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    A Sin and A Secret: Mary Jones and A Mocktail
    London Town
    • Aug 15, 2020
    • 6 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: William Logan and Hot Buttered Rum
    London Town
    • Aug 8, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Mehitable Pierpoint
    London Town
    • Aug 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Edward Marriott and Sangaree
    London Town
    • Jul 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: The Peggy Stewart Affair
    London Town
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: The Addictive Pleasures of Sugar in the Colonial Mid-Atlantic
    London Town
    • Jul 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Women and Taverns in Colonial Maryland
    London Town
    • Jul 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Tobacco Culture of the 18th Century
    London Town
    • Jun 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Gaming the Law
    London Town
    • Jun 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Thirsty Martha
    London Town
    • Jun 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Too Much to Drink & Rumrousal
    London Town
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: The Mysterious Hail Storm
    London Town
    • May 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Stealing Sheep and Lamb's Wool
    London Town
    • May 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Whose Fault Was It Really: Isabella or Elizabeth? and Long Island Iced Tea
    Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
    • May 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: The Tattooed Servant and Snakebite
    London Town
    • May 9, 2020
    • 6 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: Just the Sin Tonight! Cherry Bounce
    Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
    • May 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: The Quarrelsome Tavern Keeper and Fish House Punch
    Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
    • Apr 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: The Luckless Jacobite and Flip
    Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    A Sin and A Secret: William Cotter: South River Pirate and Grog
    Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
    • Apr 11, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Sin and A Secret: William Cotter: South River Pirate and Grog

    Design of the Corsair Ship "Batchelors Delight," ca. 1683 Image source Mix yourself a drink based on a colonial recipe and then curl with...
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    A Sin and A Secret: The Highwaymen of the South River and Bumbo
    Claire Goode, Teresa Marcus, and Kyle Dalton
    • Apr 4, 2020
    • 7 min

    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...
    220 views0 comments

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