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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 →

Gin and Tonic

Clear carbonated cocktail with lime wedge garnish

The Gin and Tonic is such an old classic, I don’t know how I only just now got around to it! Its simplicity is key to its continued popularity: it’s just gin tempered with tonic water and a squeeze of lime. Many recipes for the Gin and Tonic leave out the sqeezing of the lime ... Read the full article →

Haymaker

A Haymaker cocktail

The Haymaker cocktail blends orange and lime flavors with whiskey and vermouth. The flavor is complex, starting with fruity notes but ending on the smokiness of the whiskey. This drink is one you can easily mix in a pitcher and serve over ice to guests, which makes it a nice choice for parties. It’s also ... Read the full article →

Neato Bandito

Blue cocktail in a martini glass

Blueberry liqueur isn’t the most commonly used bar ingredient in the world, but it’s a fun liqueur to play with. The Neato Bandito makes great use of it. The mellow sweetness of the blueberry liqueur gets sharpened by lime juice, and a pinch of salt brings all the flavors together. This is a fun drink ... Read the full article →

Gin Fizz

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Think 7-up with a kick, and you’ve got some idea of what the Gin Fizz tastes like. Of course the juniper flavor from the gin makes it a little more interesting than that. But unlike some of the more serious gin drinks, this is a fun, smooth, fizzy, citrusy, slightly sweet concoction that fits anywhere ... Read the full article →

Daiquiri

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The term “Daiquiri” has come to be associated with slightly alcoholic fruit smoothies over the years, but that’s not at all what the original recipe called for. The classic Daiquiri is light rum, lime or lemon juice, and a little sugar – that’s it. If you’re used to thinking of Daiquiris as frou-frou cocktails for ... Read the full article →

Mona Cocktail

A Mona Cocktail against a white background

The Mona Cocktail mixes three liquors that don’t often get to mingle in the same glass: vodka, bourbon and light rum. It’s an interesting mix, and the sweet and sour and Rose’s lime added to it make for a flavor that once considered being sweet, but decided to be tangy instead. With three ounces of ... Read the full article →

New York Cocktail

New York Cocktail on a cork coaster against a white background

The New York Cocktail makes wonderful use of inexpensive whiskey. As with all whiskey cocktails, I recommend using a whiskey that’s palatable, but not good enough to sip alone. This drink is ideal wonderful anytime – like a martini. It goes nicely with most any type of meal or snack, is wonderful for just sipping ... Read the full article →

Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man cocktail

I’m not sure why this cocktail got named the Grumpy Old Man. It doesn’t seem fair, since it’s absolutely charming and that’s one thing grumpy old men are not. Maybe it’s the cure for being a Grumpy Old Man? That could be. The Grumpy Old Man adds a healthy portion of bourbon to a glass ... Read the full article →

Ambience

The Ambience cocktail against a white background

The Ambience cocktail is a drink recipe that balances the flavor of orange with a strong lime component, and a less obvious note of depth from cognac. While it has five ounces of fruit juice in it, it also has a fairly strong alcohol content. Because of the juice, Ambience is one of those cocktails ... 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 →

Amber Haze

Amber Haze cocktail with lime wheel against white background

The Amber Haze cocktail is light, easy-going and refreshing. The flavor is apple with just a touch of pomegranate. This gets combined with soda water for some carbonation. The alcohol content is on the weak side. This is a great choice for light drinkers, or anytime you want just enough alcohol to relax. It’s perfect ... Read the full article →

Southern Comfort and Lime

A Southern Comfort and Lime cocktail

Southern Comfort sips well all by itself. But as you may already know, you can liven up that mellow peach flavor with a squeeze of lime, and it’s a wonderful accent. This recipe – aptly named Southern Comfort and Lime – goes a little bit farther than that. It uses two parts Southern Comfort peach ... Read the full article →

Raspberry Blush

Raspberry Blush cocktail with lemon and cherry garnish

The Raspberry Blush has a liquor combination that might strike you as odd: dark rum and dry vermouth. Most people aren’t familiar with good vermouth, so it has an undeserved reputation for being gross. When it’s good, it’s basically an herbed, spiced wine that lends itself to cocktails that will emphasize either the wine flavor ... 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 →

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 →

Key Lime Martini

A green Key Lime Martini against a white background

A Key Lime Martini is just what it sounds like: a candy ‘tini that tastes like key lime pie. This is one seriously delicious cocktail, and it’s all about the flavor. Key lime is a transporting flavor that takes you away to the tropics the instant your tastebuds start to analyze it. Like the pie, ... Read the full article →

Cabo

Cabo cocktail with pineapple wheel and cherry

The Cabo Cocktail is one of those drinks that makes you feel as good as it tastes. Tequila is a fun spirit, and here it’s blended with pineapple juice and just a touch of lime. It’s very reminiscent of some tropical rum-based drink recipes, but the tequila makes for a nice break. The Cabo cocktail ... 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 →

Devil’s Delight

Amber-colored cocktail with ice against yellowish background.

The Devil’s Delight cocktail a nicely tart with just a touch of sweetness. It blends two different orange liqueurs with lime, sweet and sour and brandy and vodka. Surprisingly, given the name, it’s a lightweight on the alcohol. You get one ounce of alcohol parked alongside about four ounces of fruit juice and sweet and ... Read the full article →

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