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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I started with a gallon of apple cider and 3 cinnamon sticks - that’s it! I put on a low boil for about 3 hours, and took the cinnamon sticks out for the last hour. I ended up with about 3c of syrup.

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is a Spiced Apple Sidecar. This is the 5th drink we have made with the apple cider reduction syrup, and it is soooo good. Why didn’t I make this syrup reduction sooner? 🍸🍽️🍴

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tonight’s Cocktail is a comedy of errors because I mixed up Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur with Becherovka liqueur… Andrew added in a bit more lime juice to balance the sweet - and it was delicious. Sometimes it pays off to be accidentally creative. The recipe we based it on is below! 🍽️🍸🍴

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is the 4th one with the apple cider reduction syrup. It’s made with 2oz Hendricks Oasium Gin, 3/4oz Apple cider reduction, 3/4oz lime juice, and 1oz apple cider. Lighter than the last few reduction cocktails, the reduction syrup rises above the gin. 🍽️🍴🍸

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Cheers to the Lehigh Valley Fiberfest! We drove through the nor’easter to get there, I filled up my bag, picked up some pumpkin krullers at the farmer’s market across the parking lot, then came home. Cocktail is a Mermaid Gimlet: 2oz vodka, 0.75oz Sarti Rosa, and 0.75oz lime juice. 🍽️🍴🍸🧶

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s a doubleheader Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew! This is the third cocktail we have made a cocktail with the apple cider reduction - and I am running out. I will definitely be making more because I have so many more ideas because it is such a delicious ingredient. 🍽️🍴🍸🍎

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is a Spiced Pear Lemon Drop! The recipe didn’t call for spiced liqueur, but I was compelled to add it. I am all about the spice these days. Loved it! Recipe below. 🍸🍽️🍴🍐

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is our 2nd one with the apple cider reduction syrup - Apple Cider Añejo margarita. So good! We’ve made this recipe before, but we used the cider reduction instead of spiced simple syrup. What should we make with it next? 🍴🍽️🍸🐈

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is sublime - literally went “oh my” with my first sip and Andrew just said wow. It’s so simple - 2oz Larceny bourbon and 1oz reduced apple cider syrup, with a cinnamon stick for garnish. I made the apple cider reduction this afternoon & it is so good 🍴🍽️🍸

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is Bitter Apple Glow. Bitter was a good adjective here - it was a bit too much for me, but then we added in some cinnamon syrup and I liked it much more. Negronis are new for me - so we are going to try others for Negroni week. Recipe below. 🍸🍴🍽️

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thank heavens for slow cookers. Loaded Baked Potato soup with leeks, bacon, and ham. I didn’t follow a particular recipe, but changed it up this time from my normal process by adding the ham in. It is so good. 🍴🍽️

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is an Añejo tequila riff on the Penicillin cocktail. The ginger honey syrup I made was quite ginger-potent, and I expected that to be the dominant flavor, but the lemon is reigning supreme here. Recipe below! 🍽️🍴🍸

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Earl Grey Asian Pear Lemon Liqueur - 750ml 100 proof Vodka - 3 large Asian Pears, sliced - 4 large lemons, peel only - 1 2/3c white sugar - 2tbsp loose Earl Grey tea I steeped the tea in 1c of vodka as I prepped everything, then strained & poured it into the mason jar. Come back in 6 weeks! 🍴🍽️🍸🍐

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I would like to talk to whoever designed the pomegranate. Not user friendly at all. I look like I have been in a knife fight with splatters of red all over my face. 🍽️🍴🍸 Pomegranate Ginger Liqueur - 3 large pomegranates - about 1c sliced ginger - 1.5c white sugar - 750ml 100 proof vodka

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew we have a Happy Anniversary! It’s actually a happy accident - I had requested a ginger gimlet to celebrate our 29th anniversary… but we had no limes, so lemon it was. We used my spicy ginger syrup, and it was wonderful. Just like us. 🍴🍽️🍸🍋

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is Eve’s Temptation! It’s an Apple Brandy Sidecar riff using my homemade ginger peach liqueur (rather than Domaine de Canton), and I am really pleased how the peach comes through. Ollie and Hermione are tempted as well! Recipe below! 🍽️🍴🍸🍑🐈

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Remember the Spiced Peach Ginger liqueur I put up about 6 weeks ago? It’s been decanted, and it is very much ginger peach, not peach ginger! Such a pretty color, too. I also made a syrup with the leftover fruit and spices. #cocktails to be! 🍴🍽️🍸🍑

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The sock has grown! It’s now as tall as a rocks glass! Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is a Spiced Pear Margarita. I used the orange syrup rather than honey, and my homemade spiced pear liqueur. So yummy - tastes more spiced orange, but I don’t mind at all. Recipe below. 🍽️🍴🍸🧶

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Coconut Curry Chicken - this is quite tasty! A few things I would do differently - I would use med or hot roux cubes (I only had mild on hand). I would also add in a cup of chicken broth and add the other half of onion so there would be more sauce. The recipe I used is below. 🍽️🍴

