Bourbon goes with many things, but apples, cinnamon and chocolate top my pairings list. For the bourbon in this cocktail, I used Ranger Creek’s .36 Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey which gently nips but doesn’t bite. It brings the flavors of vanilla, cinnamon and a touch of oak. If you choose…
When I think of a dessert drink, my mind usually lands first on coffee. When I think of dessert, chocolate usually wins, (like everyone else, right?). So, my dessert cocktails frequently incorporate coffee and chocolate. My list of after dinner drinks includes several sweet cocktails. I prefer my dessert cocktail…
I prefer to make cold coffee cocktails with cold brewed coffee. Our coffee cocktails will work with whatever coffee syrup you like to use for cold coffee. I usually make this syrup using Starbucks Sumatra dark roast. 3 1/2 cups coarsely ground coffee 5 cups water Combine coffee and water…
Slán, in Gaelic, roughly translates to “goodby”. That is the theme for this Month’s Mixology Monday. It’s over. It’s done. Kaput. So now is goodby to the World’s Best Online Cocktail Party. Hosted by our leader and fearless cat herder, Frederic Yarm of the Cocktail Virgin Slut blog, the actual…
I love bitter! So, naturally, I love this theme! I think the amari and other digestifs add an amazing complexity to any style of cocktail, (well, I haven’t tried it with Tiki drinks – yet!) This month we have two cocktails to offer. We obviously have the Holidays in mind…
It’s already Mixology Monday for October! This Month we are hosted by Frederic of the Cocktail Virgin and the theme is “Mashups.” The challenge is to combine 2 cocktails into one Monster. I started thinking of Scotch drinks, but nothing seemed to be anything special. Looking at the Blood and…
The theme for this month’s Mixology Monday is “Drink Nerdy.’ Our host, Rebecca of The Shrubbery blog, challenges us to embrace our inner cocktail nerdyness. From her Announcement Post, “The thing that unites everyone who participates in MxMo is our love of of cocktails. We love the history, the alchemy,…
It’s Mixology Monday May 2016! This month’s theme, hosted by Nick of the Booze Barn, is “Dry.” Around here, we like dry, (maybe why we live in South Texas)! The idea this month is to make a cocktail using a dry base spirit with no more than 10% sweetener/juice and…
Barrel aging at home is fairly simple, not ridiculously expensive and seriously worth doing. The in’s and out’s of getting started are covered in our Barrel Aged Cocktails page. While simply barrel aging cocktails is reason enough to get started, the real magic occurs when you age something in a…
It’s Mixology Monday! This Month, our host Frederic of the CocktailVirgin blog, has revived the Swizzle. Yes, the Swizzle is a drink, not just a stick! When ice found its way to the Caribbean in the 19th Century, it quickly found a home in cocktails. No longer did one have…
