Summer
Beer and Bourbon Ice Cream
Bite into a “Cold One” – Renaissance Schaumburg serves up ice cream fit for cocktail hour. At first thought, beer, bourbon and ice cream seems like an off-putting combination. However, when created properly it can b...
Valencia Swizzle by Giuseppe Gonzalez
Giuseppe Gonzalez, mixologist at Painkiller, New York, New York Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces Ketel One Oranje vodka 3/4 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice 1 ounce White Creme de Cacao Preparation: 1. Pour Ketel One Oranje Vodka, fresh lemon ...
Baileys & Bulliet Iced Coffee by Fred Sarkis and Mike Phillips
Fred Sarkis, mixologist at Sable Kitchen & Bar in Chicago, Illinois and Mike Phillips, barista at Intelligentsia Coffee, Chicago, Illinois Ingredients 1 ounce Baileys Original Irish Cream 1/2 ounce Iced Coffee 1 ou...
New Romantic by Anika Zappe
Anika Zappe, mixologist at Root Down in Denver, Colorado Ingredients 1 oz Moon Mountain Vodka 3/4 oz Lavender Infused Agave Nectar 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1/4 oz Violet Liqueur 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth Splash of Spanish Sparkling Wine Le...
Peligroso Madras
Peligroso, an exceptionally smooth 42% alc. by Vol. 100% Weber Blue Agave Tequila, grown and harvested on a private estate in the highlands of Jalisco Mexico. Every batch of Peligroso tequila is tasted by their chief master-tas...
Peligroso Colada
Peligroso, an exceptionally smooth 42% alc. by Vol. 100% Weber Blue Agave Tequila, grown and harvested on a private estate in the highlands of Jalisco Mexico. Every batch of Peligroso tequila is tasted by their chief master-tas...
Mai Tai
There are always two camps on who originally created the Mai Tai. Trader Vic or Don the Beachcomber, both were famous for creating famous rum cocktails and being collectors of hard to get Caribbean spirits. My personal belie...
Scorpion
A cool refreshing drink which was probably a variation on the classic Mai Tai. Simple yet complex. Perfect for summer. Ingredients: Juice of half a lime 1 1/2 oz. orange juice 3/4 oz. brandy 3/4 oz. light rum 3/4 oz. da...
Caipirinha
Brazilians drink about two billion liters of Cachaca a year, that would make this cocktail the national drink. Cachaca is a roughly distilled cane spirit in the similar category as rums, bars that specialize in Caipirinha are c...
Mojito
The mojito’s beginnings are shaded with prohibition, rum running and Cuban communism. The story goes that during prohibition, hundreds of wealthy Americans were travelling from Miami to Cuba to drink at the many non prohibit...
