As my obsession with cocktails has grown over the last couple years, I’ve had more and more friends and family members picking up the hobby as well. It seems as if it’s almost on a daily basis someone is texting me to ask about a recipe, or ask some other home bar related question. But […]
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How to Make Clear Ice Cubes for Cocktails: Everything You Need to Know
It’s Friday night and you’ve invited the guys over for a round of your special recipe Old Fashioneds. Let’s see… Woodford Reserve Batch Proof bourbon. Check. Angostura traditional and orange bitters. Yep. Your homemade Demerara syrup. Got it. And… You hold your Waterford crystal double old fashioned glass against the lever labeled “Ice” on the […]
Avocado Margarita Recipe: Quite Possibly the Best Margarita Ever
So the other day I was sitting in my kitchen looking at the produce we had sitting in our fruit basket, and was trying to come up with a cocktail to make. I took one look at the avocado that was sitting there, and was reminded of one of the first “must have” drinks I […]
Whiskey Sour Recipe: The Whiskey Cocktail for Beginners
To be honest, up until recently I really haven’t had very many whiskey sours. To me a whiskey sour was the drink you’d get at a nightclub if you wanted to feel slightly less dirty than you really were. Rum and coke? Ha, please. “I’lllll have a whiskey sour.” And then they’d pour crappy well whiskey into […]
Peach Old Fashioned: A Fruity Twist on an Old Classic
The old fashioned as long been my favorite craft cocktail. It’s delicious, puts the whisky on the forefront of the drink, and is about as simple as it gets when it comes to a classic cocktail. And as a home bartender, one of my favorite things about the old fashioned is just how versatile it […]