lemon juice

  • Via Veneto

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ oz brandy
    ½ oz Sambuca
    ½ oz lemon juice
    1 ½ teaspoon sugar syrup

    Directions:
    Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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  • Strawberry Pisco Sour

    When Pisco Portón sent me a bottle of its spirit, the first thing that sprung to mind was, “It’s Pisco Sour time!” As I reached for the simple syrup in the fridge, right next to it, I saw a jar of strawberry syrup I made. That gave me an idea.

    The floral and light fruit notes in the pisco seemed like a natural match for strawberry. In keeping with the light spring tone of the … Read more

  • Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    (The Peanuts & Cracker Jack Cocktail)

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Wild Turkey 101
    1 oz Frangelico
    1 oz Amaretto
    ¼ oz squeezed lemon juice
    1 pinch salt
    4 oz soda water
    Handful of Cracker Jacks, finely crushed

    Directions:
    Rub half a lemon around the rim of a glass and place into crushed Cracker Jacks to coat the rim. Combine Wild Turkey, Frangelico, Amaretto, lemon juice and salt in a shaker. Mix and strain into a glass … Read more

  • The Royal Sapphire

    The Royal Wedding is upon us, so, of course, we have a cocktail to celebrate the day. Fittingly, the folks at Bombay Sapphire sent us a gin drink. Throw in some elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, and mint and garnish with some pretty flowers for the bride. Who wouldn’t say I do?

    Ingredients:
    1 oz Bombay Sapphire
    ½ oz elderflower cordial or liqueur
    ½ oz lemon juice
    4 mint leaves

    Directions:
    Shake all, double strain and … Read more

  • The Royal Rose-Marry Lemon Margarita

    What better way to toast the happy couple than with a margarita made with rosemary?

    Ingredients:
    4 oz Sauza Silver tequila
    8 lemons (juice only)
    3 cups club soda
    4 tbs sugar
    4 rosemary sprigs

    Directions:
    Combine lemons, club soda, sugar, and tequila in pitcher. Mix well. Refrigerate until cold. Place 1 rosemary sprig in each of the 4 serving cups. Pour margarita and drink cold or iced. Serves 4.

    Courtesy of Tequila Sauza.… Read more

  • Honeymoon

    A cocktail for every newlywed!

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ oz apple brandy
    ¾ oz Benedictine
    1 oz lemon juice
    1 tsp triple sec

    Directions:
    Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Mix well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon slice.… Read more

  • Irish Kilt

    1 oz Irish whiskey
    ½ oz Scotch whiskey
    ½ oz lemon juice
    ½ oz simple syrup
    2 dashes orange bitters

    Combine all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake well, and strain into a martini glass.… Read more

  • The 1820

    Founder of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails (LUPEC) Boston, Misty Kalkofen, created the 1820 to toast strong women who drink strong spirits in honor of International Women’s Day.

    While women and men weren’t permitted to mingle in the bar until after prohibition, women like Texas Guinan have owned and operated taverns and been a part of cocktail culture for generations. Ada Coleman, for example, was the first head bartender at the esteemed … Read more