holidays

Santa’s Whiskers

December 13, 2011

All the wonderful, classic Holiday cocktails and I have to post my own. The nerve! I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I should be devoting this space to the Zig Zag Hot Buttered Rum or – well really, I don’t know that there’s anything else that needs to go on that list. Still, [...]

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5 Rum Drinks For The Holidays

December 22, 2009

Snowflakes are falling. Gifts are being wrapped and given. Cards and candles are everywhere. It’s almost like there’s something special going on this time of year. While spending time – willingly or otherwise – with friends and family, it just feel right without the right drink to add to the merriment (or help with the [...]

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Egg Nogg

December 8, 2009

Egg Nogg, or Egg Nog, or Eggnog – however you spell it, it’s synonymous with the holidays. A drink older than the term “cocktail” that many associate with it, its origins lie somewhere in the 18th Century with popular “flips” or drinks made with spirits and eggs, often served hot, but not necessarily so. Much [...]

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Volcano House Hot Buttered Rum

December 3, 2009

Hot Buttered Rum is a frequent holiday drink that frequently finds itself at the business end of tinkering. In a recent post I discussed the essential or basic Hot Buttered Rum, a simple mixture of rum, butter, hot water, sugar, and spices. Any drink that exists as long as Hot Buttered Rum is bound to [...]

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Hot Buttered Rum

December 1, 2009

When the weather starts getting nippy* and additional layers of clothes are required for keeping yourself from freezing to your couch, warm drinks are a perfect way to keep yourself thawed out. Of course, a little rum never hurts.

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