Hey, would you look at that—it’s rum o’clock somewhere! Time crawls when you’re traversing the depths of the standard routine, but nothing moves that minute hand faster than a daily rum-inder that a sunshiny state of mind is just a simple mix of a cocktail away. You don’t need a functioning timepiece to realize there…
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Bourbon-versary
The traditional gift for celebrating ten years together is tin, and how perfect is that for this set of longtime cocktail shakers?! We’re not hinting at presents, though—it’s your presence we are requesting, as we throw a bourbon bash to remember for the next decade to come. Cue the confetti! Even without such a momentous…
Hibiscus Syrup Cocktail Recipes
Our hibiscus flower syrup, developed by the award-winning bartender and bar owner Robert Sickler, sweet and tart with a refreshing finish. It will brighten your highballs, elevate your mules, amp up your sours, and more. Here are some recipes to get you started: Hibiscus Mule Add the spirit, lime juice, and hibiscus syrup to a…
The Rum-Believable Box
Step right up, right this way, gentlefolk, the big tent is up and the stage is set to house thirty days of thrills, four weeks of fantasy, a month of marvels! It’s imaginative. It’s incontrovertible. It’s The Rum-Believable Box! Prepare as three unheard-of and personality-packed cocktails slide their way onto your doorstep, all pulsing with…
Strawberry Napa Fizz
Here’s another cocktail recipe from Vivian making use of her leftover Shaker & Spoon syrups. You can also find more drinks photography from Vivian on Instagram at @thetipsymuse. Strawberry Napa Fizz Loch & Union Distilling is unusual because it is from Napa, California, hardly THE place famous for gin. I was recently invited to their gin tasting,…
Chartreuse Swizzle
Here’s another cocktail recipe from Vivian making use of her leftover Shaker & Spoon syrups. You can also find more drinks photography from Vivian on Instagram at @thetipsymuse. Chartreuse Swizzle I finally have my own swizzle stick and have made my first swizzle with it! The swizzle is a tiki-style drink stirred with a swizzle stick (which…
A Passage to Chandrapore
To celebrate National Tequila Day, here’s another cocktail recipe from Vivian making use of her leftover Shaker & Spoon syrups. You can also find more drinks photography from Vivian on Instagram at @thetipsymuse. A Passage to Chandrapore Chandrapore is a fictional city in the novel A Passage to India, referring to Indian spices cumin, turmeric, cardamom used…
The Kikori Light
Here’s a new cocktail recipe from Vivian making use of more of her leftover Shaker & Spoon syrups! You can also find more of her drinks photography on Instagram at @thetipsymuse. The Kikori Light Kikori whiskey is a single-grain whiskey made entirely from rice, aged for three years, with notes of melon and wood spice….
Rum Sour with Fève
Here’s a third cocktail recipe from Vivian making use of more leftover Shaker & Spoon syrups! You can also find more drinks photography from Vivian on Instagram at @thetipsymuse. Rum Sour with Fève This is my second experiment with the “magic bean.” This time, I infused one in 4 ounces of Smith & Cross Rum…
Siam Sour
Here’s another cocktail recipe from Vivian making use of her leftover Shaker & Spoon syrups. You can also find more drinks photography from Vivian on Instagram at @thetipsymuse. Siam Sour I infused some gin with fresh lemongrass and pink peppercorn to make a gin sour that highlights the flavors of Thailand. This is also a drink for…
An Efflorescence of Spring
One of our subscribers, blogger Vivian Cromwell, has created a series of original cocktail recipes with some of her leftover Shaker & Spoon syrups—and we’re sharing them here in case you’d like to give them a try, too (or just enjoy her mouth-watering photos)! Here’s the first one below. You can also find more drinks…
A Cocktail Tribute to Prince
We sat down with Russell Davis on the anniversary of Prince’s untimely passing to get the story behind A Whiter Shade of Purple, Russell’s cocktail tribute to Prince. The recipe appears below! S&S: What was the inspiration behind this cocktail? RD: Well, everybody loves Prince, you know, so that’s just kind of a given. And, quite…
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