Original Cinn

Hiram Walker Original Cinn arrives with its 6 sinful companions.… Read more

Put the Lime in Tea Coconut

This month’s Mixology Monday is hosted by the Pegu Blog. The theme is limes!

Limes are an essential for a well-stocked bar.  When I first saw the theme, I couldn’t get the “Put the Lime in the Coconut” song out of my head … so I incorporated both lime and coconut into this refreshing drink. Since today is also National Punch Day, I created a punch-like recipe. I had green tea syrup already prepared, so … Read more

Chocolate Chile Bohemia Ice Cream

Ingredients

1 large pasilla negro chile, stemmed, seeded, deveined
1 1/3 cups half-and-half
2 ounces Mexican chocolate, chopped into small pieces
3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped into ¼-inch pieces
4 egg yolks
½ cup sugar
1 1/3 cups heavy (whipping) cream
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla, preferably Mexican
¼ cup Bohemia beer

Instructions

In a small skillet heated over medium, toast the chile, pressing it flat against the skillet with a metal spatula until it … Read more

Red Rooster Sour

The name Red Rooster is a play on words referencing the savoriness of the cocktail, since the recipe idea came from the Mexican chunky-style salsa pico de gallo, which means rooster’s beak. This cocktail was created for and built around the flavor profile of Fortaleza Tequila, whose blanco is incredibly herbaceous and vegetal. The rooster is also a big part of the Sauza family’s history and family crest. Guillermo Sauza is the sole owner … Read more

Wilson’s Smash – 15 Romolo SF

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Hump Day Liquor Links

This week’s roundup from the mixology world.

SF Weekly asks Josh Harris if bartenders should trademark their cocktails.
Endless Simmer gives us their top 10 cocktail mixers.
The Atlantic debates the notion of copyrighted cocktails.
Asylum has some deep-fried beer. That’s right; we said DEEP-FRIED BEER!
Jeffery Morgenthaler shows us how to make (or not make) sangria.
Whiskey Grotto takes us on a journey of celebrities and the whiskeys they love.

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Honey Bourbon Cocktail Cherries

This cocktail cherry recipe will take you about 15 minutes … and I promise you’ll like them better than those radioactive-looking “maraschino” cherries most bars and grocery stores stock. (I gave maraschino the sarcastic quotation mark treatment because the neon-red ones that are most common don’t even use maraschino liqueur or Marasca cherries, just a lot of sugar.)

Aside from garnishing cocktails like Manhattans with these, you can also use them as a dessert topping … Read more

Queen of Mexico

With Mexican Independence Day coming up, reader Kanhaiya thought this cocktail would be appropriate to share. Tequila, Dark Rum combined with pineapple, orange and lime juice and a touch of nutmeg are combined for a tasty treat to toast the day.… Read more

Tequila Avión Review

We recently had the pleasure to taste Tequila Avión, a new brand produced of Blue Weber Agave found in the highest regions of Jalisco, Mexico. The brand, launched in July, by the founder of MarquisJet, is a labor of love. Not a product of Entourage, the HBO series, where Avión has been featured this season. The folks at Avión met an Entourage producer and the rest is history. It was cool to see Mark Cuban … Read more

The Whiskey Sour 101

September is National Bourbon Heritage Month and the folks at Wild Turkey wanted to share their twist on the classic Whiskey Sour. They replace the sweet and sour with grapefruit & lime juices mixed with honey, which creates a fruitier sour. The 101 proof bourbon gives it a nice kick!… Read more