Tag Archive 'Rye whiskey'

Classic Cocktail: The Manhattan

I guess it was really only a matter of time before I got to my favorite cocktail. After taking this weekly piece around the world via Charles Lindbergh’s plane (the Aviation), or hopping a boat to Cuba (the El Presidente), whirling through the streets of Paris on a motorcycle (the Sidecar) or drifting through New […]

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Can the spirit of the land be captured in a bottle?  Can time, geography and culture be turned into liquid?  Yes it can. The Finger Lakes is a place of magic with rolling countrysides, vineyards, orchards, lakes and hamlets that remind me more of Ireland than the US.  And there, Finger Lakes Distilling is cranking […]

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Sweet Georgia Brown

I can think of no better way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon than around the poker table. Okay, scratch that, how about an afternoon around the poker table with good friends and cocktails? Now you’re talking… And so it was, that we descended upon a friend’s apartment this weekend, our barbeque plans dashed by […]

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