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Since I got this bottle of kümmel I mentioned in last week’s bourbon and kümmel, I wanted to try making another drink using it. We had all the ingredients for the after hours, so I went with that. The drink is a combo of kümmel, gin, maraschino liqueur and bitters plus some water. This cocktailContinueContinue reading “After Hours Cocktail”

I have been wanting to try kümmel ever since I heard about it. Kümmel is a liqueur flavored with cumin and caraway seeds, both of which I love. I couldn’t find this liqueur at our local ABC, so I had to order it online. I wanted to go fairly simple for the first cocktail IContinueContinue reading “Bourbon and Kümmel”

My step mom loves amaretto, and I was shopping around for a good one for her and realized that Luxardo made one and I had to try it. It is delicious and was a great base for making an amaretto sour. I liked the idea of another flavor component to the drink, and fresh gingerContinueContinue reading “Ginger Amaretto Sour”

My favorite margaritas are not overly sweet, with fresh lemon, lime and orange juice, tequila, triple sec, orange syrup and a dash of salt. You can skip the blending an serve over ice as I usually make them, or blend them up for a tasty frozen drink. I got a new Ninja mini smoothie/drink blenderContinueContinue reading “The Best Blended Margaritas”

Does anyone else grow rosemary in their yard? I have a rosemary bush and I love it since it is basically a no effort herb. I absolutely loved the flavor of this cocktail. It was really well balanced and fresh and delicious. I used the same Tinkerman’s Citrus gin that I used for the NegroniContinueContinue reading “Lemon Berry Gin Fizz with Rosemary”

As I have mentioned before, I gave my husband a bottle of italicus, which is a bergamot flavored liqueur a while back. It isn’t a liqueur that pops up often in recipes so I went looking for a good sounding drink to make with it. The negroni bianco bergamotto has just 3 ingredients, but thereContinueContinue reading “Negroni Bianco Bergamotto”

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 likeContinueContinue 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 forContinueContinue 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 IContinueContinue 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 aContinueContinue reading “Verdant Lady Cocktail”