Today’s gin martini was created after my husband picked a few bottles out of the liquor cabinet and said make me something with these. He wanted the base spirit to be Tanqueray 10 Gin, also found in the Clementine Gin Cocktail. I was allowed to add other ingredients as needed. The gin has a floral… Continue Reading
In the last post we shared a few Guinness cocktails for St. Patrick’s Day. Today we are switching it up with these St Patrick’s Day cocktails that have three things in common… They are all irish whiskey cocktails. The recipes are all from The Savoy Cocktail Book. They are all for drinks for St. Patrick’s… Continue Reading
The Last Word Cocktail is a Prohibition-era drink that I recently discovered at a local restaurant. One sip of this gin cocktail and I was in love. But you have to be careful. It can be a really strong drink. The beautiful green color comes from the fresh squeezed lime and the Green Chartreuse liqueur, which… Continue Reading
For week’s I’ve been working on some kind of tequila cocktail with grapefruit but different from the Grapefruit Margarita. I wanted something more of a mixed drink in a rocks glass. So, I experimented with different creations with different ingredients with different liquors, testing them out on my poor, unsuspecting husband until finally one day I hit… Continue Reading
After a trip to the liquor store I came home with a bottle of both St. Germain and Green Chartreuse. St. Germain is elderflower liqueur and Green Chartreuse is very herbal since it’s made from 130 plants. I paired the two together with gin, sage, lime and ginger beer to create this Green Spring Cocktail.… Continue Reading
