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Three Cocktails for World Gin Day

June 13, 2015 by Cocktails, 365 Leave a Comment

The phrase “better letter than never” seems to truly define the Cocktails, 365 experience. We have these grand plans of involvement in major events in the cocktail movements of the day and then we promptly get involved with enjoying the event and not writing about it. Specifically, today, we’re talking about World Gin Day.

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Gin and Tonic – The Original Anti-Malarial Cocktail

January 7, 2014 by Cocktails, 365 Leave a Comment

So, kiddies. Let’s take a little walk down cocktail history lane. Why was the Gin and Tonic invented? Well, it had a lot to do with Britain, the India Company, and merchant expansion. From the BBC: When the British were in the East they became susceptible to malaria and eventually found out that quinine, an […]