Mixing a good drink requires a bit of care, but anyone can do it. Continue
Getting ready to start your summer this Memorial Day? Here’s a quick and decent list from Mark Bittman & the NYT on some easy drinks to sip all summer long.
Twelve Uncomplicated Summer Cocktails: Mixing a good drink requires a bit of care, but anyone can do it.
(Beware: if you’re looking for rum, this collection has none 
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via Twelve Uncomplicated Summer Cocktails – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com.
Great summer prep from the NYT Continue
The formula for widely available citrus-flavored liqueur involves alcohol that is distilled three times (Cognac, brandy or eau de vie) and flavored with citrus peels (usually orange) that have been dried outdoors. If you’re a city dweller without wooden drying racks or the Mediterranean sun, you can start your liqueur by infusing the peel in a flavored simple syrup, and adding vodka to stabilize the mix. The recipe here provides the essentials (ratios and techniques) with permission to make the infusion your own.
Read the whole article and get recipes at Homemade Citrus Liqueurs to Prime Summer – NYTimes.com.
Here’s a cocktail we’ve used in our Craft Cocktail Techniques Workshop that’s delightful and locally inspired! Continue
Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.
(created by Brother Cleve for the Somerville Arts Council’s new book, “Nibble”.)
I found the original version from the fantastic Cocktail Virgin Blog.
Here’s a cocktail we like to make for the “shaken” part of the Craft Cocktail Techniques. It’s delicious and although it’s a classic, many folks haven’t had the opportunity to try it yet. Continue
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
(if needed, add simple syrup to offset tartness of the citrus)
A winter rum classic revisited and perfected by Wayne Curtis Continue
HOT BUTTERED RUM
Contributed by Wayne Curtis
INGREDIENTS:
PREPARATION:
Add the rum and batter to a mug. Fill with boiling water and stir.
Hot Buttered Rum Batter
INGREDIENTS:
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients except the ice cream to a bowl and stir to combine. Add the ice cream and stir again. Transfer to a container with a lid, seal and store in the freezer. Ideally, the batter is prepared at first frost and finished before the robins arrive. Bring it out for parties, or whenever the temperature drops below 25 degrees.
via In Defense of Hot Buttered Rum – Liquor.com — Liquor.com.
These libations can help navigate the long winter nights of the soul — and keep Jack Frost at bay. Continue
Some great winter cocktail recipes from Colorado based bartenders.
The cocktails that fill the bill tend to come in amber hues, concoctions with dark, smoky notes suitable for burrowing in. These libations can help navigate the long winter nights of the soul — and keep Jack Frost at bay.
More of the story and the recipes at the link below.
via Colorado bars offer a few great shakes in winter cocktail mixes – The Denver Post.
A drink that warrants nothing but the best – if you can’t get a genuine maraschino cherry, please skip the cherry. Continue
THE FORD HYBRID COCKTAIL
Combine all ingredients with ice in a pint glass and stir until chilled. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a Luxardo maraschino cherry. If you can’t get a genuine maraschino cherry, please skip the cherry.
Kindred Cocktail’s Brian Preston-Campbell brings us an elixir with a coriander twist Continue
Orange and Tamarind Elixer
by Brian Preston-Campbell
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Also posted at Kindred Cocktails | Craft + Collect + Concoct + Categorize + Community
Shake off the brisk fall chill with a whiskey ginger cooler. Continue
Shake all ingredients, except ginger beer, very well over ice.
Strain into chilled coupe.
Top off with ginger beer.
Garnish with apple slice.
Boston.com.