Cocktails

Bourbon Cocktails For Autumn

Some scents and flavors can instantly put you into the fall mood. The smells of apple, cinnamon, pecans, and pumpkin easily take you from summer pool parties to cozy fall nights spent around the fireplace. These fall bourbon cocktails will both satisfy and warm you this season as you mingle with friends for Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations. Here are 10 of our favorite bourbon cocktails...

Best Gin Cocktails

Looking for distinctive ways to use your favorite bottle of gin? You can combine the best gin with tonic for a classic cocktail or add fresh grapefruit or cucumbers for a unique concoction. Either way, the best gin makes for some of the most refreshing cocktails...

Best Bourbon For Manhattan

A manhattan is a classic American cocktail. Although its origins are mysterious, there's no mystery in why this cocktail has been a popular bar request for over a century. It's a drink that blends the floral with the fortified and sweet with the spicy. While the recipe is simple and unchanged, choosing the best bourbon for your manhattan is an important part of the mixing process

10 Of The Best Vodka Cocktails

Vodka by itself offers a clean, smooth flavor. It pairs perfectly with many other ingredients to create the best vodka cocktails. Whether looking for the perfect holiday cocktail or your go-to drink, we have compiled a list of the best vodka cocktails for you to sip and savor...

New York Sour

The New York Sour is an upgraded version of the Whiskey Sour recipe. It features whiskey, lemon, sugar, egg white with a float of dry red wine. The wine adds another layer of complexity working in unison with the high rye bourbon; and a beautiful red color. Other names this popular cocktail have carried is the Continental Sour.

Bourbon Sour

Spirit, citrus fruit and sugar—the original trio — combine to form the classic sour, one of the oldest types of cocktails which hail from early 1700's and 1800's sailors and pirates. Popular for mystical powers to stave off scurvy while making long voyages across the ocean more tolerable; sours hold a decisive place in world history. The bourbon Sour is a slightly different take on the traditional whiskey sour. Still well within the "sour family" yet stands strong on it's own. Rich complex notes form fine bourbon, a citrus kick with a sweet finish. The Bourbon Sour os refreshing and classy.

Best Clover Club Cocktail

It was the late 1800s at Philadelphia’s Bellevue-Stratford hotel in which the Clover Club cocktail was born. The hotel was a popular hangout for writers, lawyers and titans of industry, who frequented the hotel as a networking place of sorts. As with most meetings in those days; discussions included drinks. The Clover Club was an immediate hit with the "in" crowd. 

The Clover Club was a pre-Prohibition favorite and one of  Philadelphia’s greatest contributions to cocktail history. 

Gin Gimlet Cocktail

Born from necessity, the gimlet is in a family of cocktails known as "sours." Sailors and pirates alike in the 1800's suffered from scurvy while on long voyages across the open seas. Adding citrus fruits to their spirits seemed to stave off this unsavory condition while making their drinks more potable. Necessity is the mother of invention, and thus - the gimlet and other sours were created.

Bourbon Sidecar

The bourbon sidecar uses four grain bourbon instead of brandy, which is what the original sidecar uses. It is a refreshing cocktail that can replace Sunday brunch mimosas, or enjoyed anytime. Impress your guests with this simple yet complex tasting cocktail thanks to Cavehill Four Grain Bourbon.

The Boulevardier

The Boulevardier. In Somewhat slang French translation, it means "a man running about town." It was also the name of a 1920's magazine publication in Paris for which the Boulevardier cocktail was named after. The magazine was a pocket guide of sorts for expats living in France. The cocktail, however, lives wherever premium bourbon is served. 

Irish Coffee

A perfect early morning cocktail for cold autumn months, or winter break. Honestly, any weekend is a perfect time to enjoy this classic cocktail that can trace it's origins back to the early 1950's in Ireland. It is a perfect balance of rich and warm espresso with high rye whiskey and a sweet cream topping.

Cosmopolitan Recipe

This Cosmopolitan cocktail recipe is light and refreshing. For about a decade, the Cosmopolitan cocktail was the most popular drink in America. Bartenders would make hundreds of them a night. The original Cosmopolitan cocktail was created in the 1980's by a Miami bartender named Cheryl Cook while she was working at a popular South Beach bar called the Strand.

