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Turn Late-Summer Produce Into Cocktail Ingredients

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Pepper Tincture A pepper tincture is a simple way to add heat to cocktails (like a Margarita ). Rodriguez and Close also make tinctures with different spices to create a flavor library. Almost anything can be a tincture,” he says. Then, strain out the peppers and bottle the liquid. Spices, vegetables, hardy herbs.”

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Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? Bartenders Weigh In

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By the time the tiki craze was underway in the ‘30s and ‘40s, it was par for the course to see drinks containing over seven ingredients and multiple expressions of rum layered on top of one another. And while a cocktail containing a slew of spirits, herbs, juices, and tinctures may win curiosity, the finished product can also be a letdown.

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10 of the Strongest Spirits in the World

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Brands have been caught stealthily lowering their own liquids’ ABV , and a few of the most infamously boozy products can’t be found on shelves anymore, like the now-discontinued legendary Bacardi 151 Overproof Rum. ABV: 75 Proof: 150 Stroh 160 Rum This rum’s ABV isn’t the only strange thing about it. This rum is very strong.

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Mastering Garnishes With William Elliot of Maison Premiere and Tigre

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For example, if a drink was to receive a rinse of house-made black cardamom tincture, “maybe I’ll actually have a black cardamom pod in the garnish,” William says. With its Campari-stained pineapple wedge, bird’s plumage pineapple frond, and maraschino cherry, it all calls back to the color of the dark, funky rums found inside.

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We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Winter Cocktail?

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” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. .” ” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. You can make a delicious variation of an Old Fashioned using rum, spices, and Jamaican bitters.”

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Novel Cordials and Mindful Mixology With Kitty Bernardo of NYC’s Paradise Lost

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The cost of goods, the raw materials, the labor that was put into everything — especially on the back end, like the rum, the agriculture, everything,” Kitty explains. The boozy portion of Banantulas contains two white rums, including Paranubes , a funky pure cane juice distillate from Oaxaca; amontillado sherry; and banana liqueur.

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The 10 Best Selling Vodka Brands In The World in 2023

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Despite recent challenges — like stiff stateside competition in tequila, American whiskey , and rum as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine impacting sales and exports in the region — vodka maintains strong standing globally. The article The 10 Best Selling Vodka Brands In The World in 2023 appeared first on VinePair. million in 2022.

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