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Lemon Drop Cocktail

The lemon drop cocktail is a very sweet and sour cocktail.  It became popular around the 70′s in California.  Today, the lemon drop cocktail or martini is one of western Canada and USA‘s favourite drinks. Where the Lemon Drop

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Margarita

History Of The Margarita Cocktail The margarita has had its’ ups and downs in popularity. Tequila continues to be one of the most misunderstood of all spirits. The spirit has been with

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The Slow Screw (aka: Sloe Screw)

The Sloe Screw, also conveniently misspelled as a Slow Screw, is a fun little cocktail. The reason for the semi inappropriate name of the drink comes from the fact that

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Purple Pornstar Cocktail

Porn Star Cocktail

The Porn Star cocktail can be served in a highball glass or as a different type of martini. This recipe is also popularly served as a shot. We will cover

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Cherry Hooker

History Of The Cherry Hooker Cocktail: The Cherry Hooker has a bit of a lewd name for a cocktail. This of course isn’t much different than the name of the Porn

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What is a Highball?

What A Highball Actually Is Most people don’t know that 90% of all the drinks actually mixed are highballs. Rum and coke, Scotch and Soda, Gin & Tonic, Vodka and Seven, Rye and

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The Tequila Sunrise Cocktail

This is another great morning cocktail recipe or great for brunches and is on of my personal favourites because of the sweetness of the drink. The grenadine wakes you up with a sugar rush while

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The Scooby Snack Cocktail

The Scooby Snack is a strange cocktail. Rumoured to be created on a dare by a couple of bartenders in the midwest, this tasty cocktail keeps you coming back again

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Bloody Mary and Bloody Maria

Bloody Mary Cocktail Recipe And History The Bloody Mary cocktail was invented in the 1920′s by an American bartender.  At Harry’s New York Bar in Paris, a man named Fernand Petiot apparently came up with the concoction. 

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The Chi-Chi and Pina Colada

The Tropical Chi-Chi The Chi-Chi is a sweet, vodka-based cocktail made with cream of coconut and pineapple juice. This is a tasty tropical drink usually mixed up by either blending or shaking with ice. It

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Curacao Punch

The Curacao Punch is a tasty cocktail outlined in the classic New and Improved Bartender’s Manual, which was originally released in 1882. An almost forgotten cocktail, this drink should make a resurgence

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The Classic Mojito

History Of The Mojito The mojito is one of Cuba’s oldest cocktails and comes from the African word mojo, which means to place a little spell. There are several accounts as to

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