Your cocktail for the day! 2 oz. Cognac 1 oz. Cointreau or Grand Marnier 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. The […]
Cocktail of the Week
Silver Bells
This week’s featured cocktail is Silver Bells, which is a wonderful little thing available from our neighbors at Vermillion Restaurant. The drink was created by Vermillion’s former bar manager Aisling […]
Lemon Hibiscus punch
We had a punch at Tea and Tweed last night and folks were asking for the recipe. It is amazingly simple but oh so delicious: Two bottles of lemon soda […]
Star Cocktail
The Star Cocktail is a classic apple brandy cocktail which made an appearance in print in George J. Kappeler’s 1895 bartending guide, Modern American Drinks. It’s a pleasant, well-rounded drink […]
Richmond Gimlet
This week, we’re giving one last hurrah to summer with a superb cocktail from Portland mixologist Jeffrey Morganthaler: the Richmond Gimlet. It has the brilliant freshness of lime combined with […]
The Garnet
This week’s featured cocktail is the Garnet. It’s refreshingly sweet and tart, with a gorgeous color, too. Just the sort of thing you want in your hand to perk you […]
The Italian Greyhound
This week’s cocktail of the week is inspired by the Dog Days of Summer event this weekend, which will host the Italian Greyhound Rescue. The Italian Greyhound 1 1/2 oz […]
Danielle’s favorite, the Pisco Sour
My favorite cocktail of all time is the Pisco Sour. I drank many many of these little guys when I lived in Peru in 2002. They are creamy and yet […]