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For the past several seasons, Cocktails, 365 has been honored to be the official mixologist of the Depot Theater Company and Imbibe! at the Depot Theater Company in Dodge City. We take our duty of making paired cocktails quite seriously. It’s all part of the upper level service people can expect when they come to […]
The Depot Theater Company has just finished its outstanding, nigh-sold-out run of A Party to Murder by Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes! That means that Cocktails, 365 was behind the bar at Imbibe! at the Depot Theater for another meal/cocktail pairing. This time around we decided to play around with the fall settings of the show […]
This recipe is taken from the 1895 book Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler.
June 8, 2013 (Day 29) – Improved Gin Cocktail We’re going back to the old, old, incredibly old school beats of where the term “cocktail” actually originated. You see, a cocktail, in the classic definition, isn’t anything close to the umbrella term we use today, dedicated to every single mixed drink that included alcohol. No, […]
June 3, 2013 (Day 25) – Long-Range Cocktail This recipe is taken from the 1895 book Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler. Annotations are our own for clarification between classic and modern terms. 2 dashes gum syrup 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters 1 pony (1 oz) Italian (sweet) vermouth 1/2 pony (0.5 oz) Absinthe 1/2 […]
June 1, 2013 (Day 23) – Morning Glory Cocktail The Morning Glory Cocktail originally appeared in The Professor’s original cocktail book. Like many from that time, it was meant to be drank in the morning. Mainly to waylay feeling like death warmed over from the previous night’s drinking. It was vicious cycle. Take 3 dashes […]
May 14, 2013 (Day 6) – Whiskey Cocktail The Bartender’s Guide: How to Mix Drinks Or the Bon Vivant’s Companion by Jerry Thomas is regularly considered the grandaddy of all cocktail books. In fact, it’s first run printing in 1862 seems to, at least historically, put it as the first cocktail book to be published in […]
May 12, 2013 (Day 4) – Gin Crusta Every time Mother’s Day comes around we mull over whether or not we’ll do a special cocktail. It’s not because we don’t love our mothers. In fact, my wife and I are both exceedingly fond of our own mothers and grandmothers. They’ve been confidants, supporters, and friends […]
December 28, 2011 (Day 274) — Resolution Resolutions are a bit of a crock. It’s a way for people to feel better about making better life decisions without any real-life commitment to them. Here’s a little quiz — think back to what your resolution was for this year? I’m sure the majority of you probably […]
December 14, 2011 (Day 260) — Christmas Carol Tonight’s drink is an adapted version of Monday night’s. We’re going to kill one ingredients and add in another for something lighter. Christmas Carol 2 oz 360 Vodka 1 oz pineapple syrup Champagne to top Combine the vodka and pineapple syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with […]
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