We are getting spicy today with this one! This Clarified Spicy Margarita is a perfect balance of sweet and heat and unexpected texture for a Margarita. It’s approachable even for those timid with spicy drinks- the clarification process helps temper some of the heat and rounds out the lime for a super silky cocktail.  LET’S CLARIFY...

A homemade blue curaçao that tastes great for mixing into blue cocktails! I used this blue circa most recently in my Jack Frost Margarita recipe. Watch me make it here! Print Spied Blue Curaçao ★ 5 Stars ☆ ★ 4...

Fire up your grill to make this Piña Colada! Grilling your pineapple for cocktails adds a great lay of caramelized flavor that makes this drink irresistible. It’s perfect to enjoy at your next BBQ, poolside or any sunny day. What’s in the Grilled Pineapple Pina Colada RUM– I like to use a split base of Jamaican rum, my...

With the rise of craft cocktails and returning to classic cocktails for inspiration in modern times it’s a wonder why one of the easiest and most popular cocktails of the 1800’s has not seen a roaring resurgence. In fact the cocktail was perhaps the most sipped spirited drink of the time whose craze catapulted straws and crushed ice...

What is Fat-Washing Although it sounds like a peculiar was to an oil stain out of something, fat-washing is the technique of taking a fat and infusing a spirit or liquid. It transforms the flavor and texture of a spirit making it silky and rounded. Fat-washing was first introduced to cocktails with a brown butter...

The combination of mezcal and rosé is beautiful. I have down it as a boilermaker- or shot and glass of wine- but making it into spritz is a refreshing way to enjoy both of them together in a glass with fresh grapefruit. Both rosé and mezcal are terroir driven drinks. When care is taken with production you can really get a taste for the...