The Holiday in a Glass: Fall to Thanksgiving Cocktails post has been updated with 250+ holiday themed cocktail recipes for the season.  If you haven’t checked that out yet I encourage you to do so.  Hot Brew: Winter & Holiday Hot Coffee Recipes contains 30+ hot coffee recipes at the moment, but is updated frequently.  Stay low calorie through the holidays and every season with Living Grand & Teenie: Low Calorie Cocktail & Drink Recipes.  The low calorie guide contains cocktails and non-alcoholic Mocktails and will be updated throughout the year.

Thanksgiving is more than family and food.  It’s also about football…

• College football tailgating shot recipes

College Football Tailgating Shots – College football teams paired with shot recipes. Teams include – Florida Gators, Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas Longhorns, Nebraska Cornhuskers and Colorado Buffaloes.

More links for football fans:

• Team drink recipe pairings for NFL Sunday football
• Football line-up drink & shot recipes
• Quick & easy game day drink recipes
• Jägermeister recipes bring variety to the bar glass

More links found on The Intoxicologist.net site in the right hand sidebar under Football & Tailgating Drinks

Contests at The Intoxicologist Facebook Fan Page

• Quick Bites: Cocktail Contest Quickies – Beamin’ Punkin recipe using Jim Beam Bourbon created by Dan Bliss of Omaha, Nebraska.  Dan entered my Jim Beam Bourbon contest in October.  Join The Intoxicologist Fan page on Facebook to enter contests.  A new one is just on the horizon after the Thanksgiving holiday.  Also in the post: Dulce Dominicana hot brew recipe using Brugal Rum.
• Scotch Cocktail Recipes: Bobby Burns & My Darling – Delicious rendition of the classic style Bobby Burns scotch cocktail using Allspice on the twist and around the rim.  Plus winner of the scotch contest; My Darling created by Bob Stafford. 

Low Calorie Living Made Easier

• Versatility on the Fly: Low Calorie Drinks from Everyday Ingredients – Four lower calorie cocktail, non-alcoholic mocktail, and shot recipes using a common ingredient; Coffee Mate.  Yes, that is what you just read.  These low calorie drink recipes are tasty enough to serve through the holidays and easy enough to whip up quickly.

Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes & Wine

Power packed pomegranate holiday drink recipes

• Pomegranate Cocktails – National Pomegranate Month – Hot and cold cocktails with pomegranate juices from a variety of brands using an array of base spirits. PAMA Liqueur and pomegranate infused spirits have also been included for diversity and ease of cocktail creation.

Drink recipes for an inspired Thanksgiving season

• Seasonal Cocktails: Fall & Thanksgiving – 15 drink recipes for fall & Thanksgiving. Hot chocolates, ciders, espressos and coffees. Candy bar cocktails laced with chocolate and caramel with a shooter included. Champagne topped cocktail also included.

Celebrate holidays with classic style gin drink recipes

• Beefeater Gin Cocktails – 10 Beefeater Gin cocktail and martini recipes ideal for the holidays.

Dare to be adventurous: Campari holiday drink recipes

• Campari Holiday Cocktails – Enjoy cocktails that dare to be adventurous, border on sexy and ring in distinctive flavor. Drink recipes featuring 12 Campari cocktails designed by bartenders and mixologists from around the country.

                More Campari Recipes: Classic spirit of Campari mingles with rich Bourbon heritage

                Campari cocktail recipes for sophisticated summertime refreshment

Classic style martini recipes: Beefeater 24 & Plymouth Gin holiday collection

• Beefeater 24 & Plymouth Gin Holiday Recipe Collection – 11 cocktail recipes focusing upon classic and contemporary style martinis for the holiday season using Beefeater 24 Gin and Plymouth Gin.

                More Beefeater Gin Recipes: Beefeater Gin classic drink recipes

Tasting the Rockies: whiskey & bourbon seasonal cocktail recipes

• Seasonal Whiskey Warmers – Winter Slumber & Rocky Mountain Ginger Crisp cocktail recipes created by Cheri Loughlin using whiskey and bourbon as base spirit with Hiram Walker Gingerbread Liqueur and Pumpkin Spice Liqueur highlights.

                More pumpkin recipes: Pumpkin pie recipes in a cocktail glass

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market: Affordable Holiday Entertaining – affordable wines for holiday entertaining

Classic Style Armagnac Cocktail Recipe: 14 Juillet – Delicious classic style martini cocktail for the holidays.

Cocktail Hour Apple Strudel Recipe – An Intoxicologist original for those who prefer sipping dessert over forking it.

Dessert Inspired Holiday Shot Recipes – Don’t want to bake apple pie this season?  Take a shot at these little desserts in a shot glass.

                More shot recipes: Top 10 Popular Shot Recipes

After Dinner Cocktails: Brandied Bonbon Café – If you haven’t picked up a bottle of Kahlua Coffee Cream yet, do it now and pick up several to last through the year.  It’s a limited release and it’s just that darn delicious.  Then make this cocktail; an Intoxicologist original.

Breathe Easy: Turning Leaf Wine for the Holidays – The bottles are lovely for your Thanksgiving table and the price is right at $8 per. 

Apple of My Eye Cocktails – Three more apple inspired cocktails for the holidays.  Dessert style to long term sipping refreshment.

                More apple recipes: Cocktail hour: No bake apple pie recipes

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

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Thanksgiving is only a couple of weeks away.  Hard to believe!  Time to break out the coffee pots, delectable spirits and whip up some wonderfully warm coffee drinks to keep the winter chill from seeping into our bones.  Thanksgiving coffee drinks are a sure fire way to keep winter at bay (or take to football tailgate gatherings, too).  Individual articles have been put together using coffee and espresso as guide in hot drinks and chilled martini style holiday cocktails.  ‘Hot Brew’ is the complete listing of hot coffee drink recipes that will be updated all winter long for your continuing reference.  Since families will be gathering this Thanksgiving, more guides have been put together with dessert style martini recipes as well as fall themed cocktail recipes.  For those keeping in shape through the winter, the ‘Living Grand & Teenie: Low Calorie drink guide’ has been put together for plenty of choices throughout all of the seasons.  Be sure to scroll through all postings this week for holiday drink recipes and plenty of classics like the wonderful Negroni, Hendrick’s martinis and several interesting versions of the Manhattan.

Beat the Winter Chill – Thanksgiving Coffee Drink Recipes

Give thanks for hot coffee drink recipes

• Hot Coffee Cocktails & Mocktails – 20 winter warmers recipes to keep your thirst for spirited hot coffee satisfied. Enjoy non-alcoholic hot coffee Mocktails for early morning or anytime consumption or a wide variety of hot coffees with wide variety of spirits and liqueurs.

Chilled coffee & espresso martini drink recipes

• Cold Coffee & Espresso Martinis & Drink Recipes – 20 chilled coffee and espresso cocktails and non-alcoholic Mocktail recipes. Bulleit Bourbon, Leblon Cachaca, Van Gogh Vodka, Stoli, Voyant Chai, Pisco, Corzo, Partida, Absolut Vodka, Kahlua Especial, Patron, Lucid Absinthe and more.

Hot Brew: Winter & Holiday Hot Coffee & Espresso Drink Recipe Guide  - The hot coffee and espresso guide contains drink recipes with brewed coffee and espresso as well as those that contain coffee liqueurs and espresso spirits.  There are also a few non-alcoholic Mocktail coffee recipes included for anytime consumption.  This guide will be updated all winter long.

Comfort Food for Thought – Thanksgiving & Dessert Cocktail Recipes

Pumpkin pie recipes in a cocktail glass

• Pumpkin Pie Dessert Cocktail Recipes – 16 variations of pumpkin pie recipes for your holiday cocktail glass. Why not make a twist on the traditional pumpkin pie favorite and turn the delicious pie into a tempting pumpkin dessert cocktail instead? It’s as easy as pie!

Cocktail hour: No bake apple pie recipes

• Apple Martini & Cocktail Recipes – 20 Apple cocktails, martinis and drink recipes ranging from hot to cold, served on ice or straight up. Rum, Vodka, Bourbon, Whiskey, Pisco, Gin and Champagne topped drinks with a low calorie option included.

Holiday in a Glass: Fall to Thanksgiving Cocktails, Martinis & Drink Recipes  - Hot and cold beverages served martini style, on the rocks or piping hot.  Non-alcoholic recipes are also featured.  This listing will be updated weekly through Thanksgiving, so bookmark it and check back regularly. 176 recipes with links to more holiday listings of interest such as low calorie cocktails and hot coffee cocktails.

Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea holiday drink recipe contest winners

• Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Holiday Contest Recipes – The cocktail recipes Facebook fans came up with are quick and easy making cocktail construction for the holidays a snap when friends and family gather around.

NFL Football Drinks

Team drink recipe pairings for NFL Sunday football

NFL Football Teams Recipe Pairings – 10 drink recipes paired with NFL football teams. Teams include Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders.

Cocktail Hour

Selecting the ‘Ultimate Manhattan’ drink recipe

Ultimate Manhattan Contest Finalist Drink Recipes – Each of the eight Manhattan recipes featured at the invitation only event at Esquire Soho and David Wondrich’s Esquire Manhattan are contained in the slideshow. The Manhattan is an excellent fall and holiday cocktail drink for family and guests.

Savoring the Flavor of Hendrick’s Gin Classic & Contemporary Cocktail Recipes  - Three styles of cocktails from one unique Gin – Classic, twist on a classic and contemporary. 

Living Grand & Teenie: Low Calorie Cocktail & Drink Recipes  - Low calorie living doesn’t mean giving up pleasure, taste or cocktail hour.  What it does mean is better planning and thinking a little outside the box.  This listing gives a variety of cocktail recipes for a variety of flavor palates.  This guide will be updated continually, so check back often.

