Sweetness is an essential part to building any drink. A well-made drink is one that’s balanced, and that won’t change. But some drinks feature their sweetness as the star of the show.

Garnishes are an important part of home bartending, one that’s often overlooked (including by your hosts). Dressing up your drinks is part of the “ritual” of making drinks—the finishing touch to your masterpiece.

On today’s episode, we discuss Fall Cocktails for every drinker. On this episode, you’ll hear about: How to change your flavor palette from summer to fall; A few cocktails to entertain your guests indoors—and outdoors; How to play on fall themes for your

Orange liqueurs are part of the essential building blocks for hundreds of famous cocktails: Margarita, Sidecar, White Lady, Mai Tai, and Corpse Reviver No. 2, to name just a few of the more famous ones. While there are other variations,

This episode we talk with LaShawn Blake, cocktail instagrammer and blogger at sip.ponder.repeat. We've been digital friends with LaShawn for a while, but we've finally met up and shared drinks in person. Cheers!

Scotch is a beautiful, wonderful, storied drink with a tradition unlike any other. It has been the subject of many odes and poetry; it’s the source of great admiration (and price tags to follow), and it’s a major source of income for Scotland.

This episode, learn more about vermouth and the role it plays in both classic and contemporary cocktails. Vermouth usually plays a secondary in cocktails, but can be a featured ingredient. Classics like a Manhattan or Martini are great for highlighting...

If you listen to the show, you know bourbon is one of our favorite spirits. This episode, we dip into the world of bourbon cocktails. Cheers!

Supposed psychoactive properties, allegedly from the presence of trace amounts of thujone in the distilled spirit, got absinthe effectively banned in the United States from 1915 to 2007. The spirit remains steeped in mystery,

Not just those drinks in those pretty copper mugs, Moscow Mules are actually a conundrum of cocktails. One of the few classic drinks from the post-Prohibition era, the story of the birth of the Moscow Mule only adds to its allure.