Category Archive for brandy
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The Mammoth Cheese and "The Berkshire Localmotive,"
This week back in 1801, the Baptists of Cheshire, Mass. celebrated Thomas Jefferson's Presidency by making him a strange gift of congratulations - a 1,200 pound cheese. Hear about the grand fromage, then wash it down with this cheese-complementary custom cocktail. Read more...
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The Strike
This week back in 1827, a chemist based in Stockton-on-Tees, England, made a striking discovery. Learn about John Walker's accidental invention of the friction match, and then light up your night with these brilliant matchstick cocktails. Read more...
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The Berkshire Localmotive
This week back in 1801, the Baptists of Cheshire, Mass. celebrated Thomas Jefferson's Presidency by making him a strange gift of congratulations - a 1,200 pound cheese. Read more...
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The Annuity
This week in 1883, gentleman thief Black Bart finally botched a job...after pulling off 27 stagecoach robberies. The lyrical larcenist left poems - but never dead bodies - at the scene of his crimes. Read more...
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The Berliner Olympic
In early August 1936, Jesse Owens became the first American track & field athlete to win four gold medals... much to the chagrin of that year's Olympic hosts: Nazi Germany. Read more...
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The Civil War
This week in 1862, Union Major-General Ulysses S. Grant issued his infamous General Order Number 11 -- ordering every Jew in three Southern states to evacuate, on suspicion of war profiteering. Read more...
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Fish House Punch
The cornerstone of what would later be known as The White House was laid this week back in 1792. It's first resident? John Adams, who favored this oddly-named colonial-era cocktail. Read more...
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Berliner Olympic
- Combination of the Olympic - popular in Owens' day - and the Berliner. Read more...