Classic Cocktail Recipes Sparkle: Naughty Negroni & Art’ Negroni  - Book review of The Bubbly Bar and modern day tweaks on the Classic Negroni.  These two Negroni cocktails are definite ‘must try’ cocktail recipes.

Peek into the Peculiar: Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey  - Review with original cocktail creation.  Stranahan’s is definitely unique. 

It’s MOVEMBER

Grow a ‘MO’for Movember: Support the Prostate Cancer Foundation & LIVESTRONG Fund  - Support a worthy cause during the month of November/Movember. 

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Quick and easy recipes at our fingertips are what we all want when we are in a hurry.  The following drink recipe links present cocktails in a variety of presentation styles.  Most of the recipes include photo representations of the cocktail recipes.  Find the recipe you are searching for by base spirit, seasonal theme, celebration style or theme.  This drink recipe listing is updated as frequently as possible – usually weekly.  If there is something special you are searching for please feel free to use the comment form so the type of cocktails you want can be provided. 

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Holiday in a Glass

Fall Cocktails, Thanksgiving Libations, Christmas Martinis, New Year’s Celebrations

Pumpkin pie recipes in a cocktail glass

• Pumpkin Pie Dessert Cocktail Recipes – 16 variations of pumpkin pie recipes for your holiday cocktail glass. Why not make a twist on the traditional pumpkin pie favorite and turn the delicious pie into a tempting pumpkin dessert cocktail instead? It’s as easy as pie!

Toasting National Chocolate Cupcake Day with hot & cold chocolate drink recipes

• Chocolate Cocktails – Hot & Cold – 10 chocolate cocktail recipes using Van Gogh Dutch Chocolate Vodka, Don Julio Tequila, Leblon Cachaca, Absolut Vodka, Effen Vodka, Three Olives Espresso Vodka, Godiva Chocolate, Frangelico and Grand Marnier.

Candy bar cocktails & dessert drink recipes

• Candy Bar Cocktails & Dessert Drink Recipes – 10 delicious candy bar cocktails and dessert drink recipes. Recipes include a Godiva hot chocolate peppermint patty, Three Olives Gummy Worm martini & Tootsie Roll Shot, Smortini, Three Musketeers Bar Shot and more.

Fall drink recipes illustrate spirit versatility

• Seasonal Drink Recipes – Seasonal / Fall drink recipes: Tullamore Dew, Navan Vanilla Liqueur, Highland Park Scotch, Conjure Cognac, Dos Lunas Tequila, Flor de Cana Rum, Campari, Buffalo Trace Bourbon recipes included among others.

Drambuie Liqueur: Warming spirit for fall drink recipes

• Drambuie Warm Spirited Drink Recipes – Charles’ Drambuie recipes along with six more drink recipes from last year’s Drambuie Den Bartender Competition. Bartenders featured include: David Shenaut, Crystal Triantafellou, Duane Fernandez, Chad Doll, Mindy Kucan and Dan Williams.

Fall drink recipes warm the spirit

• Fall Drink Recipes to Warm the Spirit – 10 fall drink recipes using Corzo Tequila, Yamazaki, Zen Green Tea, Tullamore Dew, Navan, Pinky Vodka, Leblon Cachaca and Boca Loca Cachaca. Each seasonal cocktail features the spirit with spice or fruit highlighting the autumn season.

Fall & Halloween mocktail recipes kick off holiday party season

• Fall & Halloween Mocktail Drink Recipes – 10 non-alcoholic Mocktail recipes for the holiday season for your festive celebrations. Fall themes such as apple or spice with a few ghoulish tones thrown in for Halloween parties.

Cool breeze blows in hot coffee drink recipes

• Hot Coffee Recipes for Cool Weather – 10 steaming hot recipes combining coffee with whiskey, amaretto, Kahlua, brandy, bourbon and vodka. Great hot coffee recipes for tailgating or staying indoors to keep warm.

The Le Nez de Courvoisier Experience & holiday recipe collection

• Courvoisier Holiday Cocktail Recipe Collection – Courvoisier Cognac holiday cocktail recipe collection and tasting notes on the Exclusif and XO Imperial. Includes recipes for the Courvoisier Hot Toddy with Hot Toddy Batter and two versions of the Euro Cocoa.

Baileys lip lickable drink recipes

• Baileys Listen To Your Lips Drink Recipes – 10 Lip licking delicious cocktail recipes from Baileys. Whether you prefer your Baileys on ice, in a straight up cocktail, in a hot coffee mug or whipped up in a mochachino or frappe, Baileys has a wonderful recipe for you.

Spice up your morning at the Gran Duque d Alba coffee bar

• Gran Duque d Alba Coffee Bar Iced & Hot Coffee Cocktails – Gran Duque d Alba Coffee Bar Iced & Hot Coffee Cocktails with brandy base and inclusion of absinthe, mint, caramel, and rum. All recipes from the Gran Duque d Alba Coffee Bar at Tales of the Cocktail 2009.

VeeV Acai Spirit fall drink recipes

• VeeV Acai Spirit Fall Drink Recipes – VeeV Acai Spirit drink recipes for fall with easy preparation. Simple recipes, some with champagne toppers and others with a little cinnamon and spice to simple ginger ale or club soda and lemon or lime splash.

Three Olives Vodka liquid dessert recipes

• Three Olives Vodka Liquid Dessert Recipes – Three Olives Vodka liquid dessert recipes. 10 recipes for liquid temptation in a glass from candy bar cocktails to cheesecake martini drink recipes.

Toast summer with Rhum Clément recipes

• Summer & Fall Rum Recipes – 10 Rum Drink Recipes for Summer & Fall Season.

Chocolaty cocktail and mocktail recipes for National S’mores Day

• 9 Chocolaty Cocktail and Mocktail Drink Recipes – Nine chocolate themed cocktail and mocktail drink recipes inspired by National S’mores Day. Cocktails include base spirits of Gin, Absinthe, Vodka and an aperitif. Mocktails are created by The Intoxicologist with chocolate, coffee and ice cream in mind.

Football & Tailgating

Team drink recipe pairings for NFL Sunday football

• NFL Football Teams Recipe Pairings – 10 drink recipes paired with NFL football teams. Teams include Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders.

Football line-up drink & shot recipes

• Football Line-Up Drink & Shot Recipes – 11 Football watching drink and shotrecipes for the perfect team match-ups, edge of your seat sideline watching to perfect plays and winner takes all drink choices. There is also a drink recipe for the team who goes home without the win.

Quick & easy game day drink recipes

• Bacardi Flavored Rum Easy Game Day Recipes – Bacardi Limon, Bacardi Razz, Bacardi Peach and Bacardi Big Apple drink recipes. Each flavor provides easy recipe choices combining flavored rum with one to two mixers for great flavor combination in long pour or shot varieties.

Jägermeister recipes bring variety to the bar glass

• Jägermeister Variety Cocktail Recipes – Jägermeister may be better know for shots and bombs with energy drinks but these 10 Jägermeister cocktail recipes show Jägermeister’s mixability factory in variety drink recipes. Cocktails, long drinks, shots and on the rocks.

Easy Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur drink recipes

• Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur Drink Recipes – Easy Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur drink recipes. Two drink recipes from modern mixologist bartenders and a few more easy recipes using minimal ingredients for refreshing drink options from on the rocks to shot recipes.

Mocktails – Non Alcoholic Libations

Halloween themed ‘Twilight’ mocktail drink recipes

• Halloween themed ‘Twilight’ mocktail drink recipes – The non-alcoholic drink recipes reference characters from ‘The Twilight Saga’ series such as Bella Swan, Jacob Black, Carlisle Cullen and Esme Cullen. 4 drink recipes in all.

Fall & Halloween mocktail recipes kick off holiday party season

• Fall & Halloween Mocktail Drink Recipes – 10 non-alcoholic Mocktail recipes for the holiday season for your festive celebrations. Fall themes such as apple or spice with a few ghoulish tones thrown in for Halloween parties.

Mocktail recipes: balancing act of flavor with ‘non-alcoholic’ adult designation

• Mocktail Recipes with 10 Fruity Twists – 10 delicious Mocktail recipes with delightful twists on the usual. Pussyfooting around with orange juice and egg yolk, sensationalizing the Mocktail with tomato, carrot and passion fruit, and pairing grape juice with boysenberry syrup.

Mocktail Monday: 10 non-alcoholic recipes for a crowd

• Non-Alcoholic Mocktails for a Crowd – 10 crowd pleasing non-alcoholic mocktail recipes fit for a crowd. Ice cream, fruit based and smoothies. Blender drinks, punch bowl recipes and pitcher drinks.

Mocktail Monday: POM Wonderful mocktail & smoothie recipes

• POM Wonderful Mocktail & Smoothie Recipes – POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice makes a wonderful base for Mocktail, Cocktail & Smoothie recipes. POM Wonderful also gets creative with Whipped Cream recipe and an Ice Cube recipe perfect for the holidays.

Mocktail Monday: 10 non-alcoholic summer drink recipes

• Summer Mocktails Recipes – 10 Mocktail drink recipes for summer refreshment using a variety of fresh juices and sparkling toppers. Punch recipes included for parties and crowds.

The Classics – Speakeasy & Prohibition Era Style

10 Cane Rum classic drink recipes for themed Halloween parties

• 10 Cane Rum Classic Drink Recipes – 10 Cane Rum Classic Drink recipes create an easy Halloween party theme whether you choose Hemingway’s favorite Cuban bar (Floridita) or go with the Mai Tai of Don the Beachcomber fame with Trader Vic’s Tiki Bar culture.

Dewar’s: The Marrying kind

• Dewar’s Blended Scotch Classic & Contemporary Cocktails – Slip into a classic cocktail or delve into the world of contemporary with an array of signature cocktails designed with the Dewar’s range of whiskies in mind.

