Mar
26
2012
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An Enthusiast’s guide to cocktails: the Bloody Mary |
—Josey
This is an excerpt from my post “Drinks with Walter,” first published on the Landor.com blog.
Besides being a socially acceptable way to imbibe in the morning, one of the beauties of the Bloody is that it can be customized easily to fit each drinker’s taste.
Drinkers in the states didn’t fill their glasses with vodka much until after the Cold War. During the late ’50s and ’60s, vodka became popular—mostly because of vodka cocktails. Businessmen, mistresses, and housewives alike sipped sweet Moscow Mules and tart Greyhounds—and calmed their hangovers with Bloody Marys. Read more »
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