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• Trader Vic’s Single-Serving Brandy Egg Nog

  

  As we’ve mentioned before, there are a lot of egg nog recipes out there. Each of them is a little different with variations in seasoning, booze, ratios, etc. Bu... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Alton Brown’s Cooked Nog

  

  For those who aren’t comfortable with raw Egg Nog, or who can’t find pasteurized shell eggs, this variation on yesterday’s recipe walks you through heating... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Alton Brown’s Egg Nog

  

  One of my favorite episodes of Alton Brown’s unique cooking show Good Eats is season 9 episode 13, in which he explores egg nog and the bourbon that he puts in... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• IPTB Video Episode 1 is Live!

  Some of our regular readers, and especially those who follow us on Facebook and Twitter, will no doubt have picked up on our poorly concealed secret project. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Death in the Afternoon

  

  It’s unclear whether this drink was invented by Ernest Hemingway or just popularized by him, but it’s strong and dangerously simple to prepare. Absinthe... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Vesper

  

  Though James Bond, quintessential super spy and icon of debonair sophistication, prefers his trademark Martini “shaken, not stirred.” Ian Fleming’s character... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Boozehounds’ 2012 Wishlist

  Around this time food analysts start to predict and report on trends we’ll being seeing in the next year. Things we’re happy about include craft marshmallows,... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 2011 Pittsburgh Rugby Brewfest: Recap & Photos

  

  With Thanksgiving, Gløgg, and a nearly comatose long weekend behind us, it’s time at last to take a look back at this year’s Brewfest hosted by the Pittsburgh... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Give Thanks with Gløgg!

  Last week we posted the extremely delicious and seasonal Bourbon Apple Cobbler, suggesting that it’s a great cocktail to serve alongside turkey and stuffing. An... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Kickstarter Alert! Milkman Brewing

  

  This past Saturday Shanna and I had the honor of serving as judges at the Pittsburgh Rugby Club’s annual Brewfest. (We’ll post more in-depth coverage in a day o... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Pittsburgh Whiskey and Fine Spirits Festival Recap

  

  It’s now a couple days after the 2011 Pittsburgh Whiskey Festival and I’m still doing my best to collect and organize my thoughts from that evening, so let’s... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Thanksgiving Cocktail: Bourbon Apple Cobbler

  Thanksgiving is coming and you’re probably looking for a great fall cocktail before the last of the apple cider disappears from store shelves. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Crow Cocktail

  

  The Crow Cocktail is a little-known drink I dug up from Trader Vic’s Bartending Guide. Older recipes almost universally make very small drinks, so I’ve scaled... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Restaurant Review: Salt of the Earth

  

  We don’t often do restaurant reviews here at IPTB. In fact, the only booze-serving establishments we’ve ever reviewed were bars. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2011 DINING OUT, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Booze Review: Shine XXX White Whiskey

  

  Like any other industry, booze is subject to the whim of popular fads; and while the turnover isn’t so rapid or radical as it is in – say – the fashion industry... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Top 5 Halloween Cocktails

  Halloween is fast approaching, and while for kids this means Trick-or-Treating and enough sugar to destroy all seven of Wilford Brimley’s horcruxes, for the... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wigle Whiskey Distillery Photos

  

  Recently we were lucky enough to take a look around the soon-opening Wigle Whiskey Distillery. Ending an over 80 year dry spell, Wigle (pronounced “wiggle”) wil... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Pittsburgh Bars (2011)

  Pittsburgh is full of wonderful bars and restaurants to grab a drink in, and there are more opening all the time. It’s time to update our 2009 list with... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Autumnal Experiments: Homemade Hard Apple Cider

  

  A while back we posted instructions on making your own delicious limoncello. After several highly successful batches of that wonderful and potent concoction,... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• How Did You Get to Boozehound?

  Search terms are a funny thing – you can use them to answer a question, learn something new, find something old, and so on. When you look at the reverse side... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK