Mixed Berry Mint Margarita Cocktail Recipe One of the first cocktails we ever mixed was a watermelon mint margarita. It was born of necessity. We had an especially large watermelon, more watermelon than we could use at one time. So, we froze some of it. Later, we had to figure out what to do with frozen watermelon; so we did a google search on what to do with frozen watermelon, and the recipe popped up. We haven’t been able to...
Read MoreGarrick Club Punch Recipe As we mentioned in our special week on the topic not so long ago, we’re late but enthusiastic converts to punch. We long stood firmly on the cocktail side of the argument; then we met a true, honest-to-goodness punch from its 18th century heyday, and we were immediately smitten. Punch is the cocktail’s older, English cousin. It was born of something like necessity. When English sailors ran out of...
Read MorePunch Week: The Orange Billy Punch Recipe This week, we’re familiarizing ourselves with the cocktail’s predecessor, punch. We’re not talking about the jungle juice served from a trash can to a solo cup at your first college party, but a mellow blend of spirit, citrus, spice, and sugar that ruled the drinking world of the 18th century. In our tour of punches, David Wondrich and his aptly named book Punch are our...
Read MoreSuper Bowl Drink: The Punch LI Cocktail Recipe We named last year’s Super Bowl drink ‘Next Year,’ by which we meant, ‘Next year, the New England Patriots will be back in the Super Bowl.’ And, what do you know, here we are. We know, most of you hate the Patriots and their unparalleled run of playoff success, but we’re going to enjoy this for as long as we can. So, we’re prepping for the big...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas 2016: Allspice and Apple Highball Cocktail Recipe Happy holidays! It’s the time of the year for holiday decorations, twinkling lights, warm spices, and a rolling series of parties, gatherings, and celebrations. For the second year in a row, we’ll be adding to the festivities with twelve drinks to make all of those parties just a little merrier and brighter. If you followed our 12 Drinks series last...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas 2016: Mediterranean Mulled Wine Cocktail Recipe Happy holidays! It’s the time of the year for holiday decorations, twinkling lights, warm spices, and a rolling series of parties, gatherings, and celebrations. For the second year in a row, we’ll be adding to the festivities with twelve drinks to make all of those parties just a little merrier and brighter. Monday’s cider put us into a mulling...
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