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National Tequila Day 2018 Drink Guide

National Tequila Day 2018 Drink Guide

As if we didn’t need another excuse to drink, July 24th just happens to be National Tequila Day! Legend has it that Spanish Conquistadors, having run out of the brandy they brought with them to the new World, decided to distill the blue agave plant instead, thus creating North America’s first distilled spirit. It began to be produced in mass quantities around the year 1600.

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Halloween Drink Guide 2017

Halloween Drink Guide 2017

Halloweenis here, there’s finally a chill in the air, the leaves are beginning to drop and it’s getting dark by 5pm. So forget about the sticky-fingered noise goblins and their candy: after the trick-or-treaters have come and gone, stake out your “grown-ups time” by hosting your own spirited Halloween party or by enjoying an evening parked on the couch, scaring yourself silly with a marathon of…

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5 Drink Recipes for National Mulled Cider Day

5 Drink Recipes for National Mulled Cider Day

As summer ends and autumn arrives, the sweltering days of summer yield to the chilly days of fall. Likewise, our tastes begin to change over. Gone are the cravings for our warm weather spirits and it’s time start crafting cocktails using our falls favorite fruit, apples! As we welcome in the coming of sweater weather, here are a few cocktail recipes that you will want to mix up and show off the…

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National Coffee Day 2016

National Coffee Day 2016

September 29th is National Coffee Day! Whether you’re lingering over your first cup of the day or running to get your second cup, if you’re a caffeine addict, you know a great cup of coffee when you taste one. Celebrate the day in style with one of our Coffee Cocktail recipes!

Coffee Recipes

Viennese Coffee

Recipe and image courtesy of KRUPS.

 1/4 cup espresso

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 tsp. bitter…

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6 Great Whiskey Sour Recipes for the End of Summer

6 Great Whiskey Sour Recipes for the End of Summer

August 25th is Whiskey Sour Day! We have some delicious twists on this classic cocktail to help you celebrate! 

What is it?

As far as cocktails go, the Whiskey Sour is one of the simplest. Brought about more than a century ago,  it is merely the combination of whiskey, citrus juice of some kind (though 9 times out of 10 it will be lemon) and a sweetening agent, usually granulated sugar or simple…

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8 Summer Drinks for National Rum Day

8 Summer Drinks for National Rum Day

August 16th is National Rum Day and there’s no better excuse to mix up an ice-cold cocktail to cool off from this god-awful heat and celebrate!

8 Summer Drinks for National Rum Day

Backyard Lemonade

With its notes of vanilla, cinnamon and toffee, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum is great base spirit for summer sips. Kick up your late summer barbecue with the Backyard Lemonade!

Recipe and image courtesy…

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6 Melon Cocktails for National Melon Day

6 Melon Cocktails for National Melon Day

Few things shout out the coming of summer quite like the arrival of the fresh melon at your local supermarket. Refreshing and delicious, and even this late in the summer season, it’s the perfect fruit to eat by the pool and the perfect excuse to experiment with some cocktails. Cool down as we wait out this — hopefully — final blast of summer heat with our melon cocktail guide!

National Melon Day…

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15 Cocktails for the 2016 Summer Olympics

15 Cocktails for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Unable to make it to Rio in person for the 2016 Summer Olympics? Join the club. Luckily, we have you covered with our Olympics Cocktail Guide!

Olympics Cocktails

Unfortunately, my athletic career was cut short by a pop-fly to the head in 5th grade baseball. Yes, I should have been paying attention. No, I shouldn’t have been popping the heads off dandelions in the outfield. Luckily, there was no…

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Death of Louis Blériot - An Excuse To Drink

Death of Louis Blériot – An Excuse To Drink

Death of Louis Blériot

We’re marking the 80th anniversary of the death of Louis Blériot with his eponymous drink: the Blériot cocktail!

Who Was Louis Blériot?

