Holiday Spirit — The Cheerful Cherry
Who says you need a holiday to get in the holiday spirit (pun intended)? Although a winter holiday cocktail competition…
Category: Current Affairs
This category features cocktails perfect for holidays, celebrations, and items that are newsworthy or in current affairs when we’re writing.
Get Carded Here — The Brandy Library
You may get carded at a bar, and you need a card to check things out of a library. Combine…
Comparing Oranges to Oranges
Triple sec. Grand Marnier. The three Cs (curacao, Cointreau, Combier). Whether it’s a popular drink such as the Margarita, an…
Celebratory and Solemn — The Ray’s 619
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 (some Americans would write the date as 6/19). On that day enslaved people became legally…
Sazerac Cocktail Week
Can you devote a week to the Sazerac, a liquid national treasure from New Orleans? Of course (and you can…
Classic New Orleans — The Sazerac
Real New Orleans drinkers love a Sazerac, the city’s official cocktail and Ms. Cocktail Den’s favorite drink. Although the Sazerac’s…
Celebrating Triangles and Venice
December is a popular time for celebrations. This December I had the honor of designing the cocktail program for a…
Not Sober As A Judge — The Scales Of Justice
Due to a job change, a few people asked if I would create a cocktail with a judicial theme. Ms.…
Liquid Art — When Ernest Met Mary
Art can be words on a page, images on a screen, liquids in a glass. Ernest Hemingway was a famous…
Nothing To Lose Drinking — the Everything To GAIN
A new corporate client and a new original creation are auspicious signs. Late last year Government Marketing University asked me…