2021 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 13 – Sleighbell Sidecar. This riff on the classic cocktail gets festive with St-Rémy Signature French brandy, Cointreau, citrus, rosemary syrup, and a splash of Champagne to top it off. Cointreau’s notes of tangy orange and bittersweet orange peel shine through. This is a tasty way to welcome guests…
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Prosciutto, Prosecco e Melone
I created this cocktail for my entry into this year’s Mionetto Cocktail Competition. Full disclosure: this is an advanced mixology moment that requires a number of tools and techniques that you may not have tried before. The competition challenges us to “Think Orange, Think Bubbly, Think Mionetto.” I wanted to develop a cocktail that celebrated…
Milky Way: Prosecco, Rum & Yogurt Cocktail
Before I make an effort to resolve that puzzled expression you’re wearing after reading the description of this cocktail, I need to tell you about an exciting virtual event coming this Saturday. I’m hosting a Bourbon Cocktail Class with Chef’s Paradise Live at Home this Saturday, June 26th at 5:30 p.m. ET – you can…
Boss Lady Cocktail
The Boss Lady Cocktail is for professional drinkers only. For those of us who know how to fully take advantage of bottomless mimosas at brunch. Don’t tell me there is a limit to “bottomless” – there is no limit. Speaking of mimosas, the Boss Lady cocktail would be a serious upgrade to your brunch drinking….
All Aglow
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 18 – All Aglow. Every holiday (Zoom) party needs a sparkling number. Ring in the season with tinny Christmas music coming through your computer speakers and this perfect cocktail. Raise a glass to the fact that you’re not trapped beside the weird guy from accounting for three…
Sparkle & Shine
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 13 – Sparkle & Shine. It’s Sober Sunday again friends and I’m serving up this zero-proof sparkling wine cocktail that adds tartness with freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and cinnamon syrup. Few things are more celebratory than a glass of sparkling wine for the holiday season, luckily there…
Negroni Sbagliato
Since it’s Negroni Week, it only felt right to serve up a variation on the classic for my final blog post of the week. This is the Negroni Sbagliato. In Italian, “sbagliato” means wrong or mistaken. Apparently, this clever little concoction came to be when a harried bartender grabbed a bottle of Prosecco instead of…
Upscale Frozen Cocktails
I was on CTV Ottawa Morning Live this morning showcasing these two upscale frozen cocktails. Given that we would be in peak Fall Fair season were it not for the current global health crisis, I thought it would be fun to create adult takes on some of my favourite Fall Fair treats. These two icy…
Peaches & Cream (Candy) Corn Fizz
I created this Peaches & Cream (Candy) Corn Fizz as my submission to the final round of the Mionetto Canada cocktail competition. For this round, all ten finalists were provided with a mystery box with a bottle of Mionetto Prosecco and three mystery ingredients. We were asked to incorporate at least one of the mystery…
Snowcone Sophisticate
Well friends, I have some exciting news: I entered my first-ever cocktail competition. That may come as a surprise to you given how many drinks I’ve whipped up over the past three years. The truth is, I often struggle with impostor syndrome. I worry about what “professional” bartenders will think of me, will they sit…
