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Raspberry-Elderflower Warmer
by Dennis Mayer on January 13th, 2012 | Cocktails, Crafty Bartender, Liquor
In the warm, summer months, mixing drinks with fresh fruit flavors can be as easy as walking outside and picking whatever you grow in your yard -- or perusing the seasonal fruits in the produce section of your supermarket. Finding those same kinds of flavors in the winter can be a challenge, but you can still do it. Jarred fruit preserves (of the preserve, jam, or jelly variety) are made and processed at the fruit's peak ripeness, so the finished product captures the flavors we love in the summer. The same stuff you spread on your peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich can
Apple Pie Sidecar
by Dennis Mayer on September 23rd, 2011 | Cocktails, Crafty Bartender
Fall is a strange time of year in the food and beverage world. Half of the menus you see feature items that stretch out bright, fresh summer flavors as long as possible. The rest look forward to the warm, hearty cuisine we'll be eating all winter. The drinks that suit the seasons change as well. In the summer, we want cool, long, light drinks with flavors that refresh and then leave the palate quickly - a French 75, a mint julep, maybe a chardonnay (if nobody's looking). In the winter? We're looking for something that wraps itself around us and
The Smarty Jones
by Jared on May 11th, 2011 | Crafty Bartender
Hi everyone,
After a fabulous Kentucky Derby weekend, it seems the ideal time to create a cocktail that will keep the spirit of the derby alive for months to come. With the combination of Maker's Mark (the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby) and fresh fruit, one can't helped but be transported to Kentucky on a warm spring afternoon. Although the next derby is a year away, this drink will keep it vividly in mind.
Named for my favorite horse in the Derby's history, Smarty Jones, I hope it presents as well as this great horse did.
The Smarty Jones
2 lime slices
1/2
After a fabulous Kentucky Derby weekend, it seems the ideal time to create a cocktail that will keep the spirit of the derby alive for months to come. With the combination of Maker's Mark (the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby) and fresh fruit, one can't helped but be transported to Kentucky on a warm spring afternoon. Although the next derby is a year away, this drink will keep it vividly in mind.
Named for my favorite horse in the Derby's history, Smarty Jones, I hope it presents as well as this great horse did.
The Smarty Jones
2 lime slices
1/2
Gotham City
by Jared on April 22nd, 2011 | Crafty Bartender
Hi, everyone.
Thank you for joining me for this month's cocktail. I have recently been experimenting with port and some of its possibilities for mixing. I enjoy a nice glass of ruby or tawny port during a cold winter night or after dinner. However, outside of a Portonic I never really did much with it during the spring and summer months.... until now.
The cocktail I would like to share with you is a cross between a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned and is a fantastic sipper with subtle complexity and sophisticated masculinity. I call this cocktail Gotham City for its dark
Thank you for joining me for this month's cocktail. I have recently been experimenting with port and some of its possibilities for mixing. I enjoy a nice glass of ruby or tawny port during a cold winter night or after dinner. However, outside of a Portonic I never really did much with it during the spring and summer months.... until now.
The cocktail I would like to share with you is a cross between a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned and is a fantastic sipper with subtle complexity and sophisticated masculinity. I call this cocktail Gotham City for its dark
Van Gogh’s Blue Bicycle
by Jared on February 9th, 2011 | Crafty Bartender
Happy February, everyone! If the shoveling and snowblowing has been overwhelming, sit back relax and enjoy this story and recipe. May it help you experience a little bit of the tropics in the dead of winter.
I thought this month I would go against the grain of the weather a little bit and offer something on the tropical side. I believe that it is good to mix it up a little bit in mid-winter sometimes. When a winter is as historic as this one, a nice tropical drink can lift the spirits.
Back in the summer of 2005, I was working as
I thought this month I would go against the grain of the weather a little bit and offer something on the tropical side. I believe that it is good to mix it up a little bit in mid-winter sometimes. When a winter is as historic as this one, a nice tropical drink can lift the spirits.
Back in the summer of 2005, I was working as
