Category: history
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Historical Info About Scurvy and the Confusion Between Lemons and Limes
Fun facts about everybody’s favorite maritime disease!
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What is Alchermes Liqueur?
Bittercube bitters have launched a new line of liqueurs, and one of them is an alchermes. So you may be asking yourself, what the heck is alchermes?
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Map of All Distilleries Where Chartreuse Was/Is Made
A map and timeline of all 7 of Chartreuse’s distilleries.
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The History of Orange Curacao and Triple Sec, Updated
This post takes you to an updated older post about the historical and practical differences between orange liqueurs.
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Directional Freezing, Freeze Distillation, and an 1890 Story About Ice Purity
The relationship between directional freezing and freeze distillation, and how the same concept can be used to explain a story from 1890 that clear ice from a lake is more healthy than the water from which it came.
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Almost All the Cocktail and Spirits Books Published in 2017 for Reading or Gifting
Behold! Here is my round-up of all the cocktails and spirits books (plus a few others) that were released in 2017. This year, beyond the annual deluge of whisky books, there are books aping the bartender lifestyle (Drink Like a Bartender, Straight Up), more narrative books (I Hear She’s a Real Bitch, By the Smoke…
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Paloma History – Tracing the Facts and Fiction about this Tequila Cocktail’s History
Tracing the facts and fiction about the history and origin of the Paloma, a cocktail made with tequila, lime, grapefruit soda, and a pinch of salt.
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The Impact of Phylloxera on Absinthe
If absinthe was made with a distilled wine base, why did the wine industry lobby to have it banned? Notes from a discussion about the impact of the vine infestation phylloxera on absinthe in the late 1800s.
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Phylloxera, Gin, and Scotch Whisky
An interesting find in an old book concerning phylloxera and scotch whisky.