A super interesting rhubarb and fennel combo cocktail! Also, a home bar essentials collection. Way back when we first started exploring how to make cocktails, we essentially had an old souvenir shot glass and an old juice glass that came home with us from college years ago! Our setup worked for the simple cocktails …
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A grape twist on the classic, with this grape Negroni Cocktail Recipe! Every June there is a world wide celebration of one of the classic cocktails, the Negroni. Started by Imbibe Magazine in 2013, Negroni Week has spread all over the globe as a way to celebrate the Negroni and give back to charities. …
One of our favorite cherry cocktails with ginger liqueur, fresh cherries and mixed with gin! This Cherry Smash cocktail is perfect for spring! When our kiddos were little one of their favorite things to sip on a hot day was a cherry limeade. This tasty combo of sweet red maraschino cherry syrup and limeade …
This elderflower cocktail is a great flavor combo with floral notes of of elderflower liqueur, gin and grapefruit juice! We occasionally run across recipes that immediately pique our interest, many times from fellow food bloggers. Usually we end up putting these interesting recipes on our list of things to make! This is usually because …
A refreshing light cocktail, perfect for sipping, is this gin and pomegranate cocktail!! In an earlier post, I talked about how my exposure to some of the incredible craft cocktails at places like The Boiler Room and J.Coco’s inspired me to want to learn more about the art of the cocktail. About this time …
A bubbly sweet and tart cocktail with champagne, lemon juice and gin, this one a twist on the classic French 75 recipe! Make this Pomegranate French 75 for the holidays and the new year! The French 75 cocktail was created during World War I at the famous New York Bar in Paris. The combination …
Shrubs are usually in summer cocktails, but we loved this flavor combination for the holidays in this shrub cocktail! The holidays bring lots of great seasonal flavors, one of the best being the fresh tart flavor of cranberries. Lots of classic Thanksgiving and Christmas dishes use cranberries, but we always have had a cranberry …
This Rosemary Cocktail is perfect for the holiday season, as well as all winter long with the combination of rosemary, fresh pear flavor, ginger and gin! When celebrating the holidays flavors like cranberry, orange, cinnamon, and mint always seem to pop up in holiday drinks. We wanted to break out of the mold Rosemary’s …
A fruity version of the gimlet that makes a beautifully colored cocktail. Check out this Blueberry Cucumber Gimlet. The gimlet is one of those drinks that we turn to when we are in the mood for something tart. Full of fresh squeezed lime and gin, the gimlet is a classic in its base state, …
This Rhubarb Sour Cocktail is a perfect summer cocktail! With the hottest days of summer approaching, we harvested the last tender stalks of a rhubarb plant. We decided that we would use some of the stalks to make up a rhubarb simple syrup that would be a nice sweet and tart option for our …