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Kojo

Grab your grapefruit for this one—but all you will need is the peel. If you don’t have a grapefruit for cutting the garnish—shame on you, you will have to use lemon—but

Chestnut Cup

Whether you enjoyed a Margarita on Cinco de Mayo or a Mint Julep for Derby Day, the first weekend in May has plenty of reasons to celebrate craft cocktails. Classics are always

Barrel Aged Cocktails Without the Barrel

Let’s jump right in with the details: We are using toasted oak chips and a charred oak stick in a mason jar to age scaled-up portions of our favorite drink

First Word

Several years ago we wrote about the Last Word cocktail. If you haven’t had the pleasure, you really should give it a try, especially if you are already a fan of

Rhubarb Blush

We have a lot of content to add to our compilation of bar reviews. There are so many great places to order cocktails Portland, Oregon and the list keeps on growing. One favorite restaurant

Strictly speaking, a rickey is a highball cocktail that is not supposed to contain sugar—or at least it shouldn’t if we are sticking to historical traditions. The style dates back before Prohibition when

Negroni Week 2014

It’s Negroni Week all over the world! It started on June 2nd and extends throughout the week to June 8th. At current count, 1271 participating bars are donating a portion of the

Grilled Pineapple Southside

We have long been fans of the Southside cocktail, not that we always think to make it. It’s one of those great summer drinks we like to make for guests

Republic of Jam Cocktail Club: Irish Scallywags

It’s that time again when the masters of fruit preserves and culinary syrups gather their “citizens” for another quarterly Cocktail Club. When Republic of Jam puts on an event, it’s

Lucien Gaudin

The Lucien Gaudin is a Prohibition-era cocktail named for the extraordinary fencing champion who won olympic gold medals in the 1920’s. We don’t know exactly why this combination of ingredients

Briar Patch

There are so many creative ways to sweeten a cocktail beyond using simple syrup. We have posted recipes over the years that make use of agave nectar, honey, liqueurs, and

Greyhound, Salty Dog and Other Canine Cocktails

It’s easy to criticize drinks like the Greyhound or the Screwdriver since they really don’t require much in the way of mixing—add a measure of vodka to some larger measure