With the arrival of May, it feels like Spring may be upon us in earnest. I’ve created this Strawberry Basil Margarita to celebrate the season. This cocktail is made with fresh basil, strawberry syrup, tequila, orange liqueur, lemon, and a splash of mezcal for a touch of smoke. This is a triumph of balanced flavours…
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Coquito
2022 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 16 – Coquito. Instead of eggnog, I’m serving up a classic Puerto Rican treat made with coconut cream, condensed milk, and baking spices. I’ve swapped the recipe’s usual base spirit of rum for tequila. This cocktail is rich and creamy – tastes like a cinnamon bun. …
Fruit Cake Margarita
2022 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 5 – Fruit Cake Margarita. Turn this polarizing holiday dessert into a margarita and everyone is sure to become a fruit cake convert. Cointreau brings a bright orange note and subtle sweetness to this drink. This post is sponsored by Cointreau. This cocktail combines tart pure cranberry juice…
Passion Project: Tropical Sour Beer + Tequila Cocktail
Before I tell you about this incredible bright and tropical beer cocktail, I’d like to encourage you to nab one of the very few remaining tickets for my first in-person cocktail class at Chef’s Paradise here in Ottawa, this Friday, June 24 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The theme is “Tipple’s Tea Party” and we’ll be shaking…
Honeydew Cucumber Agua Fresca Margarita
Well, well, well, what do we have here? A new blog post? Unbelievable. I hope you didn’t forget about me in my absence. But just in case you were getting the shakes from a serious case of Taste & Tipple withdrawal, throw me a follow on Instagram for more regular content and snarky commentary on…
Ho-Ho-Ho Horchata
2021 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 8 – Ho-Ho-Ho Horchata. I first sampled horchata a few years ago when it appeared on the menu at Copper Sights and Spirits at the Andaz hotel in the ByWard Market. I went for a Mother’s Day drink with my parents and my mom ordered the…
St. Nick’s Shandy
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 5 – St. Nick’s Shandy. After their immense popularity last year, #SoberSundays are back and here to stay. I’m delighted to be teaming up with made-in-Ontario non-alcoholic distiller Søbrii again this year. You may recall the popular Black(berry) Christmas from the 2020 edition of the cocktail advent…
Chai Hot Noddy | Zero-Proof Cocktail
Most of you are likely familiar with Dry January but other months of the year are making a strong case for placebo cocktails like Dry July and Sober October. While I’m not fully committing to the teetotaler lifestyle this month, I am making a concerted effort to reduce my alcohol consumption. With the return to…
Roquette Man
First things first, if you haven’t downloaded my FREE COCKTAIL eBOOK from my online shop – do so now. I will not be taking meetings, virtual or on patios with anyone who has not downloaded my eBook. Why you ask? Well, because the Fresh From the Garden eBook was a lot of work and it…
Tears of the Sun: Tequila Cocktail
Sometimes the hardest part of this job is coming up with cocktail names that aren’t already in circulation. There are already drinks named, “Tequila Sunrise”, “Tequila Sunset”, “Sunscorched”, “The Sun Also Rises”, “Pink Sunset”, “Sundowner”, I could go on. I wanted this drink to have “sun” in the name because the ombré pink hue with…
