The Drink of the Summer – Frozen Aperol Spritz

Frozen Aperol Spritz are so refreshing and fun to serve at the lake or on the patio when the sun is shining high in the sky. I jazzed up my frozen spritz with a charred Serrano pepper strip and a brûléed orange slice. (Char pepper under the broiler. Brûlée orange slice with a little brown […]
Frozen Strawberry Limoncello Drop Cocktail

This lovely, fruity, refreshing cocktail is the BEST cocktail to serve on a warm sunny day!
Raspberry Strawberry Frozen Daiquiri – Secret Ingredients: Raspberry Balsamic Vinegar and Raspberry Jam

Frozen daiquiris are the MOST REFRESHING cocktail during these hot summer months. My raspberry strawberry frozen daiquiris are made with raspberry balsamic vinegar and seedless raspberry jam (make sure your jam are seedless so you won’t have pesky little raspberry seeds in your cocktail), which makes my daiquiris less cloyingly sweet than many other strawberry […]
Gin Gin Mule
Peach Margaritas with Amaretto Drizzle

The secret ingredient in my peach margaritas is peach balsamic vinegar. You know how margaritas can often be sour because of all of the lime juice or cloyingly sweet? The addition of peach balsamic vinegar adds a zing of peach flavor and amaretto tones down the lime flavor just enough to make it the perfect […]
Beverly Hills Iced Tea

The Beverly Hills Iced Tea Cocktail is a variation of the Long Island Iced Tea, but it’s more refined and elegant. If you can’t decide whether to use gin or vodka in your cocktail, no worries – this iced tea includes both gin and vodka. Long Island Iced Tea is traditionally topped off with cola […]
Watermelon Cosmopolitan with Blackberry Spritz

I love Cosmopolitan cocktails! My Watermelon Cosmo is especially tasty with my secret ingredient: fresh watermelon juice! I spritz my cosmo with fresh blackberry juice which adds an alluring sparkle of color to the top of my drink.
Cherry Cosmopolitan

One of my favorite cocktails is a Cosmopolitan. When fresh cherries are in season, I love adding them to my Cosmos. Adding Storied Goods sugar cubes to my cosmos makes it even easier to make my favorite cocktail. . Sometimes I don’t have simple syrup on hand so these sugar cubes easily take the place […]
Fresh Raspberry Margarita – secret ingredient seedless raspberry jam

I love to use jams and preserves in my cocktails which enhances the fruity taste and gives the cocktail a little added sweetness.
Honey Deuce Cocktail – Secret Ingredient: Hot Honey

I am so excited to introduce you to AR’s Hot Southern Honey. It’s made locally in Richmond, Virginia. This lovely honey is the perfect combination of sweet and hot. If you like a little heat, there is the mild hot honey and if you like a bit of burn then you’ll enjoy the hot version. […]