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  1. 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.
    - from Dale DeGroff

    Posted by on July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

  2. Marlene Dietrich

    2 slices orange
    1 slice lemon
    2 ounces Wood­ford Reserve whiskey
    ½ ounce orange cura­cao
    3 dashes Angos­tura bit­ters
    ½ oz sim­ple syrup
    Pour ingre­di­ents into a cock­tail shaker and mud­dle. Be care­ful not to over­mud­dle.  Strain over ice in a rocks glass and gar­nish with 1 slice each of lemon and orange.

    Posted by on July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

  3. New Summer Bar Menu at the Swizzle Stick!

    Wel­come to a lit­tle bar in the Land of Cock­tails.
    The Swiz­zle Stick Bar takes their cock­tails seri­ously, “we think life is meant to be lived not endured.”  Bar Chef Lu Brow, firmly estab­lished at the fore­front of push­ing the New Orleans cock­tail scene of recent years to a new level, intro­duces her next summer […]

    Posted by on July 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments

  4. Greetings From Peepster, er… Easter Island

    Let’s cut to the chase.  Easter is the best hol­i­day ever and here’s why:  It’s all about the  choco­late eggs, marsh­mal­low bun­nies and warmer weather.  Unlike Christ­mas, there is noth­ing even remotely stress­ful about Easter

    Posted by on April 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments

  5. Spice of Love Sangria

    1 cup straw­ber­ries, sliced well
    1 cup apple juice
    1/3 cup Triple Sec
    1/2 cup sugar (or 1/4 cup)
    2 whole cloves
    1–2 seed­less blood oranges, each cut into 16 wedges
    1 bot­tle fruity red wine
    2 (3 inch) cin­na­mon sticks
    1 lemon, cut into 8 wedges
    Com­bine all ingre­di­ents in a large pitcher (sus­pend the cloves in a tea ball or cheese cloth) […]

    Posted by on February 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment

  6. Melancholy Baby

    A drink cre­ated at the Rain­bow Room for a lady who had
    just ended a love affair…
    1 1/2 ounces Abso­lut Cit­ron
    3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
    2 ounces sim­ple syrup
    1/2 cup chopped can­taloupe (or sim­i­lar)
    3 ounces water
    Flamed lemon peel for garnish

    Posted by on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments

  7. Smashing Cocktail

    Ti steps behind the bar with King Cock­tail, Dale DeGroff, for a sig­na­ture drink and a song…

    Posted by on November 11th, 2008 | 8 Comments

  8. THE Essential Bartender, Dale DeGroff

    How for­tu­nate are we that Dale DeGroff chose bar­tend­ing as his career. We all have Dale to thank for bring­ing back fresh juices and mix­ers to this country.

    Posted by Lu Brow on November 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment

  9. Whiskey Peach Smash

    4 small peach quar­ters
    3 mint leaves
    3 lemon pieces
    1 ounce water
    1/2 ounce sim­ple syrup
    3 ounces Cana­dian Whiskey
    1 sprig fresh mint
    peach slice, for garnish

    Posted by on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments

  10. Sidecar Number 1

    2 table­spoons superfine sugar
    1 lemon wedge
    2 ounces domes­tic Brandy (or Cognac in Win­ter for a bolder taste)
    1 ounce Coin­treau
    ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
    1 lemon twist

    Posted by on November 6th, 2008 | 4 Comments

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