Ultimate Bloody Mary

Making a Bloody Mary is simple, and personalization for garnishments can be endless. A popular trend is hosting a Sunday Bloody Mary bar where guests can pile on the garnishments to create true works of art. The original Bloody Mary was rather straight forward; it contained seven ingredients: vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, celery salt, Tabasco and lemon juice. There are several cultural variations, and is a great way to start the day (and get a serving or two of veggies!)

Negroni

The Negroni is an easy to make cocktail and many find it to be bitter, but in all the right ways. It is refreshing, and crisp with a hint of orange. Tales of the Negroni origin start in antiquity in the city of Florence by the Italian court Camillo Negroni sometime around the early 20th century. It is said that while Camillo was at a fine spirits establishment in Florence, he asked that the barkeep fortify his favorite drink (the Americano) by adding gin. The bartender complied with his wishes, and after creating this new drink - replaced the lemon peel common in the Americano with an orange peel. Voila! A classic is born - the Negroni.

Vesper Cocktail Recipe

The Vesper, sometimes also called a "Vesper Martini", was ordered by James Bond in the book Casino Royale. James Bond author Ian Fleming created the vesper and introduced it through the James Bond character. Published in 1953, the vesper cocktail has a rich history. The cocktail is named for the James Bond series double agent Vesper Lynd. Today, it is simply known as "refreshing" and strong enough to melt away a long day at the office.

Vodka Bellini

Love Mimosas? Who doesn't! But what about taking your Sunday brunch up a notch with a Liddel Vodka peach Bellini? It is just as light and refreshing for a mid-day cocktail, but a little more extravagant and upscale. It makes great use of summertime peaches, and will leave you and your guests satisfied, chilled and refreshed!

Top 10 Popular Bourbon Drinks

Bourbon is one of the most popular spirits in the world (and for good reason). While it is often preferred to drink premium bourbon straight, it's also the primary ingredient in many of the world's most popular and delicious cocktails...

Whiskey Mojito

An Irish take on the Cuban mint classic Mojito cocktail, the whiskey mojito is a sweet and refreshing cocktail perfect for spring (mint julep alternative), or for any season. Extra ice enhances the whiskey notes, and the high rye whiskey really rounds it out.

Old Fashioned: Classic Recipe And Origins

When you think of bourbon cocktails, it's likely that the first place your mind goes is to the old fashioned, and with good reason. The drink is a classic, with its simple recipe and delicious flavor making it a favorite of bourbon fans for over 150 years.... 

White Russian

The White Russian is a rich and decadent cocktail perfect for after dinner dessert. It is very easy to make. The White Russian gets it's name from the Black Russian Cocktail; the only difference really is the addition of cream. The drink was first made in the early 1960's, and has no actual Russian origin - it is American through and through. The name comes form the fact almost all vodka used to be imported from Russia.

French 75

The French 75 is named after the fully automatic 75 millimeter machine gun used by the French during World War One. This refreshing cocktail, made with Bespoke gin, fresh squeezed lemon juice, simple syrup and French Champagne shares no hardened battle stories as the weapon it was named for.

Old Fashioned Paloma

The Paloma is a classic highball cocktail made with fresh citrus like grapefruit, usually tequila, and some form of soda. An Old Fashioned Paloma blends the core features of an Old Fashioned cocktail and a classic Paloma cocktail. Tequila is swapped out for bourbon, soda is swapped for sparkling water, and throw in some mixology magic - voila! The amazing and refreshing Old Fashioned Paloma.

Salty Dog Cocktail

This is a classic cocktail which is actually a variation of the Greyhound cocktail (simply gin or vodka with grapefruit juice), only with a Salty Dog, Margarita salt is added to the rim. The salt, however simple, completely changes the original Greyhound cocktail. The Greyhound cocktail actually dates back to the 1930's and this is a ever-so-slightly newer version to enjoy!

Whiskey Sour Original Recipe

A whiskey sour recipe is the perfect blend of sweet and sour and a drink enjoyed by bourbon enthusiasts and those new to bourbon alike. The popular cocktail has a very interesting beginning which can be traced back to the early 1800s as a medicinal tonic...