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…
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…
This month’s theme for Mixology Monday is Orange Juice, brought to us from the host of MxMo 101, DJ Hawaiian Shirt of the Spirited Remix blog. And, not just “Orange,” but Orange Juice. I think this month’s challenge is great because we love OJ! The first drink I thought of…
As busy host/hostess, anytime you can offer a fun, engaging, self-serve cocktail bar, expect your guests to rave about your entertaining prowess! A tonic bar is a simple way to allow your guests open access to create their own drinks while you get to enjoy your party too. Its versatility…
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…
It is Mixology Monday for December and it’s all about apples. This most excellent theme is the brain child of Frederic at Cocktail Virgin Slut, this month’s host. Once again, we have two drinks to offer: Cider Punch and the Plymouth Old Fashioned.
This is Trader Vic’s original recipe. 1 oz. Appleton Extra 1 oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum ½ oz. Curacao 1 oz. Lime Juice ¼ oz. orgeat ¼ oz. simple syrup Shake all ingredients with crushed ice Pour unstrained into old fashioned glass Add crushed ice to fill Garnish with a…
This is my version of rum punch which I would like to claim I invented somewhere in the islands, but it was actually at home in Texas! I recently added the Orgeat and Key Lime Bitters. You can sub Angostura Bitters but you do need something to offset the sweetness…