Memorial Day is the perfect time for simple, low ABV, thirst-quenching drinks. Since beer says summer and barbecues, nothing is better than celebrating the weekend with beer cocktails. The classic is the Shandy – equal parts lemon soda and beer. But you can get really creative by just combining your…
Cinco de Mayo was originally observed to commemorate the Mexican Army’s victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. Today, it is usually celebrated in the US by indulging in chips, salsa and margaritas. While margaritas are really, really good, we would like to offer a few additional tequila cocktails…
When we host a party, my wife often tells me she wants a cocktail(s) that will pair with food “X” for which she can coordinate a name, even the colors she wants. This time she wanted a cocktail with tequila and pineapple. While there are a few delicious, classic pineapple/tequila…
It’s Mixology Monday, hosted by Garnish Blog, and the theme is chocolate! I absolutely love it: chocolate and booze are a match made in Heaven! We have three cocktails to offer this month: the Chocolate Manhattan, the Chocolate Covered Rum and the Chocolate Rum Old Fashioned. Chocolate Manhattan I attended…
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…
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 margarita is a new favorite because of its subtle taste of jalapeño with the slightest bit of heat on the finish. It was popular at our last party…and we knew we had a hit when the rest of the cocktails went untouched! The simple syrup takes only a few…
Practically everyone who mixes drinks on any level has their own margarita recipe. Without disparaging anyone’s favorite, here is our most requested version. It is a simple but classic margarita on the rocks. We make this as a sour, shaken and served straight up without a salted rim.
Christmas is upon us. In other words, it’s that time of year when we find ourselves faced with last minute entertaining “opportunities!” You don’t have to reinvent the cocktail to provide your guests with memorable Holiday themed libations. Simply use great existing recipes and give them festive names. The following…
This has just the right balance of sweet, tart and sour. It will be prettier with white grapefruit juice, but we usually can only get ruby reds. Just be sure to use fresh juice.