Category: Cocktails & Spirits

Beertails, Beer Cocktails, Beer Mimosa, Michelada Recipes

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A Beer Mimosa (photo © Pom Wonderful).   Can’t decide between beer or cocktails? Make beer cocktails, sometimes called beertails. We published our first beer cocktail recipe, Almond Ale Spritzer, five years ago. It’s time to revisit the options. These cocktails were developed by Bohemia Beer, made in a Pilsner style beer. But you can…
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Memorable Champagne Cocktail Recipes: French 75 & Kir Royale

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[1] Celebrate Bastille Day with a French 75 cocktail (photo © Tanqueray). [2] Invented in Dijon, France, Kir and its variations have a base of crème de cassis, blackcurrant liqueur (photo © Chandon USA). [3] Cheers (photo © Champagne Bureau).   Today’s tip will help you make a perfect champagne cocktail, with advice from the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Summer Sangria Recipe

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Thanks to our friends Laura and Charles for reviving our interest in sangria, a Spanish fruit punch. At a light summer dinner last week, the sangria they served paired beautifully with every dish. Americans were first introduced to sangria at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City. The Spanish Pavilion had three restaurants, and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pairing Wine & Sorbet For “Cocktails”

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Sorbet cocktails are one of our favorite summer desserts. You simply add scoops of sorbet to a glass—an opportunity to use your Champagne coupes, Margarita glasses, large-bowl wine glasses, or large snifters. Then, pour in sparkling or still wine or white spirits (gin, tequila, vodka) and serve with a spoon. As the sorbet melts into…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Lavender For Summer

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Today is the first day of summer. When we think of summer, we think of lavender. Lavender is a flowering plant, a genus of 39 species that originated in the Mediterranean, northern and eastern Africa and southwest Asia, including India. The most widely cultivated species is English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia. Though not native to England…
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