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
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Cocktail of the Week: Rum With a Vieux
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor If you like that classic New Orleans cocktail, the Vieux Carre (and puns), you’ll probably love this boozy drink. It's pleasantly, tropically aromatic, tasty, and petite enough to fit in a small coupe or Nick and Nora glass. I found this recipe four years ago in … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Rum With a Vieux
Cocktail of the Week: For Saké’s Sake
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Leading up to World Saké Day (October 1) and Pinnacle’s “Saké Simplified” Seminar on October 2, offering yet another saké cocktail only makes sense. First, a shameless plug……for that seminar: Pinnacle still has seats available. I’ll present an overview of the range of saké expressions … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: For Saké’s Sake
Cocktail of the Week: The More Supreme Daiquiri
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Yes, it’s the More Supreme Daiquiri—a cocktail so delicious that its predecessor, the *Merely* Supreme Daiquiri, is lost to the ages. Two ingredients distinguish this recipe from the conventional rum/lime/sugar Daiquiri: It calls for aged Rhum Agricole in place of a molasses-based rum and a dollop … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The More Supreme Daiquiri
World Rum Day Cocktail of the Week: The Departed
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Today (July 11) is World Rum Day, so let’s celebrate! And who wouldn’t love a cocktail that shares its name with a Scorsese film? This one is "The Departed." Sorry, though - no Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, or Leonardo DiCaprio in sight.To be honest, … Continue reading World Rum Day Cocktail of the Week: The Departed
Cocktail of the Week: The Mai Tai (“A Getaway in a Glass”)
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron claimed he created this rum sour in 1944 to freshen the bar menu at his eponymous restaurants, but he also created a great deal of confusion by keeping the recipe secret. When it became popular in the 1950s, amid the wild post-war … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The Mai Tai (“A Getaway in a Glass”)
Cocktail of the Week: The Caipirinha’s Cousin Esmeralda
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Please note: There will be no Cocktail of the Week posts for May 16 or May 23, as I’ll be taking an intensive course on sake those two weeks. Summer is Caipirinha time, sure—but there’s more to Cachaça than Caipirinhas. Meet the Caipirinha's cousin "Esmeralda," or … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The Caipirinha’s Cousin Esmeralda
Cooks’ World/Pinnacle Liquor Cocktail of the Week: The French Daiquiri
Here we are in February already—midwinter, here in the northern latitudes of the United States, and this is the time of year I start watching golf tournaments just to see green grass and blue skies. Another way I like to pretend I’m somewhere warmer and sunnier is to make myself a tropical, summertime drink such … Continue reading Cooks’ World/Pinnacle Liquor Cocktail of the Week: The French Daiquiri
Brazil on the rocks: The Caipirinha and its luscious variations
Rum was born in tropical heat, and it remains the base spirit for many quintessential summer cocktails, but when most Americans think of rum, they are almost certainly not thinking of cachaça—the national spirit of Brazil. Cachaça? What’s that?? Brazil produces more than 1.4 billion liters of cachaça (pronounced “ka-SHA-suh”) annually, which makes it the … Continue reading Brazil on the rocks: The Caipirinha and its luscious variations
200 million Brazilians can’t be wrong about this spirit
And I make it policy to be friendly with a billion liters of anything Here’s a close look at the summertime spirit that’s the third most-consumed beverage in the world, behind China’s baiju and whiskies (of all styles), with annual consumption comparable to vodka. Care to guess what it is? It’s cachaça (pronounced “ka-SHA-suh”)—the national … Continue reading 200 million Brazilians can’t be wrong about this spirit
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