A Tour of Anchor Distilling in San Francisco and a Rye Whiskey Manhattan! See our great experience, and creation of an Earl Grey Manhattan! A lot of folks collect things like a t-shirt or a magnet from the places they travel, but what do we come home with? Bottles of delightful spirits of course! …
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More of our trip to California Wine Country – Russian River Valley wineries, Alexander Valley and Dry Creek, along with Napa and Sonoma Valleys! Cheers! We got to northern California and headed up towards our vacation rental near Guerneville, which is a small town to the northwest of Santa Rosa along the Russian River. …
Allspice Dram is a great addition to any cocktail, but especially Tiki Cocktails! With fall coming, it is the time for everything pumpkin spice and apple cider which means it is time to find new ways to bring delicious warm baking spices into our cocktails. Most people think about cinnamon and nutmeg when you …
A great rum and Lillet cocktail that is tiki-ish and so tasty! Check it out! This summer we have totally fallen in love with rum cocktails thanks to some of the great rums that we have found, plus the opening of a really great Tiki bar in town. Rum is a spirit that evokes …
A fruity blueberry pineapple mojito cocktail recipe perfect for hot weather! Blueberry and pineapple, mint and rum! With warm weather finally making its appearance here in Omaha, that means it is almost pool season, and in our house that means we have to have some sort of tasty beverage to refresh ourselves with while …
A fruity version of the classic Ramos Gin Fizz! In the world of craft cocktails there is one cocktail that literally is a workout in a glass, one that requires a little cardio along with the ingredients! It’s a classic invented way back in 1880’s New Orleans. The Ramos Gin Fizz is one of …
We worked with a local distillery here in Omaha to develop this cocktail! This Whiskey and Stout Cocktail combines two loves! One thing we love about writing about food and drink is the opportunity to explore the culture of a city or region. This can really can bring some great insight into a place. …
A great tropical tiki rum pineapple Campari cocktail! We love a good classic cocktail, and spend a lot of time perusing old cocktail recipe books and menus and making our versions of them. One area we haven’t really hit is the world of Tiki, that mythical world of tropical drinks, flaming mugs and enough …
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 …
We love the flavors in this classic gin cocktail, light and herbal with the lavender, perfectly citrusy with the lemon! Cheers to summer with this Lavender Bee’s Knees! We have been busy the last few weeks wrapping up the end of summer by finding ways to use our fresh herbs from our garden before …