A perfect chilled and frozen watermelon raspberry frosé recipe with perfect summer flavors! With the hot days of summer fully in effect, everyone looking for great ways to beat the heat. Why not turn to something fun, fruity and frozen? One of the big drink sensations sweeping the nation totally checks all the boxes …
Wine/Champagne
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 into our head …
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 eye was the …
This is a family tradition cocktail, the Tom and Jerry drink is one that we have every year! This Tom and Jerry Recipe is the perfect holiday boozy treat that works all season long! Every year after the turkey and sides have been eaten, and about the time everyone starts to get hungry for …
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 …
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 …
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. …
A Lavender Berry shrub with brandy makes for a great cocktail! Summer is the season for shrub based cocktails, and we have definitely been in a mood for tart fruity cocktails, and our Brandy and Blackberry Lavender Shrub cocktail certainly fits the bill! We love using shrubs to add a rich tart flavor to …
A pairing of sake and pickled ginger in this drink! A great sake cocktail! One of our go to date night meals is heading out for sushi and drinks at one of our favorite local sushi places, Blue Sushi. Any good sushi meal should always include drinks, and one drink that goes hand in …
A favorite liquor forward scotch whiskey cocktails that is a classic! Scotch is one of Jay’s favorite spirits, but it isn’t one of those that is found in a lot of cocktails. There is a big school of thought that using any scotch in a cocktail is sacrilege, as many drinkers think that a …