Muddled “New” Old Fashioned

With the final season of Madman soon approaching… an upgrade to the old fashioned classic cocktail seemed only apropos, with thanks to Bill Heck’s recipe (Bon Appetit). I substituted granulated sugar for the cubes… turned out...

Goombay Smash

Bringing the Bahamas home.  Pineapple, coconut and rum guarantee a mini-vacation in the comfort of your own living room.

The Frozen Daquiri

Shaken daiquiris typically incorporate fresh lime juice, rum, simple syrup and ice… which isn’t always carried over into the frozen version. The frozen daiquiri gets a little more creative. Not always including the lime juice but always...

Southern Cocktail Meatballs

If you read The Help, then you most likely loved it and felt hungry throughout. Loads of southern dishes were being prepped and written about. Apparently, a Southern tradition was to make little meatballs to serve to the men in attendance (according...

Dark & Stormy (2 ways)

The ginger ale version is tasty, but personally…  I dig the the zing of the ginger beer and bitters.  Thought I’d offer both.  In Bermuda, they’d not have it any other way other than using Gosling’s Rum and ginger beer....

Margaritas

365 days a year… yep… a Margarita a day, keeps the gloom away.   Try Our Cranberry Mojito R-Rated Games for Grownups! How Much Sex is Everyone Really Having!? Low Calorie Dirty Martini Should You Take Vitamin H? The 80 Calorie...

The Bloody

Whether it’s Saturday or Sunday morning and you were out late the night before thinking you could re-live your 20?s, think again.   Most likely you will need to straighten yourself out and get a grip that you are indeed not 25.  This recipe...

Caribbean Ice Coffee

Hold the sugar and the cream.  A little sweetened cream of coconut heightens the entire coffee experience.  Feel a little daring?  Splash a bit of rum after it’s chilled.

Black and Tan

Apparently, this drink gets it’s name from the colors of the uniforms worn by the British police who fought the Irish Republican Army in the early ’20′s.  Not the greatest of memories for the Irish, they respectfully refer to the drink as a...