Liquor 101: Simple Syrup Recipe Even Simpler Than You Think You may have noticed by now that a good number of cocktails call for simple syrup. That's especially true of summer drinks, and even more especially true of summer pitcher drinks. This can be a little...
Where to Drink: The Red Hen We recently went to the Red Hen for a birthday celebration--ours! May is a fabulous month to be born in, and one of the many things we share in common. This trip to the Red Hen was ever so sweet,...
Homebar Must Haves: Essential Cocktail Tools It's Memorial Day! Congrats to you and your three day weekend. It's the holiday that rings in summer, and in our minds there is absolutely nothing better than summer. Whether you're spending the day actually in the sun or simply...
Summer Drink Cocktail Recipe: White After Memorial Day Having dabbled with the Ramos Gin Fizz for New Orleans week, as we turned to summer we found ourselves wanting more of its light, bright, frothiness. Not that the original is by any means a cold weather drink, we decided...
Summer Drink Cocktail Recipe: Jump for Joy We first encountered this drink at Puritan & Co, a short walk across the train tracks from our beloved Union Square neighborhood in Somerville. I think we only ended up going to Puritan & Co once before moving, but...
Summer Drink Cocktail Recipe: the Greyhound Rescue Highball Week may have ended on Friday, but our enthusiasm for tall, ice-filled glasses hasn't. Maybe something that we should have mentioned during highball week is that, in case you want to try to design your own highball, the...
Summer Cocktail Recipe: Blueberry Basil Margarita #2 Flowers are blooming. Our little herb garden is growing. Fresh berries are starting to show up in the farmer's market. Summer is here. We can think of no better way to celebrate than with a margarita featuring these signs...
Summer Cocktail Recipe: Kentucky Summer Sangria We like to greet the arrival of a new season with a special sangria for the occasion. In an act of possible over-exuberance, we actually welcomed winter with three different sangria recipes. As summer comes around the corner, it's time...
Highball Week: Negroni Swizzle Cocktail Recipe We're suckers for a Negroni. We, as we've mentioned, love the way that it's finely balanced proportions invite experimentation; but we also love it in its original form, with bitter Campari and sweet and sour vermouth playing off of one...
Highball Week: Picon Punch Cocktail Recipe It's very rare to find a cocktail that, like the Picon Punch, is amaro based. Amari are a class of mostly Italian, herbal, bitter liqueurs. Don't let the 'bitter' part scare you away. While some of them can in fact be...
