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Cocktail Changeup: 8 Ways to Make a Piña Colada

Cocktail Changeup: 8 Ways to Make a Piña Colada

If you like Piña Coladas, here are ways to make them at home (rain optional).

Featured, CocktailsAmanda GabrieleAugust 10, 2020cocktails, rum, on the rocks Comment

Sparkling Wine Cocktails 101

Sparkling Wine Cocktails 101

Find the right bubbly for all your fizzy libations

Featured, Cocktails, WineKelly MagyaricsAugust 5, 2020cocktails, wine, cava, new york international wine competition, prosecco, champagne, 101Comment

Cool Down With These 11 Refreshing Boozy Summer Treats

Cool Down With These 11 Refreshing Boozy Summer Treats

11 booze-infused portable drinks and treats for summer refreshment

Featured, Wine, Spirits, CocktailsGabrielle PharmsJuly 30, 2020cocktails, wine, tequila, beer, whiskey, rye, vodka, summerComment

Can't Go To the Bar? Bartenders Are Creating Home Cocktail Kits

Can't Go To the Bar? Bartenders Are Creating Home Cocktail Kits

Cocktails to-go are likely here to-stay

Featured, CocktailsMaggie KimberlJuly 28, 2020cocktails, bartending, hospitality industry, covid, new york international spirits competition, rum, to goComment

Comic Books To Get Lost In, and Drinks To Pair With Them

Comic Books To Get Lost In, and Drinks To Pair With Them

Sip along with these comic fiction thrillers

Cocktails, FeaturedAndrew TobiaJuly 22, 2020cocktails, whiskey, gin, beer, beer pairing, new york international spirits competition, new york international beer competition, microbrewery, ipa, aleComment

Crush the Heat With These 6 Cobbler Recipes

Crush the Heat With These 6 Cobbler Recipes

This 19th century sherry-based cocktail is still the ultimate summer quencher

Featured, CocktailsKelly MagyaricsJuly 16, 2020cocktails, classic cocktails, whiskey, on the rocksComment

The Soothing Powers of Cognac

The Soothing Powers of Cognac

Cognac for Bastille Day (or any day, since every day is a new revolution)

Featured, Cocktails, SpiritsAmanda SchusterJuly 10, 2020cognac, brandy, eau de vie, cocktails, classic cocktails, new york international spirits competition, sparkling wineComment

Cheers to You, America! (But Public Safety Comes First)

Cheers to You, America! (But Public Safety Comes First)

Hopefully we can properly celebrate Independence Day in 2021, but only if lawmakers help

Featured, Cocktails, NewsAmanda SchusterJuly 3, 2020covid, cocktails, bars, cocktail bars, fourth of july Comment

6 Cocktails With Flavors of Yuzu

6 Cocktails With Flavors of Yuzu

These unique citrusy drinks with flavors of yuzu will brighten summer sipping.

Featured, CocktailsKelly MagyaricsJuly 1, 2020cocktails, yuzu, liqueur, lemon, vodka, flavored vodka, gin, tequila, mixers, recipes, summerComment

Best Tequilas To Mix In Your Favorite Classic Cocktails

Best Tequilas To Mix In Your Favorite Classic Cocktails

To make these 9 cocktails, match the ingredients with the right tequila

Featured, CocktailsAmanda GabrieleJune 23, 2020cocktails, tequila, agaveComment

Canned Beverages To Tote On Your Summer Hikes

Canned Beverages To Tote On Your Summer Hikes

Quench your thirst during fresh-air pursuits with these 11 packable potables.

Cocktails, Beer, Wine, FeaturedKelly MagyaricsJune 17, 2020new york international spirits competition, bourbon, whiskey, tequila, rum, vodka, gin, cachaca, chardonnay, mourvedre, syrah, merlot, to goComment

Choose Your Own Sipping Adventure With These Three Summery Cocktails

Choose Your Own Sipping Adventure With These Three Summery Cocktails

These cocktails are easily adaptable to suit your pantry, and your palate

Cocktails, FeaturedAmanda SchusterJune 11, 2020cocktails, strawberry, gin, tequila, rum, whiskey, 101Comment

12 Inspired Takes on the Sour Cocktail

12 Inspired Takes on the Sour Cocktail

All you need is citrus + sweet + booze to make one of the world’s most riffable cocktails

Featured, CocktailsKelly MagyaricsMay 27, 2020cocktails, berlin international spirits competition, bourbon, whiskey, tequila, gin, london dry gin, peach, pisco, rum, sparkling wine, new york international spirits competition, upComment

Professor Spotlight: Kelly Magyarics

Professor Spotlight: Kelly Magyarics

Get to know one of our most traveled professors!

Featured, Cocktails, WineAmanda SchusterMay 15, 2020cocktails, wine, wine educationComment

Pairing Classic Books With Cocktails

Pairing Classic Books With Cocktails

Mix up a drink and find a comfy spot for a literary sipping escape

Featured, CocktailsSara HavensMay 14, 2020cocktails, cocktail pairing, cocktail parties, bourbon, new york international spirits competition, vodka, gin, absinthe, tequila, book, pairingsComment

Your Cocktail Could Kill You

Your Cocktail Could Kill You

Avoid deadly homemade tonic water recipes, and other seemingly harmless ingredients

Featured, CocktailsMatt AgonoyMay 11, 2020cocktails, covid, tonic, cocktail history, gin, 101Comment

Love In a Can, and Other Expressions of Italian-style Imbibing

Love In a Can, and Other Expressions of Italian-style Imbibing

Sipping Italian style while in lockdown, spontaneous musical interludes optional

Featured, CocktailsLeilani VellaMay 8, 2020cocktails, sparkling wine, new york international wine competition, prosecco, bitters, vermouthComment

New Ways the Bar Industry is Raising Funds for Unemployed Staffers

New Ways the Bar Industry is Raising Funds for Unemployed Staffers

These are fun and easy ways to help the hospitality community at a time that is neither fun nor easy

Cocktails, FeaturedGabrielle PharmsMay 7, 2020cocktails, covid, cocktail bars, hospitality industry Comment

Barflies and Boulevardiers

Barflies and Boulevardiers

History of the Boulevardier cocktail (a.k.a. “Whiskey Negroni”), and ways to mix one up yourself

Featured, CocktailsKeith AllisonApril 29, 2020cocktails, cocktail bars, whiskey, bourbon, rye, travel Comments

Professor Spotlight: Brian Petro

You’ll learn a lot from this Q & A with one of our resident booze historians

Featured, CocktailsAmanda SchusterApril 24, 2020cocktails, cocktail historyComment