Giveaway: The Art of the Bar Cart and The Bar Cartist Tool Set But wait! To help you with your styling jobs, I’m also giving away a barware set from The Bar Cartist. The Stirred Gold Bar Set is the right tone for all of your upcoming holiday parties. It’s still reserved, although a little glitzy. The set comprises cocktail picks a professional jigger, muddler bar spoon strainer and … [Read more...]

Green 1 oz Kiwi Syrup 4 oz G.H. Mumm Champagne Blue 1 Sugar Cube 4 dashes Angostura 10 Blue Butterfly Tea Flowers, Whole 4 oz G.H. Mumm Champagne Purple 2 oz Gin 1/4 oz Crème de Violette 3/4 oz Simple Syrup 3/4 oz Lime Juice 3 oz G.H. Mumm Champagne Red 1 oz Prickly Pear Syrup 4 oz G.H. Mumm Champagn Yellow 1-1/2 oz Pineapple Puree 1-1/2 oz Blended … [Read more...]

Absinthe Cucumber Cooler <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2934" src="http://gestatum.com/wp-content/uploads/ENxDqy.jpg" alt="Absinthe Cucumber Cooler Recipe on Craft & Cocktails (craftandcocktails.co)” width=”750″ height=”1124″ srcset=”http://gestatum.com/wp-content/uploads/ENxDqy.jpg 750w, … [Read more...]

This post is sponsored by BAI. All opinions are my own. Thank you for reading and supporting the partnerships that keep the cocktails flowing on Craft + Cocktails! Add all liquid ingredients except Bai Blood Orange into a shaker with ice and shake. Shake and strain into a glass. Top with Bai and stir. Garnish with thyme and orange slice. 3 oz Bai Bubbles Jamaica Blood Orange 1 1/2 oz … [Read more...]

First of all, be selective with your gin.   In my personal opinion, Gibsons are best when made with an herbaceous gin such as Monkey 47.   Monkey 47 is made from 47 botanicals, and contains flavors of wood, dried refreshing aromas reminiscent of the woods after a heavy rain, spice, and citrus.   3 oz Monkey 47 Gin1/2 oz Dry Vermouth1 Filthy Monkey 47 Pearl Onion Gibsons can be divisive.  … [Read more...]

Three Parts- The Margarita 1.5 Derrumbes San Luis0.75 dry curaçao 0.75 lime1 tsp 2:1Shake, stones, grapefruit oil The dump. I don’t know — the shake and dump just tastes better than the shake and strain over fresh ice, which causes another washing of the drink to occur. People typically avoid this because the shaken ice tends to melt quicker than the fresh ice you would strain a … [Read more...]

Watermelon Frozé The trick to froze greatness is  selecting a fruit-forward rosé – one with a darker colour (and a lower price point).   After all, each rosé has its own place in the world: some deserve a place in a wine glass un-tainted extra booze and by fruit, and some deserve a place in a blender with watermelon that is frozen, mint, and sugar.   The day before, open that bottle of … [Read more...]

Moscow Mule Float Published at Thu, 14 Sep 2017 05:11:00 +0000 <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2906" src="http://gestatum.com/wp-content/uploads/FMA9Ke.jpg" alt="Moscow Mule Float Craft & cocktails” width=”750″ height=”1044″ srcset=”http://gestatum.com/wp-content/uploads/FMA9Ke.jpg 750w, … [Read more...]