Low calorie classic cocktail recipes & Splenda simple syrup

• Low Calorie Classic Cocktail Recipes & Splenda Simple Syrup – Nine classic cocktail recipes have been adapted into low calorie classic cocktail drink recipes for your figure friendly sipping enjoyment. A recipe for Splenda Simple Syrup is also included to substitute in any drink recipe that calls for regular simple syrup.

Beefeater Gin classic drink recipes

Beefeater Gin Classic Drink Recipes – Beefeater London Dry Gin classic drink recipe interpretations.

Lucid Absinthe: innocuous spirit for sensible imbibers

• Lucid Absinthe Classic & Modern Cocktail Recipes – Lucid Absinthe Classic & Modern Cocktail Recipes such as the Corpse Reviver, Sazerac and Monkey Gland with modern mixes of shots, martinis like the Lucid Martini, Green Lantern and Night Cat.

Figure Friendly -  Low Calorie & Low Carb Cocktails

Tommy Bahama beach worthy cocktail recipes

• Tommy Bahama Beach Worthy Cocktail Recipes – Tommy Bahama Rum cocktail recipes – Tommy Bahama created the Slenderade lower calorie cocktail recipe. Four more Tommy Bahama recipes with an alternative lower calorie option for beach bikini friendly consumers.

Low calorie classic cocktail recipes & Splenda simple syrup

• Low Calorie Classic Cocktail Recipes & Splenda Simple Syrup – Nine classic cocktail recipes have been adapted into low calorie classic cocktail drink recipes for your figure friendly sipping enjoyment. A recipe for Splenda Simple Syrup is also included to substitute in any drink recipe that calls for regular simple syrup.

Live lighter with TY KU Soju

• TY KU Spirits – Soju Live Lighter & Low Cal Cocktails – TY KU Spirits releases Soju to the US. Read the stats on Soju versus Vodka, Tasting Notes & Calorie information. Also contained within: 4 Low calorie cocktail recipes and 4 more TY KU drink recipes.

100 calorie cocktails from TY KU spirits

• TY KU Spirits Low Calorie Drink Recipes – TY KU Spirits low calorie drink recipes and chart with comparison calorie listings for popular liqueur brands on the market.

VeeV Acai Spirit summer drink recipes weigh in at 150 calories or less

• VeeV Acai Spirit Low Calorie Drink Recipes – 6 VeeV Acai Spirit low calorie drink recipes coming in under 150 calories. A few weigh in at less than 100 calories!

The Bourbon Barrel

Buffalo Trace Distillery toasts White Dog Days at Keeneland

• Buffalo Trace Distillery White Dog Days Weekend – A glimpse of a few Buffalo Trace Distillery moments in time that caught my eye while taking the behind the scenes tour Thursday evening. Includes Harlen Wheatley toast with White Dog.

Bourbon mix: funky drink recipes, festival wrap & reviews

• Bourbon Drink Recipes  - 10 bourbon drink recipes that enlist the use of Rum, Sake, Midori, Brandy, Banana Liqueur, Falernum and various mix-ins that vary the flavor field from Key West to Blue Grass country.

Basil Hayden’s: fashionable bourbon & stylish cocktail recipes

• Basil Hayden’s Bourbon Drink Recipes – Basil Hayden’s Bourbon drink recipes from bartenders and mixologists around the nation. Recipes include those served at gala events, fashion runway parties, New York invitation only parties and bartender competition winners.

Bourbon makes its mark with Kentucky Bourbon Festival & recipes

• Maker’s Mark Bourbon Drink Recipes – Maker’s Mark Bourbon drink recipes. Collection of Maker’s Mark recipes includes winning recipes from Marie Brizard challenge, holiday recipes, champagne cocktails, classic cocktails and political cocktail recipes.

Elijah Craig Bourbon setting standards for America’s Native Spirit

• Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon Tasting Notes – Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon tasing notes from leading whiskey professionals and experts in the field.

Classic spirit of Campari mingles with rich Bourbon heritage

• Campari – Bourbon & Whiskey Cocktail Recipes – Campari Cocktails using bourbon & whiskey spirits in honor of Bourbon Heritage Month.

Bourbon Heritage Month: bourbon & drink recipe discoveries

• Bourbon Heritage Month Discovery Tasting Notes – The bourbon and whiskey photo slide show below contains tasting notes, ratings and what industry leaders have to say about favorites such as George T. Stag, Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Sazerac, Weller and Pappy Van Winkle.

Old Rip Van Winkle highest rated bourbon tasting notes

• Old Rip Van Winkle Tasting Notes – Tasting Notes from industry leaders on Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year, Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year, Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye 13 Year and Pappy Family Reserve 20 Year.

Red Stag by Jim Beam rocks bourbon with new recipes

• Red Stag by Jim Beam Drink Recipes – Nine Red Stag by Jim Beam drink recipes. Five created by legendary mixologist Bobby Gleason. Red Stag recipe ideas from Facebook fans also included.

Bourbon Heritage Month recipes go beyond traditional

• Bulleit Bourbon Non-Traditional Cocktail Recipes – Bulleit Bourbon creates a few recipes that veer to the non-traditional side of cocktail creation where bourbon is concerned by whipping up drinks such as a bourbon colada and one using pistachios. 10 recipes in all.

Buffalo Trace Bourbon: tracing the heritage

• Buffalo Trace Bourbon Classic & Contemporary Cocktails – Bourbon Heritage Month – Buffalo Trace Bourbon recipes in a variety of classic cocktails and modern day drink recipes.

Bourbon Heritage Month: Evan Williams tasting notes & recipes

• Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey celebrates Bourbon Heritage Month with tasting notes and drink recipes.

Knob Creek kicks off Bourbon Heritage Month

• Knob Creek Bourbon Recipes & Information – Knob Creek gives valuable tasting notes from professionals, Knob Creek calorie and carbohydrate info, Knob Creek recipes & Knob Creek facts. Get your free personalized Knob Creek label perfect for holiday gift giving or birthdays.

Cachaca & Rum

Specialty Caipirinha drink recipes crafted for 2016 Summer Olympics

• 2016 Summer Olympic Leblon Cachaca Drink Recipe – 10 Leblon Cachaca cocktails – 4 with the 2016 Summer Olympics in mind and 6 more Leblon Cachaca drink recipes to toast Rio individually or with pitcher drinks for a crowd.

Quick & easy game day drink recipes

• Bacardi Flavored Rum Easy Game Day Recipes – Bacardi Limon, Bacardi Razz, Bacardi Peach and Bacardi Big Apple drink recipes. Each flavor provides easy recipe choices combining flavored rum with one to two mixers for great flavor combination in long pour or shot varieties.

10 Cane Rum classic drink recipes for themed Halloween parties

• 10 Cane Rum Classic Drink Recipes – 10 Cane Rum Classic Drink recipes create an easy Halloween party theme whether you choose Hemingway’s favorite Cuban bar (Floridita) or go with the Mai Tai of Don the Beachcomber fame with Trader Vic’s Tiki Bar culture.

Tommy Bahama beach worthy cocktail recipes

• Tommy Bahama Beach Worthy Cocktail Recipes – Tommy Bahama Rum cocktail recipes – Tommy Bahama created the Slenderade lower calorie cocktail recipe. Four more Tommy Bahama recipes with an alternative lower calorie option for beach bikini friendly consumers.

Toast summer with Rhum Clément recipes

• Summer & Fall Rum Recipes – 10 Rum Drink Recipes for Summer & Fall Season.

Bacardi Dragon Berry Rum Drink Recipes

• Bacardi Dragon Berry Flavored Rum Recipes – 10 Bacardi Dragon Berry Flavored Rum Drink Recipes. A few recipes are official recipes from Bacardi and a few are original Intoxicologist creations.

Bacardi Hand Shaken Daiquiri stirs up competition

• Bacardi Hand Shaken Daiquiri Contest @ Tales of the Cocktail 2009 – Photos from the Bacardi Party at Tales of the Cocktail 2009 with the Bacardi Hand Shaken Daiquiri Contest and recipe for the Bacardi Daiquiri.

Leblon Cachaca summer recipes of Rio

• Leblon Cachaca – Recipes from Rio – Three special Leblon Cachaca drink recipes from top bartenders of Rio – Leblon, Ipanema and Copacabana.

Boca Loca Cachaca spirit review

• Boca Loca Cachaca Spring & Summer Cocktails – 7 Signature Cocktails from Boca Loca Cachaca for spring and summer.

10 Cane Rum cocktails: liquid relief for recession blues

• 10 Cane Rum Recession Drink Recipes – The 10 Cane photo drink recipe slide show contains five ‘Recession Cocktails’ to raise your spirits

Oronoco Rum: Impressive from bottle to spirit

• Brazilian Rum – Oronoco Drink Recipes – 10 Oronoco Rum drink recipes highlighting its warm and inviting rich base. Oronoco is best as either a single cup sipper or autumn to winter type rum to play with in cocktails.

Cognac, Brandy & Armagnac

The Le Nez de Courvoisier Experience & holiday recipe collection

• Courvoisier Holiday Cocktail Recipe Collection – Courvoisier Cognac holiday cocktail recipe collection and tasting notes on the Exclusif and XO Imperial. Includes recipes for the Courvoisier Hot Toddy with Hot Toddy Batter and two versions of the Euro Cocoa.

Spice up your morning at the Gran Duque d Alba coffee bar

• Gran Duque d Alba Coffee Bar Iced & Hot Coffee Cocktails – Gran Duque d Alba Coffee Bar Iced & Hot Coffee Cocktails with brandy base and inclusion of absinthe, mint, caramel, and rum. All recipes from the Gran Duque d Alba Coffee Bar at Tales of the Cocktail 2009.

Gin

Speakeasy to spooky-Death’s Door perfect spirit for Halloween party drink recipes

• Death’s Door Spirited Cocktail Recipes – 20 drink recipes from the Death’s Door Spirits Gin, Vodka and White Whiskey selection. Excellent choices for Prohibition themed Halloween parties or any recipes with Gin, Vodka or White Whiskey as base spirit.

