Tagged: bitters

Bitters / Daily Mix / Grenadine / Tequila

Mexican Firing Squad

The MEXICAN FIRING SQUAD is a delicious silver tequila cocktail for warm or cool weather. The traditional lime-and-tequila combo is embellished with the sweetness of grenadine and the bitters of Angostura. This is a great cocktail for enjoying a quality,...

Bitters / Daily Mix / Maraschino / Tequila

New York Minute

The NEW YORK MINUTE has several cocktail renditions, my favorite being the recipe published by Difford’s Guide. The drink might have earned its name because it tastes like a Manhattan, a tequila version. It’s fast to prepare because it requires...

Bitters / Bourbon / Seasonal Sunday

Pumpkin Bourbon Old-Fashioned

Bourbon and maple syrup pair well in many cocktail recipes. So it’s not a far stretch to create a seasonable bourbon and pumpkin-flavored cocktail. This one is simply called a PUMPKIN BOURBON OLD-FASHIONED (or Pumpkin Old-Fashioned). It’s bourbon based with...

Aperol/Campari/Cynar / Daily Mix / Fizzy Friday

Aperol Spritz

The APEROL SPRITZ became well known as an aperitif refresher with origins from Italy. Aperol is the Campari-owned liqueur bitter with rhubarb, gentian root (found in Angostura bitters), cinchona bark, citrus oil from oranges and has a zesty orange hue...

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...

Bitters / Daily Mix / Demerara / Rum

Rum Old-Fashioned

To the traditionalist, the Old-Fashioned is the classic worldwide drink going back more than a century and is whiskey based. But its recipe is also a guide that allows personalization and some opportunities that could be missed. The RUM OLD-FASHIONED...