Category: Cocktails & Spirits

TIP OF THE DAY: Halloween Cocktail Party

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Toast All Hallow’s Eve with a Vampire Elixir. Photo courtesy Belvedere Vodka. There’s still time to invite friends to a Halloween cocktail party—costumes optional. Create your cocktail menu from these cocktail recipes: Bloody Eyeball Martini Bloody Vampire Martini Brandy-Based Cocktails Drunken Pumpkin Pie Candy Corn Cocktail Gin-Based Cocktails Harvest Moon Cocktail Kahlúa-Based Cocktails Pumpkin Divine…
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PRODUCT: El Jimador Flavored Tequila

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Two delicious flavored tequilas. Photo courtesy Brown Forman.   We are fans of flavored spirits, sipping them straight up or on the rocks. We’re happy that the category is growing. The newest samples to land at our desk are flavored tequilas from El Jimador Tequila: Mango Mango and Mexican Lime flavors, the first flavor extensions…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Non-Cocktail Ways To Use Tequila

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We found ourselves with a wealth of tequila on hand—lots of opened bottles that we tasted for one review or another, but never got back to. So we decided to use the tequila in cooking. Here’s what else to do with tequila. Cake: Replace up to 1/4 cup liquid in a cake recipe with tequila,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Flavored Shots

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Delicious by the shot: No mixers needed! Photo courtesy Blue Chair Bay Rum.   While spiced rum has been around since the 1940s*, the more modern trend of flavored spirits began with vodka in the 1980s. The first flavored vodka, that inspired scores of other flavors, was Absolut Peppar, in 1986. Absolut Citron followed in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Russian Iced Coffee

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[1] In a tall glass or a short one, iced coffee lovers will get a kick from this drink (photo © DeLonghi).   For years, we’ve enjoyed Black Russians and White Russians, two venerable vodka-based cocktails. The Black Russian, invented in 1949, combines vodka and coffee liqueur; the subsequent addition of cream created a White…
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