A perfect sipping ginger cocktail for any time of year, it’s just like a gingersnap cookie! When we start getting into the holiday season, we start getting excited because that means it is time for lots of delicious baked goods. Especially cookies that use lots of baking spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, gloves and ginger, …
Cocktails
This Maple Old Fashioned Cocktail recipe is perfect for the fall, or all winter long! A sweet version of the classic, with some nutty and baked flavors, too, for this Maple Cocktail! Updated October 9, 2023 The Old Fashioned might be the most famous and original American cocktail. Likewise Thanksgiving was originally an …
A great maple syrup cocktail with cider and bourbon! We have been having one of the most beautiful falls recently, with perfect warm days and cool evenings. These kind of fall days make for colorful trees and beautiful breezes for sitting outside enjoying the scenery. Highlighting that beautiful scenery are a couple of big …
A great fall hard pear cider cocktail with so many popular fall flavors! We have a good friend who has a number of pear trees in their back yard. They are left over from an old orchard that used to be on the land where their house was built. Every fall we get a …
A fun adult twist on the Harry Potter Polyjuice potion recipe! We have been on a bit of a Halloween kick this week, so why not keep the party rolling and share another fun party drink, our take on another famous magical drink from the Harry Potter books, Polyjuice Potion. While our version Polyjuice …
A beautiful fall cider and bourbon cocktail with fall spices, this Clove & Cider Cocktail is a great smoked drink with so much flavor! Fall is one of our favorite times of the year, the cool crisp days and brilliant colored leaves and evenings around the fire pit! These events lend themselves to lots …
We love some Harry Potter, and this alcoholic butterbeer recipe is an homage to the books (or the movies) whichever! As Halloween quickly approaches, its time for a little fun with spooky or magic inspired cocktails. One source of inspiration for us as Harry Potter fans has been the Harry Potter book series and …
Red vermouth and Raspberry infused Manhattan cocktail recipe! One cocktail that is always on the menu in our house is the venerable Manhattan. It’s a cocktail made with rye whiskey, vermouth and a dash of bitters. The small ingredient list may make this sound like a really simple cocktail, but in reality, this just …
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 friends mentioned …
A fantastic cranberry cocktail. Sweet and sour cocktail with the flavors of apple and cranberry! With October being right around the corner, like trips to apple orchards and pumpkin patches competing for time on our calendar! We definitely are feeling that fall is in the air. While we were looking at the calendars we …