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Weekend Whiskey Toddies

Shopping, football, snowbound Saturday nights, we’ve hunted down a hot cocktail to match your most important engagements.

A Cocktail Menu WTF

Read mixologist David Shenaut’s drink recipes and you have to ask yourself: Is this guy just screwing with us? Turns out, Portland’s mad mixer is not just serious, he’s damn good. Check out his secret for churning out the inconceivable in every glass.

Early Fall Cocktail

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I came up with this little beauty while fishing some leaves out of my pool on an unusually cold day — what to do when it’s too chilly to swim? Make a drink.
The Early Fall Cocktail is based on the premise of a cold winter coming. Days before the Labor Day holiday, it’s

Gastropub Your Saturday Night

Create a one-of-a-kind dinner party by offering guests seasonally driven food along with perfectly paired cocktails a la Spur Gastropub in Seattle.

Chai-Infused Vermouth.

You bring the tea bags, these cocktails will bring the party.

Infuse Your Anise with Rye

Next time someone says, “Hey, what crawled up your anise?” Tell them fresh cherries and ginger. The combo is sickly sweet with a touch of bite. When made into syrup, the flavors perfectly complement whisky and champagne cocktails.

Created: An Evil Spring Cocktail Menu

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During the Philadelphia Flower Show, which is a major event here, I decided to do a fresh take on an Aviation by shaking fresh violets into the cocktail. It worked so well that I bought a couple books on the subject and started experimenting with other edible flowers. Around the same time, I picked

It’s Tax Day. We need a drink.

Raise your glasses to each of us staying in the black on April 15. To celebrate (or help you forget the damages), check out our favorite drink recipes with ingredients inspired by our least favorite holiday.

Gathering Branch

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What is branch? Well for one thing, it’s the basis of cocktail history in a glass. A specific kind of hand-held history, as fresh as the driven snow, as sprightly as the first tips of mint protruding from the ground. As sweet as the bourbon, always rye, that a small amount will kiss. The delicate