Category Archives: Cocktails

Time for another fun cocktail for your weekend. I have been wanting to try this one for a while, and finally found some creme de violette at the ABC. Before we moved to NC, I was used to being able to buy liquor anywhere. In NC we can only buy alcohol other than beer andContinue reading “Aviation Cocktail”

I’m really loving this new trend of infused vodkas that have flavor but not sugar added. For someone like me who doesn’t like very sweet drinks, they are perfect. I sometimes just drink them straight on ice and they are delicious. I saw this new one I hadn’t tried at our ABC and had toContinue reading “Pear Ginger Vanilla Cocktail”

Mezcal is an alcohol made from roasted agave plants. Tequila is technically a type of mezcal since it is also made of agave, but when you buy liquor labeled specifically as mezcal it has a smoky flavor from the roasting. I like the extra smoky element it adds to drinks. We used to have aContinue reading “Mezcal Margaritas”

It’s Saturday, so time to share another interesting cocktail recipe with you all. I was happy when I stumbled on this one, because it uses both limoncello and Italicus, which is a bergamot liqueur. We love the flavor of bergamot and I had given my husband a bottle of Italicus for some special occasion andContinue reading “Favola Cocktail”

It’s Saturday so that means I’m sharing another great cocktail recipe with you. I know sometimes it seems like too much work to make an actual cocktail (at least to me it does), but there is something about drinking one that makes the night feel a little more special. I think it is worth it.Continue reading “Big Batch Whiskey Sours”

Time for another Saturday Cocktail. We are moving my son into his college apartment today, so we tried to keep the cocktails within reason last night. Since we were only having one (probably), I wanted to go with a bourbon drink. I always truly feel like I’ve had a cocktail when it is a bourbonContinue reading “Man O’ War Cocktail”

Since we have still been having very hot summer weather here in North Carolina, I was craving a citrus based cocktail. We were out of tequila for margaritas, so my husband suggested using up some lime vodka he had. While I love a properly prepared cocktail, I also am always up for just playing aroundContinue reading “Vodka Citrus Fizz”

This is a modified version of the El Diablo cocktail based on what I had at my house. I love the fact that cocktails are so flexible and I often modify recipes based on what I have around at the time. We have a bottle of crème de cassis in our liquor selection, and IContinue reading “El Diablo Cocktail”

Whew! We had a tough time this past two weeks after my son had a pneumothorax at the end of our vacation while we were still away from home and ended up needing surgery. AND we finally got COVID. We are finally home and he is healing and I can’t wait to get back toContinue reading “Cantarito Tequila Cocktail”