A Sin and A Secret: Mary Jones and A Mocktail
Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed the Sin and A Secret series since April. Unfortunately, this is our last story and recipe for the...
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London Town
Aug 8, 20205 min read
A Sin and A Secret: William Logan and Hot Buttered Rum
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Aug 1, 20203 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Mehitable Pierpoint
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Jul 25, 20204 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Edward Marriott and Sangaree
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Jul 18, 20204 min read
A Sin and A Secret: The Peggy Stewart Affair
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Jul 11, 20201 min read
A Sin and A Secret: The Addictive Pleasures of Sugar in the Colonial Mid-Atlantic
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Jul 4, 20201 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Women and Taverns in Colonial Maryland
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Jun 27, 20201 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Tobacco Culture of the 18th Century
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Jun 20, 20201 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Gaming the Law
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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London Town
Jun 13, 20202 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Thirsty Martha
A quick hit of a story about "Thirsty Martha" and an appropriately boozy drink: The Blenheim
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London Town
Jun 6, 20203 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Too Much to Drink & Rumrousal
We have some cautionary tales of about those who were besotted with liquor in the wintertime, to their detriment - paired with Rumrousal
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London Town
May 30, 20203 min read
A Sin and A Secret: The Mysterious Hail Storm
Tonight we offer The Mysterious Hail Storm... and a drink by the same name!
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London Town
May 23, 20202 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Stealing Sheep and Lamb's Wool
A quick story about missing sheep from London Town and the perfectly paired cocktail, Lamb's Wool!
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Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
May 16, 20202 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Whose Fault Was It Really: Isabella or Elizabeth? and Long Island Iced Tea
Today's story asks who was really the victim in a 1747 tavern fight between two women and gives a recipe for a cocktail with plenty of punch
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London Town
May 9, 20206 min read
A Sin and A Secret: The Tattooed Servant and Snakebite
In 1747, John Flack borrowed a horse and disappeared. His hands were tattooed and "under his right Breast he has... Adam and Eve..."
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Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
May 2, 20203 min read
A Sin and A Secret: Just the Sin Tonight! Cherry Bounce
Making cherry bounce Normally we provide a story along with our colonial-inspired drink recipe, but for today’s #ASinAndASecret, we’re...
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Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
Apr 25, 20204 min read
A Sin and A Secret: The Quarrelsome Tavern Keeper and Fish House Punch
Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
Apr 18, 20204 min read
A Sin and A Secret: The Luckless Jacobite and Flip
Flip Welcome back to another "A Sin and A Secret." Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true,...
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Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
Apr 4, 20207 min read
A Sin and A Secret: The Highwaymen of the South River and Bumbo
Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with a completely true, completely salacious story. Enjoy a new...
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