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Cocktail next to a bottle and a cocktail shaker in front of a backlit bar

The Italian Copilot

All-Italian, Grappa based Spritz.

Cocktail with leaves with several eggs in front

Review: Fick’s Cocktail Mixers

Cocktail mixers? Gotta try everything once.

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