Bombay Sapphire Gin drink recipes on the go

• Bombay Sapphire Gin Cocktail Recipes – Bombay Sapphire Gin gets inspirational with 10 drink recipes.

Beefeater Gin classic drink recipes

• Beefeater Gin Classic Drink Recipes – Beefeater London Dry Gin classic drink recipe interpretations.

Liqueurs & Aperitifs

Drambuie Liqueur: Warming spirit for fall drink recipes

• Drambuie Warm Spirited Drink Recipes – Charles’ Drambuie recipes along with six more drink recipes from last year’s Drambuie Den Bartender Competition. Bartenders featured include: David Shenaut, Crystal Triantafellou, Duane Fernandez, Chad Doll, Mindy Kucan and Dan Williams.

Classic spirit of Campari mingles with rich Bourbon heritage

• Campari – Bourbon & Whiskey Cocktail Recipes – Campari Cocktails using bourbon & whiskey spirits in honor of Bourbon Heritage Month.

Baileys lip lickable drink recipes

• Baileys Listen To Your Lips Drink Recipes – 10 Lip licking delicious cocktail recipes from Baileys. Whether you prefer your Baileys on ice, in a straight up cocktail, in a hot coffee mug or whipped up in a mochachino or frappe, Baileys has a wonderful recipe for you.

Jägermeister recipes bring variety to the bar glass

• Jägermeister Variety Cocktail Recipes – Jägermeister may be better know for shots and bombs with energy drinks but these 10 Jägermeister cocktail recipes show Jägermeister’s mixability factory in variety drink recipes. Cocktails, long drinks, shots and on the rocks.

VeeV Acai Spirit fall drink recipes

• VeeV Acai Spirit Fall Drink Recipes – VeeV Acai Spirit drink recipes for fall with easy preparation. Simple recipes, some with champagne toppers and others with a little cinnamon and spice to simple ginger ale or club soda and lemon or lime splash.

Easy Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur drink recipes

• Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur Drink Recipes – Easy Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur drink recipes. Two drink recipes from modern mixologist bartenders and a few more easy recipes using minimal ingredients for refreshing drink options from on the rocks to shot recipes.

Do you Dubonnet? Drink recipes to get you started

• Dubonnet Rouge Aperitif Drink Recipes – 10 Dubonnet drink recipes including those mixed with Champagne, Rye, Vodka, Bourbon, Gin, Rum, Cognac and Whiskey.

Got NUVO Sparkling Liqueur? Add tequila…

• NUVO Sparkling Liqueur Cocktail Recipes – NUVO Sparkling Liqueur took the nation by storm with its beautiful perfume style bottle and bubbly ‘personality’. Now see the recipes that have been created using this straight from the bottle liqueur.

ROOT organic spirit cocktail recipes

• ROOT Organic Spirit New Release & Drink Recipes – Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction releases new ROOT 100% Certified Organic spirit asserting it as the first true American liqueur on the market since the Pre-Prohibition era. Photos of the bottle with ingredients and three ROOT cocktail drink recipes

NUVO Sparkling Liqueur makes spring pretty in pink

• NUVO Sparkling Liqueur Spring Drink Recipes – While NUVO L’Esprit de Paris Sparkling Liqueur was created for the purpose of consuming ‘as is’ chilled in champagne flute or over ice, its diversity as a cocktail mixer may be seen in an assortment of cocktail recipes.

Lucid Absinthe: innocuous spirit for sensible imbibers

• Lucid Absinthe Classic & Modern Cocktail Recipes – Lucid Absinthe Classic & Modern Cocktail Recipes such as the Corpse Reviver, Sazerac and Monkey Gland with modern mixes of shots, martinis like the Lucid Martini, Green Lantern and Night Cat.

VeeV Acai Spirit summer drink recipes weigh in at 150 calories or less

• VeeV Acai Spirit Low Calorie Drink Recipes – 6 VeeV Acai Spirit low calorie drink recipes coming in under 150 calories. A few weigh in at less than 100 calories!

Campari cocktail recipes for sophisticated summertime refreshment

• Campari Summer Cocktail Recipes  – Campari drink recipes. Classic cocktails such as the Negroni and Americano with contemporary favorites from modern mixologists and bartenders.

Sake – Taste of the Orient

Gekkeikan Sake cocktail recipes add instant versatility

• Gekkeikan Sake Drink Recipes – Gekkeikan Sake cocktail recipes using Zipang Sparkling Sake, Plum Wine, Haiku Sake and Nigori Sake.

Live lighter with TY KU Soju

• TY KU Spirits – Soju Live Lighter & Low Cal Cocktails – TY KU Spirits releases Soju to the US. Read the stats on Soju versus Vodka, Tasting Notes & Calorie information. Also contained within: 4 Low calorie cocktail recipes and 4 more TY KU drink recipes.

Tequila

Mexican Independence Day larger than Cinco de Mayo – rock the day with Cabo Wabo Tequila

• Cabo Wabo Tequila Recipes for Mexican Independence Day – 10 Cabo Wabo Tequila cocktail recipes for Mexican Independence Day celebrations. Recipes include easy to make margaritas, shots and long drinks with Cabo Wabo Tequila mixed with SKYY Vodka and Campari among others.

Ten tequila recipes venture beyond the margarita

• 10 Tequila Drink Recipes Venture Beyond the Margarita – 10 Tequila drink recipes venture beyond the classic margarita. Recipes use champagne, tomato and orange juice, variety fruit juices, chartreuse and espresso. Ten different tequila brands are highlighted for optional ideas of brands to use.

1800 Tequila Classic to Sexy Drink Recipes

• 1800 Tequila Classic & Sexy Drink Recipes – 1800 Tequila quick and easy traditional drink recipes with a sexy twist in the name and style.

Hornitos Tequila ‘mischieves’ with 11 classic drink recipes

• Hornitos Tequila Michieve’s with Classic Drink Recipes – Hornitos Tequila takes classic drink recipes and tweaks them into tequila versions. There are ten summery spins on classic drink recipe favorites such as the Mojito, Manhattan, Rob Roy, Dirty Martini, Cosmopolitan, Harvey Wallbanger and Collins cocktails

Tequila recipes from classic to contemporary

• 12 Cielo Tequila Drink Recipes – 12 Cielo Tequila Drink Recipes from Classic to Contemporary. Includes the traditional Sangrita drink recipe and Diamond Margarita with modern twist on the Mojito.

Summer never ends with Cielo Tequila mixed drink recipes

• El Diamante Del Cielo Tequila – 16 Cielo Tequila mixed drink recipes for refreshing summer cocktail fulfillment and to start the wind down into fall and winter cocktail party entertaining.

Feel the Botanic Heat of Tabasco Tequila drink recipes

• Tabasco Tequila Cocktail Drink Recipes – Tabasco Tequila creates fiery cocktails to heat up the night. Have a little fun with these 5 drink recipes great for summer or fall parties.

Maestro Dobel Tequila cocktails go artsy

• Maestro Dobel Diamond Tequila Cocktail Recipes – Maestro Dobel Diamond Tequila is crafted from Reposado, Anejo and Extra Anejo Tequilas making it an excellent sipping tequila. It also creates an excellent base for cocktails. See what mixologists are creating with these 5 Maestro Dobel Diamond Tequila

Corzo Tequila spices up summer

• Corzo Tequila Modern Margaritas by the Masters – Four Corzo Modern Margaritas by Modern Mixologist Masters Dale DeGroff, Adam Seger, Junior Merino and Andy Seymour

Toast the high life: Hornitos Tequila ‘The Highline’ cocktail

• Hornitos Tequila Mischieve in the Garden of Agave – Hornitos Tequila Mischieve in the Garden of Agave Party at Tales of the Cocktail 2009 Photos

Vodka

Three Olives Bubble Vodka bubbling with new drink recipes

• Three Olives Bubble Vodka Drink Recipes created by The Intoxicologist – Original drink recipe creations by The Intoxicologist. Blueberry Bubble, Boo-Berry Bubble (perfect for Halloween), Pink Peach Bubble, Bubble Delicious and an assortment of four Bubble Blow Pop Shots.

Three Olives Vodka celebrates a jubilant cherry day

• Three Olives Vodka Pink Drink Recipes – The photo drink recipe slide show below contains 10 Three Olives Vodka pink cocktail recipes. From Cosmos to a French Kiss and even a Shot of Love, Three Olives has pink wish fulfillment covered. Flavors such as Raspberry, Mango, Pomegranate, Grape and the new Three-O Bubble.

Cocktails for a cure: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

• Pinky Vodka Cocktail Recipes – Cocktails for a Cure – 10 Pinky Vodka cocktails in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 10 cocktail recipes with pink theme for the ‘Cocktails for a Cure’ to help raise awareness for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.

Absolut Boston: ‘Get a Piece of the Wall’ & recipes

• Absolut Boston Wall of Pride & Recipes – Absolut Boston Vodka New Release with photos of the Wall of Pride and Absolut Boston drink recipes.

42Below Cocktail World Cup 2010 & seasonal drink recipes

• 42Below Vodka Seasonal Drink Recipes – 42Below Vodka simple seasonal mixed drink recipes using a variety of the 42Below vodkas.

Three Olives Vodka liquid dessert recipes

• Three Olives Vodka Liquid Dessert Recipes – Three Olives Vodka liquid dessert recipes. 10 recipes for liquid temptation in a glass from candy bar cocktails to cheesecake martini drink recipes.

SKYY Vodka: Aviation Day drink recipes

• Aviation Day Drink Recipes Featuring SKYY Vodka – 8 SKYY Vodka mixed drink recipes including martinis, cocktails and drinks on the rocks all centering on the theme of Aviation Day. This slideshow also features a SKYY Spirits advertising through the years.

12 Three Olives Vodka summer drink recipes for your ‘Itsy Bitsy Bikini’

• Three Olives Vodka Summer Cocktails  - Three Olives Vodka creates an excellent base for fun, energetic summer drink recipes with only a few ingredients and simple directions. Quick and easy. Trouble free.

