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A Drink for Saint Valentine
Of all the saints in the canon, it’s hard to get worked up about Saint Valentine. Historians aren’t even sure who exactly he was, given that there are 14 saints named Valentinus who lived at roughly...
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Mary Pickford Cocktail
Prohibition was a hell of a time—though the tendency is to romanticize, focusing on the glamorous splendor of the bars in London and Paris, on the underground world of speakeasies, or of zipping off to...
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London Fog
If you don’t like Pernod, you probably shouldn’t read any further. Personally, I find anything flavored like anise seed to be delicious—licorice, fennel, absinthe, Pernod, Herbsaint, you name it. But I...
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Tales of the Cocktail: Coming Soon
Lynnette Marrero / Ada Coleman As it does every summer, Tales of the Cocktail is making its annual appearance July 20–24 in New Orleans. Yours truly will be there, covering the seminars and events on...
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Summer Cocktailing Giveaway
One of my favorite things—and this is not just because it’s almost my birthday—is a present. This is true of most people, but I love the element of surprise that is so perfectly embodied in a wrapped...
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Lillet & Lemon
There are only a few months out of the year when life is truly uncomfortable without air conditioning, and we have just entered those months. To cope with that lack, we here at SLOSHED! HQ have been...
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Tales of the Cocktail: Are You Booked?
We’re within sight of Tales 2011, kicking off on July 20—which also happens to be my birthday. You don’t want to miss out on a booze-and-food-filled New Orleans extravaganza that takes place on my...
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Gin-Gin Mule
Less than a week to go before Tales of the Cocktail 2011 kicks off in New Orleans, and boy am I excited. Dan and I haven’t been on a proper vacation in two years—the last time we were in New...
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Tales of the Cocktail 2011
You may have noticed that we disappeared, along with most of the cocktail world, last week—fallen into the boozy rabbit hole that is Tales of the Cocktail. Yours truly was blogging the event on the...
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Ghoul’s Night Out
Most readers of this site have, I’m sure, surmised that Halloween is a big. effing. deal. around here. It is my favorite holiday by a wide margin, and I spend a lot of time getting myself geared up...
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The Devil’s Own
I found this bewitching little number while I was hunting for a cocktail I bookmarked once upon a time on Trader Tiki’s old site…before tradertiki.com went the way of the dinosaurs. Obviously I...
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Diamondback
There are many wonderful perks about living where we do—it’s very quiet and suitably far from the city, so we can see stars and hear crickets at night. We have a garden and raise our own chickens but...
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Cobra’s Fang
Some kind of convergence happened this year and a whole bunch of snake-themed drinks have appeared on our radar for Halloween. Not exactly a classic symbol of Halloween, but they certainly inspire...
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The Ghost Ship
It is no secret that SLOSHED! HQ has a deep and abiding love for Beachbum Berry; his books are practically a religion around here, and we make drinks from them more than any others on our shelves...
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Warm Spirits
There are many was to toast the holiday season—scotch, champagne, cognac—and serving a lovely holiday cocktail is certainly one of my favorite ways to welcome guests on a cold, wintry night. If you’re...
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