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Happy National Daiquiri Day!
Posted on July 19th, 2010
Happy National Daiquiri Day!
I was going to have a bigger post than this, but someone knocked over my motorcycle so I’ve been dealing with insurance stuff all morning. I will try to remedy the post situation later today.
In the meantime…
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National Daiquiri Day – July 19th
Posted on July 16th, 2010
[1] Because we always need another reason to celebrate drinking, I’m here to remind you that July 19th is National Daiquiri Day.
The Daiquiri is a cocktail that has been a socially acceptable rum drink for over a hundred years and has enough variations to rival the Martini. And in that time it’s come a long way. From humble origins in the small mining town of Daiquiri, Cuba; to the fame and glamour of being associated Hemingway; to the slushy, overproof, sobriety killer gulped down by the rowdy, half-naked college kids on Bourbon Street, New Orleans.
I was going to say something like “Get your shakers ready”, but then I’d be ostracizing a whole group of people. The Blenders.
And while some of the snooty among us look down our noses at the Blenders, you can’t deny that they make up a large percentage of the Daiquiri drinking public.
“Did Hemingway drink his cocktail blended?”, they cry. Maybe, I suppose it depends on who’s story you want to believe. And really, does it matter? Sit down, shut up, and enjoy your damn drink.
So, Blenders, this is your day too. Blend to your heart’s content as long as you remember to share and be nice.
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A little insight into the Mai Tai
Posted on July 13th, 2010
The Pegu Blog posted a link to this article, Conor’s Mai Tai over at Lush Angeles that offers good insight into what’s actually going into a Mai Tai you order and why a good Mai Tai might be running you $20. A very good, quick read with a recipe to boot.
Photo courtesy Photos8.com
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Cruzan is bringing us spiced rum with Cruzan 9
Posted on July 12th, 2010
I’ve always liked the Cruzan line (naysayers be damned). Affordable rum that’s also tasty? Blasphemy. And yet, there it is. And now Cruzan is going to be offering a new spiced rum to the market.
The rest of this post is all the product info from the press release so behind the cut it goes!
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Signature Cocktail Winners
Posted on July 8th, 2010
A little while ago I posted about the Signature Cocktail contest being held by Rum Dood, The Rum Connection, and The Floating Rum Shack. Well, the winners have been chosen and each signature drink looks delicious. Congrats to the winners, congrats to each respective site for their new cocktails, and congrats to us for having a new trio of drinks to imbibe. I can’t wait to try them out.
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