Finlandia Tangerine vodka cocktails for summer

• Finlandia Tangerine Fusion Vodka Drink Recipes – 7 Finlandia Tangerine Fusion Vodka cocktail drink recipes created by Tony Abou Ganim, The Modern Mixologist.

Whiskies

Toasting with Gentleman Jack cocktails

• Gentleman Jack Cocktails – September is Jack Daniel’s birthday month. Celebrate like a perfect gentleman with Gentleman Jack cocktail recipes.

Jack Daniel’s tall tales & cocktails

• Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Cocktails – Settle in with Jack Daniel’s neat, on the rocks or stir up a cocktail or two. 10 classic Jack Daniel’s drink recipes.

Dewar’s: The Marrying kind

• Dewar’s Blended Scotch Classic & Contemporary Cocktails – Slip into a classic cocktail or delve into the world of contemporary with an array of signature cocktails designed with the Dewar’s range of whiskies in mind.

Summer

Thirst quenching summer drink recipes

• Summer Drinks Recipes – Six summer drinks recipes to quench your thirst and cool you down when the heat is on. Recipes include base spirits of Absinthe, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Vodka and Wine.

Cocktails 101: Homemade Sour

• Mixed Drink Recipes Using Homemade Sour – 8 drink recipes which include the use of Homemade Sour. Recipes include Absinthe, Tequila, Bourbon, Gin, Rye Whiskey, Vodka and Flavored Vodkas.

Partida Tequila hits the spot with National Watermelon Day cocktail recipes

• Watermelon Inspired Cocktail Recipes – Watermelon recipes tempting the palate with tequila, bourbon (Red Stag by Jim Beam), Bacardi Rum, Boca Loca Cachaca, Leblon Cachaca, Barefoot Bubbly, SKYY Infusions, NAVAN Liqueur, and much more.

In the Pink – Breast Cancer Month Awareness Month

Toast Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Chambord Pink-Tini drink recipe & pink party planning tips

• Chambord Pink Drink & Pink Party Tips – Chambord and Hostess with the Mostess have provided pink themed cookies, lollipops, pretzel sticks, cupcakes, ways to decorate a pink themed dessert table and create the perfectly pink tablescape.

Three Olives Bubble Vodka bubbling with new drink recipes

• Three Olives Bubble Vodka Drink Recipes created by The Intoxicologist – Original drink recipe creations by The Intoxicologist. Blueberry Bubble, Boo-Berry Bubble (perfect for Halloween), Pink Peach Bubble, Bubble Delicious and an assortment of four Bubble Blow Pop Shots.

Three Olives Vodka celebrates a jubilant cherry day

• Three Olives Vodka Pink Drink Recipes – The photo drink recipe slide show below contains 10 Three Olives Vodka pink cocktail recipes. From Cosmos to a French Kiss and even a Shot of Love, Three Olives has pink wish fulfillment covered. Flavors such as Raspberry, Mango, Pomegranate, Grape and the new Three-O Bubble.

Monin: appealing in pink cocktail recipes

• Monin Premium Syrup Drink Recipes – The five cocktails featured in the photo drink recipe slide show below feature Monin syrups, Miller’s Gin, Hennessy Cognac, Matusalem Rum and Campari. Pink themed cocktails for ‘30 Days of Pink’ – Susan G. Komen for a Cure foundation

Cocktails for a cure: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

• Pinky Vodka Cocktail Recipes – Cocktails for a Cure – 10 Pinky Vodka cocktails in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 10 cocktail recipes with pink theme for the ‘Cocktails for a Cure’ to help raise awareness for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.

Spooktacular Halloween

Peek into the paranormal: All Hallows Eve drink recipes

• All Hallows Eve drink recipes – 20 drink recipes and shots of the ominous and frightening in time for Halloween festivities. Recipes rely on sweet & delicious & downright dastardly. Halloween punches to individual cocktails with Tequila, Cognac, Vodka, Rum, Liqueurs, Wines and more.

Halloween Dawn of the Red: Jim Beam drink recipes

• Halloween Dawn of the Red – Jim Beam – 8 Halloween cocktails using Jim Beam Bourbon, Jim Beam Black, Jim Beam Rye and Red Stag by Jim Beam. Each drink recipe is an original Intoxicologist creation with Wicked Rye being an adaptation on the classic Sazerac recipe.

Halloween themed ‘Twilight’ mocktail drink recipes

• Halloween themed ‘Twilight’ mocktail drink recipes – The non-alcoholic drink recipes reference characters from ‘The Twilight Saga’ series such as Bella Swan, Jacob Black, Carlisle Cullen and Esme Cullen. 4 drink recipes in all.

Halloween drink recipes entangled in superstition, witchcraft & the everyday creepy

• Halloween Recipes of the Superstitious – The Halloween recipes play tribute to superstitious beliefs of black cats, witches, spiders and all that thrills and chills in the dark of night. Black cats, witches, deadly spiders and all that thrills and chills.

Speakeasy to spooky-Death’s Door perfect spirit for Halloween party drink recipes

• Death’s Door Spirited Cocktail Recipes – 20 drink recipes from the Death’s Door Spirits Gin, Vodka and White Whiskey selection. Excellent choices for Prohibition themed Halloween parties or any recipes with Gin, Vodka or White Whiskey as base spirit.

Devils & monsters Halloween drink recipes

• Devils & monsters Halloween drink recipes – 11 mystical Halloween creations with monster and demon theme. Devil’s Punch, a Frankentini or Green Goblin, Grim Reaper with Bloodied Rapier or simple Vampira with Satan’s Whiskers and Black Devil Martini.

Halloween trick or treat candy bar cocktails & dessert drink recipes

• Halloween Trick or Treat Candy Bar Cocktails & Dessert Drink Recipes – 10 delicious candy bar cocktails and dessert drink recipes. Recipes include a Godiva hot chocolate peppermint patty, Three Olives Gummy Worm martini & Tootsie Roll Shot, Smortini, Three Musketeers Bar Shot and more.

Blood-curdling Halloween drink recipes of the undead

• Bloody Halloween Drink Recipes of the Undead – 10 Vampire, Zombie and Blood themed Halloween cocktail drink recipes. Spirits featured include Belvedere Vodka, 42Below Vodka, VeeV Acai Spirit, Kahlua, Finlandia Vodka, Smirnoff Vodka and Bacardi Rum.

Free Halloween drink recipes for new Pocket Cocktails app users

• Pocket Cocktails Halloween Recipes – Pocket Cocktails offers free drink recipes for Halloween including these 5 recipes featuring Grey Goose Vodka in Tarantula Blood, White Ghost, Jello Spider Cocktail, Spider Cider and the Pumpkin-Tini.

Three Olives Bubble Vodka bubbling with new drink recipes

• Three Olives Bubble Vodka Drink Recipes created by The Intoxicologist – Original drink recipe creations by The Intoxicologist. Blueberry Bubble, Boo-Berry Bubble (perfect for Halloween), Pink Peach Bubble, Bubble Delicious and an assortment of four Bubble Blow Pop Shots.

Easy Halloween drink recipes with sinister spin

• Halloween drink recipes with sinister spin – 10 Halloween drink recipes for adult Trick or Treat goodies in a cocktail glass. Easy cocktail recipes from Skyy Spirits and Lucid Absinthe for any Halloween party or to keep the Halloween spirit alive all month long.

Top 10 Twilight Zone drink recipe pairings

• Top 10 Twilight Episodes Drink Recipe Pairing – Top 10 Twilight Zone episode titles with trivia, notes and quotes from the episodes and one to two drink recipes each (15 total) that connect to the story theme.

10 Cane Rum classic drink recipes for themed Halloween parties

• 10 Cane Rum Classic Drink Recipes – 10 Cane Rum Classic Drink recipes create an easy Halloween party theme whether you choose Hemingway’s favorite Cuban bar (Floridita) or go with the Mai Tai of Don the Beachcomber fame with Trader Vic’s Tiki Bar culture.

Fall & Halloween mocktail recipes kick off holiday party season

• Fall & Halloween Mocktail Drink Recipes – 10 non-alcoholic Mocktail recipes for the holiday season for your festive celebrations. Fall themes such as apple or spice with a few ghoulish tones thrown in for Halloween parties.

Halloween Drink Recipe & Party Idea Guide – Pink Drink Recipe Guide – Breast Cancer Awareness

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Tonight kicks off Halloween festivities as soon as the last work day clock ticks and cocktail glasses click to toast ghosts, ghouls, phantoms, vampires and all things that go bump in the night.  The Intoxicologist has dug deep into the crypt to find as many Halloween drink recipes as mortally possible to keep you chilled to the bone and morbidly satisfied.  Many thanks to all who dug up their best kept recipes from the tomb and placed them into my grateful hands so you and your guests could scare up a few eerie cocktails for a devilish good time.  Have a safe and supernatural Halloween everyone!

New Halloween articles & drink recipes

Halloween drink recipes entangled in superstition, witchcraft & the everyday creepy

Halloween Recipes of the Superstitious – 10 Halloween recipes play tribute to superstitious beliefs of black cats, witches, spiders and all that thrills and chills in the dark of night. Black cats, witches, deadly spiders and all that thrills and chills.

Halloween themed ‘Twilight’ mocktail drink recipes

Halloween themed ‘Twilight’ mocktail drink recipes – The non-alcoholic drink recipes reference characters from ‘The Twilight Saga’ series such as Bella Swan, Jacob Black, Carlisle Cullen and Esme Cullen. 4 drink recipes in all.

Halloween Dawn of the Red: Jim Beam drink recipes

Halloween Dawn of the Red – Jim Beam – 8 Halloween cocktails using Jim Beam Bourbon, Jim Beam Black, Jim Beam Rye and Red Stag by Jim Beam. Each drink recipe is an original Intoxicologist creation with Wicked Rye being an adaptation on the classic Sazerac recipe.

