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🍸🥃🍷🥂🍺🍻We help home bar enthusiasts curate vintage glassware collections that add character to every bar & history to every sip. Our motto: The best garnish is vintage glass. Website: TheJoyOfCocktails.com

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Apr 14

Please take my survey (9 questions) about HOME BAR enthusiast's interests in Vintage Glassware. Participants will be eligible to win a set of Culver Highball glasses. All will get a 25% discount for >$100 orders. (USA ONLY) Cheers! 🍸
#cocktails

Link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/MD26Y7C

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · 3h

Mojito, with Whidbey Island Distillery's Loganberry Liqueur added for a little berry kick of taste and color. #cheers

Culver Cocktail Glassware serving a Mojito.

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · 1d

A recent photoshoot, which is a collaboration with Whidbey Island Distillery and The Joy of Cocktails. Each cocktail is a common cocktail, tweaked using Whidbey Distillery's rye whiskeys or berry liqueurs. Included here are a Sazerac, a Manhattan, a Negroni and a 50/50 Martini.

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Apr 21

Just your basic Old Fashioned, made fancy with a 1960s era Culver Paisley rocks glass! Cheers 🍸

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Apr 17

Maybe absinthe is what I need now, to get me through the next few years!

Dr Nina S. Studer @drninastuder.bsky.social · Apr 17

The same regret - of not having distributed absinthe to the troops - is shown in this sketch from 1907 by the French caricaturist Jules Depaquit: "If I had given a [glass of] Oxygénée Cusenier to each of my soldiers on the morning of Waterloo, I would not be on Saint Helena!" #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Apr 16

Daily #Cocktail Series

COMTE DE SUREAU
1½ oz. dry gin
¾ oz. elderflower liqueur
¼ oz. Campari
orange and lemon peel oils

This cocktail was created in 2007 by Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro at Le Lion (Hamburg, Germany). The name translates to count of elderflower, which is a nod to the St-Germain that…

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Tammy Coxen @tammylc.bsky.social · Apr 16

@davidwondrich.bsky.social has been at the top of my list of tiny bottles tasters since I started the project, so I was thrilled that it finally happened! We tasted two of Grandma's bottles, then Dave surprised me with a very special bottle of his own. Watch or read the transcript at the link.🍸

Tasting Video #42 | my tiny bottles

Tammy is joined by Dave Wondrich to taste 1980s Remy Martin Cognac & Marquis de Caussade Armagnac, plus a bonus 1930s Hennessey!

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Apr 14

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Apr 8

Jesse Watters is a severely broken human being. Or an android who is 4 or 5 versions short of a full update.

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 12

I’ve wondered this myself. The Jack Rose is a favorite, and I’ve subbed Apple Brandy for whiskey into just about every whiskey cocktail variation you can imagine and it’s awesome, it’s versatile and delicious. The only thing it’s not is a floor polish (old SNL skit reference).

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 12

I’m new to sipping whiskey and scotch neat, relatively speaking. I’m gradually developing a taste for it. And along the way discovered I like Irish Whiskey neat. I don’t have the Redbreast 12 yet, but was given a bottle of Powers over the weekend. Made a Tipperary with it. It was good!

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 12

It’s crazy, I know. I’m a history buff, a Poli Sci major, world traveler. The fact the USA is a rogue state along with Russia, North Korea and Iran is hard to comprehend. I have family members that were Fed employees. There will be a severe backlash, domestically, and I fear it will be ugly.

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 12

American here. I support your message. What’s happening is a travesty. The Old Fashioned is a template that the spirit can be swapped out for anything. It’s a good time to explore! My current fav is Mezcal, maple syrup and aromatic bitters. I’m going to personally expand my Irish Whiskey collection.

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 12

Two years ago, I created “The Caven” cocktail to honor my friend Caven, who passed away last year. We were bandmates on Whidbey Island.

1.5 oz Whidbey Distillery Bunker Rye
.5 oz Westland Single Malt
.5 oz Whidbey Distillery Loganberry Liqueur
.75 oz lemon
.25 oz Demerara

Cheers 🍸

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 9

This is a collection of vintage glassware we displayed at the Carnival of Cocktails over the weekend in Seattle. Here’s a link to glassware we had on display:

thejoyofcocktails.com/collections/...

Cheers 🍸

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 7

Here's a link to the collection of vintage glassware that will be on display at tomorrow's Carnival of Cocktails, in Seattle. Cheers 🍸 #Cocktails

thejoyofcocktails.com/collections/...

A Carnival of Cocktails Collection

A collection of glassware on display and for sale at the Carnival of Cocktails. March 8, in Seattle. Visit Carnival of Cocktails for more information.

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Mar 5

Are you a Seattle area BlueSky Cocktailian? If so, consider heading to the Carnival of Cocktails at City Center, Saturday, March 8, from Noon to 7 pm.

We'll be there exhibiting our vintage glassware for home bars.

Look for us between the Gin & Whiskey booths.

Cheers 🍸

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American Blue Sky @americanbluesky.bsky.social · Feb 17

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 10

One of our favorites is the Jack Rose. Here's how we make it (my notebook lists Cocktail Codex as a source):
1.5 oz Laird 100 Apple Brandy
.5 Clear Creek Apple Brandy
.75 Lime Juice
.75 Grenadine
Garnish: paper thin slice of granny smith apple.
Vintage Glass: Bryce (1940s-50s)
Cheers 🍸

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 10

SOLD! A hard-to-find set of Culver Mardi Grass, in Mint condition. An amazing score. I have more of each shape that I'll be listing this week that are in "Good" condition. They will be a little lower priced than these. #Cocktails #Vintage #Culver Cheers 🍸

thejoyofcocktails.com/products/cul...

Photograph of Culver Mardi Grass pattern on Double Old Fashioned glass shape.

Photograph of Culver Mardi Grass pattern on Highball glass shape.

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 10

I laughed out loud about the Peychaud's all over the counter! I went through the same thing. I was cleaner on my second try. I poured it on the back of a bar spoon, which was angled down, & the front edge of the spoon touched the inside of the glass. This spared the counter, and made a decent float.

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 8

Happy Caturday! Cheers 🍸
#cocktails

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 5

That looks potent!

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 4

SOLD! This amazing collection of Hazel Atlas Ring Necked Highballs is headed out the door to a gentleman who is an avid pheasant hunter in South Dakota. #cocktails #cocktailglassware
thejoyofcocktails.com/products/haz...

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The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 3

To date, my only use of absinthe was spritzed into Sazeracs or Corpse Reviver 2s. The presentation I sat in on in Seattle really opened my eyes to new cocktail possibilities. Use #cocktailboost if you make this with your peach bitters and share it here.

The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social · Feb 3

It was good, but would be an acquired taste if you don’t like licorice, fennel, etc., the predominant flavors. I recently sat in on a lecture by Ted Breaux, who created Lucid, & who is credited with helping make absinthe sales legal again. It gave me a new appreciation for absinthe.