cocktails
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Can the World’s Best Rum Convince Me Rum Tastes Good?
It’s a pretty big call to say you’ve created the world’s best rum. But can this award-winning Aussie spirit win over a non-rum drinker?
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You Can Use Fernet Like Cocktail Bitters
Last night, as I was making three bottles of my homemade Irish Cream liqueur (for gifts), I decided one of those bottles should be Kentucky Cream, and reached for the bourbon instead of Irish whiskey. After combining the cocoa powder, condensed milk, cream, and whiskey (as well as a pinch of salt and splash of…
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How to Make Eggnog Even Better
It may shock you to learn this, but I am a woman of several shortcomings. Some are real, some exist merely in my mind. One that always bothered me was my inability to enjoy eggnog. As a lover of cream, eggs, booze, and seasonal fun, it sounded like something I would like, yet I always…
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Make a Dark, Tropical Cocktail With Mexican Fernet
Last Wednesday, in an act of bored desperation, I went live on Instagram and mixed a few cocktails for an audience of 10. I made a pickletini, then I mixed some shitty rosé with a blackberry shrub, then I just started pulling random bottles from my bar cart and demanding the viewers “give me a…