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In which the Compa
Read MoreOutbound: Simplexity
- Via Bartender: Are cocktails too complicated?
- Via Art of Drink: No.
- Via Bitters & Twisted: Why drink cocktails? and, A Little Bit of Favouritism.
- Via BoingBoing: Nope. High fructose corn syrup does not cause pancreatic cancer.
- Via cocktail virgin slut: notes about eggs. Starting to see some details of presentations from this year's Tales of the Cocktail, which is good and interesting and another reminder that not being able to pop over to New Orleans for week is pretty frustrating for a cocktail geek.
- Via Barbore: there's only one place where a confession about straining technique could turn into a discussion of the history of the daiquiri and the place of the blender in the modern bartender's toolkit.
Outbound: something old, something new, something in a stuffed squirrel
In which the Company collates a selection of interesting booze-related articles from around the Internets - including a beer-filled stoat.
Read MoreOutbound: the official cocktail of summer
After much debate, we've decided on the 2010 Old Town Alchemy official cocktail of summer.
Feijoa Southside
50ml 42 Below Feijoa
25ml lime juice
15ml orgeat
8-10 mint leaves
Shake all ingredients with ice and fine-strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a single mint leaf.
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- Diageo have crowned Erik Lorincz from London's Connaught Hotel as their World Class Bartender of the Year for 2010. Second place went to Do Hwan Eom of the Ritz-Carlton in Seoul, South Korea, with (cocktail blogger and all round nice bloke) Max La Rocca from Sheen Falls Lodge Relais and Chateaux in Kerry, Ireland. Congratulations all round.
- NYC's Painkiller turn their tiki-research eye toward the Pina Colada.
- Not boozy, but still a wonderful piece - the Last of the Seltzer Men.
- Red wine just keeps getting better for you.
- Age statements - yea or nay?
- What could lead to a beer "as bitter as the mood in Cleveland"? LeBron who?
Outbound: up close
- Ever wonder what your favourite drinks look like under a microscope? Wonder no more.
- Scotland's difficult relationship with alcohol.
- Two interesting notes from Robert Simonson - Bombay Sapphire extend their range for 2010/11; the number of kosher single malts is up by two - to two.
- Great post from American Drink on where the bartender fits into our lives.
- And finally, England's secret weapon in their World Cup Campaign? Beer. It's been so effective, they're going to try it against the Germans.