as mentioned in a previous post, cuesa has a farmer’s market cocktail night every quarter/season. tonight was their night of summer cocktails. overall, the drinks this time around were much better than last time; nothing was bad, many were very good.
favorites:
green and orange (jackie patterson) – green chartreuse, lime, carrot, honey, cantaloupe, cilantro [...]
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Also tagged balsamic, basil, bourbon and branch, brooke arthur, cantaloupe, carrot, chili, coffee, cuesa, farmer's market cocktail night, galliano, green chartreuse, h. joseph erhmann, honey, jackie patterson, josh harris, just taciturn, mint, or lame, peach, rooibos, strawberry
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stopped by pizzaiolo after running some errands as i “just happened” to be in the area.
sfizio alla pesca – rum, lemon, peach, lemon verbena syrup
andina – pisco, lime, drambuie + something else i forgot to write down, maybe orange bitters
of note, cate used a half a peach per drink. that’s commitment!
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as per [...]
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Also tagged cate whalen, drambuie, flashcards, gin, lemon, lime, peach, pegu club, pisco, pizzaiolo, rangpur, rum, triple sec
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problem: you want to booze it up at an establishment not walkable from your house. some solutions: drive drunk (morally questionable), public transportation (time consuming), cab ($$$ consuming), designated driver (a drag for the driver/i dont have enough (teetotaler) friends).
i figured out (took me long enough) another solution: sober up before [...]
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Also tagged aperol, cate whalen, cointreau, gin, how to drive only slightly drunk, lemon, lime, mai tai, maraschino, martinez, mint, orange bitters, orgeat, pizzaiolo, prosecco, rum, rye, vermouth
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