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Lead Photo Ruby Rose

Xania Woodman | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 (midnight)

For July’s Mixology Monday with guest-tender Trevor Thorpe of Noir Bar, George Austin Sproule of Downtown Cocktail Room incorporated Trevor’s own line of homemade bitters (peach and eucalyptus) into the night’s menu.

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Lead Photo The Passion of Brasil

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 30, 2009 (midnight)

Cachaça, cachaça everywhere and not a drop left after 12 bartenders got through with it Friday at Leblon Cachaça’s Muddle, Shake and Pour cocktail competition.

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Lead Photo Sao Paolo Flip and El Calor del Brasil

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 23, 2009 (midnight)

Tobin Ellis, John Hogan and Kristen Schaefer of Las Vegas’ BarMagic—with special guest Andrew Pollard of Noir Bar—took first in the USBG Caipirinha competition in New Orleans with their Sao Paolo Flip and Pollard’s El Calor del Brasil.

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Lead Photo The Creole Julep

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 16, 2009 (midnight)

The 2009 Official Cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail was served up amid a gentle, passing Louisiana rainstorm last Wednesday as founder Ann Tuennerman kicked off the event outside New Orleans’ Monteleone Hotel.

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Lead Photo Tropic Thunder

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 9, 2009 (midnight)

So, is it hot enough for you out there? Then why not slip into something refreshing and tropical that is just a tad more sophisticated than a mai tai or the very dated piña colada?

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Lead Photo Lost Creek Crush

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 2, 2009 (midnight)

It’s 107 degrees out, my eyes are sweating, and the very thought of clothing makes me want to cry. Time for a trip down to DCR for George Austin Sproule’s summer crowd-pleaser, the Lost Creek Crush.

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Lead Photo Honey Old Fashioned

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jun 25, 2009 (midnight)

It’s a drink so classic, so good that the glass had to take its name!

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Lead Photo Brown Sugar

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jun 18, 2009 (midnight)

Cocktail of the Week is evolving! From the Strip to Downtown, we dropped in on nine bartenders—like Simon’s Melissa Allen—who whipped up their venue’s best signature cocktails for the cameras.

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Lead Photo Ono

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jun 11, 2009 (midnight)

Before downing your Ono, be sure to savor every second with the most expensive cocktail in Vegas.

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Lead Photo Piña-pirinha

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jun 4, 2009 (midnight)

In just three ingredients, the Piña-pirinha takes just the pineapple elements of a piña colada, spikes them and introduces them to the Caipirinha via cachaça with just a touch of agave syrup.

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Lead Photo The Snowy Chloe

Xania Woodman | Thu, May 28, 2009 (midnight)

The Snowy Chloe atAprès pool is like Tao Beach’s Poolside, only all grown up.

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Lead Photo Reggae Sunsplash

Xania Woodman | Thu, May 21, 2009 (midnight)

I used to cringe when my Nana would add ice cubes to her wine, but in this heat, I can’t imaging anything more refreshing. Saturday night I caught up with Progressive Bar’s Mark Kiyojima, about his Reggae Sunsplash, which he custom built around Rock ’n’ Roll Wine’s own Reggae Rhapsody Napa Valley white-wine blend.

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Lead Photo LBS Adult Root Beer Float

Xania Woodman | Thu, May 14, 2009 (midnight)

The classic soda-shoppe treat has gotten a Sin City makeover with vanilla vodka in this naturally caffeine-free cane-sugar soda.

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Lead Photo Xanga

Xania Woodman | Thu, May 7, 2009 (midnight)

For Xania's birthday, cocktail specialist George Austin created the Xanga—“a combination of IX, Xania and mango.”

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Lead Photo Organic Alien Margarita

Xania Woodman | Thu, Apr 30, 2009 (midnight)

Beam up cocktails with Alien Tequilas anejo, direct from the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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Cocktail of the Week

Cocktail of the Week Nov 19, 2009
by Xania Woodman

The Jaded Kiss

The bar is open! Or rather, back open. Adjacent to Dos Caminos at Palazzo, itty bitty Fusion Mixology Bar has gotten itself some fresh new beats and mixology talent as ...
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