Triple S Cocktails

Make Your Beer and Drink It, Too

By JOHN HOLL

Published: February 28, 2010

BY 8:30 a.m., Glen Nile was elbow-deep in a bucket of Cascade hops, pulling apart the dry pods and releasing the lupulin, a resinous substance that plays a crucial role in the creation of beer. Meanwhile, Errol Chase, who goes by “Butch,” was pouring pints of oatmeal stout.

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Valentine’s Day Cocktail: Margarita of LovePink drinks abound on Valentine’s Day. But here’s one that looks pretty in pink without being super sweet.This drink will look beautiful as a part of a romantic display while still delivering kick-ass margarita goodness. So if you and your sweetie are more into cocktails than champagne, try the Margarita of Love this Valentine’s Day!

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How to be a superstar bartender

Gary Regan

Sunday, January 17, 2010

If you want to learn how to mix drinks like a pro, you probably dont want to do what I did in 1973, when I was starting out behind the stick in the United States. I found a bar where the bartenders knew what they were doing, and I became a regular there, sitting at the end of the bar, listening to the wait staff ordering drinks and watching the bartenders make them, every night for about a month. My liver took an awful pounding.

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