A nameless, 3 ingredient cocktail

1.5oz vodka

1.5oz St George spiced pear liqueur 

.5oz lemon juice

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.

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We went the simple route and made a Spiced Pear Old Fashioned, right from the distillers website.

2oz Brandy (source calls for whisky)

3/4oz St George Spiced Pear

4 dashes Angostura bitters

The 40 elephants were an all women crime syndicate operating in London from approximately the 1870s to the 1950s.

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The cocktail that needs a name:

1.5oz vodka

1.5oz dry red wine

.5oz St George Spiced Pear Liqueur

.25oz maple syrup

.25oz lemon juice

top with up ~1oz club soda

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.

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A French 75 with spiced pear liqueur!

1oz Gin

1/2oz spiced pear liqueuer

1/2oz lemon juice

Topped with dry sparkling white wine.

Before magnetic compasses were used for seafaring, Vikings were able to navigate by the sun even under cloud cover by using a sunstone to examine the polarized light and find the sun.

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Spiced Pear Margarita from St. George Spirits own website.

1.5oz reposado tequila

1oz Spiced pear liqueur

.5oz lime juice

.25oz simple syrup

The melody of The Star Spangled Banner was originally written by the The Anacreontic Society, a London group of singers that had lavish concerts and dinners.

Sources: 1, 2, 3, lyrics

In this new season we are experimenting with the Spiced Pear Liqueur from St George Distillery.

Fertilizer and explosives share some key ingredients. So after WWII many explosives factories started making fertilizer which helped grow the American lawn, but also an enormous amount of corn that sustains a huge portion of the world's population.

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The Apple Cider Sidecar

1.5oz Brandy

1.5oz cointreau

3oz apple cider

.5oz lemon juice

4 dashes Angostura bitters

Tomatoes did not become a part of Italian food until the 1500s after the Americas began trading goods with Europe.

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In our final episode with Campari we had a Campari Sprits

3oz prosecco

2oz Campari

1oz club soda

we enjoyed adding a dash of orange bitters

Stick around after the break to get some extra Campari thoughts and mixings!

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The Campari sour with no gin. (I skipped the eggwhite)

The Campari sour with gin (I still skipped the eggwhite)

Moonshine running helped build the airline industry! Barnstormers were often also transporting illegal alcohol, and developed routes and organizations that kicked it into a higher gear.

I would highly recommend this podcast episode where I first heard about it, but here are some more sources.

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Negroni

1oz Gin (london dry)

1oz Campari

1oz sweet vermouth

Listen to us try messing with the ratios to see what happens!

The phrase "in the limelight" refers to when theaters burned blocks of quicklime to illuminate their actors.

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