Friday Liquor Spotlight #23: Chopin Potato Vodka!

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Happy Friday, everyone! 

We’ve made it through another week! The weekend is upon us, and that means it is time for another liquor spotlight! This week’s spotlight is about our favorite vodka…made from potatoes! 

What’s that now? Vodka made from potatoes? Why yes, yes indeed! 

Let’s talk about Chopin Potato Vodka, readers! 

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Tuesday Tools & Tricks #19: Creating Your Own Punch!

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Happy Tuesday, everyone!

For today’s Tools & Tricks we decided to break down the basic recipe for creating your very own original cocktails! Punches, specifically, but we will get into that in a moment.

With these guidelines you will be able to mix and match and cook up some crazy and (hopefully) amazing drinks, all on your own!

And all you need to know is this: 2-1-4-3.

Huh? What? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back.

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Friday Liquor Spotlight #13: St. Germain!

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Happy Friday, everyone!

We made it to the last Friday in June, we are about to pass the half-way mark for 2014, and we think that is a reason to celebrate.

So today, we will celebrate with a delicious liqueur whose manufacture involves French men going into the Alps, gathering flowers, and riding a bicycle down the mountain in order to deliver the blossoms to be made into alcohol.

How old timey and fabulous, right? Don’t you just feel like you have been transported into the French version of Heidi?

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Tuesday Tools & Tricks #12: Know Your Rum!

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A very happy Tuesday, readers!

For this week’s tools and tricks we decided to delve a little deeper into the wonderful, amazing, delicious, but often confusing world of rum.

There is a whole lot of variety out there, and although most of us probably came to know rum as either light, dark, or spiced, the reality is really quite different.

So let us do some educating, if you will.

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Friday Liquor Spotlight #11: Don Julio

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Happy Friday everyone!

We are herby dubbing this Friday liquor spotlight Fancy Friday, because, well, the tequila we are about to discuss ain’t cheap. But that is sort of the point. And trust us, we are not about to tell you to start using this in every drink you make–but, if you want to sip some straight tequila, are having a special event, or want to buy someone a nice bottle for a birthday/anniversary etc, then please look no further than Don Julio Añejo.

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Tuesday Tools & Tricks #4: Storing Spirits!

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Happy Tuesday, all! We have made it to our 4th Tuesday here at The Woman At The Bar, and we think there is no better time to discuss proper shelf life and storage for your precious, precious alcoholic beverages. Sexy, right?

Maybe, maybe not. BUT, it is definitely important–especially since there is a very good chance that some of you have been going about it all wrong for years…but don’t fret, for we are your guardian angels, here to right the wrongs that have been done in the past.

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