The Blue Jeans Ball + Your Easter Cocktail Every year, the Capital Area Food Bank throws a tasting gala called The Blue Jeans Ball to raise money to ‘take hunger off the map.’ This year, Union Kitchen hosted a pre-ball cocktail hour and asked us to join in. Since we’re fans of good causes and of galas (though we usually look at them as an occasion to dress up, rather than down); so we enthusiastically agreed....
Read MoreGuest Post: Botanical cocktails w. Wild Roots Apothecary We mentioned last week that we have a couple of local colleagues who’ve vastly improved our mocktails, by creating non-alcoholic products that contribute a depth and complexity we usually rely on liqueurs to bring. While we’ve found them essential for our mocktails, these products also make quite a nice addition to cocktails. In fact, our favorite tonic creation at...
Read MoreTonic Bar @ Opower + the Elderberry Lavender Tequila & Tonic We loved getting to be part of a staff party at Opower. You could tell instantly that the company was cool and the people were great and made us wonder if we could ever have a career in energy efficiency. The answer to that is, probably no, but we’ll settle for serving drinks to these fine folks. Our tonic bar is perfect for parties with a range of...
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(M)ocktail of the Week: The Amy D. Cocktails-those with alcohol- are really our thing. However, we’ve learned over time that applying even a skosh of the skills we’ve learned to create one mixed drink without alcohol, is a surefire way to win over…everyone. It might be shocking to know that you don’t have to drink in order to be our friend. We have a number of friends who are excelling at...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: The Pinkston For the third drink of Christmas, my true love served to me … the Pinkston. It’s our third of 12 drink ideas to make your holiday parties and quiet nights by the fire merry and bright. The Pinkston is our very slight variation on an old, but little known and-to our minds inexplicably-much disdained classic, the Pink Lady. While it would be perfectly enjoyable anytime, we...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: Cat’s Collar Welcome to the Twelve Drinks of Christmas. Over the next two weeks and change, bringing us to the very edge of Christmas Eve, we’ll be giving our top twelve suggestions of cocktails to make your holidays merry and bright. Some of them are good pitcher drinks, perfect for your Christmas party; others are best enjoyed with a friend or two by the fire. Feel free to drink along. But...
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