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Date: June 7th, 2008

Gin and Wormwood

7 June, 2008 (12:06) | Cocktails | 2 comments

It’s odd, I still find otherwise sensible people parroting the “thujone hype” about Wormwood and Absinthe.
A couple points which I will repeat.
Wormwood contains a compound called Thujone. This compound is toxic in large doses, (as is most everything you can possibly consume, including water.) Experiments with lab animals show large doses may cause [...]

Byrrh Special Cocktail

7 June, 2008 (09:29) | Savoy Cocktail Book | 2 comments

Byrrh Special Cocktail
1/2 Byrrh Wine (1 1/2 oz Byrrh 1875 Rare Assemblage)
1/2 Tom Gin (3/4 oz Junipero, 3/4 oz Boomsma Jonge Genever, Dash Simple Syrup)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass
We’ve had a few defunct ingredients, so far: Hercules, Caperitif, East Indian Punch, Secrestat Bitters… But, for most of those, cocktaildb has had substitution recommendations.
“Tom [...]