Photo: Blueberry Basil Lemonade
Gin is such a great liquor and so much fun to play with. There are so many types of gin, London Dry, floral, herbal, aged. Each one is so different from the other that one gin may not do the right thing in your drink, so you need to experiment.
When we first started blogging if you would have told us the amount of gin cocktails we would make and gin we have in our house now, we would have laughed at you. But in the last 7 years, it has become a favorite spirit around here, from an easy Gin and Tonic, to a difficult, booze heavy tiki drink!
A frozen Negroni version for Negroni week! Whenever June rolls around, we know it is Negroni Time and the return of Negroni Week. Started by Imbibe Magazine and Campari in 2013, Negroni Week has spread all over the globe as a way to celebrate the Negroni while giving back to charities. Read more
A beautiful spring touch to this gin cocktail recipe is the snap pea simple syrup in this Gin and Snap Pea cocktail. There is a glorious time during spring where the sweet spring snap peas make their way to the farmer’s market stands and with spring peas popping up on the stands,Read more
A spring twist on the classic Gin & Tonic! Snap pea simple syrup added in to this pea cocktail! One of our favorite things about spring is the reopening of the Omaha Farmer’s Market and the return of all sorts of good produce to our kitchen! We love heading down to theRead more
A fruity version of the classic Ramos Gin Fizz! In the world of craft cocktails there is one cocktail that literally is a workout in a glass, one that requires a little cardio along with the ingredients! It’s a classic invented way back in 1880’s New Orleans. The Ramos Gin Fizz isRead more
A fantastic twist on the classic, this Pine Gin and Tonic evergreen cocktail is perfect for winter with the pine flavor! A few years ago we took a summer trip up to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where we visited the little town of Silver Plume. It was here we got theRead more
A twist on the classic summer cooler, Strawberry Limeade, we made it boozy! After a long cold winter here in Nebraska we start looking for some warm destination to escape off to! One place we have escaped off to for spring break has been to Las Vegas, where it definitely is warmer!Read more
Another favorite combination of gin and chartreuse in this egg white cocktail! We recently rediscovered our bottle of Chartreuse after having a drink on a recent date night that prominently featured it. After having just one sip, the bottle we had somehow misplaced into the back of our liquor cabinet popped intoRead more
A great combination of winter flavors, this grapefruit and gin cocktail hits the spot! As you might have noticed, we kind of are obsessed with cocktails. This includes reading about them, writing about them, creating them and more importantly getting to drink them and share with you, our readers! Its always nice toRead more
Check out this great twist on the classic London Mule – we smoked some salt for the rim, and added some great citrus for this great grapefruit gin mule cocktail! With the long dark nights of winter upon us, we are always looking for ways to bring a splash of sunshine intoRead more
We love the flavors in this classic gin cocktail, light and herbal with the lavender, perfectly citrusy with the lemon! Cheers to summer with this Lavender Bee’s Knees! We have been busy the last few weeks wrapping up the end of summer by finding ways to use our fresh herbs from our gardenRead more