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Atlas Bar Singapore Review: The Largest Gin Collection in the World

October 30, 2022 by Sean Leave a Comment

Atlas Bar Singapore

Of all the bars we were planning to visit in Singapore, Atlas may have been the one I was most excited for. Grand in every sense of the word, Atlas is an art deco masterpiece, boasts the world’s largest gin collection, and features cocktails you simply won’t find anywhere else in the world. When we […]

Mezcal Margarita Recipe: The Margarita’s Smoky Sibling

October 16, 2022 by Sean 1 Comment

Mezcal Margarita

Everyone likes a good margarita. Hell, most of the world will even settle for a bad margarita. There’s something about that combination of tequila, lime, and orange that leads you to relaxing days – no matter how bad things are in “real life”. I’ve made my thoughts on artificial mixes pretty clear, and the margarita is no […]

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