Category: Cocktails & Spirits

RECIPE: Blueberry Lemon Drop Cocktail

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[1] A Blueberry Lemon Drop vodka cocktail. [2] Fresh highbush blueberries (photos courtesy U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council). [3] Lemon Drop candies (photo LettuceTemptYou | Tumblr).   The Lemon Drop cocktail is a relatively new one, invented in the 1970s at Henry Africa’s bar in San Francisco. It is named after old-fashioned lemon drop candy: lemon-shaped…
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RECIPES: National S’mores Day Cocktail

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Combine chocolate liqueur, marshmallow vodka and graham cracker crumbs into a special cocktail for National S’mores Day, August 10th. Numerous recipes abound, but we had fun with this one, adapted from ACocktailLife.com. You can also use chocolate vodka and marshmallow syrup, or a cream liqueur in any combination. You can use a simple rim of…
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RECIPES: The Top Rum Drinks For A Cocktail Party

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[1] One of the top rum the top rum drinks, the Daiquiri, invented by an American engineer in Cuba (photo © TemperedSpirits.com). [2] The Dark & Stormy, made with dark rum (photo © Hyatt Regency| LA). [3] Our favorite rum cocktail is the Banana Daiquiri. Here’s a recipe from CookingWithCurls.com*. [4] The Sidecar. Does anyone…
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OLYMPICS COCKTAIL RECIPE: The Caipirinha

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What’s your weekend cocktail? For the next three weeks, when watching the Olympics, it could be the Caipirinha, the national cocktail of Brazil. It’s made with the national’s official spirit, cachaça. In the U.S., cachaça is considered “Brazilian rum,” but don’t call it that in front of a Brazilian! Rum is distilled from molasses, the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Mix Up Some Coolers

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[1] Blackberry cooler (photo courtesy FreidaFroo.Wordpress.com). [2] A peach wine cooler (here’s the recipe from TasteOfHome.com). [3] Watermelon cooler with green tea and white wine (photo courtesy Serendipitea.com). [4] Commercial wine coolers: the lowest common denominator (photo courtesy Majestic Brands).   WHAT’S A COOLER? Short for wine cooler, a cooler is a tall drink typically…
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