It was for an actual birthday that we decided to give the Birthday Cake a spin—at this point, we were already at least two drinks in, so a shot seemed like a great idea at the time (not so much the next morning).
This is a recipe I picked up from a friend, who I think [...]

I will be honest and state beforehand that I do not, have not and likely will not ever care for the Long Island Iced Tea. Perhaps it is the inherent frat party connotations, or just residual fears about mixing every single kind of alcohol possible into one glass with caffeine, or the fact that something&dmash;something [...]

This is the general formula of a night in with my parents: parents come over, parents and I drink copious amounts of vodka and/or gin, we eat dinner, we drink some more, have a cup of coffee and attempt to sober up. Generally, my mother sticks with a strict diet of vodka & tonic with [...]

Despite its popularity in the ’50s, as well as its enduring legacy in barware and drink mixes, the Tom Collins isn’t a drink I have run into very often. It doesn’t appear at bars—be they home or business—the way a Whiskey Sour does, and it certainly isn’t as common as a staple Screwdriver.
Regardless, I’d never [...]

We had a bottle of highly mediocre sparkling wine chilling in the fridge from our recent move. I wanted to experiment with some of the cocktails that use wine, and the French 76 sounded like a good place to start.
It combines liquor with wine, as well as a dash of tartness and sweetness. It seemed [...]