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from Seth Goldman and Julie Farkas

Although their fridge is constantly stocked with Honest Tea, Seth and Julie still love to create their own brews at home. This one is made with fresh herbs from their backyard and was inspired by a blend from a family member in Israel named Ada who loved it and made it often. They find the herbal tea to be a soothing and calming after-dinner drink.

• 3 leaves of fragrant geranium
• 3 (6-inch) pieces of lemongrass, the grassy top part of the stalk if possible
• 6–8 mint leaves
• Agave nectar or honey, to taste

1. Chop

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Photo by Carole Topalian

By Joshua Hubner

Makes 5 gallons

• 3 pounds dark malt extract (dried)
• 2 pounds light malt extract (dried)
• 1/2 pound chocolate malt, cracked, in a mesh grain bag
• 1 and 1/2 pounds clover honey
• 1 and 1/2 ounces Columbus hops, separated into 3 half-ounce portions, each in mesh hop bags
• US-05 dry yeast or Wyeast 1056 American Ale yeast
• 1 big bag of ice
• 3 gallons of ice-cold water (either store-bought or boiled)
• 1 plastic bucket with a lid with airlock hole and an airlock
• 3 ounces of priming sugar (a corn sugar used to provide

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This classic cocktail is believed to have Prohibition-era roots as bootleggers would commonly mask the harsh taste of homebrewed hooch with strong flavors like bright citrus or sweet honey.

• 2 ounces gin (Nelson prefers Tanqueray 10 or Plymouth for this)
• ½ ounce fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce honey syrup

To make the honey syrup
Mix 2 parts honey to 1 part hot water in a bowl.

Shake ingredients well with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel or thin-sliced lemon wheel.

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This evocatively named cocktail was dreamed up on Nelson’s cab ride home and is intended to be an easy cocktail to consume all by one’s lonesome. It contains some of her favorite comforting flavors and pairs beautifully with food. For just a hint of smoke, minus the heavy-hitting peat of a Scottish whiskey, Nelson uses a gentle, elegant Japanese whiskey.

• 2 ounces Manzanilla sherry (preferably La Gitana or La Cigarrera)
• ¾ ounce Yamazaki 12 Japanese whiskey
• ½ ounce Lavender honey syrup*
• Grapefruit peel, for garnish

To prepare cocktail

1. Stir sherry, whiskey and honey syrup in a large mixing glass with

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