This episode of the Modern Maker Podcast is sponsored by Shaker and Spoon.

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Serups bitters mixers things like that for 12 cocktails whereas Ben likes to call

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Each box revolves around one type of liquor,

so all three recipes use that same one liquor for all 12 drinks so you only need to

get one bottle and that makes it all pretty easy. Totally. The box that was

curated and sent my way was called Rye Not Canada and for anybody that loves puns like

Chris you're gonna love this box all three drinks were focused around Canadian

rye whiskey and I want to take the time to focus on one drink particularly called leather and lace. Now this is a

new take on one of my favorite drinks in old fashion. Infused with cinnamon and

spiced Tamarine syrup it was fantastic. I also like a good old

fashion but I got the rum box but guess what there was an a Latrova old

fashion which was a rum-based drink where you use two ounces of rum, this

cafeteria syrup which is a little bit coffee flavored, four dashes, not drops of chocolate bitters, a spritz of orange oil, and then you garnish with a coffee bean.

And what I like about this is this is way fancier than what I would normally go, but it challenges me to learn a little bit more about

mixology, which makes me a better host. So it's a really cool subscription service

if you like to entertain as we do at Maker Ranch and it just lets you step your game up a little bit and it lays it all out so you don't

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