Category: Daily Mix

Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Fizzy Friday

Beer Shandy: U.S., British & Mexican

Heat advisories are issued across the U.S. and Britain. Even for the beer purist, a case can be made for the BEER SHANDY — an excellent thirst quencher and refresher. The traditional British version mixes lager with lemon-lime soda (left),...

Bitters / Curacao / Daily Mix / Maraschino / Rum

Discovery Bay

The DISCOVERY BAY is a gold rum, lime & curacao cocktail that produces a citrusy embellishment of your favorite gold rum. Despite the pastoral green color — which is the result of mixing blue curacao with gold rum — the...

Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Martini Monday / Vodka

Pomegranate Martini

The POMEGRANATE MARTINI is similar to a Cosmo, but more complex and probably stronger while still going down easy. It’s been popular with most who try this mix. Basically, the sweetness of pomegranate, orange liquor and citron vodka are stretched...

Bourbon / Daily Mix / Shots on Saturday

Bourbon Mash Comparisons

Most bourbon whiskies use three grains: corn, rye, barley. The corn percentage must be 51% or greater to be classified as bourbon. When comparing the mash compositions, there are a few outliers. Makers Mark uses wheat in place of rye....

Daily Mix / Liqueurs & mixers / Spirits

Stonehenge?

Motivation comes from strange places — like when someone cleans the sofa and leaves them in a Stonehenge array to dry. The obvious reaction of course is to place empty glassware in front of the Stonehenge sofa and ask if...

Bourbon / Cachaca / Cognac / Brandy / Commentary / Daily Mix / Gin / Rum / Scotch / Tequila / Mezcal / Vodka / Whiskey (blended)

“Classic Cocktails Every Drinker Should Know”

One of the online drinking sites — Liquor.com — published recently its view of the top 24 cocktails which all drinkers should know (which is about as objective as deciding the top 24 songs of all time). Though I disagree...

Bourbon / Daily Mix / Grapefruit Juice / Seasonal Sunday

Brown Derby

The peak season for ruby-red grapefruit (November-June) is winding down. And so a good time to make a BROWN DERBY or other grapefruit-based cocktails is now. Using a sweet, juicy red grapefruit makes all the difference, the difference between “Wow!”...

Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Grapefruit Juice / Tequila / Mezcal

Ruby Rita

The RUBY RITA is a grapefruit margarita to embellish our margarita experience as Memorial Day and warm weather approach. It’s got the tequila and orange liqueur of the standard margarita, but adds fresh grapefruit juice for a refreshing twist. Lime...

Daily Mix / Fizzy Friday / Whiskey (blended)

Matcha Highball

Having directed my attention to Japanese cocktails during the Tokyo Olympics last year, I discovered the MATCHA HIGHBALL which I wanted to spotlight again for Japan Day, 5/14/22. Highballs are a very popular way to experience cocktails in Japan, especially...