Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 1 – Pear Noël. We’ve finally arrived, December 1st and the beginning of 24 days of craft cocktails to make spirits bright this holiday season, when we need it most. Be sure to join me on my Instagram story nightly at 5 p.m. Eastern as I shake…
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Clover Club Cocktail
With over 105 episodes of Virtual Happy Hour under my belt, one thing I’ve learned is that people love a gin-based cocktail with egg white. Aside from the fan favourite Earl Grey Sour, the Clover Club has risen up the ranks to be a podium finisher. This pre-Prohibition era cocktail comes to us from the…
Rhubarb Sour
It’s rhubarb season but the perennial vegetable seems next to impossible to find in grocery stores. Luckily, my friend Sarah grows some in her garden and I did a curbside pickup for some of her yield. I knew I wanted to make a cocktail from the beautifully sweet-tart vegetable. I waffled about how best to…
Earl Grey Sour
Today is the first day of Spring and I’m marking the occasion with a little help from my friends at Sipsmith who generously gifted me this bottle of their London Dry Gin, a couple of Fever Tree tonics and their SIP 100 Gin Cocktails With Only 3 Ingredients book. I wanted to feature a cocktail…
Fig Walnut Sour
I don’t discriminate when it comes to booze but bourbon would definitely be my spirit of choice. I’ve embarked on a number of bourbon tastings across the city with my girlfriends who share my enthusiasm for a good American whiskey. I’ve sampled flights at Fatboys Southern Smokehouse (where they boast a Bourbon Society), Petit…
