Category: Fizzy Friday

Paloma

The PALOMA is a popular tequila highball cocktail in Mexico. It’s less known outside its borders. Grapefruit soda is added to tequila and lime juice with a pinch of salt to create a delightfully refreshing drink. It’s simple, easy to...

Cranberry Moscow Mule

The CRANBERRY MOSCOW MULE mixes the spicy flavor of real ginger beer with cranberry juice. As with a regular Moscow Mule, vodka and lime juice are the other components. Cranberry juice adds a refreshing sweetness that blends nicely with ginger....

Black Tea Mule

The BLACK TEA MULE* is a non-alcoholic drink that resembles the Kentucky Mule in preparation. It uses strongly-brewed black tea instead of bourbon and after cooling will mix with ginger beer, lime juice and spiced demerara syrup. The spiciness of...

T & Tonic

Here’s a cocktail that isn’t, but could be. The T & TONIC* is a delicious non-alcohol option that incorporates enough citrus flavors measured against chilled black tea that when topped with tonic water makes for a special drink. Smooth, well-balanced...

Bourbon Rickey

The BOURBON RICKEY is a simple 2-ingredient cocktail anyone can make, no bar tools required. It actually precedes the better-known Gin Rickey and dates back to the late 19th century. Originated in Washington D.C., the drink was named after lobbyist...

Suffering Bastard

A SUFFERING BASTARD blends gin and bourbon equally into ginger beer. This Mule cocktail “suffers” the consequences of not being a pure-breed like the Moscow Mule (vodka) or Dark ‘n Stormy (rum) — suffering only in that it is less...

Autumn Rickey

The AUTUMN RICKEY is a more full-bodied transition of the club soda and lime combo using bourbon. While the highball rickey is usually associated with gin and summer drinks, this one has the taste of fall from its maple syrup...

Nordlig Lykke

The NORDLIG LYKKE (pronounced “Nore-lig Leek-ya”) won the 2021 cocktail competition in Reykjavík, sponsored by Brennivin. It features the popular Icelandic aquavit Brennivin combined, as it often is, with lime juice. The addition of ginger beer with aromatic bitters and...

Mezcal Mule

The smoky version of a Moscow Mule is the MEZCAL MULE. For the mezcal aficionado, it’s a fun and easy way to enjoy this smoky-flavored agave-derived spirit. It incorporates the same ginger beer and lime juice as the Moscow Mule...

French Harvest

Fall’s version of the French 75 is the FRENCH HARVEST. Instead of the gin-lemon-Prosecco combo of a French 75, the French Harvest uses gin, lemon juice and sparkling cider. The bubbles from sparkling apple cider give this a nice autumn...