Peek into the paranormal: All Hallows Eve drink recipes

All Hallows Eve drink recipes – 20 drink recipes and shots of the ominous and frightening in time for Halloween festivities. Recipes rely on sweet & delicious & downright dastardly. Halloween punches to individual cocktails with Tequila, Cognac, Vodka, Rum, Liqueurs, Wines and more.

Halloween Classic Cocktail Recipe: Corpse Reviver #2

Halloween Drink Recipe & Party Idea Guide

The Halloween Drink Recipe & Party Idea Guide has been updated all month long with individual drinks from all Halloween postings from The Intoxicologist and National Cocktails Examiner postings.  The listing contains 126 Halloween Drink Recipes and links to the 25 Halloween articles which all contain party ideas or more links. 

More Drink Recipes & Photos by category

Football line-up drink & shot recipes

Football Line-Up Drink & Shot Recipes – 11 Football watching drink and shotrecipes for the perfect team match-ups, edge of your seat sideline watching to perfect plays and winner takes all drink choices. There is also a drink recipe for the team who goes home without the win.

Tuthilltown Spirits Baby Bourbon Whiskey Niche – Review of 4 Tuthilltown Spirits whiskies

30 Days of Pink Cocktails – The Complete Guide

Raise a Toast, Raise Awareness: Pink Drink Recipe Guide for Breast Cancer Awareness Month  - The listing of 30 Days of Pink drinks for the month of October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The official announcement has not been made on The Intoxicologist site yet, but with the help of The Intoxicologist and National Cocktails Examiner readers, together we were able to raise $250 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure fund during the September 20 – October 20 time period.  Thank you for your readership and support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

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Halloween parties are kicking into high gear and the search for the most spirited cocktail recipes has begun with vigor.  At last check the Halloween Drink Recipe & Party Idea Guide combined with Photo Drink Recipe Slide Shows listed a total of 82 Halloween drink recipes with more on the way.  The Halloween recipe guide is updated frequently, so do bookmark pages with complete Halloween recipe listings to catch updates that are made every couple of days.  More classic cocktails and pink drinks have been added to the mix with a couple of reviews and recent trip to Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky.  More photos will soon be added to the site and The Intoxicologist Facebook page.

Spirited Halloween Drink Guide

• Halloween Drink Recipe & Party Idea Guide – Listing of individual Halloween drink recipes & ideas for themed Halloween parties
• Crystal Head Vodka: Spirited Halloween Drink Choice – Review with 3 original Intoxicologist drink recipe creations & 3 additional cocktail recipes that pair well with the Crystal Head
• Poker Night Drink Recipes for a ‘Full House’ Halloween Party – Themed cocktails perfect for any poker night gathering or your gangster themed or Speakeasy feel Halloween party
• Speakeasy to spooky-Death’s Door perfect spirit for Halloween party drink recipes – Death’s Door Spirits is the perfectly named brand for Halloween with Gin, Vodka and White Whiskey as base spirit.
• Devils & monsters Halloween drink recipes – Devilishly clever Halloween named cocktails
• Halloween trick or treat candy bar cocktails & dessert drink recipes – Fill your glass with candied treats rather than eat a bag full of candy.  Who says Trick-or-Treat days of youth are behind you?!
• Blood-curdling Halloween drink recipes of the undead – Zombies, Vampires and Bloodied cocktails for the ghoul in you
• Free Halloween drink recipes for new Pocket Cocktails app users – Free drink recipes from now until Halloween
• Three Olives Bubble Vodka bubbling with new drink recipes – Three Olives Bubble Vodka makes the perfect Boo-Berry cocktail with floating blueberry garnish.  More original creations including shots that look like test tubes.
• Easy Halloween drink recipes with sinister spin – The creepier the better
• Halloween Drink Recipes & Party Guide – Another listing of Halloween drink recipes with Bourbon & Pink Drink recipes in the left hand side margin of the site.

Drink Recipes & Classic Cocktails

• Absinthe Classic Cocktail Recipe: Monkey Gland – a new found favorite
• Dabbling with the White Lady Cocktail – Eggs aren’t all that icky
• Baker’s Bourbon Shines in Kentucky Sparkler Cocktail Recipe – Bourbon & sake?!
• Blowing Bubbles: Three Olives Bubble Vodka Review & Drink Recipe – Thinking Pink
• Toasting National Chocolate Cupcake Day with hot & cold chocolate drink recipes – All about the chocolate
• Toast Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Chambord Pink-Tini drink recipe & pink party planning tips – This is just incredible.  Take one idea or all of them, but do something to help the cause during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The NFL is even wearing pink this month.
• Three Olives Bubble Vodka bubbling with new drink recipes – More pink recipes
• TV Tonight: Heroes, Gossip Girl & Monday Night Football Drink Recipe Pairing – A few recipes to pair with what’s on TV. A few readers have asked what to drink with what they watch. Feedback: What do you watch on tv?

Spirits Review

• Crystal Head Vodka: Spirited Halloween Drink Choice – Love this bottle! The vodka surprised me. It’s much better than the ‘moonshine’ description I vaguely remember it described as rather than polished fashion vodka.  It’s good.  Better yet, it’s the perfect conversation starter for Halloween. I’m thinking two of these bottles would make fabulous bookends.
• Blowing Bubbles: Three Olives Bubble Vodka Review & Drink Recipe – Brief review of Three-O Bubble. Consumers love this bubblegum flavor.

On Tour

• Buffalo Trace White Dog Welcome – If you can make it to Kentucky do not miss Buffalo Trace Distillery.  It is amazing.  The people are friendly.  The bourbon is delicious.
• Buffalo Trace Distillery toasts White Dog Days at Keeneland – More photos

News of Interest

• 1800 Tequila Essential Artist Designs Announced – The artwork is astounding.  A few of the artists have stopped in to comment on the site, so be sure to scroll to the comments for a link back to the artists sites.
• Bond Girl Inspired Martini Contest – Enter this contest and you could win a weekend for two

Photo Drink Recipe Slideshows

• Death’s Door Spirited Cocktail Recipes – 20 drink recipes from the Death’s Door Spirits Gin, Vodka and White Whiskey selection. Excellent choices for Prohibition themed Halloween parties or any recipes with Gin, Vodka or White Whiskey as base spirit.
• Devils & monsters Halloween drink recipes – 11 mystical Halloween creations with monster and demon theme. Devil’s Punch, a Frankentini or Green Goblin, Grim Reaper with Bloodied Rapier or simple Vampira with Satan’s Whiskers and Black Devil Martini.
• Chocolate Cocktails – Hot & Cold – 10 chocolate cocktail recipes using Van Gogh Dutch Chocolate Vodka, Don Julio Tequila, Leblon Cachaca, Absolut Vodka, Effen Vodka, Three Olives Espresso Vodka, Godiva Chocolate, Frangelico and Grand Marnier.
• Buffalo Trace Distillery White Dog Days Weekend – A glimpse of a few Buffalo Trace Distillery moments in time that caught my eye while taking the behind the scenes tour Thursday evening. Includes Harlen Wheatley toast with White Dog.
• Halloween Trick or Treat Candy Bar Cocktails & Dessert Drink Recipes – 10 delicious candy bar cocktails and dessert drink recipes. Recipes include a Godiva hot chocolate peppermint patty, Three Olives Gummy Worm martini & Tootsie Roll Shot, Smortini, Three Musketeers Bar Shot and more.
• Bloody Halloween Drink Recipes of the Undead – 10 Vampire, Zombie and Blood themed Halloween cocktail drink recipes. Spirits featured include Belvedere Vodka, 42Below Vodka, VeeV Acai Spirit, Kahlua, Finlandia Vodka, Smirnoff Vodka and Bacardi Rum.
• Chambord Pink Drink & Pink Party Tips – Chambord and Hostess with the Mostess have provided pink themed cookies, lollipops, pretzel sticks, cupcakes, ways to decorate a pink themed dessert table and create the perfectly pink tablescape.
• Pocket Cocktails Halloween Recipes – Pocket Cocktails offers free drink recipes for Halloween including these 5 recipes featuring Grey Goose Vodka in Tarantula Blood, White Ghost, Jello Spider Cocktail, Spider Cider and the Pumpkin-Tini.
• Three Olives Bubble Vodka Drink Recipes created by The Intoxicologist – Original drink recipe creations by The Intoxicologist. Blueberry Bubble, Boo-Berry Bubble (perfect for Halloween), Pink Peach Bubble, Bubble Delicious and an assortment of four Bubble Blow Pop Shots.
• Halloween drink recipes with sinister spin – 10 Halloween drink recipes for adult Trick or Treat goodies in a cocktail glass. Easy cocktail recipes from Skyy Spirits and Lucid Absinthe for any Halloween party or to keep the Halloween spirit alive all month long.

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Do You Know What Day It Is?

There are holidays and celebrations that go on every day of the week.  There are also special nights we get together with friends for Girl’s Night Out, hanging with the guys or football weekend.  No matter the reason, themed cocktail posts like the ones below come in handy for party planning purposes or just plain fun. 

• Cocktail Recipes Enter The Twilight Zone – Reader choice episodes paired with drink recipes
• Top 10 Twilight Zone drink recipe pairings – Top 10 episodes as chosen by tv.com paired with drink recipes
• Bacardi Rum is Your Football Game Day Recipe for Success – Bacardi & Coke inspires a new cocktail twist from the Cocktail Guru.  Additional cocktails: Low Calorie Hurricane & Party for Pink to go with the 30 Days of Pink theme for the month of October.
• Beer Drink Recipes for Football Weekend – This isn’t your ordinary beer.  Mix it with Cassis, Chambord and other mix-ins for something a little unique for game day.  Post includes a Beer-rita.
• National Comic Book Day: Drink Recipes Fit for a Super Hero – An unusually fun post to write (and toast to) with super heroes chosen by a recent Facebook & Twitter poll.
• Quick & easy game day drink recipes – Fast and user friendly is the name of the game while watching football.  27 drink recipe offerings included in this post. 

