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  • Brunch Drinks: Carrot Cake Ramos Gin Fizz

    You don’t have to be a baker to enjoy THIS carrot cake! It’s carrot cake in cocktail form, so arguably better? I took the classic Ramos Gin Fizz + turned it on its head!…

    March 24, 2017
  • Cucumber Basil Gimlet + Food Pairing

    Pairing food + cocktails is not as easy as wine, but it can be done! Just as acidity + flavor profiles in wines match with certain dishes, so too can cocktails’. Take for instance…

    March 22, 2017
  • The English Garden Margarita of the Year

    This post is sponsored by Patrón.  All opinions are my own. Thank you for reading and supporting the partnerships that keep the cocktails flowing on Craft + Cocktails! Happy spring! I could not be…

    March 21, 2017
  • Irish Hopper Cocktail for St. Patrick’s Day

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As an Irish lass, today means more then getting sloshed on whiskey + wearing green, although I will be partaking in the motherland’s golden liquid rest assured! I whipped up…

    March 17, 2017
  • Meyer Lemon White Chocolate Tart Cocktail

    The Meyer Lemon White Chocolate Tart Cocktail is a creamy, lemony cocktail with a graham cracker rim. It’s a dessert cocktail that won’t give you cavities, perfectly balanced without being saccharine.  Meyer lemons add a…

    March 9, 2017
  • Boozy Beet Shrub Cocktail: Cooking with Cocktails

    Have you ever flipped through a cook book and just wanted to make EVERY single recipe in the book it’s just that good? This happened to me the other day. It doesn’t hurt that…

    February 25, 2017
  • Smoking Rose Paloma with Q Drinks

    Ever look at your home bar and have no clue what to make? Me too! No seriously, sometimes I can’t come up with a single cocktail to mix up. Thank goodness for great cocktail mixers! Gone…

    February 23, 2017
  • Banana Coconut Margarita

      A tropical take on the classic Marg recipe. I can just see myself with a floppy hat on, watching the waves + sipping on this Banana Coconut Margarita, can’t you?! The tiki umbrella definitley helps…

    February 22, 2017
  • Blood Orange Mezcal Sherry Cobbler

    Sherry Cobblers are a classic cocktail. Nutty sherry combined with ripe berries, citrus, and a bit of sugar. Simple yet so satisfying. Replacing some of the sherry with mezcal creates a quaffable drink that’s…

    February 9, 2017
  • Peat Repeat scotch cocktail

    A smokey concoction laced with herbal benedictine. Blood orange juice and honey syrup give it some sweetness while aromatic bitters add spice and of course a bitter component. Peat Repeat cocktail 2 oz smokey scotch (I…

    January 27, 2017