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At the risk of having a hit taken out on me by Swiss Marilyn Manson fans, now that absinthe is making a comeback in the U.S., it seems like the ideal liquor for Halloween-themed cocktails. Chances are, you may even see some absinthe-based Halloween cocktails this weekend when you're out and about. Of course, there'll be plenty of non-absinthe ...

Cocktails, like food recipes, need balance. Too sweet and you're drinking Hawaiian Punch concentrate. Too salty and you might as well gargle with seawater. Other flavors come to the rescue: Italians love bitter liqueurs like Campari, Aperol, Cynar and Fernet Branca. And then there's sour, the oft-cited fourth taste sensation, which almost always ...

Filed under: Teas, Whisky, Recipes, Fruit, America, Spirits, Ingredient Spotlight, Guilty Pleasures, Summer Over the past few summers, cherry-based cocktails have become something of a signature for me, to the point whereupon being proposed to in mid-July a few years back, I immediately began pulping and freezing cherries for use in our wedding ...

Summer is a great time for cold fizzy refreshments. And drinks made with champagne, prosecco, or sparkling wine always seem the most elegant. Sangria Blanca — a Spanish sparkling wine drink infused with fruit — is just this type of libation (I love that word). And, with berries and mint, it’s really the perfect ...

Filed under: Recipes, Cocktails, Happy Hour, Liqueurs I've never been very good at making cocktails where you have to pour in the ingredients in a certain way to create a layered effect. But the colors on this one, if you can do it right, make the drink seem rather intoxicating (no pun intended). It's the Traffic Light, a red, yellow, and green ...

Filed under: Whisky, Recipes, Cocktails, America, Spirits, Raising the Bar, Summer I know the Kentucky Derby was last month, and by some measures the venerable Mint Julep only crosses our radar then and then only. But when the day is hot and the thirst is mighty, I'd strongly suggest banging out a Julep. In continuing with the mint in cocktails ...

It may sound strange, but my love for fruity wine punches actually started when I was a kid. For generations, my mother’s Neopolitan family combined ripe peaches and red wine during the summer months. Chilled on ice, this was the standard evening refreshment for the adults as I played Marco Polo with my sister in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ ...

Filed under: Recipes, Cocktails, Happy Hour It goes without saying that you shouldn't drink and drive. And I would add that you certainly shouldn't drink and drive 200 miles per hour. This Sunday at 1pm marks the start of the Indianapolis 500 race. And to go along with the popular sporting event is a series of cocktails. More precisely, official ...

Filed under: Recipes, Cocktails, Happy Hour When I think of the word ''Bonecrusher,'' I don't usually think of a champagne cocktail, but that's what this is. It's from WineIntro.com (I like how they have a pic of the ingredients you'll be using - more sites should do that), and even though it has champagne, it also includes rum, gin, and ...

Filed under: Recipes, Cocktails, Happy Hour For a couple of years in the 1990s, I drank ginger beer all the time. I can't even remember what brands I used to drink, but I was always experimenting with the stuff to see what cocktails I could come up with. I have to admit I never tried mixing it with apple. This is the Apple Bomb, and besides ...