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1140:Clover Club
940:NYT Cooking
934:Kim, Eric.
594:October 10,
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470:maple syrup
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205:Preparation
189:20 ml
185:Lemon juice
183:30 ml
177:15 ml
171:15 ml
165:15 ml
159:15 ml
153:15 ml
78:Base spirit
1615:Categories
1517:Penicillin
1487:Lemon drop
1472:Fernandito
1401:Sea breeze
1396:Pisco sour
1376:Mint julep
1311:Cuba libre
1291:Caipirinha
1260:White lady
1225:Rusty nail
1220:Ramos fizz
1215:Porto flip
1105:Angel face
971:January 1,
945:January 1,
916:January 1,
885:January 9,
859:January 1,
833:January 1,
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643:January 1,
569:References
252:triple sec
1542:Tipperary
1502:Old Cuban
1442:Barracuda
1366:Margarita
1316:French 75
1175:Manhattan
1170:Last word
1100:Americano
755:INVENTORS
735:August 3,
558:Texas tea
408:Reception
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248:light rum
195:Top with
173:Cointreau
167:White rum
146:specified
1571:See also
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1180:Martinez
1155:Gin fizz
1145:Daiquiri
1110:Aviation
1014:July 23,
759:Archived
729:Archived
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691:Archived
460:sour mix
330:Squeeze
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264:iced tea
234:, is an
72:Cocktail
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1557:Ve.n.to
1482:Illegal
1452:Bramble
1361:Mai Tai
1276:Bellini
1240:Stinger
1235:Sidecar
1230:Sazerac
1195:Negroni
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271:alcohol
244:tequila
155:Tequila
89:Tequila
1532:Spritz
1507:Paloma
1426:Zombie
1421:Vesper
1381:Mojito
1371:Mimosa
1245:Tuxedo
1135:Casino
906:Gawker
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765:May 3,
697:May 3,
538:Midori
494:or an
288:Origin
107:Served
456:lemon
422:boozy
282:mixer
240:vodka
230:, or
161:Vodka
94:Vodka
1016:2019
973:2022
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861:2022
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786:ISBN
767:2017
737:2017
699:2017
645:2022
596:2021
432:The
353:Add
260:cola
226:The
197:Cola
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217:at
179:Gin
144:IBA
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84:Gin
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