Thursday, March 8, 2012

blood orange hot toddy

1 shot Knob Creek Bourbon
juice of 1/2 blood orange
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 cup boiling water


Sip several with someone you dig. After all... you did just use the good bourbon. 

Friday, March 2, 2012

fresh intensity


3 oz Hendricks Gin
3 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
1 oz agave syrup
10 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
2 Serrano chili pepper, thin sliced

Infuse gin with Serrano chili for about an hour. Remove chilis. Pour all liquid ingredients and a few basil leaves into a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice. Shake vigorously for one minute. Pour into cocktail glasses. Garnish with thinly chilis and basil.

spring blossom


1 ½ oz Hendrick's gin
1 ½  oz fresh tangerine juice
¼ oz grenadine
1/8  oz orange blossom water

Shake with ice and pour into a chilled glass. Top with a splash of seltzer. A refreshing girly drink. Imbibe at baby showers in lieu of playing those stupid safety-pin games.