Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor If you’ve followed Libation Lounge for more than a year, you know how much I love vermouth, as I’ve focused a few posts on nothing else over the past three years. If you’re new to Vermouth or have used it forever but are curious to know … Continue reading Cocktails of the Week: Old Hickory & Friends
Cooks’ World/Pinnacle Liquor Cocktail of the Week
Cocktail of the Week: The Caprice
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor This cocktail belongs to the distinguished class of “Martinis with other stuff in them.” Like many Martinis, the Caprice starts with gin, dry vermouth, and orange bitters—the fundamental building blocks. Then, it adds the sweet herbal notes of Benedictine D.O.M. liqueur. The 3:1 (gin:vermouth) ratio in … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The Caprice
Cocktail of the Week: A gin to transform your favorite whiskey and rum cocktails
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquors Hey, it's great to be back after a post-holiday break! Happy New Year to all of you, near and far. Early last summer, we featured a Ramp Gibson using the Isolation Proof distillery’s nuclear Ramp Gin, and that Gibson remains my favorite Gibson of all time. … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: A gin to transform your favorite whiskey and rum cocktails
Cocktail of the Week: Winter Waltz
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Spirits Please note: We’ll take a short break from Cocktail of the Week and return on January 17 with more cocktail goodness. Happy New Year! Something about winter weather enhances Americans’ preference for brown spirits and baking spices. The Winter Waltz, though created in temperate New Orleans … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Winter Waltz
Cocktail of the Week: Home for the Holidays (Redux)
Presented by Cooks' World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor I first posted this cocktail two years ago, before beginning the Cocktail of the Week series. We're reposting it with some updates because it's simply that good! This isn’t a beginner’s drink, but it’s completely delicious, gorgeous, and in tune with the December holiday season. The … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Home for the Holidays (Redux)
Cocktails of the Week: Let’s Tango with a Christmas Negroni!
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor The December holiday season, in my ancestral land of England and elsewhere around the Old World, is also sloe gin time, when we celebrate by macerating berries of the humble blackthorn tree—a/k/a “sloe”—in gin and sweetening the infusion with sugar for purposes of toasting the holidays. … Continue reading Cocktails of the Week: Let’s Tango with a Christmas Negroni!
Cocktail of the Week: Your New Favorite Manhattan (the Black Manhattan)
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Manhattan lovers, come to the dark side with me! I awoke recently from a three-year sleep. At least, that’s how it felt when I realized that in almost three years of blogging about cocktails I haven’t posted a word about one of my most favorite: the … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Your New Favorite Manhattan (the Black Manhattan)
Cocktail of the Week: Flannel Shirt
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Thanksgiving is upon us, and so is our annual surge of fresh apple cider! Jeffrey Morgenthaler, the noted Portland, Oregon, bartender and drinks writer who created this cocktail calls it, “Thanksgiving in a glass.” I agree. It’s apples and brown sugar and herbs and autumn baking … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Flannel Shirt
Cocktail of the Week: Nuclear Banana Daiquiri
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Nothing says “frozen cocktail” like the middle of November in the Finger Lakes Region. Amiright? I admit: This is a case of the blogger’s whim. Lately, you may have noticed I’m on a Yellow Chartreuse kick, and while I was looking for new-to-me recipes to test … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Nuclear Banana Daiquiri
Cocktail of the Week: A coupla kisses (Yellow Chartreuse style)
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor What is Yellow Chartreuse, and how do I use it? Regular Libation Lounge readers and cocktailing Pinnacle customers are aware that Green Chartreuse is hard to come by lately. Its popularity has skyrocketed due to the current cocktail revival—U.S. consumption has doubled since the start of … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: A coupla kisses (Yellow Chartreuse style)
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