I felt honor bound to try this based solely on its name. The Purple Hooter is just too good to pass up. I was looking for a cocktail to make for my roommate—a vodka enthusiast—when I stumbled upon this little sweetie. Though the recipe called for citrus vodka, I had to substitute with raspberry (as [...]
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Moscow Mule
November 17th, 2005 | by nerdling | published in recipes, vodka
I was originally interested in it because I saw a photo of the Moscow Mule in a book, and after reading the history of the drink, I was even more charmed. It originated in a pub that was a favorite hang for co-eds at my alma mater when an unusually large shipment of ginger beer [...]
Very Chanilla
November 16th, 2005 | by nerdling | published in recipes, vodka
This is a drink my boyfriend picked out, thinking that the heavily cherry concoction sounded like a fun experiment for my burgeoning skills. It was indeed a good test—I hadn’t worked with anything but liquor, liqueur, mixers and straight juices—and the real-fruit content of the Very Chanilla made it sound like an appealing change, as [...]