Louis Blériot (1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. Blériot made his forays into aviation using the money he made from creating the first practical version of a headlamp/headlight for use on trucks.…

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Scotch Whisky -- 5 Tips For Beginners

Scotch Whisky — 5 Tips For Beginners

Scotch Whisky Day

Hoot mon! It’s time again for another spirits holiday because July 27th is National Scotch Day!

Scotch is a spirit with a long history. It was first written about in the 1400s, and was originally only distilled by monks until the 1500s. Today, Scotch is produced in five regions and is the top-selling spirit in a number of countries.

Despite the popular practice, scotch doesn’t…

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7 Summer Cocktails for National Tequila Day

7 Summer Cocktails for National Tequila Day

Tequila fans, rejoice! July 24th is National Tequila Day !

This year, instead of mixing up a batch of the same old margaritas, turn up the volume on your cocktails with these fun and fresh sips!

Cocktails for National Tequila Day

It’s So Easy

Are you a tequila novice? Try this variation on the traditional crowd-pleaser, the Paloma.

Created by Mixologist Ben Scorah. Recipe courtesy…

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A History of the Daiquiri Cocktail

A History of the Daiquiri Cocktail

July 19th is National Daiquiri Day! From frozen and fluorescent-colored, to sticky and sweet, the Daiquiri has morphed into  on many forms — and not always for the better — since its introduction during the waning years of the 19th century. So grab your shaker and raise a glass to the History of the Daiquiri cocktail!

A History of the Daiquiri Cocktail What is a Daiquiri?

The Daiquiri is a very…

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A Beginner's Guide to Caviar and Vodka Pairing

A Beginner’s Guide to Caviar and Vodka Pairing

National Caviar Day

Need an excuse to indulge yourself? July 18th is National Caviar Day!  Break out those can openers, grab your favorite pearl spoon, line up the martini glasses and get ready to dive headfirst into our beginner’s guide to caviar and vodka pairing!

  What is Caviar?

Mention the word caviar and you may think of fancy parties and swanky New Year’s eve soirees, but in reality, it…

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Bastille Day Cocktails

Happy Bastille Day

Thursday July 14th is Bastille Day! Celebrate the spirit of independence with your French friends with our selection of summery Bastille Day cocktails!

What is Bastille Day?

July 14, 1789, Paris: Insurgents storm the BastilleFortress in search of weapons and ammunition. Though the defenders hold out for several hours, the fortress falls by the afternoon. The commander of the…

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Tales of The Cocktail 2014 - "A Night In Cognac"

Tales of The Cocktail 2014 – “A Night In Cognac”

Tales of The Cocktail – “A Night In Cognac”

Tales of the Cocktail 2014 — On Thursday, July 17th, I got the chance to attend CAMUS Cognac “A Night in Cognac with CAMUS” at Broussard’s in New Orleans. Part of the Tales of the Cocktail 2014 Spirited Dinner® Series, the event paired up the cocktail creations of John Gersen of Drink Boston and resident head-bartender Paul Gustings (recently featured…

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5 Things We Learned at Tales of the Cocktail 2015

5 Things We Learned at Tales of the Cocktail 2015

5 Things We Learned at Tales of the Cocktail 2015

Tales of the Cocktail 2015 — This year marked my 5th visit to Tales of the Cocktail, the annual Cocktail convention held in New Orleans in the middle of July. Many have described the festivities as “Polite Mardi Gras“, but I prefer my wife’s term: “The Comic-Conof the Spirit World”. As with all events and gatherings, my experiences have differed…

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Satchel Paige and the Cooperstown Cocktail

Satchel Paige and the Cooperstown Cocktail

  Satchel Paige and the Cooperstown Cocktail

We’re saluting the 110th birthday of baseball hall-of-famer Satchel Paige with the Cooperstown cocktail!

Who is Satchel Paige?

Leroy “Satchel” Paige was born on July 7, 1906 in Mobile, Alabama. Paige had earned his nickname, “Satchel,” as a young boy, while he worked carrying bags at railroad stations for passengers.

Reknown for his pitching prowess…

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