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Magnolia stellata are beautiful small trees! They are the first Magnolias to bloom, followed by saucer types and then Southern Magnolias. There ...
Bitters broaden the possibilities for mixologists
Flavored with roots, herbs, barks, and dried fruits, bitters are spirits with potent powers. Hundreds of years ago, many were marketed as tonics and elixirs. They were hugely popular ingredients in pre-Prohibition cocktails, but they nearly faded away in the decades after the passage of the 21st Amendment. Luckily, bitters have made a resurgence on the American cocktail scene.
Packaged in a slender amber bottle wrapped in a crinkly paper label, the most popular brand among barkeeps is Angostura Aromatic Bitters. A whiff of the reddish-brown Angostura conjures hints of oak, red wine, orange peel, cinnamon, cardamom, and a hint of strong cold medicine. The label suggests using it in cocktails and soft drinks as well as with fruits, salads, pies, and soups. It's the Worcestershire sauce of booze.
Angostura bitters were first brewed in Venezuela in 1824 by a German physician named Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert. He and his company offered the concoction as a cure for sea sickness and stomach ailments and sold it mostly to sailors and travelers. It was exported to England and to Trinidad, where it came to be used in a number of cocktails, particularly apéritifs, digestifs, and cocktails made with gin. A dash of Angostura bitters imparts a pinkish color to a clear spirit, while it enhances the amber/copper hew of whiskies and dark rums.
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Wineries abound in Alabama: Your guide to 13 of them (with video, photo gallery) If successful, the vines will expand the varieties that can be grown here, although some wineries are already taking their chances. Hodges Vineyards in Camp Hill is growing Syrah and Maraella Winery in Hokes Bluff is making Cabernet Sauvignon their |
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Lincoln Firm Secures First Government Contract The 15-year-old company on Lincoln Road has one of the largest stocks of plant materials available in the area, boasting more than 100 tree varieties and 200 plus varieties of shrubs, a huge stock of perennials and vegetables, herbs and annuals, |
Unwrap with green fingers
If you are not shy of giving twigs, there is great value just now in many magnolias which are selling as three-year-old plants for only £19.99 each. Any Magnolia x soulangeana is welcome but the white soulangeana Alba Superba is outstandingly lovely and more »
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Winter foliage can challenge even pros You can't put a magnolia next to the beach, for example.” Angelle and other members of his team, including company president Luke Preslaski, account manager Mike Haggerty and several workers, were at the Wyndham Bay Point Resort on Wednesday giving the |
Tuscaloosa holds tree giveaway to replenish destroyed greenery
al.com oaks, Southern magnolia, dogwood, redbud and others. The trees will be given on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 8:30 am at the Cherry Pavilion at Snow Hinton Park. A limit of two of each variety will be given per person. Tuscaloosa Tree Commission to give away seedlings to replace destroyed treesall 3 news articles »
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