2022 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 1 – Jingle Belle. We’ve finally arrived, December 1st and the beginning of 24 days of craft cocktails to make spirits bright this holiday season. The imagery throughout this year’s calendar was inspired by vintage spirits and jewelry ads. As you’ll see in the days to…
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Fall Harvest Sangria: French Press Cocktail
Have you ever made a French Press Cocktail? No? Well, now is the time to start. Aside from its intended purpose of brewing delicious coffee, the French press is particularly well-suited to crafting spirited concoctions. I’ve teamed up with Ottawa-based home decor, furniture, & accessories store The Modern Shop to style this recipe and we’re…
How to Find the Perfect Wine Pairing
I often start an evening with a handcrafted cocktail but if I’m running short on time or my guests aren’t into spirits, I want to ensure my wine pairing is the perfect match for whatever I’m serving. Over the Thanksgiving long weekend, I whipped up this Baked Brie with Caramelized Pears for a little pre-feast…
Partridge in a Pear Tree
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 16 – Partridge in a Pear Tree. You got that pear juice to make the Pear Noël on Day 1 of the advent calendar and I didn’t want you to be short on ideas on how to use up the rest of it. As such, allow me…
Pear Magic
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 23 – Pear Magic. Only two more sleeps until Christmas – are you done your Christmas shopping? Have you wrapped your presents? Have you gotten into a heated debate about Trump impeachment proceedings with in-laws/extended family yet? So little time, so much to do. Luckily, this Pear…
Mulled Pear and Icewine Punch
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 15 – Mulled Pear and Icewine Punch. Full disclosure, the photos enclosed herein don’t actually contain any alcohol. That’s only because, when I made this drink, after carefully setting up my photo staging area on the shaky base of an upturned garbage can, the entire set-up…
Mistletoe Margarita
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 10 – Mistletoe Margarita. Nothing cures a case of the Mondays faster than tequila. This is basically a juice cleanse, with tequila, to keep you fortified. Have you ever done a juice cleanse? I have. I did a three-day juice cleanse in anticipation of a beach…
The Drunken Pear
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 9 – is upon us and here we have The Drunken Pear. This drink is a really interesting flavour experience that you might not have sampled before. Pear, ginger, lemon, honey and rye make for a delightful combination that is easy-drinking yet complex. Also hoping your…
