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Fourth of July Cocktails for 2024

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Print Sunset Paradise Course Drinks Keyword butterfly pea flower tea, cranberry, lime, orange juice, peach brandy, tequila, Triple sec, vodka Ingredients ½ oz. Peach brandy 1 ½ oz. Notes Oscar Garcia, lead bartender at seafood grill Corvina in Boca Raton, FL, created this recipe.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: What’s the Best Scotch for Cocktails?

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It’s aged in a mix of European and American sherry-seasoned casks and the peat is present but balanced, so I find it fun to mix with other whiskies and fruit brandies like bonded apple brandy.” Gee Lee, lead bartender, Loch Bar Houston , Houston “I just fell in love with a new Scotch launched recently: Ardray Blended Scotch.

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We Asked 22 Bartenders: What’s the Best New Spirit You’ve Added to Your Bar?

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George’s Valley Gin Empirical Spirits Doritos Nacho Cheese Banhez Destilados de Fruta BroVo Spirits Uncharted Rhapsody American Forest Liqueur Bitter Journey Bing Zhou Mijenta Cristalino Avallen Calvados “The best newly released spirit we’ve added to our bar is Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose Gin.

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Mardi Gras Cocktails For 2025

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Print King Cake, Baby Course Drinks Keyword aromatic bitters, Cinnamon syrup, half and half, Licor 43, whiskey Ingredients 1 oz. Half and half Dash of bitters Purple gold and green edible glitter, for garnish Instructions Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Seven Tails brandy oz.

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The Bourbon Trail’s Best Kept Secret? World-Class Cocktails at Distillery Bars

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The first time I had it, I was blown away by how a typical brandy cocktail had been transformed into one highlighting Michters US1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon. It was surprisingly citrusy for a bourbon cocktail perfectly balanced by vegetal and spicy yellow Chartreuse , honey and Demerara syrup, and Creole bitters.

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A Guide to Gifting the Best Cocktail Books to Everyone on Your Nice List

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Edited by Steve Reddicliffe and named a top finalist for the Best New Cocktail or Bartending Book by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, the second edition features more than a dozen prominent writers, including Craig Claiborne, Melissa Clark, Mark Bittman, and Pete Wells, to name a few. Price: $27.97 Price: $17.49