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Professor & Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Public Affairs at West Virginia University 🍸cocktails 📜 policy 📊 data
📍Morgantown, West Virginia, Appalachia, USA
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I think you and I are probably a niche inside a niche, given what I now know.
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We've bonded. Don't forget soups and stews. Game recognize game.
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😂 Yeah, that's not for me, though I'll be in NM this week for Resources for the Future. If I could I'd chip my ice from an ice berg at an extreme northern latitude.
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Thanks for the peek!
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Also:
Blackberries > Black Raspberries > all other Raspberries
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Folks get uptight about the liqueur failing to float. It doesn't matter - by the bottom, you have a nice blackberry treat just as you think your drink is gone. Gin is your main course, lime cordial your side, and the blackberry liqueur your dessert.
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Lime cordial? Pick any recipe you like, but more tart is better. I'll post it here if I must.
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To my pontificating above, you can make this with raspberries (the "other" Bramble)/Chambord. If so, use lemon.
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Most Bramble recipes call for lemon. It's okay to do this if you like a flaccid drink. Lemon is amazing with raspberry or strawberry, but to my palate, lacks the backbone to stand up to the blackberry. So, choose lime.
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You can use a balance of lime juice and simple if you like, but definitely shake that one. The base is a lime gin sour so just adjust to your palate.
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You can stir or shake this one. Use the gin and cordial. Save the mint syrup and blackberry liqueur to drizzle on top. A little mint syrup goes a long way. Out into a rocks glass with ice shards (pebble is trad, but I don't have any). Garnish and enjoy.
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Bramblin' Man No 2
2 1/2 oz Gin (Tanqueray)
1 oz Lime Cordial
1/2 oz Creme de Mure
Quick drizzle Mint Syrup
Mint Sprig Garnish
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Same here for a several years now. And I suspect will be a new norm in most places where demographies accede to it.
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Indeed. And Bordeaux in Maine.
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You could put this one in a coupe and serve it up without ice as well. Garnishes abound and Cynar is interesting cause it will take diverse garnished - from orange peels to peppers to spices.
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Cardoon’s Cousin
2 oz Cynar
1 oz Lillet Rouge
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
¼ oz grenadine
Orange peel garnish
Spritz 20% saline.
All in the tin with ice sans peel. Spritz your chilled rocks glass with saline. Out into the glass with a big piece of "hand-crafted" ice. Garnish and enjoy.
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Truly, I'll get killed here for this, but the whole "we go high" mantra is asinine. Play to win or don't play. The moral stuff is useless in the face of raw expressions of power. I have no opinion on Musk, but I don't want to hear about morals.
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Spritz a chilled coupe glass with the saline. Mix all ingredients sans cherry in your mixing glass until thoroughly chilled. Double strain into the coupe glass. Enjoy in a contemplative setting or while writing a letter in your garden.
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Ink & Blossom
1 1/4 oz Roku Gin
1 1/4 oz Dry Sake
1/2 oz Lichi-Li Lychee
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Spritz 20% Saline
Luxardo Cherry (rinsed)
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FORGOT 1/2 oz Simple Syrup (1/1). You'll see 1/4 oz in its of specs cause they call for rich syrup (2/1). Didn't happen to have any.
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I prefer a wheated bourbon here (Maker's Mark above). High rye would work, but I feel like it the spice cuts the creaminess too much. And you want this creamy. Texture is super important here. Also, sub some strawberry syrup for the simple for a great treat.
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Amaretto Sour
1 1/2 oz Amaretto
3/4 oz Bourbon
1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
4 dashes Fee Foam (or an egg white)
Lemon Peel Garnish
All in the tin sans garnish with ice. IF USING EGG, you'll dry shake (without ice) first, then shake with ice. Out into a rocks glass worthy of Amaretto.
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I prefer a heated bourbon here (Maker's Mark above). Hugh rye would work, but I feel like it the spice cuts the creaminess too much. And you want this creamy. Texture is super important here. Also, sub some strawberry syrup for the simple for a great treat.
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Amaretto Sour
1 1/2 oz Amaretto
3/4 oz Bourbon
1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
4 dashes Fee Foam (or an egg white)
Lemon Peel Garnish
All in the tin sans garnish with ice. IF USING EGG, you'll dry shake (without ice) first, then shake with ice. Out into a rocks glass worthy of Amaretto.
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Similarly, we see more spending in the panhandle, although there is considerable variation throughout the state. Our next post will focus on per capita spending on libraries.
#governance #publicpolicy #rural
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Note that this map represents county spending only, not spending on libraries from other sources (i.e., state/federal grants, non-profits, philanthropy). Libraries in the Charleston-Huntington corridor and the southwest receive a higher percentage of spending.
#counties #economicdevelopment
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Libraries provide a community space and a place where knowledge and learning, not simply passing time, take center stage. For lower-income communities, libraries are where they can experience the world outside their own communities.
#communitydevelopment #rural #localgovernment #publiclibraries
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Libraries are the source of institutional memory for their communities. Recently, libraries have taken on the role of serving as community hubs/centers. This is important for young people during work hours, particularly in a state where childcare spaces are limited.
#governance #rural #publicpolicy
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The map below displays the percentage of county spending within Culture and Recreation directed to public libraries in FY 2024 (FY 2025 is partial). Public libraries, especially in rural areas, play a key role—they preserve societal knowledge.
#counties #communitydevelopment #communityresilience
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This map is part of a larger series of analyses on WV Public Libraries and their role in the Arts, Culture, and Recreation landscape of West Virginia. Stay tuned for more from us at WVU Institute for Policy Research on this, with major findings coming in the summer.
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It's worth noting that West Virginia has some of the best local fiscal data. We greatly appreciate the West Virginia State Auditor's Office for data that allows accountability and quality research. Public investments matter a great deal for the continued success of this emergent economy.
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Expenditures are adjusted to 2024 dollars. The map displays county-level spending on Culture and Recreation per capita in 2023 (the last year we have for U.S. Census Bureau ACS population estimates). This map reflects county spending only, and not state or federal spending, grants, or philanthropy.