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Eden Cocktail

Orange-brown cocktail with orange garnish

Pisco is a potent brandy that’s well-known in South America but more of a cult following in the U.S. It’s clean, fresh, grape flavor (with other notes, which depend on where it was grown and distilled) forms the basis of the Eden Cocktail. This is a nicely fruity little cocktail that isn’t too sweet. It’s ... Read the full article →

Delta Heat {MixThatDrink Original}

The Delta Heat Cocktail - a chartreuse drink in a martini glass

The Delta Heat cocktail is pure Dixie charm, featuring notes of pear and magnolia – yes, magnolia – with honeydew. It comes out a bright cheerful chartreuse, so it’s visually interesting, too. This is a fairly sweet drink. The Midori and soda take the edge off the brandy, while the brandy brings out the pear ... Read the full article →

Sand Dance

Reddish cocktail with ice

The Sand Dance cocktail is whiskey based and just a little bit sweet and fruity. As with any cocktail calling for whiskey, you want to use something that’s tasty, but don’t waste your good whiskey on a cocktail. Jack Daniel’s is more than sufficient for a drink like this. This drink has a mellow flavor ... Read the full article →

Grand Apple

Two Grand Apple Cocktails beside some sliced lemon

The Grand Apple cocktail is two ounces of pure alcoholic bliss. Apple brandy and Grand Marnier are married by a touch of cognac, which brings the flavors all together. The dominant flavor is definitely the apple, but it’s more complex than that. In the case of this drink, it’s worth it to use a decent ... Read the full article →

Top 10 Thanksgiving cocktail recipes

Vanilla Chocolate Chip Coffee Cocktail - Coffee Warmers

The main rule of thumb for selecting Thanksgiving cocktails should be: does it make you want to curl up by a fire and sip? Then it’s a potential Thanksgiving cocktail. If you want to get even more of a Thanksgiving or autumn feel, think about fall harvest and all the traditional foods of Thanksgiving. Look ... Read the full article →

Golden Dawn

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There are a couple of variations on the Golden Dawn. It always involves orange juice and either peach or apricot brandy or liqueur with gin. Another recipe includes Calvados, a brandy made from apples. Whichever recipe you use, the Golden Dawn is a tart, fruity martini. The Traditional Golden Dawn This is a vintage recipe ... Read the full article →

Nantucket Cocktail

Nantucket cocktail against a gray background

The Nantucket Cocktail is one of those classy alternatives to a frou frou drink. It’s a little bit sweet and fruity, but never in a million years would anyone begin to think of it as a candy drink. This is one cocktail I find remarkably refreshing. The tartness of the white grapefruit and cranberry juices ... Read the full article →

Ethel Duffy

Ethel Duffy served with a cherry

The Ethel Duffy cocktail has a distinctly old school feel to it. It uses nothing but creme de menthe, apricot brandy and triple sec in equal parts. Simple, clean and elegant. This is a really nice choice for when you want something slightly sweet. The Ethel Duffy is a great choice for parties, because it’s ... Read the full article →

Five Aces

A Five Aces cocktail in a shot glass

The Five Aces cocktail blends an intriguing combination of flavors: almond, a hint of apricot and sour apple. This is one shot that deserves to be sipped rather than tipped. This drink is a nice choice anytime you feel like having a shot that actually tastes good. It’s not quite sweet enough to be thought ... Read the full article →

Embassy Cocktail

Embassy Cocktail beside a plate of lime halves

The Embassy Cocktail is an old classic that dates back to the 1930s and the Embassy Club in Hollywood. Like 1930s Hollywood, it has a certain sophisticated glamor. The taste strikes a great balance between sweet, bitter and sour. It’s one of those fairly strong drinks that manages to go down very smoothly. This is ... Read the full article →

Round Robin

Round Robin cocktail against a dark background

Cocktails that use raw egg white as an ingredient aren’t very popular these days, due to concerns about eggs and salmonella. You can use egg substitute for a safe (pasteurized) alternative if you’re worried. One way or another, many of these drinks are not to be missed. The Round Robin uses egg white to add ... Read the full article →

R.A.F. Cocktail

The R.A.F. Cocktail against a white backdrop

The R.A.F. Cocktail is basically two ounces of brandy with an ounce of lemon juice – and that sounds delicious right there – but it has a special twist. It doesn’t use plain brandy or even cognac: it uses applejack and apricot brandy to add wonderful hints of fruity flavor. This is the sort of ... Read the full article →

Aquarius

Aquarius cocktail, splashing

People born under the astrology sign Aquarius are supposedly charmingly eccentric and able to get along with all sorts of folks. A cocktail named after them should reflect those qualities, as indeed the Aquarius does. The delicious, distinctive flavor of cranberry meets the equally scotch whiskey. The first is so sharp, the second so mellow ... Read the full article →

Venus Rum

Venus Rum cocktail

The Venus Rum cocktail has a light refreshing flavor, a nice fizzy quality, and double standard alcohol strength. It’s actually a rare combination, since most drinks featuring soda water use a lot of it, and consequently don’t have much of a kick. This particular drink reverses that ratio. This cocktail goes well with a light ... Read the full article →

Black Cactus

Black Cactus cocktail against white background with blackberries

The Black Cactus gets its name from the use of blackberry brandy (hence the “black”) and tequila (hence the cactus reference). It’s a fun little drink that you can scale down to shots (just use 1/2 ounce of each ingredient) if you’re so inclined, since that’s a fun way to down this one. The blackberry ... Read the full article →

Apple Cart

Two Apple Cart cocktails against a white backdrop

Calvados is a well-loved spirit for good reason. It’s an apple brandy, but that just means it has notes of apple and pear – it’s not actually fruity. But it blends wonderfully with citrus, so the Apple Cart cocktail blends calvados with a little lemon juice and the orange flavor of Cointreau. The citrus adds ... Read the full article →

Nicky Finn

Nicky Finn cocktail against sky backdrop

The Nicky Finn cocktail is one you could definitely refer to as sophisticated. There’s no frou-frou, no mixers you could buy out of a vending machine. But it’s an easy, smooth drink that doesn’t demand a specially trained palate. Brandy gets pleasantly overwhelmed by Cointreau and lemon juice, and that little dash of Pernod makes ... Read the full article →

September Morning

Creamy dark pink September Morning cocktail against white background

The September Morning cocktail is one of those easy-going, highly drinkable cocktails that are just fun and tasty. The traditional recipe calls for a raw egg white; if that worries you, you can use an egg substitute product. Rum, brandy and grenadine form the basis of this flavor, with the egg white marrying the ingredients ... Read the full article →

Lychee Nut Cocktail

Off-white blended cocktail

If you’re fortunate enough to have access to fresh lychee, a fantastic fruit native to China, you can make a Lychee Nut Cocktai. Lychee’s getting better and better known in the western world because of its flowery/perfume scent. If you’ve ever had lychee black tea, you know what I’m talking about. This cocktail is highly ... Read the full article →

Ankle Breaker

Cocktail against fire background

The Ankle Breaker cocktail is a double – it has twice the standard amount of alcohol for a cocktail. Hence the name. The rum and cherry brandy give it a mellow sweetness, which the ounce of lime juice cuts straight through. It’s a strong but tasty little drink that goes with just about any occasion. ... Read the full article →

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