Tag: lime

Happy Safe New Year: Include Alcohol-free Cocktails

We sometimes like to call New Years Eve, Amateur Night, because we work downtown Minneapolis every day. It’s perhaps acceptable to surrender the city on this night-of all nights-to people

Buying Spirits on a Budget. Rum?

These days, not many people can justify spending $100 on a bottle of wine, and for most of us, even $20 is enough to feel pretty uncomfortable. The same goes

Make Ginger Syrup, Homemade Ginger Beer and Delicious Cocktails

Our favorite homemade ingredient is probably Ginger Syrup. It’s easy to make, it lasts a long time in the refrigerator, and you can make a variety of soft drinks and delicious

Pomegranates and How to Make Grenadine

<EDIT> There is an easier method if you cannot be bothered with fresh pomegranate. See the recipe below. This time of the year, at least in Minnesota, you start to

How to make Tonic Water

We were never a Gin & Tonic fan, but all of that changed last year when we read Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s post about making tonic from scratch. Of course, his wasn’t

Understanding Simple Syrup

If you have been reading along, you have probably seen us mention simple syrup. In most cases, we try to briefly explain, but you may be wondering, What is it?

The Violet Hour

Normally, it might not make sense to review a bar so far out of the Twin Cities jurisdiction, but we decided to make an exception for The Violet Hour. This

A Moscow Mule with Grapefruit?

Some of you who watch the reality cooking competition show called Top Chef may have been enjoying this season which takes place in Las Vegas. Yesterday’s Elimination Challenge pitted the

Infusion confusion? Not at all!

One of the easiest and most rewarding techniques to personalize your liquor cabinet is to do an infusion. Unless you have been living in a dry county for the past