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Faux Paloma
During the holidays, we received a bottle of butterfly pea serum and improvised a “Faux Paloma” using tequila, agave syrup, lime juice, grapefruit seltzer, and butterfly pea serum. The drink had a pleasant color, and it can be easily customized for sweetness and yields two servings from a 12 oz. can of seltzer.
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Bottle Fund preview: Cointreau cocktails
A very generous reader, and great lady, whom we’ll call Mel participated in the first, but private, bottle fund drive by bringing over a bottle of Cointreau, an orange and spiced liqueur that is used as a Triple sec in…
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Reader Question: Why is there citrus fruit in my beer?
Why are certain beers served with a slice or wedge of citrus fruit? Fervere answers a reader’s question.