Hot Apple Buttered Rum and Apple Butter

Homemade warm apple cider mixed with a touch of butter served with spiced rum and maple whipped cream. Also, an easy homemade apple butter recipe. This recipe is kind of like getting three-for-one. From one batch of apples, you can make spiced apple cider, hot buttered rum, and apple butter. I don’t know about you, […]

Smoked Chihuahua

Smoky mezcal tequila mixed with sage simple syrup and freshly squeezed grapefruit juice. Tomorrow is Sunday funday. So I decided to end this week’s posts with a cocktail. This simple cocktail is a play on the classic greyhound. I used smoky mezcal instead of the traditional vodka or gin. To enhance the smoky flavor of […]

Dirty Martini Pickles

Dirty martini in pickle form. Yes, please! These cucumber pickles are brined with lemon, gin, and a little bit of green olive. The secret to these pickles is the olives. Well, maybe the gin too. But definitely the olives. I mean, what’s a dirty martini without olives? I really wanted to get that olive flavor […]

Pickled Peach Gin and Tonic

It’s Sunday Funday! What could be better on a hot summer Sunday than a herbaceous peach gin and tonic? Now cucumber and gin are a pretty classic flavor combination. And to be honest, cucumber, basil and gin make an awesome cocktail on their own. But the pickled peach sends this drink over the top. Muddling […]