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Notes from the soda fountain.
Recipes, guides, and what we are learning about flavored spirits, straight from the people who make them.
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Nostalgia Marketing in Spirits: Why the Flavors of Childhood Are Having a Renaissance
Nostalgic spirits are booming because flavor is the fastest route to memory, and memory is the strongest feeling a drink can sell. Root beer, orange creamsic...
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The Best Foods to Eat with Root Beer and Orange Cream Shots
Root beer shots pair with smoke, salt, and spice: barbecue, burgers, hot wings, and salted desserts. Orange cream shots pair wi...
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Orange Cream vs. Orange Liqueur: What's the Difference and Why It Matters
Orange liqueur is citrus first: dry, bright, built from orange peel to sharpen cocktails like the margarita. Orange cream lique...
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10 Halloween Shots That Are Actually Scary Good
The best Halloween shots taste like fall instead of food coloring: root beer, orange cream, caramel, apple, and coffee flavors ...
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Why Soda Jerk Shot Belongs on Your Bar Program
Picture the last time a guest photographed a shot at your bar. If you cannot, that is the gap. Shots are the highest-velocity, ...
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What Makes a Good Flavored Shot? The Science Behind Why Most Taste Terrible
Most flavored shots taste bad for three reasons: a harsh base spirit, synthetic flavoring dosed too heavy, and sugar used to hi...
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The Beer Cocktail Shot: Why Bomb Shots Are Having a Moment
The bomb shot has been around long enough that most people have a strong opinion about it before they've tried the good version...
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What Is a Root Beer Shot? The Complete Guide to Root Beer Flavored Spirits
If you've searched 'root beer shot,' you're probably looking for one of a few things: a recipe, an explanation of what root bee...
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The Creamsicle Cocktail: Recipes, Spirit Choices, and the Flavor That Never Got Old
There is a flavor that lives in a specific part of most people's memory. Orange on the outside, vanilla cream in the middle, co...
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The Best Novelty Shots for Adults: A Honest Guide to Fun Spirits That Actually Taste Good
The novelty shot category has a credibility problem. Walk through the back section of most liquor stores and you'll find shelve...
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Turn Up the Flavor: Party & Dessert Drinks with Soda Jerk Root Beer and Orange Cream Vodka
When it comes to throwing a party, great friends, the drinks, and desserts are what people remember most. That’s where Soda Jer...
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5 Unexpected Cocktails You Can Make with Soda Jerk Root Beer Shots
Root beer had a glow-down. For years, it lived at the kids’ table. Floats. Foam mustaches. Plastic cups. Safe. Sweet. Boring. T...
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Award-Winning for a Reason: Behind the Scenes of Our Flavor Development
The Mission: Create a Shot People Actually Want to Drink When we set out to make a flavored shot that tasted incredible-and did...
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