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Zombie Cocktail Recipe

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THE ZOMBIE COCKTAIL This tropical drink by legendary Donn Beach of Don the Beachcomber restaurant kicked off the Tiki craze.

 

ABOUT THE ZOMBIE COCKTAIL

This tropical drink by legendary Donn Beach of Don the Beachcomber restaurant kicked off the Tiki craze. Legend has it that Donn Beach originally concocted the Zombie to help a hung-over customer get through a business meeting. The customer returned several days later to complain that he had been turned into a zombie for his entire trip. Its smooth, fruity taste works to conceal its extremely high alcoholic content. Don the Beachcomber restaurants limit their customers to two Zombies apiece because of their potency, which Beach said could make one "like the walking dead."

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The Best Mojitos Recipe

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The Best Mojitos Recipe. This is an authentic recipe for mojito is sized to make a pitcher full but you can easily change it to a single serving.

What's A Mojito?

Mojito (/moʊˈhiːtoʊ/; Spanish: [moˈxito]) is a traditional Cuban highball. This recipe has moved to our other website Days Well Spent https://dayswellspent.com/the-best-mojitos-recipe/

Fish Bowl Cocktail Recipe

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This Fish Bowl Cocktail is a fun party drink, perfect for sharing with friends! You can think of it as a grown-up spin on a classic punch. 
This Fish Bowl Cocktail is a fun party drink, perfect for sharing with friends! This recipe has moved to our other website: Days Well Spent https://dayswellspent.com/fish-bowl-cocktail-recipe/

Lemon Drop Cocktail Recipe

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Lemony, sweet, sour and super easy to make. This Lemon Drop Cocktail is the perfect drink to enjoy any day! This recipe has moved to our other website: Days Well Spent https://dayswellspent.com/lemon-drop-cocktail-recipe/

Scotch, Whiskey and Bourbon, What’s the Difference Between Them?

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The main difference between scotch and whiskey is geographic, but also ingredients and spellings. Scotch is whisky made in Scotland, while bourbon is whiskey made in the U.S.A, generally Kentucky. Scotch is made mostly from malted barley, while bourbon is distilled from corn. If you’re in England and ask for a whisky, you’ll get Scotch. But in Ireland, you’ll get Irish whiskey.

What is Scotch?

Technically, Scotch is whisky (spelled without the "e") that must be produced in Scotland, made from mostly malted barley and aged in oak barrels for three years or more. (The number following the name on a bottle of Scotch tells you how long it was aged.) Some Scotch tastes a lot like bourbon, but with a signature smokiness that lingers at the tail-end of a tasting. For this reason, some people avoid it, but for others, the acquired taste only makes the experience better. We think this pairs nicely with some stews and smoked meats.

For a whiskey to call itself bourbon, its mash, the mixture of grains from which the product is distilled, must contain at least 51% corn. (The rest of the mash is usually filled out with malted barley and either rye or wheat.) ... The distillate must be aged in a new charred oak barrel.
 

Rye

"Rye whiskey" can refer either to American whiskey, which must be distilled from at least 51% rye and aged two years or more, or Canadian whisky, which may or may not actually include any rye in its production process. Full in body and spice, rye -- which had been playing second fiddle to its closest cousin, bourbon, ever since U.S. corn production increased in the decades following Prohibition -- has been making a steady comeback on cocktail menus across the country in the last decade.

Rye's bold, slightly burning bite cuts right through sweet mixers, making for intense beverages with layers of flavor.

Does it Matter in Cooking?

Yes, it does, but you can interchange them. Remember, the alcohol content may be different, and the flavor will be too.

The Whiskey Sour

If you are looking for a great drink to use whiskey in Real Life with Lulu will show you How to Make a Whiskey Sour. 

How to Make Your Own Superfine Sugar or Castor Sugar

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Superfine Sugar

Superfine sugar is favored for sweetening drinks or preparing a meringue. Caster sugar is the name of very fine sugar in Britain, so named because the grains are small enough to fit though a sugar "caster" or sprinkler. This article has moved to our other website: Days well Spent https://dayswellspent.com/how-to-make-your-own-superfine-sugar-or-castor-sugar/