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Long Beach Ice Tea
Glassware: Highball Method: Build Ingredients 1/2 oz. Gin 1/2 oz. Vodka 1/2 oz. Light rum 1/2 oz. Tequila 1/2 oz. Triple sec 1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice 1 oz. Simple Syrup Splash of Cranberry Juice Pour...
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Tokyo Tea
Glassware: Highball Method: Build Ingredients 1/2 oz. Midori 1/2 oz. Vodka 1/2 oz. Gin 1/2 oz. Rum 1/2 oz. Triple Sec 1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice 1 oz. Simple Syrup Splash of lemon – lime soda Pour all of...
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Daquiri
Glassware: Cocktail Method: Shake Ingredients 2 oz. Light Rum 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup Pour Rum, lime juice, and simple syrup into a shaker filled with ice. Shake until chilled....
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Mojito
Like most drinks, there are many ways to serve a Mojito. I usually serve this drink in the glass I mixed it in, leaving the muddled mint leaves and lime wedges in the drink for color. Glassware:...
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Jamaican Coffee
Glassware: Coffee Cup Method: Build Ingredients 3/4 oz. Dark Rum 3/4 oz. Tia Maria Hot Coffee Dollop of Whipped Cream Pour the rum and Tia Maria into a coffee cup. Fill with hot coffee and top it with...
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Barman’s Tip: Don’t Buy Cheap Rum
Going out to the liquor store can be an expensive trip, especially if you need to stock up on more than one or two bottles while you’re there. Spirits range in price from just a few dollars to over a...
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Dark ‘n Stormy
The Dark ‘n Stormy is Gosling’s signature cocktail, a drink that they invented to feature Gosling’s Black Seal Rum and have vigorously defended over the years from imposters who try to mess with the...
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Traditional Eggnogg
There are all kinds of drinks that you can serve at a holiday party, but you can never go wrong with eggnog. It’s a classic holiday drink that has been around – and enjoyed – for centuries. Our modern...
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Tasting Tuesday: Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum
It sometimes seems that rums are the forgotten stepchild of the spirits world, since I run into many drinkers who turn up their noses at rum cocktails of any kind yet have strong preferences over the...
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Hemingway Daiquiri
The story of the Hemingway Daiquiri is that it was invented by Ernest Hemmingway at the El Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba. He stopped in for a drink and called for a daiquiri made without sugar, with...
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Grass Skirt
I always enjoy a good tiki cocktail – so much so that I’m working on a new book dedicated to tiki cocktails – right now. Tiki drinks typically use rum and tropical fruit juices as a base, but their...
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Barman’s Bishop’s Cooler
The Bishop’s Cooler is a cocktail that I discovered not too long ago in an old cocktail book that featured a number of tiki-style recipes from the 1940s. The drink jumped out at me because it sounded...
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Pineapple Daiquiri
Daiquiris are one type of cocktail that is clearly enjoying a bit of a renaissance right now. A classic daiquiri is made with just rum, lime and simple syrup, shaken and served straight up or over a...
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Jamaican Old Fashioned
An old fashioned is a cocktail made with spirits, bitters, water and sugar. It is typically garnished with a cherry and a twist – or slice – of orange. When you think of an old fashioned, you probably...
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Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a huge movie star in the early 1900s, primarily starring in and producing silent films where she wowed audiences with her charm, good looks a signature curls. She was beautiful, but...
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Strawberry Mojito
A friend went strawberry picking in Oxnard, California and returned with more than a few baskets of fresh berries. Since we’ve been having summer-like weather here in So Cal, I was happy to take a few...
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Spring Break
I recently had a cocktail that was made with bourbon and coconut water. While the bartender who mixed it up for me was enthusiastic, I wasn’t a fan of the combination. The bourbon dominated the soft,...
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Barman’s Bishop’s Cooler
The Bishop’s Cooler is a cocktail that I discovered not too long ago in an old cocktail book that featured a number of tiki-style recipes from the 1940s. The drink jumped out at me because it sounded...
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