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!
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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)
Cocktail of the Week: The Avenue
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Passion fruit (or passionfruit—tomato/tomahto) is a delightful subtropical fruit that tends to be available only a few weeks out of the year. I’ve been finding them at our Wegmans recently (look in their exotic fruit bins in the produce section), so here’s a delicious bourbon cocktail … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The Avenue
Cocktails of the Week: Corpse Revivers No. 1 and No. 2
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor I admit I’m irreverent at times. Not unfaithful, but irreverent. And because I’m irreverent, my delicious and theologically accurate cocktail every Easter Sunday since Easter 2020 is … a Corpse Reviver. The Corpse Reviver cocktail is more of an idea than a specific recipe. The idea … Continue reading Cocktails of the Week: Corpse Revivers No. 1 and No. 2
Cooks’ World/Pinnacle Liquor Cocktail of the Week: Here comes cocktail Santa Claus
There are dozens and dozens of holiday-themed and holiday-appropriate cocktails one can make to please and amaze family and friends at this time of year. I’ll begin with my very favorite, which I originally posted on this blog a year ago, and then move on to a few others. And my very favorite holiday cocktail … Continue reading Cooks’ World/Pinnacle Liquor Cocktail of the Week: Here comes cocktail Santa Claus
Golden Dawn
The name of this drink seems fitting for a New Year’s Day. I haven’t mixed it since last summer, when the weather was warm enough here to enjoy it on our patio. (Of note, I don't know why someone named this a "dawn" drink. It looks more like sunset to me … but I quibble.) Guess … Continue reading Golden Dawn
The Mule’s Hind Leg
Yes, it's a Mule's Hind Leg, but I've been kicked harder in my life—just not recently. There are multiple layers of flavor going on here - very harvesty: Apples, apricots, herbs, and maple syrup (have I mentioned that maple syrup and maple sugar candy are one of my few sweet-tooth vices?). But there is also … Continue reading The Mule’s Hind Leg
Dear old Aunt Emily
With a name like "Aunt Emily," you might expect this to be a riff on the Old Fashioned or a Dubonnet Cocktail—or a glass of wine. But nope. However old she is, Aunt Emily is a happenin' chick and somewhat of a boozer. Between the liqueur and the grenadine, this cocktail is on the sweet … Continue reading Dear old Aunt Emily
The Diamondback
It's not the size of the drink, it's the size of the bite in the drink, and this drink bites like a diamondback. It's bottled-in-bond rye whiskey wearing a bowtie and pocket square, but it is clearly bottled-in-bond rye. It’s a perfect drink to serve in a Nick and Nora glass, at just 2-3 ounces … Continue reading The Diamondback
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