Category Archives: Cocktails

This strawberry rhubarb sour is a cocktail I made up to make use of the rhubarb gin and bit of regular gin we had left in our liquor supply. It has a tasty sweet and tart flavor with a hint of ginger. Strawberry rhubarb is one of our favorite pie flavors, and it seemed likeContinue reading “Strawberry Rhubarb Sour”

This vanilla chai old fashioned is a twist on a traditional old fashioned, using the flavors of chai and sweetened with orange syrup. I used pukka vanilla chai tea to flavor the bourbon for this. This is super easy to do. Just throw a few tea bags into some bourbon and let it sit forContinue reading “Vanilla Chai Old Fashioned”

I have seen various versions of a drink called a Metropolitan online that are completely different from this one, but this version comes from the Ultimate Bar Book, which has over 1000 cocktail recipes. I consult this little book often for inspiration and I like that it is broken down by alcohol type so IContinue reading “Metropolitan Cocktail”

I love the color of the verdant lady cocktail. The touch of green chartreuse and lime juice added to the gin makes it such a lovely pale green. If you haven’t had green chartreuse, it is a liqueur made with 130 herbs and plants and it has a sweet, spicy, and smooth flavor, with aContinue reading “Verdant Lady Cocktail”

I was making these lovely ombre berry champagne cocktails for NYE, and I wanted to make another super fast and easy cocktail for later in the night, and this pomegranate lemonade vodka punch was perfect. It only takes 2 grocery store juices and some vodka and there you have it. You can mix it upContinue reading “Pomegranate Lemonade Vodka Punch”

I love this ombre berry champagne cocktail. It has champagne for one, plus delicious homemade berry syrup. It also looks super pretty and festive with it’s ombre effect and bubbles. I am planning to make this for NYE and tested it out today to make sure it was what I wanted. You can easily makeContinue reading “Ombre Berry Champagne Cocktail”

This is another fun holiday cocktail you can easily scale up to make a big pitcher for a party. The addition of cranberry to the citrus in the drink adds flavor and also adds festive color. I had some orange syrup left from making candied orange peel, so I used some of that in thisContinue reading “Cranberry Whiskey Sour”

If you are looking for a pretty and festive cocktail to serve for this holiday season, the poinsettia champagne cocktail is delicious and elegant and with only a few ingredients, you can whip them up fast. This is a cranberry based cocktail with champagne and orange liqueur. If you want to make it fancy youContinue reading “Poinsettia Champagne Cocktail”

When I was growing up in Indiana, we had a bunch of rhubarb growing right outside our house. I need to try planting some here in North Carolina and see if it can grow. I love rhubarb but have a really hard time finding it here in the south for some reason. There is aContinue reading “Rhubarb Sour”

The cherry old fashioned is a twist on a classic old fashioned using Heering cherry liqueur. We had a bottle of Heering I wanted to use, so this seemed like a great cocktail to make. It is a very simple mix of whiskey, Heering, and a touch of simple syrup. I had some orange syrupContinue reading “Cherry Old Fashioned”