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Author: Alexander Savage
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Left Alex, Right Alex, and frequent guests experiment with a cocktail recipe. Seasons focused on a specific ingredient that might be unusual or tricky to use.
Attainability is the name of the game. This show is aimed at people that are not experts and want more ideas of what to do with interesting spirits.
A fun fact is shared after the break.
Attainability is the name of the game. This show is aimed at people that are not experts and want more ideas of what to do with interesting spirits.
A fun fact is shared after the break.
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A nameless, 3 ingredient cocktail
1.5oz vodka
1.5oz St George spiced pear liqueur
.5oz lemon juice
One of New York City's deadliest riots happened in 1849 between rival fan factions of famous Shakespearian actors and it prompted increased militarization of the police force.
Sources 1, 2, 3
The cocktail that needs a name:
1.5oz vodka
1.5oz dry red wine
.5oz St George Spiced Pear Liqueur
.25oz maple syrup
.25oz lemon juice
top with up ~1oz club soda
In 1893 The US Supreme Court decided that the Tomato is in fact a vegetable, when it matters for import taxes. Because the line between fruits and vegetables is blurred, and it is most commonly referred to as a vegetable.
Sources 1, 2, 3
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A French 75 with spiced pear liqueur!
1oz Gin
1/2oz spiced pear liqueuer
1/2oz lemon juice
Topped with dry sparkling white wine.
Before magnetic compasses were used for seafaring, Vikings were able to navigate by the sun even under cloud cover by using a sunstone to examine the polarized light and find the sun.
sources: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Spiced Pear Margarita from St. George Spirits own website.
1.5oz reposado tequila
1oz Spiced pear liqueur
.5oz lime juice
.25oz simple syrup
The melody of The Star Spangled Banner was originally written by the The Anacreontic Society, a London group of singers that had lavish concerts and dinners.
Sources: 1, 2, 3, lyrics
In this new season we are experimenting with the Spiced Pear Liqueur from St George Distillery.
Fertilizer and explosives share some key ingredients. So after WWII many explosives factories started making fertilizer which helped grow the American lawn, but also an enormous amount of corn that sustains a huge portion of the world's population.
Sources
1,2,3,4
The Apple Cider Sidecar
1.5oz Brandy
1.5oz cointreau
3oz apple cider
.5oz lemon juice
4 dashes Angostura bitters
Tomatoes did not become a part of Italian food until the 1500s after the Americas began trading goods with Europe.
Source 1, 2
In our final episode with Campari we had a Campari Sprits
3oz prosecco
2oz Campari
1oz club soda
we enjoyed adding a dash of orange bitters
Stick around after the break to get some extra Campari thoughts and mixings!
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The Campari sour with no gin. (I skipped the eggwhite)
1½ oz. Campari
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
½ oz. Simple Syrup
1 Egg White (or 1½ oz. Liquid Egg White)
7 drops Orange Bitters
The Campari sour with gin (I still skipped the eggwhite)
1½ oz. Gin
3⁄4 oz. Campari
3⁄4 oz. Fresh lemon juice
1⁄2 oz. Simple syrup
1 Egg white
1 dash Orange bitters
Moonshine running helped build the airline industry! Barnstormers were often also transporting illegal alcohol, and developed routes and organizations that kicked it into a higher gear.
I would highly recommend this podcast episode where I first heard about it, but here are some more sources.
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Negroni
1oz Gin (london dry)
1oz Campari
1oz sweet vermouth
Listen to us try messing with the ratios to see what happens!
The phrase "in the limelight" refers to when theaters burned blocks of quicklime to illuminate their actors.
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Redwing Blackbird
1.25oz (Rye) Whiskey
.25oz Oregon Black Bird Simple syrup
.75oz Campari
1oz sweet vermouth
The Polio vaccine was delivered orally by dropping the liquid on a sugar cube starting in 1961.
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4
The Jungle Bird cocktail: a note on flash blending
2oz Dark (or gold) Rum
2oz Pineapple Juice
3/4oz Campari
1/2oz Lime Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
Gerry-mandering was first practiced in Massachusetts in 1812 and approved by the Governer: Founding Father Elbridge Gerry.
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Campari is a famously red and bitter Italian liqueur, which their website will tell you all about.
The board game Monopoly has its roots as an anti-monopolist message.
sources 1, 2, 3.
New Deal Distillery's Nocino Sour
1oz Bourbon (or merely whisky)
1oz Nocino
.25oz lemon juice
.5oz simple syrup
1 dash angostura bitters
shake and pour over ice!
Frances Perkins was the 1st woman in a presidential cabinet, and the Secretary of Labor under FDR. She shook the hands of all 1800 employees of the department of labor when she left office.
Sources 1, 2, 3
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A Grand Experiment
1/2oz Gin, 3/4oz Dark Honey Whisky, 1oz Nocino, dash angostura bitters
It creates a surprisingly decent mix of earthy, herbal, and honey-sweet.
The Peace sign was originally used specifically to signify Nuclear Disarmament. In semaphore the letters N and D stack on top of each other to make the same shape as the sign.
Sources: 1, 2, 3
Harp strum sound effect from freesound.org
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Walnut Old Fashioned with Nocino
Classical composer Frederic Chopin's heart is preserved in a glass jar filled with cognac!
source 1, 2
The Italian Sidecar (original): 1.5oz brandy, 3/4oz nocino, 1/2oz Cointreau, 1/2oz lemon juice
After much experimentation and deliberation
The Italian Sidecar (our recipe): 3/4oz nocino, 3/4oz Cointreau, splash of lime juice
Michelin stars for restaurants were invented to encourage more people to drive more, and increase demand for a tire manufacturer.
Escoffier
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Rum Walnut Alexander
Initial recipe
2oz Aged rum, 1oz Nocino, 1oz heavy cream, 1/2oz simple syrup
Improved recipe
1oz aged rum, 1oz nocino, 1oz heavy cream, 1oz simple syrup
Interaural Time Difference is how you tell where objects are from soundwaves arriving at your ears at different times!
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Sweetwater
ornithology
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The first taste and description of Nocino, a walnut liqueur enjoyed for over a thousand years!
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Happy 1 year birthday to A Pinch and a Poke! And happy Chartreuse Finale episode to send off the season with 3 recipes.
Recipe 1: The Garden Party
2.5oz club soda
1.5oz Green Chartreuse
.5oz Lime Juice
.25oz Simple Syrup
5 leaves mint
1 sprig mint
Recipe 2: The Lumiere
1.5oz Gin
1 oz St Germain Elderflower Liqueur
.75oz Green Chartreuse
.75oz Lime Juice
1 dash orange bitters
Recipe 3: The Verdant Lady
1.5oz gin
.5oz lime juice
.25oz simple syrup
1/6oz green chartreuse
4 mint leaves, plus a garnish
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3/4oz - 1.5oz London Dry gin
3/4oz - 1oz Sweet Vermout
3/4oz Chartreuse
2 dashes orange bitters
garnish with an orange peel and a cherry
Rocket mail was an experiment by the United States Postal Service to use new technology to send mail farther faster.
USPS
Smithsonian
wikipedia
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