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Larry’s Pick-me-up
Always trust and use the ingredients at hand. Melba gets inspired to substitute a lambic for Champagne in a classic Prohibition-era cocktail.
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Tom and Jerry
*Tom and Jerry*? As in the cat and mouse? Fervere makes a classic drink that is so old, depression-era writers called it ancient. Not quite an eggnog, this warm drink is a treat for anyone who dares make it.
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Laird’s Applejack
Melba can’t pass up the allure of *Applejack,* and tries a couple of cocktails made with the apple-flavored liquor.
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Please Return, Poe Toaster
For 60 years, in the wee hours of the morning, a man dressed in black would come to Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore, Maryland. He sought out one grave, that of the great American author, Edgar Allan Poe.…
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Farm-born and -raised
When I first hear the words “homemade liquor,” I immediately think of toothless old men in the mountains of Appalachia making moonshine, but every culture has a rich history of farmers taking whatever was left over from that season’s harvest…
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LiV Vodka
Just at the very beginning of Long Island’s North Fork is a town called Baiting Hollow. Like many towns on the North Fork, Baiting Hollow is charming, rustic, and full of wineries, including the not-so-surprisingly-named Baiting Hollow Farm Winery. I’ve…