The Spirit World

If you’re eager for something outside of the norm, our friends in Austria might have something to offer you. Monopolowa has been known for its vodka, which tied the Russian Stolichnaya at the International Review of Spirits in 2003. Some of you might not be informed that they are also offering a potato based gin […]

With the newest season of Top Chef back on BravoTV, premiering last week, cookbook author Padma Lakshmi is front and center.  In her newest cookbook, Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet, Padma shares what she calls her “sexiest cocktail.”  Given my own admitted penchant for “girly drinks,” this just might make our next get-together.  Who says champagne […]

One of my friends is Swedish, and she often brings interesting things for me to try have made their way to the U.S. with her friends and family from Sweden. Her latest gift was a bottle of Carlshamn’s Swedish Flaggpunsch.
Finding Swedish Punsch
Some bloggers have written about Swedish Punsch because it is an essential ingredient in […]

A quick cocktail recipe for the weekend. But, bloody ‘ell people, this is a stunner!
I’ve never had PX (that’s wine speak for the Pedro Ximénez sherry) in a cocktail before but this blew me away. It has got to be my fave cocktaill of all time. After all it has champagne in it too!
It came […]

Ever eat a pine tree?
Now that the holiday season is over, and that Christmas tree is begging to be put out to pasture, it might be worthwhile to consider alternate ways at disposing of it besides just putting it out on the curb. While carving it up at the kitchen table might be something only […]

I’ve come across two great cocktail recipes that should bring us kicking and screaming into ‘08 and banish those post New Years and Christmas doldrums.
They are the creation of a Dim Sum restaurant chain in London. They don’t give full recipe details with quantities and such as the website is obviously trying to entice customers but they describe […]

Corky’s Vodka Shooters are a range of premixed flavoured vodkas. With an abv of 20% the range features twelve ‘radical’ flavours designed to appeal to both sexes and offers everything from a warm smooth glow to a shockingly sour bite. Each are presented in a uniquely stylised 70cl bottle.
Toffee · Apple Sour · Cherry · […]

Written by Contributor: Anita Crotty
It seems like ages ago that we chose Benedictine as the theme for the second edition of Raiders of the Lost Cocktail. As November wound down, tasty-sounding cocktails popped up in the comments section, and we all held our breath waiting for the judges to pronounce a winner. The silence was deafening.
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Not my own creation but taken from a Sunday supplement to the Times; it went down a storm at a little gathering last weekend. Highly recommended.
Red Bullet

15 large ice cubes
100ml gin
50ml top quality creme de cassis
700ml cider
4 slices of orange

No room in my freezer to pre-chill the glasses as the write-up suggested, but simplicity to […]

Tequila Herradura sent us details of their ‘drink of the season’ - the Herradura Stocking.
This is an authentic Mexican cocktail combining the pomegranate, with the culture’s symbol of good luck, the herradura (the horseshoe). The pomegranate has historically been known within Mexican culture as the fruta de la abundancia (fruit of abundance). 
With a quick mix […]