12 Drinks of Christmas: Negroni Contadino For the 8th drink of Christmas my true love served to me … a Negroni Contadino. It’s our 8th of 12 drink ideas to make your holiday parties and quiet nights by the fire merry and bright. We told you about how we embraced its popularity and headed on over to Founding Farmers. We were expecting a farm-to-table feast (which we got) but were blown away by the farm-to-table drinks....
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: Bonal Martini For the 5th day of Christmas, my true love served to me … a Bonal Martini. It’s the 5th of our 12 ideas for how to make your holiday parties and nights by the fire merry and bright. Sometimes, you just want a simple martini. But even dedicated drinkers of the martini might want to get into the holiday mood. That’s what today’s drink is for. It’s the eggnog...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: Grapefruit & Honey Old Cuban For the second drink of Christmas we serve to you the Grapefruit and Honey Old Cuban. It’s our second of 12 drink ideas to make your holiday parties and quiet nights by the fire merry and bright. We were introduced to the Old Cuban by one of our current favorite cocktail books, Paul Clarke’s Cocktail Chronicles. Despite its name, the Old Cuban is a modern creation of...
Read MoreDrink of the Week: Bushwick Spice Trade The weather has still been delightfully mild. We were still grilling dinner last week, and I sat outside for lunch two days. I hear it may even be warmer again by the time you’re reading this. And yet, seeing as we’re planning out our Thanksgiving meal as we work on this post, it’s hard to keep resisting the fact that winter is now around the corner. As has been our custom, we...
Read MoreClassics Week: The Sazerac Believe it or not, cocktails in general and many of the classic cocktails in particular have their roots in the very beginnings of pharmacy. For instance, yesterday’s drink, the daiquiri, started as a preventative medicine against scurvy. And bitters-those extra-intense alcohol mixtures that play an especially prominent role in the beginning of cocktails-all began as proprietary cures...
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Fall Five: Rosemary Maple Bourbon Sour Other fun fall drinks | Apple Margarita | Apple Manhattan | Fall Ginger Smash | Spiced Rum Old Fashion | Pumpkin Pie Shooters Outside of my former office window was a large, old sugar maple tree. Right around this time of year, it would burst into the most brilliant of colors, giving me a very visible, very beautiful reason to celebrate the coming of fall. Maybe because of that tree, my favorite...
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