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, May 5, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: kombu
Boka group mixologist Benjamin Schiller crafts a three-way seaweed drink
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Cocktail Challenge: beef stock
A vegan mixologist thinks this challenge is a dick move
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, Sep 22, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: nutritional yeast
Sterling Field of Sable makes an organic drink with the nutty powder
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, Oct 6, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: fenugreek
India meets Michigan in a smoky drink
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, Dec 8, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: kimchi
Hot Chocolate's Luke LeFiles concocts the Malort Drinker's Breakfast, a Bloody Mary for the pros
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, Jun 30, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: pulque
Tim Williams puts the milky fermented juice of the maguey plant to good use
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, Apr 28, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: Sable's Mike Ryan tackles garlic mustard
Our weekly feature in which one bartender challenges another to make a drink based on a chosen ingredient.
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, Jul 14, 2011
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Daniel de Oliveira makes the most of mushrooms
GT Fish & Oyster mixologist devises the Guadalajaran Handshake with portobellos
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Cocktail Challenge: The Drawing Room's Christiana DeLucca works with Vegemite (well, Marmite)
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, Aug 18, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: cream of tartar
Stephen Cole, formerly of the Violet Hour, creates a mini explosion with cream of tartar.
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, Nov 3, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: nopales
A cactus cocktail from Duchamp's Kris van Dopek
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, Jul 28, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: wasabi
Perennial Virant's Matty Eggleston puts the fresh stuff on ice
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, May 12, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: Sepia's Josh Pearson creates the Propowhat Margarita using the bee resin propolis
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, Jan 19, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: Manischewitz
The manhattan meets cherry wine in this cocktail from Bar DeVille's Bradley Bolt
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, Feb 29, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: Kraft cheese powder
Naha bartender Steve Carrow crafts a bacon-and-egg drink with an eye to Wisconsin
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, Apr 11, 2012
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Danny Shapiro of Scofflaw uses durian in a poopsicle
Danny Shapiro of Scofflaw makes a "poopsicle" with the fetid fruit
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, Apr 25, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: fish sauce
Erin Hayes makes a savory cocktail to match the potent Asian condiment
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, May 23, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: okra
Vie bartender Mike Page pays tribute to Slimer
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Cocktail Challenge: baby formula
Longman & Eagle's Derek Alexander goes all out with Enfamil and breast milk
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, Feb 16, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: muddled caviar
The Bedford's Justin Anderson crafts an Asian-inspired tribute to Hemingway
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