For the  Love Cocktails!

• Low Calorie Drink Recipe: Blackberry & Teenie – who says low calorie can’t be tasty?!
• Gin Classic Cocktail Recipe: Paradise  - excellent choice for holiday parties serving appetizers only
• Jack Daniel’s Dessert Cocktail Recipe: Midnight Over Tennessee – let the chocolate fest begin!
• 2016 Summer Olympic Leblon Cachaca Drink Recipe – Recipes created specifically to toast cities vying for the 2016 Summer Olympic bid plus additional winning bartender recipes
• Boca Loca Cachaca Cocktails – With Rio winning the Olympic bid, Brazilian spirits take center stage
• Brazilian Rum – Oronoco Drink Recipes – Real Brazilian Rum. Oronoco Rum happens to be magnificent by the way!
• Bourbon Drink Recipes – An assortment of some very unusual bourbon drink recipes that include spirits such as Midori, Sake, Brandy, Banana Liqueur, Falernum…
• Drambuie Warm Spirited Drink Recipes – An already warm spirited liqueur makes any cocktail seem like a recipe fit for fall.
• Fall & Halloween Mocktail Drink Recipes – Fall themed non-alcoholic drink recipes with a few ghoulish concoctions thrown in to warm you toward the Halloween spirit.
• Fall Drink Recipes to Warm the Spirit – 10 recipes with variety spirits such as tequila, Zen Green Tea, Navan, Boca Loca Cachaca, Pinky Vodka, Tullamore Dew…
• Finlandia Tangerine Fusion Vodka Drink Recipes – Finlandia’s Tangerine Fusion Vodka continues ignite the cocktail with creations from Tony Abou-Ganim included in this slideshow
• Hot Coffee Recipes for Cool Weather – Colder weather doesn’t stop anyone from getting outdoors.  Try these spirited recipes while tailgating or sipping by the fire
• NUVO Sparkling Liqueur Drink Recipes – NUVO Liqueur goes great with the 30 Days of Pink theme
• Seasonal Drink Recipes – Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Navan, Conjure Cognac, Dos Lunas Tequila, Highland Park Scotch cocktail recipes included here to name a few.
• Top 10 Twilight Zone Episodes Drink Recipe Pairing – Slideshow only of the Top 10 Twilight Episodes as chosen by tv.com registered users then paired with equally plot twisted cocktails.  Great fun & the perfect choice for a Halloween theme party.
• 10 Cane Rum Classic Drink Recipes – Must have cocktails for a Halloween theme party with a Cuban Floridita bar or Tiki Bar theme
• 10 Cane Rum Recession Drink Recipes – 10 Cane Rum puts an interesting spin on the cocktail recipe name game. These recipes would also be perfect for a theme party
• Bacardi Flavored Rum Easy Game Day Recipes – 27 drink recipes to make game day drink mixing manageable on a time crunch.

Want to read the full article on a few of the above slideshows?

• Fall drink recipes illustrate spirit versatility
• Drambuie Liqueur: Warming spirit for fall drink recipes
• Fall drink recipes warm the spirit
• 10 Cane Rum classic drink recipes for themed Halloween parties
• Fall & Halloween mocktail recipes kick off holiday party season
• Bourbon mix: funky drink recipes, festival wrap & reviews
• Cool breeze blows in hot coffee drink recipes
• Specialty Caipirinha drink recipes crafted for 2016 Summer Olympics

30 Days of Pink

There are many pink drink recipes within the posts above, but the ones below were posted specifically with 30 Days of Pink in the post with mentions of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.  In case you missed it, The Intoxicologist site is donating 50% of funds earned from National Cocktails Examiner postings (includes drink recipe slideshows) through October 20 to the Nebraska affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure in honor of October Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  All it takes from you as a reader is to click on the postings and recipe slideshows and enjoy them.  Please pass the recipe links to friends if you like what you see. 

• Tippling Pink: Atlantique Cocktail
• Mike’s Hard Lemonade Plays Hard with Pink
• Drink Recipe for Lovers: Soul Kiss Cocktail

Tastes Like…

• Hitting the Maker’s Mark: Hangman’s Noose Cocktail Recipe  - Bourbon Heritage Month might be over, but The Intoxicologist is still sipping on America’s Native Spirit
• Conjuring Up Spirited Cocktails with Conjure Cognac  - Chris “Ludacris” Bridges launches Conjure Cognac into the spirit world.  Will it rock (or rap) your world.  New fall cocktail ‘Conjuring the Spirit’ created by The Intoxicologist also included in the review
• When Death Comes Knocking: Death’s Door Gin Review – The perfectly named gin for Halloween. 

WIN

• Woodford Reserve Bourbon Manhattan Recipe Contest – Best Manhattan wins a trip to Manhattan

Let the Holiday Season Begin – Buyer’s Guide

• Corzo Tequila Personalized Labeling for the Holidays  - I love this! Ordered one already.
• The Macallan Lalique Decanter – Will you be one of the 72 lucky U.S. Residents to purchase one of these beautiful treats from The Macallan?

News from the Market

• Conjure Cognac from Ludacris & Birkedal Hartmann
• GQ Magazine & Bombay Sapphire Gin 2009 Most Inspired Bartender

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Topping the list this week are a few fun posts put together from reader interaction, question and answer feedback from Facebook & Twitter users and quite a bit of research. 

• Top 10 Popular Shot Recipes – Did your favorite shot make the Top 10 list? If not give me a shout out and let me know your faves.  There is always room for more!
• National Comic Book Day: Drink Recipes Fit for a Super Hero – It’s a shame there was not room for more super hero cocktails within this listing.  So many to mention…so little time.  Thank goodness ‘National’ days for this and that crop up all the time.  Another hero worship day will roll around in no time.

Spirited Reviews

• Absolut Boston Tea Flavor Parties Well with Drink Recipes – Vodka + Black Tea + Elderflower = success! Loving this new flavored vodka ‘Cities’ edition from Absolut; enough so I created three new Absolut Boston drink recipes using it.  Hope you like them.
• Buffalo Trace Bourbon: Sophisticated Sipper, Cocktail Diverse – Buffalo Trace Bourbon is hosting White Dog Days next month (October).  If you live around the area or can travel to be part of the festivities…GO!  In the meantime, pick up a bottle of Buffalo Trace Bourbon and enjoy it any way you please.  It’s just that good.

Low Calorie, Mocktails & Classic Cocktails

• Low Calorie Tequila Drink Recipe: Parisian Oro Frappe  - For iced coffee lovers
• Low Calorie Tequila Cocktail Recipe: Mang-Oro – Makes an excellent Tequila Sunset version, too
• Mocktail recipes: balancing act of flavor with ‘non-alcoholic’ adult designation – 10 Mocktails to keep you going until next week.
• Frozen Mocktail Recipe: Chi-Chi à la mode – A little sweet, but market fresh & sinfully non-alcoholic
• Classic Dessert Cocktail Recipe: Brandy Alexander – Excellent dessert cocktail
• Classic Cocktail Recipe: Porto Flip – Yes there is egg yolk in it, but don’t let that scare you away.  It’s delicious!

Bourbon Heritage Month Presses On

• Elijah Craig Bourbon setting standards for America’s Native Spirit – Tasting notes from 10 professions about the brand that helped pioneer some of the standards for bourbon today.
• Bourbon makes its mark with Kentucky Bourbon Festival & recipes – Maker’s Mark bourbon recipes with bourbon notations from Examiners around the nation
• Basil Hayden’s: fashionable bourbon & stylish cocktail recipes – 10 recipes from the brand involved in fashion & competition…sometimes both at the same time!

Baby It’s Cold Outside…

Brrrr…the only truly great things about cool weather blowing in are crackling fireplaces, piles of crunchy fall leaves, cozy sweaters, the return of FOOTBALL season (excuse me for yelling – yay!) and holiday recipes that of course include warmer cocktails, too.  The holidays make for a hectic time posting cocktails (the holiday cocktails have begun pouring in), but I just love this season.  So, (insert wicked witch laugh here) bring on the hot coffee cocktails, October with its ghoulish ghosts and goblins, the warmth and thankfulness of Thanksgiving and the joyous cheer Christmas and all the holidays of December.  The Intoxicologist is gearing up and it’s going to be a festive ride! 

• The Le Nez de Courvoisier Experience & holiday recipe collection – 8 Courvoisier cocktails of the truly amazing sort
• Cool breeze blows in hot coffee drink recipes – 10 hot coffee drink recipes great for early morning football tailgating.  One recipe is non-alcoholic for the designated driver!  Don’t worry, there are tons more coffee, hot chocolate and hot cider recipes just waiting to be posted. 

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September 21 through October 20, The Intoxicologist will donate 50% of all proceeds from National Cocktails Examiner postings to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.  National Cocktails Examiner postings include the photo drink recipe slideshows that appear in the Drink Recipes & Photos link.  Every link on that page is a slideshow.  Most contain drink recipes and are categorized by spirit.  Every time you click through to read a recipe it helps raise funds toward the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation which in turn goes toward breast cancer research.  If you like what you see with the drink recipes, please pass the Drink Recipes & Photos link along to friends.  Thank you for your help!

