A beautiful color cocktail made from the fresh raspberries, the Clover Club cocktail. When most people see a pink cocktail, they automatically think it is a ladies’ cocktail. This is because it’s delicate and pink and super sweet. However, in the case of the Clover Club, this pink drink has a roots in a …
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A moonshine and herbal cocktail! This combination of moonshine drink and the herbalness of a thyme cocktail marry well together! When you hear the word moonshine, you tend to get visions of good ole boys up in the hills, right? They might be distilling their white lighting out of a homemade still. Then they …
A whiskey forward classic cocktail, the Ward Eight! While sitting around watching the news and all of the political craziness that comes with an election year, we decided that we needed a drink to help make sense of it it all. While it is fun to come up with original cocktails, every now and …
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 great Holiday Whiskey Punch, perfect for a crowd at a festive party! With the holidays quickly approaching, having good punch bowl cocktails in hand can make your next holiday get-together a big hit with your guests. Historically punches have been a center piece of a party, evoking images of some crazy combination of …
Made this rum and cream cocktail for National Rum Day, but we think that can be everyday, right? One of our favorite rum cocktail recipes, make this Bee’s Kiss Cocktail soon! We found a cocktail book, “The Trader Vic’s Book of Food and Drink” while antiquing, and wanted to make this tasty Bee’s Kiss …
These great old fashioned ingredients are perfect for any time of the year, but this Ginger Old Fashioned is fabulous in the fall and winter! A great combination of flavors, it is a twist on the classic cocktail! The Old Fashioned has been one of the most popular cocktails in the recent craft cocktail …
A classic cocktail, this Scofflaw is a great sipper! One of the coolest things about our cocktail hobby is the chance to explore classic cocktails and learn about the history of some of these classic drinks. One such drink is the whiskey based cocktail, The Scofflaw, a drink born in Paris in the 1920’s …
Around our house, we are big fans of cocktails so the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 1933 is a day to celebrate. With Repeal Day falling on a Friday this year, we decided to have ourselves a nice celebration with a couple of classic Prohibition era cocktails. The first one we …
A fabulous historical grocery store on the main highway through Napa Valley. Check out Oakville Grocery Napa for lunch while wine tasting! Oakville Grocery Napa Valley has become a lunch tradition for us when we visit wine country. Check out our tips for a weekend in Napa Valley! Tasty options for all, Oakville Grocery …