 proof!). But you can also create more complex-flavored drinks with them; every distiller has a website full of tempting recipes. The next time you’re at the liquor store, take a look at what’s available in the infused vodka…
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What To Do With Green Chartreuse & The History Of Chartreuse

[1] This Gatsby-inspired cocktail is delicious. Photo courtesy Moët & Chandon. Chartreuse in a stemmed liqueur glass (photo © Cold Penguin 1952 | CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0 License). [3] Bottles of green and yellow Chartreuse (photo © Jeremy Brooks | CC-BY-NC-2.0-license).   If you have a bottle of Chartreuse that languishes on the shelf, we’ve got a recipe…
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COCKTAIL: Bourbon & Ginger Beer

One of the most elegant bosses we’ve ever had, an old school gent, drank Bourbon and Ginger Beer* as his cocktail of choice. In those long-ago days, before the runaway popularity of the white-goods-based† Bloody Mary, Martini and Margarita, most people were either Scotch or Bourbon drinkers. They drank their spirit of choice with soda,…
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