Drinks are for lovers on Valentine’s Day, so shake up something special for your sweetheart.
Champagne Soyeux
December 21st, 2010 | by Marleigh | published in absinthe, liqueur, recipes, seasonal, sparkling wine, wine, yuletide
An original champagne cocktail based on the classic Soyer au Champagne.
Sea Captain’s Special
September 29th, 2007 | by Marleigh | published in liqueur, recipes, rye, sparkling wine, whisk(e)y
I found this stashed in Esquire Drinks in the chapter on what to imbibe when you’re dealing with having had a bit too much. I didn’t realize this at the time, as I was looking for something to make with an open bottle of cava, so the hefty pour of whiskey didn’t seem strange to [...]
East Hollywood Sparkling Sangria
September 17th, 2007 | by Marleigh | published in housemade, mixers, MxMo, recipes, sparkling wine
Happy Mixology Monday! Another month has passed and our intrepid host, Gabriel at cocktailnerd, has chosen “fizz” as his theme. Fizzy ingredients are everywhere in cocktails. Tonic water, club soda, ginger beer, soda, mineral water, champagne…the absolutely overwhelming number of choices made this month’s challenge interesting. There are so many choices, it was hard to [...]
Murder By Death
November 28th, 2005 | by nerdling | published in liqueur, recipes, sake, sparkling wine
Toward the end of the sparkling wine, my boyfriend issued a challenge: he wanted a drink with Campari and champagne. The other ingredients and the manner of its creation were up to me. Thus, the Murder By Death was born. (And, by being the one responsible for the concoction’s creation, he was also the one [...]