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is Gin and Jam. Empress 1908 gin, lemon juice, and the last of the blackberry jam from the Bonne Maman jar. Yay to clearing something out of the fridge! Started new socks, too - the beige ones were boring me to tears. Recipe below! 🍴🍽️🍸

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Spiced Orange Syrup - 4 navel oranges. Grate off the zest and juice the oranges - Put zest, 1.25c juice, 1.5c sugar, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 star anise, 6 cloves in pot - bring to low boil and simmer for 15-20min - let cool covered for 30min then put in jar and refrigerate - Up the spices if you want

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is a yummy one - Orange Spice Gold Rush! I made the orange syrup this afternoon, and it was just orange juice, zest, cinnamon stick, star anise, and cloves (no water). I used the overproof Larceny and it is such a wonderful fit! 🍽️🍸🍴

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

What did I do this weekend?! Juiced a ton of lemons and limes to make batched cocktails for a friend’s birthday party. This was the first time I tried making mocktails with the zero proof gin from Empress 1908 Gin and was so pleased with the results, especially the Ginger Gimlet mocktail. 🍽️🍸🍴

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Do it! I’ve also infused cherries in Larceny Bourbon, and that makes for fantastic cocktails.

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is the Apple Ginger Sidecar! We used the Apple Brandy I bought in Drumheller, AB on vacation.This is more of me trying to manifest autumn weather. Anyway, a tasty drink - and I was so pleased to finally find cardamom bitters. I love cardamom! 🍽️🍴🍸

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Next in the line up of spiced liqueurs: Spiced Cherry Bounce 550g pitted and halved Black cherries 1c white sugar 0.5c brown sugar (only because I was short on white) 750ml 100 proof vodka 3 sticks cinnamon 4 star anise This has to sit in a cool, dark place for about 6 weeks, so stay tuned! 🍸🍽️🍴🍒

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Well, you know we had to make something with my leftovers spice syrup! Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is an Autumn Spice Añejo Margarita. I’m doing everything I can here to will autumn to arrive. 🍸🍴🍽️

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

More spicy science experiments! I decided I needed to make another batch of the spiced pear liqueur. I used Red Anjou pears this time and added about 3” of chopped ginger coins and 5 cardamom pods as well. Then I made simple syrup with the chopped up leftovers and make some simple syrup with it. 🍽️🍴🍸

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

More science experiments! On the left we have spiced fig liqueur with cinnamon, star anise, vanilla, and cloves, and on the right we have Pear Lemongrass liqueur. Both are using 750ml of 100 proof vodka as the base. These can be decanted after 10/3/26 so stay tuned! 🍽️🍴🍸🍐

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is The Edison! It’s a cocktail dreaming of autumn with high proof Larceny bourbon, homemade spiced pear liqueur, lemon juice, and Demerara syrup. So good! 🍸🍴🍽️🍐🧶

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is one I made up! I used Bar Hill Gin, lemon juice, muddled ginger, and the plum cognac spiced syrup I made last week. So good and ginger-y! I’m glad I wrote this one down. It’s gimlet-adjacent and could be easily altered with different syrups. 🍴🍽️🍸🧶

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It’s a doubleheader Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew - this time using the syrup made with the fruit leftover from infusing the cognac. This is a Bennet - a gimlet riff. This is so yummy - unlike the Cognac sour that was cardamom forward, the plum and vanilla really shine through. Recipe 👇 🍸🍴🍽️🐈

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is a Spiced Cognac Lime Sour. We used the plum and spice infused cognac and it is tasty. The cardamom infused the clearest, with some fruity sweetness from the plums. We upped the simple syrup to 1/2oz. Recipe below. 🍽️🍴🍸

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Science experiment results! This is the cognac I infused with sugar plums, cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla. Once I decanted the cognac, I made a simple syrup with the leftover fruit and spices. Cocktail incoming tonight - a cognac sour. 🍸🍴🍽️

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

More science experiments! I had sugar plums and I wanted to infuse something with them. I quartered and froze them and then I added in 750ml cognac, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 vanilla bean, and 5 green cardamom pods. I am going to let this steep for 3 days and dream about fancy autumn-themed Sidecars. 🍸🍽️🍴

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The drink was tasty, but next time I think I’m going to model some question Ginger and up the lemon juice to 3/4 of an ounce. That will be the drink punch that I was looking for.

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew we have a Ginger Plum Lemon Drop! I froze some sugar plums last night to infuse in cognac but they were really ripe and the flesh was sticking to the pits, so I made some cheong syrup with it, and came up with this cocktail. 🍸🍽️🍴🐈

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Josephine Hawkins @jochibi72.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Tonight’s Adventures in Cocktails with Andrew is the Flying Naked! We were flying last night, but were decidedly clothed - flew home from vacation in the PNW last night. This is an equal parts cocktail, but the Aperol definitely shines through above the bourbon, Benedictine, and lemon juice. 🍸🍴🍽️

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