All posts filed under: Absinthe

Building Your Bar – Rye

June 2, 2015
by dlgallian
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Absinthe / Recipe / Rye

Last week I was having drinks with coworkers (prior to seeing this movie, yeah!) and we, naturally, started talking about our favorite cocktails and what we make at home.  A coworker’s fiancee mentioned that she’d like to figure out what she needs for a basic home bar, but didn’t know where to start.  She mentioned that rye is her favorite spirit, and it immediately got me thinking about how I’d build a basic home bar, […]

What to drink when you’re down for the count

March 1, 2015
by dlgallian
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Absinthe / Gin / Lillet

The first time I fell – and I mean really fell – I was eighteen and volunteering rebuilding hiking trails at a state park in Tennessee.  It was a mid-summer evening, sweltering and humid, and we were racing down the trail to throw ourselves in the river and wash away the day’s work.  I didn’t see a root protruding into the trail, and suddenly I was on the ground, my ankle immediately swollen to the size […]