Category: Cocktails & Spirits

TIP OF THE DAY: Black Cocktails For Black Friday

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It’s Black Friday. When you get back from fighting the crowds, it’s time for a black cocktail. Trouble is, the well known “black” cocktails, like the Black Russian, actually brown. But there are options, including using the first three ingredients to color any clear spirit (clear liqueurs, gin, tequila, rum, etc.): Black vodka Black food…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Holiday Martini With A Side Of Olives

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If you’re not the type to sip seasonal cocktails with apple, cinnamon, cranberry or pumpkin flavors, here’s a tip to seasonalize that American classic, the Martini*. Recently we read an interview with a fashionable mixologist. Asked, among other things, of his pet peeves, he said, “I sell cocktails, I don’t sell garnishes. Everyone who orders…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Make-Your-Own-Bitters Kit

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This kit from Hella enables any mixologist or hopeful to craft his/her small-batch bitters (photos courtesy Hella Company).   The creative mixologists in your life can perfect their own, homemade bitters recipes for cocktails and mocktails. You can also make coffee and iced coffee more sophisticated with a dash of bitters (check it out). The…
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