• 30 Days of Pink Cocktail Recipes for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• Cocktails for a cure: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – 10 beautifully pink Pinky Vodka drink recipes
• Monin: appealing in pink cocktail recipes – 5 drink recipes with the pink theme using variety spirits and Monin premium syrups
• Jack Daniel’s Gets Pink: Black Raspberry Margarita – Jack Daniel’s Whiskey & Chambord go pink for the cause
• Three Olives Vodka celebrates a jubilant cherry day – 10 pink themed cocktails using Three Olives Vodka

All photo drink recipe slideshows from this week are listed below:

• Hot Coffee Recipes for Cool Weather – 10 steaming hot recipes combining coffee with whiskey, amaretto, Kahlua, brandy, bourbon and vodka. Great hot coffee recipes for tailgating or staying indoors to keep warm.
• Three Olives Vodka Pink Drink Recipes – The photo drink recipe slide show below contains 10 Three Olives Vodka pink cocktail recipes. From Cosmos to a French Kiss and even a Shot of Love, Three Olives has pink wish fulfillment covered. Flavors such as Raspberry, Mango, Pomegranate, Grape and the new Bubble Vodka.
• Monin Premium Syrup Drink Recipes – The five cocktails featured in the photo drink recipe slide show below feature Monin syrups, Miller’s Gin, Hennessy Cognac, Matusalem Rum and Campari. Pink themed cocktails for ‘Cocktails for a Cure’ – Susan G. Komen for a Cure foundation
• Basil Hayden’s Bourbon Drink Recipes – Basil Hayden’s Bourbon drink recipes from bartenders and mixologists around the nation. Recipes include those served at gala events, fashion runway parties, New York invitation only parties and bartender competition winners.
• Pinky Vodka Cocktail Recipes – Cocktails for a Cure – 10 Pinky Vodka cocktails in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 10 cocktail recipes with pink theme for the ‘Cocktails for a Cure’ to help raise awareness for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.
• Mocktail Recipes with 10 Fruity Twists – 10 delicious Mocktail recipes with delightful twists on the usual. Pussyfooting around with orange juice and egg yolk, sensationalizing the Mocktail with tomato, carrot and passion fruit, and pairing grape juice with boysenberry syrup.
• Maker’s Mark Bourbon Drink Recipes – Maker’s Mark Bourbon drink recipes. Collection of Maker’s Mark recipes includes winning recipes from Marie Brizard challenge, holiday recipes, champagne cocktails, classic cocktails and political cocktail recipes.
• Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon Tasting Notes – Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon tasing notes from leading whiskey professionals and experts in the field.
• Courvoisier Holiday Cocktail Recipe Collection – Courvoisier Cognac holiday cocktail recipe collection and tasting notes on the Exclusif and XO Imperial. Includes recipes for the Courvoisier Hot Toddy with Hot Toddy Batter and two versions of the Euro Cocoa.

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There’s More to Life Than Just Bourbon…Surely Not!

• There is Jack Daniel’s Birthday!  He loved to celebrate then, so Lynchburg, Tennessee will party all month long: Celebrating Jack’s Birthday: Jack Daniel’s Liquid Cake
• Whiskey Cocktail: Royal Jack – because Mr. Jack deserves the royal treatment.
• The folklore and history surrounding the man, the legend & some darn great cocktails too!…Jack Daniel’s tall tales & cocktails (Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Cocktails – slideshow only)
• Toasting with Gentleman Jack cocktails…because there is a time and place to be a Gent

But there are more spirits to explore…

• Gin Temptation Recipes for Any Occasion…gin recipes just because the month of September can’t all be about bourbon and Mr. Jack’s birthday.  Fun, flirty cocktails.
• Tanqueray: Resist Simple…and you only thought the G&T was simple. What until Tanqueray gets their fingers on it…it gets all twisted and irresistible!
• Inniskillin Icewine: Classic Icewine Martini Recipe …changing the way The Intoxicologist things about highly sweetened Icewine.  I’ll be sampling this in my cocktail future.
• Kahlua Leaves Room for Cream …a new Kahlua flavor in time for the holidays. 
• Can you think of a better way to get a Brazilian? VeeV Acai Spirit: Celebrate Labor Day the Brazilian Way
• Twist on a Classic Cocktail: Almond Old Fashioned…Yes, it’s made with Tequila!
• A tea party for me please…but I’ll take my with some Absolut splashed about…One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Introducing a Bottle of ABSOLUT Boston for Thee
• The holiday may have passed already, but it is never too late to mix up a great tequila cocktail…Mexican Independence Day larger than Cinco de Mayo – rock the day with Cabo Wabo Tequila (Cabo Wabo Tequila Recipes for Mexican Independence Day – slideshow only)
• Jägermeister recipes bring variety to the bar glass…I know, I know! My Twitter poll showed readers usually drank Jager as a shot, but…ironically enough this was a crazy popular post.  Maybe Jager works pretty darn well in cocktails after all.  Try it! (Jägermeister Variety Cocktail Recipes – slideshow only)
• Absolut Boston: ‘Get a Piece of the Wall’ & recipes – recipes with pieces of the wall to view. (Absolut Boston Wall of Pride & Recipes – slideshow only)
• You thought your lips just needed to be kissable? Baileys lip lickable drink recipes makes them delectable! (Baileys Listen To Your Lips Drink Recipes – slideshow only)
• Spice up your morning at the Gran Duque d Alba coffee bar…as if we need an excuse to spike our coffee! (Coffee Bar Iced & Hot Coffee Cocktails-Gran Duque d Alba – slideshow only)
• Think outside the box where sake is concerned and explore the world of cocktails just like bartenders across the nation (and world) have been doing: Gekkeikan Sake cocktail recipes add instant versatility (Gekkeikan Sake Drink Recipes – slideshow only)
• Get a sneak peek at a few holiday recipes: VeeV Acai Spirit fall drink recipes (VeeV Acai Spirit Fall Drink Recipes – slideshow only)

Christmas Is Coming…You Know You Want It…I do!

• Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch: Own It, Sip It, Network It…Laphroaig Quarter Cask changes the Laphroaig universe; at least my vision of it.  This is a fabulous sampling of Laphroaig.  Laphroaig also introduces a new networking site.  Check it out. 
• All I want for Christmas…DEWAR’S Introduces High-End Discovery Gift Set…well, it’s a starter set anyway.  If you haven’t sampled Dewar’s Signature, you haven’t tasted the smoky center of heaven yet. 
• I may not be the marrying kind, but Dewar’s Signature has me sold straight from the sexy bottle.  Dewar’s: The Marrying kind gives ten delicious cocktail recipes for the rest of the Dewar’s varieties. (Dewar’s Blended Scotch Classic & Contemporary Cocktails – slideshow only)

Life in the low calorie lane can be flavorful, gorgeous and doesn’t have to scream DIET!

• Low Calorie Cocktail: Nilla Basil Daiquiri Teeni…tastes fabulous.
• Low Calorie Cocktail: Crimson Raider Teenie…too die for (don’t choke on the sword).
• Low Calorie Bourbon Recipe: Jim’s Peach Fuzz …bourbon’s answer to the Fuzzy Navel.
• Low Calorie Bourbon Recipe: Apple Trace Teenie …Buffalo Trace Bourbon makes everything taste great!
• Tommy Bahama beach worthy cocktail recipes…low calorie & original versions for beach ready bods! (Tommy Bahama Beach Worthy Cocktail Recipes – slideshow only)

Non-alcoholic refreshment for anytime indulgence…Mocktail Recipes!

• Mocktail Monday: Ginger Melon
• Mocktail Monday: 10 non-alcoholic recipes for a crowd – post & slideshow
• Non-Alcoholic Mocktails for a Crowd – slideshow only

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Bourbon Heritage Month kicked off with a bang!

• The perfect cocktail for board meetings and think tank sessions: Bourbon Classic Cocktail: Brainstorm
• All you really need to wear any given evening: Sexy Bourbon Cocktail: Stiletto
• Bourbon Cocktail Recipe: Kentucky Cowhand …It just sounds rugged, doesn’t it?!
• If you think unsweetened tea is thirst quenching…Refreshing Bourbon Cocktail Recipe: Bourbon Sling
• Evan Williams Bourbon: Kentucky First…review with a classic cocktail recipe and an original
• If you still have some drops left in your bottle: Knob Creek Bourbon Infused Cherries: Cherry Creek
• Bourbon Cocktail Recipe: Deadly Sin …only a little sinful if you savor responsibly.
• Just one of the coolest little cocktails in town for a newbie: Bourbon Classic Cocktail: Blinker

Life in the low calorie lane can be flavorful, gorgeous and doesn’t have to scream DIET!

• Low Calorie Bourbon Recipe: Jim’s Peach Fuzz …bourbon’s answer to the Fuzzy Navel.
• Low Calorie Bourbon Recipe: Apple Trace Teenie …Buffalo Trace Bourbon makes everything taste great!

Bourbon Highlights Through Photo Drink Recipe Slide Shows

Knob Creek kicks off Bourbon Heritage Month – post with slideshow

• Knob Creek Bourbon Recipes & Information – slideshow
• Knob Creek Bourbon Drink Recipes – recipe page

Classic spirit of Campari mingles with rich Bourbon heritage – post with slideshow

• Campari – Bourbon & Whiskey Cocktail Recipes – slideshow
• Campari Summer Cocktail Recipes – slideshow of additional interest

Bourbon Heritage Month: bourbon & drink recipe discoveries – post with slideshow

• Bourbon Heritage Month Discovery Tasting Notes – slideshow of several bourbons with 2 ryes

Old Rip Van Winkle highest rated bourbon tasting notes – post with slideshow

• Old Rip Van Winkle Tasting Notes – slideshow

Red Stag by Jim Beam rocks bourbon with new recipes – post with slideshow

• Red Stag by Jim Beam Drink Recipes – slideshow

Bourbon Heritage Month recipes go beyond traditional – post with slideshow

• Bulleit Bourbon Non-Traditional Cocktail Recipes – slideshow

Buffalo Trace Bourbon: tracing the heritage – post with slideshow

• Buffalo Trace Bourbon Classic & Contemporary Cocktails – slideshow
• Buffalo Trace Bourbon Recipes – recipe page

Bourbon Heritage Month new releases & hidden gems – article only

Bourbon Heritage Month: Evan Williams tasting notes & recipes – post with slideshow

• Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – slideshow

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