Category Archives: Cocktail Recipes

Hemingway, Cognac and Benedectine

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Thirsty South

Ever on the hunt for interesting cocktails and the stories that go along with them, I recently picked up the book, To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, by Philip Greene. It certainly helps to know some Hemingway … Continue reading →

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Shrub & Co. – The Curious Cocktail Elixir

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Thirsty South

I recently discovered a new little company in Atlanta that is making some great products to help the shrub reclaim its prominent place in the cocktail pantheon. The name is Shrub & Co., and I profiled them over at Creative … Continue reading →

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Cocktails: The Spiced Apple

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Thirsty South

I was browsing the latest issue of Imbibe Magazine and came across a cocktail recipe by Robert Ortenzio, from Yardbird in Miami, that intrigued me. I was actually highly skeptical of the recipe, called “the spiced apple,” since I tend to … Continue reading →

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Drinking Blue: The Aviation and the Blue Moon

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Thirsty South

I blame it on Boozehound. The fact that I have a bottle of Crème de Violette, that is. I never knew I needed it until I read Jason Wilson’s account of the Aviation cocktail, a classic that apparently lost its way … Continue reading →

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The Terroir Martinez Cocktail

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Thirsty South

I’ve been enjoying St. George’s Terroir Gin for some time now. It was actually a year ago at a trade show that I first tasted it, walking away after a sip feeling like I had taken “a hike in Northern California” … Continue reading →

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