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I prefer my cocktails more refined than the uniformly messy versions of mojitos served throughout the United States these days. Why on earth would I want a muddled mess of an alcoholic slushy? I am way too vain to run around with bits of mint in my …

The Mojito may have inadvertently sparked the modern cocktail revolution. In the dark days of bartending, some people calling themselves bartenders would actually complain about making anything more complicated than a Jack and coke or pulling the cap …

As I mentioned in the other Mai Tai cocktail recipe, I believe Don the Beachcomber to have originated the cocktail known as the Mai Tai. That being said Mai Tai translates to good so it is very conceivable that cocktails were developed independently …

The Plantation Punch is related to the Planter’s Punch. Just as their is no hard and fast rule on the Planter’s Punch neither is their one on the Plantation Punch. The only place there is agreement is that a Plantation punch will have …

The Planter’s Punch is near an dear from my days as a bartender in Savannah. Now punches are among the very first of the cocktails with the first printed reference showing up in 1632. They were originally made with five ingredients. In fact the …