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Posts Tagged ‘Dale DeGroff’

  1. And They’re Off.…..!

    “Civ­i­liza­tion begins with dis­til­la­tion.”  William Faulkner Faulkner, from the very begin­ning of his career, drank while he wrote.  He claimed, “I usu­ally write at night.  I always keep my whiskey within reach.”   I con­fess, over the years I have shared this writ­ing rit­ual with him.  It has made for some very inter­est­ing con­ver­sa­tions with network […]

    Posted by on April 25th, 2011 | 7 Comments

  2. Ninety-Nine Bottles Of Booze On The Wall

    I know, the song is about beer, but a recent trip to our local ware­house liquor store got me to think­ing.  I was bask­ing in the glow of hav­ing put a box of booze in the trunk and I thought, “I won­der how many bot­tles of booze I have on the wall.”  Well, you know, […]

    Posted by on January 19th, 2011 | 5 Comments

  3. Our Lu Brow is mixologist of the month

    Our own Lu Brow has been named mixol­o­gist of the month by Wine Enthu­si­ast Mag­a­zine.  Stop by the Swiz­zle Stick Bar and have her make you one of my Sum­mer favorites, an Oh Mai or an Oops!

    Posted by stacey on August 30th, 2010 | No Comments

  4. Dale DeGroff’s Whiskey Smash

    2 slices lemon 6–8 mint leaves ½ ounce orange cura­cao 1/2 ounce sim­ple syrup 2 ounces Maker’s Mark Mud­dle lemon, mint, orange cura­cao and sim­ple syrup in a cock­tail shaker.  Add Maker’s Mark and ice and shake well.  Strain into a rocks glass.  Fill with crushed ice and gar­nish with a big piece of mint. — […]

    Posted by on July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

  5. Mint Julep (Dale DeGroff)

    (from Dale DeGroff’s book “The Essen­tial Cock­tail”) 2 sprigs of mint, prefer­ably perky look­ing spearmint 3/4 ounce of sim­ple syrup 2 1/2 ounces bonded bour­bon (like Old Forester, Book­ers, Blanton’s or Maker’s Mark) Pow­dered sugar, for dust­ing, optional Gen­tly bruise 1 of the mint sprigs in the bot­tom of a mix­ing glass with syrup – […]

    Posted by on May 1st, 2009 | No Comments

  6. Manhattan

    2 ounces blended or straight whiskey 1 ounce Ital­ian sweet ver­mouth 2 dashes Angos­tura bit­ters 1 maraschino cheery for gar­nish Pour all the ingre­di­ents over ice in a mix­ing glass and stir as you would a Mar­tini.  Strain into… 

    Posted by on January 21st, 2009 | No Comments

  7. Manhattan

    2 ounces Maker’s Mark bour­bon 1 ounce Ital­ian sweet ver­mouth 2 dashes Angos­tura bit­ters 1 maraschino cherry for gar­nish Pour all the ingre­di­ents over ice in a mix­ing glass and stir as you would

    Posted by on January 19th, 2009 | No Comments

  8. King Cocktail

    Ti sits down with “King Cock­tail” him­self, Dale DeGroff, to talk about his incred­i­ble jour­ney and how he helped Raise the Bar for all of us.

    Posted by on November 22nd, 2008 | 4 Comments

  9. An Old Fashioned Visit

    Lu recently men­tioned din­ner with myself, my mother Ella Bren­nan, and Dale DeGroff.  It was a “spirited” meal…

    Posted by Ti Adelaide Martin on November 22nd, 2008 | 3 Comments

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