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End of Summer Drink Pic

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To close out the summer we took a Labor Day weekend trip to Newport, RI. I highly recommend it if you’re in the neighborhood. We ate at The Mooring restaurant right on the harbor, where the meal was delicious and the drinks were lovely (that’s my 3-year-old daughter coloring in the background).

Limoncello drink from The Mooring Restaurant in Newport, RI

I’d recommend the restaurant but not this particular drink, as it tasted much more like tonic water than limoncello. The limoncello was barely detectable.

The trip was fantastic though and we visited First Beach late in the afternoon which meant vast expanses of sand near the cliffs. A perfect beach weekend.

Limoncello Martinis from New Hampshire

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We took a trip up to the White Mountains in New Hampshire this past weekend and in the waning days of summer I took the opportunity to try a couple of martinis, both of which contained limoncello of course!

The first one is from the Gypsy Cafe in Lincoln, NH. If you’re ever in the White Mountains and looking for a spot to eat, this joint is not to be missed. There really aren’t that many first-class places to eat up there but the Gypsy could stand its ground even if it were located in Boston. The food is really excellent. The drinks aren’t bad either and this one was a treat. I don’t have the exact proportions, but here is the ingredient list:
Absolut Citron
Limoncello
Crema di Limoncello
Muddled lemons

This next one is a Black Raspberry Martini from Foster’s Boiler Room restaurant in Plymouth, NH. The food here is also very good and the ambiance of the old boiler room turned sports bar/restaurant is worth checking out if you’re in town or staying at the Common Man Inn there. I don’t have the ingredients of this drink but it was every bit as good as it looks and black raspberry puree figured prominently into it.

Better and More Beautiful Filtration

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I just had to share this pic. It’s from reader and fellow quester Mark from California. He found it easier and more effective to use a cold coffee brewer to filter his limoncello. I must say, this puts my filtration equipment to shame. It looks like it not only works better and with less effort, but it looks fantastic!

Cold Coffee Brewer by Mark Swain