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Chain Restaurant Cocktails: The Good, the Bad, and the Outrageously Boozy

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It’s the ‘fajita’ of their cocktail list.” Signature cocktails are designed to taste the same across hundreds of locations, so ingredients are often prefabricated and laced with sugar and preservatives. For some reason, I still think the Presidente Margarita is incredible. The Rum Forest Rum at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

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Do Empirical Spirits Serve Any Purpose Beyond Fueling Viral Headlines?

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They are rarely offered as sipping spirits and, more often, have found their way into signature cocktails. It’s a very unusual cocktail, very savory and a bit spicy from the Ayuuk, though quite good and balanced. Brain Farts More and more, I am encountering Empirical spirits at top New York bars these days.

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