Author: Camper English
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Halloween Ice: Masks Frozen in Ice Block
Over on my Instagram account, I posted a lot of pictures of goofy ice projects for Halloween. I realized I should also share them here on the blog for posterity. This is one of several posts. All my 10+ years of ice posts are here. I bought a few masks at the Halloween store, including…
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Halloween Ice: Severed Hand in Ice Block
Over on my Instagram account, I posted a lot of pictures of goofy ice projects for Halloween. I realized I should also share them here on the blog for posterity. This is one of several posts. I bought this plastic severed hand at the Halloween store. To get the fingers to freeze in side the…
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Halloween Ice: Frozen Skull
Over on my Instagram account, I posted a lot of pictures of goofy ice projects for Halloween. I realized I should also share them here on the blog for posterity. This is one of several posts. This is a plastic skull I bought at the Halloween store and froze in an ice block in my…
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Cranberries Frozen In Ice Sheets and Spheres
I covered it on my Instagram account, but I made some simple cranberry ice cubes. For the spheres, I simply added cranberries to clear ice molds. [list of recommended products here] For the spears/sheets, I floated some cranberries in a cooler and let it freeze for about a day. I then broke up the slab…
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The 2021 Best Drink Books Round-Up
For the past bunch of years, I've done a round-up of all the drink books (mostly cocktails and spirits) that have come out during the year, in consideration for gifting. I'm not doing that this year, as there are too many cocktail books, and if you want to see them all, you can visit these…
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A Visit to Hawaii’s Ko Hana Distillery
I was recently in Hawaii and finagled a visit to the Ko Hana Hawaiian Agricole Rum distillery. General Manager Kyle Reutnerdrove me a short distance to a nearby cane field then we walked through the distillery and I got to taste through the line. Agricole-style rum is distilled from freshly pressed sugar cane juice instead of molasses.…
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English at Eater: Earthy Ube Purple Pina Coladas
I wrote a story for Eater San Francisco on a trend of purple drinks with coconut cream and usually ube as a flavoring. Photos by @vivo.visuals, Melissa de Mata, @equal_parts_cocktail, Allison Webber You should probably go read it.
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Using Untreated Water to Proof Whiskey
Many distilleries brag about their pure water supply, but typically that water is only used for fermentation, and then reverse osmosis filtered or distilled tap water is used to dilute spirits down to bottle proof. So the quantity of that special water left in the bottle is small – in the case of vodka it's…
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The Big Non-Alcoholic Spirits Taste Test
For a long time I've been tracking the increasing number of non-alcoholic spirits. There are now more than 115 brands on the market. I've also made hundreds of non-alcoholic cocktails with these n/a spirits (mostly Seedlip) for events, when there used to be events pre-Covid. In my opinion, these products do not perform well when…
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Grid Patterned Ice, Plus Blueberries and Cherries
I made some fun ice, as I tend to do. For the grid ice, I first made ice using the Ghost Ice tray, then I just set it on a cookie drying rack that I heated up on the stove burner. I think it looks like the tardis from Dr. Who. For these…