Recipes

Vanilla Pear Cocktail Recipe

The past couple of weeks I’ve been hard at work thinking up and researching fall and winter cocktail recipes. Summer cocktails come so easily to me, but I find cocktails in the cooler months need to be a bit more complex. Maybe I’m just overthinking it, maybe not. I’ve made it my goal to start …

Continue Reading
Recipes

Yule Mule: Festive Pomegranate Moscow Mule

There’s less than a week till Christmas now, and if you’re anything like me, your to do list is about as long as Santa’s delivery list. One thing I’m in charge of this year is the Christmas cocktail, and I think we’ve got a winner! This Pomegranate Moscow Mule is as delicious as it is …

Continue Reading
Recipes

Layered Grapefruit and Rose Vodka Soda

Hello summer, my old friend. After approximately 700 consecutive days of rain the sun has finally come out to play. This is one of the rainiest summers I can remember in Edmonton. The last time it rained this much was eight years ago and Justin and I were so over it we spontaneously booked a …

Continue Reading
Recipes

Water-Yellin’ Frozen Watermelon Tiki Cocktail

Grab your tropical garnishes and bust out the coconut bras and Hawaiian shirts because it’s 5 o’clock somewhere! Since summer seems to have skipped over Edmonton this year Holly and I decided to take matters into our own hands and bring summer to us in the form of a delicious watermelon tiki drink. While this …

Continue Reading
Recipes

Prickly Pear Vodka Soda

I first fell in love with Eau Claire Distillery (an Alberta-based company) a couple of years ago when I tasted their gin at a wine festival. It was so smooth–a bit fruity and undoubtedly delicious. Definitely different than other gins on liquor shelves. Next I discovered their EquineOX Prickly Pear Vodka, which is next level. …

Continue Reading
Recipes

Passion Fruit White Tea Cocktail

Half the fun of crafting new cocktails is in the refinement. Adding a little bit of this and a little bit more of that. It’s a tough job cocktail tasting, but someone has to do it 😉. There’s naturally flavours that work well together: lemon and berries, cucumber and mint, tropical fruit and white tea …

Continue Reading