Kids love special drinks as much as adults. Especially if it’s made just for them. The carbonated coconut water is a bit over the top, but once again, with a little effort the kids feel really special. I used an an iSi Whipper and a CO2 charge since my siphon…
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…
This Month’s Mixology Monday is upon us and the theme is “Standoffish.” Brought to us by the folks at Booze Nerds, the idea is to add an ingredient to a cocktail that is not included with the main ingredients and is not a garnish. At the same time, this ingredient…
Tepache is pineapple, top removed, chunked, unpeeled, juiced, then mixed with a few spices and sugar and allowed to ferment, uncovered, first at room temperature and then in the refrigerator, with whatever is in the air, for one week. If pineapple juice and hard cider had a baby – it…
It is Mixology Monday! The theme, “Drink of Shame,” is the invention of our host Tipicular Fixins. We have all quaffed a few sweet, strange libations and I have imbibed my share of questionable drinks. This Month’s challenge, (now that we are real mixologists), is to create a cocktail that…
February 4 is National Create a Vacuum Day. So, in cocktalian fashion, you need to create a vacuum today! Ever wonder why your cocktail shaker is so hard to open after you’ve shaken your drink? As you shake your drink with ice, the liquid and air in the shaker cool…
This should be served flaming. Either double the recipe and serve in a scorpion bowl, or float an inverted lime half with 151 rum soaked piece of bread. You can sub the Key Lime Bitters with orange bitters. 2 oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum 1 oz. Orange juice 1 oz.…
The first “Blue Drink.” Invented in 1957 by Harry Yee of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. It was an instant hit and, yes, the movie was named for the drink! 1 ½ oz. vodka 2 oz. pineapple juice ¾ oz. lemon juice ¾ oz. blue curacao ¼ oz. simple syrup ½…
Created at the bar in Burbank where the show’s actors hung out after filming. 1 oz. Gold Rum ½ oz. Light Rum ½ oz. lime juice ½ oz. Falernum ½ oz. simple syrup 8 oz. crushed ice Blend for 5 sec. Pour unstrained into glass Garnish with cherry and lime
From the Kuala Lumpur Hilton. 1 ½ oz. dark Jamaican Rum (such as Appleton) ¾ oz. Campari 4 oz. pineapple juice ½ oz. Lime juice ½ oz. simple syrup Chill an old fashioned glass with ice and water While the glass chills, combine all of the ingredients in a shaker.…
