Tag: lemon juice

Mix it Up Monday: Not Your Grandma’s Maraschino

Not Your Grandma’s Maraschino cocktail near our fall decor.

Recently, Alie and I took our last camping trip of the season. While we were out, we visited one of our favorite local distilleries in the area we were staying. The distillery had a number of exciting cocktails on its menu.… Read the rest “Mix it Up Monday: Not Your Grandma’s Maraschino”

Mix It Up Monday: Bitter Firewater

Bitter Firewater with a lemon twist garnish.
Bitter Firewater garnished with lemon rind.

From time to time, I’ll scour the web for new recipe ideas. I try to find unique cocktail combinations that I can modify to work with whiskey or suit our tastes. This week, it resulted in us creating the Bitter Firewater Cocktail.… Read the rest “Mix It Up Monday: Bitter Firewater”

Mix It Up Monday: Rosemary Apocethary

Rosemary Apothecary cocktail in a rocks glass, garnished with a sprig of rosemary.
Rosemary Apothecary is ready to drink.

This week’s cocktail started with a question. What could I make with grapefruit bitters? I picked up the grapefruit bitters because we like to use grapefruit in a number of our cocktails. However, the subtle grapefruit bittering agent needs to be paired with a savory simple syrup, which is how we arrived at our Rosemary Apocethary whiskey cocktail.… Read the rest “Mix It Up Monday: Rosemary Apocethary”

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