I saw a recipe for a Southern Comfort Cocktail that sounded interesting but I didn’t have any Southern Comfort in the house so I swapped it for bourbon. It certainly had a bit of a punch and could have done with...
Continue readingA 22Bowens inspired cocktail
For tonight’s cocktail hour cocktail I decided to get creative and make something new based on the description of a cocktail I saw in the menu the other day at 22 Bowens called The Second Circle....
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Tonight’s cocktail hour cocktail is a Scottish Guard, or maybe a Kentucky Guard…. I used bourbon instead of the scotch that was called for in the recipe I based mine on. Interestingly enough, there is apparently another similar cocktail called the...
Continue readingBittermilk mixers make it easy
Bittermilk made tonight’s cocktail, a smoked honey whiskey sour, super easy. They have many different mixes and , so far, all the ones we have tried have been quite tasty....
Continue readingShaker & Spoon’s Home is Canada
Today we are trying the Home is Canada cocktail from our Shaker & Spoon “Why Not Rye” box. It is a very interesting combination of rye whiskey cold brew coffee honey, lemon juice and peach pecan preserves....
Continue readingShaker & Spoon’s Leather & Lace
Our second cocktail from our Shaker & Spoon box Rye Not Canada is Leather & Lace which we made with Crown Royal great way to explore new cocktails!...
Continue readingShaker & Spoon’s Let it Snow
Our first box came from Shaker & Spoon the box is called Rye Not Canada and has the ingredients (minus the liquor and eggs) to make 4 servings each of 3 different cocktails all using the same liquor (canadian rye in...
Continue readingAutumn Manhattan
For tonight I decided to try an autumn Manhattan. A nice tweak on the traditional Manhattan....
Continue readingUpdated caramel apple cocktail
After my last attempt, which I titled A Caramel Experiment, I decided to tweak my recipe and make a new one for my wife. I am glad I gave it another shot ans was able to learn from my original experiment...
Continue readingCran-Apple Japanese Cocktail
Tonight I wanted to have some fun and decided on tweaking a classic cocktail, The Japanese, with apple brandy and cranberry bitters that I am calling a Cran-Apple Japanese Cocktail....
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