Photo: T & T Sour Cocktail
Liqueur cocktails are always fun, because liqueurs usually aren’t the stars of the show! Most cocktails have a base spirit and then a liqueur as the sidekick. For these cocktails we have the liqueurs being the star, and they do it very well!
Make sure to check out the Chocolate Cream Cold Brew and the Cherry Blossom! Along with our homemade banana liqueur!
A great winter version of a classic cocktail, this gingerbread cocktail is sure to taste like the holidays! Happy winter season! it’s getting chilly around here, which always makes us think of baking spices, baking and holiday treats. One favorite Christmas dessert that always appears around this time of year is gingerbread. Read more
This spiced pear liqueur and apple cider cocktail is a treat that can be served warm or cold as a Halloween cocktail! Happy almost Halloween! We don’t know about you, but sometimes our Halloweens here in Nebraska are pretty cold! We wrap our kids up in costumes, coats, gloves and hats, soRead more
A decadent and alcoholic milkshake, combing chocolate, strawberries and rum is perfect for the summer! Want a decadent treat that will cool you off, but still have a little booze in it? Well we have the just the the thing for you! With summer on the way, what better treat than an alcoholicRead more
This whiskey, coffee and chocolate cocktail is creamy and rich! One of our favorite flavor combinations is coffee and chocolate, be it in our coffee cups or in a cocktail coupe! Typically people think of combining chocolate and hot coffee, but we wanted to something a little smoother and cooler! So what betterRead more
A twist on a white chocolate martini, this White Chocolate Gimlet with Mozart White Chocolate Liqueur is sure to please! With this cocktail we really wanted to highlight the flavor of the white chocolate vanilla cream of the Mozart. It’s a sweet liqueur, but not overly sweet, and is a beautiful white color.Read more
So we made some homemade Banana Liqueur! What would you do with 80 pounds of bananas? This was a situation that we found ourselves in, when we had a friend drop off two 40 pound cases of bananas! Well one can only make so many loaves of banana bread! With us being enterprisingRead more
Using a Japanese Barley Liquor for these Shochu cocktails, we made a twist on the classic sidecar! One of the coolest parts about developing and writing about cocktails and spirits is when we discover a spirit that was totally unknown to us. Sometimes we find new spirits when we travel (does anyoneRead more
Perfect for celebrating the spring Cherry Blossom festival, this spring cherry liqueur cocktail is sure to please! Living in a state that definitely has a winter season, we always are looking forward to the arrival of spring, the warm days letting us get back outside and enjoy the sunny days. Here inRead more
A great classic Calvados and green chartreuse cocktail, of French origin. We love exploring classic cocktail books and revisiting classic cocktails. This week we head back to one of our favorite books, Harry Craddock’s Savoy Cocktail. It might be the definitive collection of Pre-Prohibition era cocktails. One cocktail that caught our eyeRead more
An Italian Amaro Cocktail, very herbal and light. We recently had an evening to catch up with some friends and were sitting on the deck enjoying cocktails! We were trying to figure out how to make one of these evening happen in a far away location like Napa, when one of our friendsRead more