Left Alex, Right Alex, and frequent guests experiment with a cocktail recipe. Seasons focused on a specific ingredient that might be unusual or tricky to use. Attainability is the name of the game. This show is aimed at people that are not experts and want more ideas of what to do with interesting spirits. A fun fact is shared after the break.
A Pinch and a Poke
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Left Alex, Right Alex, and frequent guests experiment with a cocktail recipe. Seasons focused on a specific ingredient that might be unusual or tricky to use. Attainability is the name of the game. This show is aimed at people that are not experts and want more ideas of what to do with interesting spirits. A fun fact is shared after the break.
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January 11, 2023
Vodka, Lemon, and Spiced Pear
<p>A nameless, 3 ingredient cocktail</p> <p>1.5oz vodka</p> <p>1.5oz St George spiced pear liqueur </p> <p>.5oz lemon juice</p> <p><br></p> <p>One of New York City's deadliest riots happened in 1849 between rival fan factions of famous Shakespearian actors and it prompted increased militarization of the police force.</p> <p>Sources <a href="https://nerdsonearth.com/2022/01/strange-history-the-astor-place-riot-of-1849/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-new-york-rivalry-over-shakespeare-boiled-over-deadly-melee-180964102/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">2</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place_Riot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">3</a></p>
December 28, 2022
Pear Old Fashioned
<p>We went the simple route and made a Spiced Pear Old Fashioned, right from the <a href="https://stgeorgespirits.com/recipes/whiskey-pear-old-fashioned" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">distillers website</a>.</p> <p>2oz Brandy (source calls for whisky)</p> <p>3/4oz <a href="https://stgeorgespirits.com/spirits/spiced-pear-liqueur" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">St George Spiced Pear</a></p> <p>4 dashes Angostura bitters</p> <p><br></p> <p>The 40 elephants were an all women crime syndicate operating in London from approximately the 1870s to the 1950s.</p> <p>Sources <a href="https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="https://www.dannydutch.com/post/meet-the-forty-elephants-the-all-girl-gang-from-london" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">2</a>, <a href="https://southwarknews.co.uk/history/in-depth-history/alice-diamond-and-the-forty-elephants-the-all-female-criminal-gang-which-caused-waves-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">3</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Elephants" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">4</a></p>
December 14, 2022
Vodka, Red Wine, and Spiced Pear
<p>The <a href="https://creative-culinary.com/vodka-red-wine-spiced-pear-liqueur-cocktail-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-57050" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cocktail that needs a name</a>:</p> <p>1.5oz vodka</p> <p>1.5oz dry red wine</p> <p>.5oz St George Spiced Pear Liqueur</p> <p>.25oz maple syrup</p> <p>.25oz lemon juice</p> <p>top with up ~1oz club soda</p> <p><br></p> <p>In 1893 The US Supreme Court decided that the Tomato is in fact a vegetable, when it matters for import taxes. Because the line between fruits and vegetables is blurred, and it is most commonly referred to as a vegetable.</p> <p>Sources <a href="https://www.el-hai.com/blog/2012/07/01/u-s-supreme-court-decides-whether-the-tomato-is-fruit-or-vegetable.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">1,</a> <a href="https://www.advocate-online.net/fruit-or-vegetable-the-supreme-court-decides-what-a-tomato-really-is/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">2,</a> <a href="https://www.mashed.com/757104/why-the-supreme-court-ruled-that-tomatoes-are-a-vegetable/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">3</a></p> <p>alexsavage.audio@gmail.com</p> <p><a href="https://www.podpage.com/a-pinch-and-a-poke/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">podpage episode list</a></p>
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