Stop cooking your watermelon syrup! I’m here to tell you I have an easy, hands-off way to get the flavor of fresh watermelon into an infused fruit simple syrup that is bursting with the same juices you find in each bite of that perfect summer watermelon. If there is one thing you take away from […]
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How to Make Chocolate-Infused Whiskey Like a Boss
Add that deep, rich flavor of dark chocolate to your cocktails with this fast and easy DIY chocolate-infused whiskey. With just two ingredients, your next cocktails will benefit from this chocolate-flavored whiskey as a way to add the bitterness and earthiness of chocolate without additional sugar (unless you decide you prefer it that way). Whiskey […]
Incredible Bourbon Limoncello Cocktail That’s Easy to Make at Home
I love an easy cocktail that takes advantage of bottles I already have open at home, and this Bourbon Limoncello cocktail makes a fast and refreshing flavor combination for great summer sipping. When I made my Limoncello Spritz last week, one thing I tried after I took the picture was adding a shot of bourbon […]
This Bourbon Buck Cocktail Transforms the Mule into a Bourbon Highball Worth Making
With just four easy ingredients, the Bourbon Buck cocktail is a fast and tasty summer drink for a refreshing hot weather sip. Made of just bourbon, citrus, simple and ginger ale, or ginger beer, it’s a sweet cocktail with a bite you can dial up or down by the ginger soda you use. I love […]
11 Delectable Two Ingredient Bourbon Cocktails – Easy Summer Cocktails Anyone Can Make
Spend time sipping with friends rather than behind your home bar making cocktails this season with these easy two ingredient bourbon cocktails for summer. While your bourbon fans may just want a bourbon on the rocks, the bourbon curious in your life will love you more if you add their whiskey to a mixer. There’s […]
Take Your Summer Drinks to 11 with This Popsicle-Topped Blueberry Bourbon Smash
This Blueberry Bourbon Smash ticks all the boxes for a summer bourbon cocktail for me. And yes, I did top it with a popsicle. Like white pants and shoes, Memorial Day means it’s time for popsicles in cocktails. It’s just my tradition, but I keep popsicles in cocktails as a strict summer-only tradition in my […]
Happy Hour Starts Early: Refreshing Limoncello Spritz
It’s the weekend before Memorial Day and I’ve got a fun and delicious Limoncello Spritz to help you celebrate a long weekend. I didn’t manage to make my own limoncello during citrus season earlier this year. It was on the list, but it didn’t happen. So I’m taking advantage of a bottle in my liquor […]
Shut Up and Make this Chocolate Mojito Right Now
The mint patch is in full swing and with so much mint I’m creating riffs on the classics like this Chocolate Mojito. I had no idea when I mixed this together that it would be a) so refreshing and b) a fabulous flavor combination. I hadn’t combined lime and chocolate in a highball-type cocktail and […]
Drink Bourbon at Brunch with this Easy Bourbon Mimosa
Let’s get bourbon back in brunch with this Bourbon Mimosa. Everyone loves a great brunch cocktail, but often times the bourbon lovers get left out. Many people consider bourbon too heavy for a mid-day cocktail. Let a sip of this Bourbon Mimosa cocktail tell you why you’re wrong. It’s a delicious combination of bourbon, orange […]
Mix Up This Perfect Spring Sip: Lavender Gin Cocktail
I’m a whiskey girl at heart, but give me a lovely gin with florals and citrus notes and I fall right into fun cocktails like this easy Lavender Gin Cocktail – basically a lavender gin sour. I created the cocktail with Highclere Castle Gin – made with botanicals from the estate where Downton Abbey was […]
Fast and Easy Bourbon and Bubbles Cocktail for Mother’s Day
How about a fast and easy bourbon sorbet cocktail for Mother’s Day this year? Mom likes bourbon, and she also likes bubbles. Who’s to say the two can’t make a fantastic cocktail together? I love mixing my favorite 100 proof (or higher) bourbon with some tasty fruit sorbet and top off with bubbles. It makes […]
Channel Your Inner Mobster with this Amaretto Julep
A lazy afternoon resulted in an easy, 3-ingredient Amaretto Julep to celebrate warmer weather and the return of longer days. With just bourbon, amaretto, and cardamom bitters (and mint for garnish), this Mint Julep makes a nod to the 70s classic cocktail, the Godfather. So I named it Vito’s Julep. Somehow associating a cocktail made […]
Muddle Your Way into Summer with this Watermelon Mint Julep
We’ll keep this Watermelon Mint Julep recipe short and to the point. Once watermelons come into season in mid-May, I use every opportunity to make syrups, cocktails, salads and desserts with them. Because so much of the watermelon is (you guessed it) water, it’s a fabulous, easy-to-manage addition to cocktails. To start, if you need […]
Super Easy Strawberry Mint Julep Celebrates All Things Derby
Step up your Derby entertaining with the simple addition of muddled fruit to your bourbon cocktails with this fast and easy Strawberry Mint Julep. It’s a quick variation of the classic julep that’s a fun twist guests will love, especially when they get to sip on the bourbon-soaked muddled strawberries at the bottom of a […]
Juleps Gone Wild: Blueberry Sage Julep
If you love blueberries or sage you will want to make a batch of these Blueberry Sage Julep and invite all of your favorite friends over to share with you. Remember last week when I made the sour with blueberry sage simple syrup? I had cousins over on the weekend and made up a julep […]
Easy Chocolate Mint Julep To Die For
When the track is open in Lexington or Louisville all I can think of are mint juleps, but at home, my preferred mint julep is this Chocolate Mint Julep. It’s a fast and easy julep cocktail for any beginner and just requires bourbon, chocolate liqueur or whiskey and chocolate bitters. And a mint sprig of […]
Perfect Summer Sip: Blackberry Basil Julep
Juleps are made for summer sipping, and this Blackberry Basil Julep celebrates all the best flavors of summer in one julep cup. It’s a favorite my friends ask for every Derby Day, and with frozen blackberries available year-round, it’s easy enough to make with some basil steeped in the syrup. (Post may contain affiliate links.) […]
Step into Spring with this Coopers’ Craft Blueberry Bourbon Sour
While I adore amber-colored whiskey cocktails, there’s something about spring that makes me want to celebrate bright colors, flowers blooming and warmer weather ahead of us – and this Coopers’ Craft Cocktail is a beauty. For this post, sponsored by Coopers’ Craft Barrel Reserve, I decided to mix bright colors with intriguing spices for a […]
Mix Up this Easy Earl Grey Spring Bourbon Spritz
Something about warmer weather makes me want fast, bright, easy cocktails that aren’t too heavy, and this spring bourbon spritz checks all those boxes. If you’ve seen my other posts using Earl Grey tea, you know I’m a fan of bergamot, and today, we’re using Italicus, a beautifully bottled bergamot liqueur to add that flavor […]
Stirred, Strained and Bitter, the Negroni Book Review
I came to the Negroni via a side door – the Boulevardier. As a bourbon fanatic Campari’s red bitterness and bourbon’s sweet heat made me backtrack to the original version: the Negroni. Because I love reading about cocktails almost as much as making them, reading through the short book Negroni by David T. Smith and […]
Angry Mule Suze Cocktail
I waited down to the wire to come up with a quick mule for a cocktail contest and ended up coming up with one of the most wonderful cocktails I’ve made in months – a mule Suze cocktail. This drink mixes ginger beer, lime, Italicus and Suze (a bitter French aperitif with flavors of gentian) […]