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Blood, Bones, and Bitters: Meat Cocktails Are More Than a Novelty

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Sometimes fermentation can go too far, especially in Japan, because making alcohol at a bar is illegal, so my fermentation stops at the point of the sourness,” Sekine explains. We had him shoot a deer in the woods, and drain the blood directly into a case of bottles that we gave him, half-full with pure alcohol.”

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How to Tell If Your Spirits and Liqueurs Are Expired

VinePair

It could be the bottle of Cognac you bought for baking that you never got around to finishing, the whiskey you only pour for guests, or that Licor 43 you purchased to make a round of Carajillos. Unless you’re shaking up cocktails on the regular, your open spirit bottles probably sit on your bar cart for months or even years on end.

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Cereal Milk Is Coming for Your Cocktail

VinePair

And despite being hired in a food safety and administrative role not a pastry chef role that didnt stop Tosi from going on to introduce the very first desserts at several Momofuku outposts. Alcohol is a natural solvent; it absorbs and extracts flavors very well.

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Mixology 101: A Beginner's Guide to Cocktail Making Basics

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Old Fashioned 2 oz bourbon 1 sugar cube 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters Orange peel Technique: Muddle sugar with bitters, build, stir 3. Daiquiri 2 oz white rum 1 oz fresh lime juice 0.75 oz simple syrup Technique: Shake with ice, double strain 4.