Prickly Tequila
Bright pink, Mexican inspired cocktail with Tequila and Prickly Pear Syrup.
Cocktails
Cocktails to Make with Cognac
What cocktails should you make with cognac? These are our top picks.
Blood & More Blood
One of the most famous scotch cocktails is the Blood and Sand. But to be quite honest, I’ve always found it saccharine and gross: orange juice and herring cherry liqueur are not my favorite ingredients. I’ve tried making boozy versions …
Aperol Spritzmenot
The recent New York Times article on the Aperol Spritz has driven a wedge through our household. One of us likes the drink, the other one is sensible. While the Spritz is not good (guess which one of us is …
Cognac French 75
This weekend we went to Boulibar, a new-ish restaurant in San Francisco’s Ferry Building. On the whole it was expensive and nothing special, but I enjoyed their take on a French 75, which substitutes Cognac for Gin and with the …
The Cognac Cocktail
Early cocktails in the 1800s were mostly based on a simple formula: a base spirit, a sweetener, a sour and bitters. The old fashioned (simply just an “old fashioned whiskey cocktail”) and its many cousins are riffs on this simple …
Poorer Man’s Pappy van Winkle
What to do when you can't afford Weller
Far Eastern Nitro Gimlet
Recipe for a gin gimlet with lime cordial. Making lime cordial is easy and straightforward.
Crocodile Slipper
Original cocktail featuring Amer Picon, Jamaican rum, Green Chartreuse and banana liqueur.
The 1831 Cocktail
Developed by Tim Laferla with the vision of becoming a "future classic". Cognac-based.