Kitchen

This is similar to another cocktail recipe released here on Armida Warrior, ‘The Apple Embryo’. It has a similar idea, and is perfect for winter. In this recipe, however, we utilize a mixture of rye and wine, allowing for bruised apple to lend its juice to the drink, and topped with apple whose flavor will combine with it as it’s sipped. Together, in a pretty coupe glass, your nighttime sipper can help warm your insides in front of a warm fire. If you don’t have a warm fire t

I hadn’t had this gin for a really, really long time. It had been years. The day before I made this cocktail, I’d wandered my favorite booze shop and discovered that they sold my favorite ingredient. This gin is something I always used to use, and used all the time. No, this is not sponsored. I just really, really love this gin. It was a forgotten love of mine. Bringing a bottle home reminded me of all of the lost recipes I’d made with it. This newest recipe made me reminisce

Something told me to try putting Worchestershire sauce in a cocktail with both rye and bourbon. I don’t know why I followed my gut, but I did it. I did it, and I looked at the glass like, “I hope this works. It probably won’t, but okay.” As soon as I took a sip, my eyes widened. I knew immediately. The salinity of the sauce in combination with the whiskey was exactly like sipping on a Dirty Martini. The only difference was the base alcohol used. This is for anybody who loves

I first made this cocktail at the tail end of me having the flu. After two days, spent in bed, an epiphany struck me over the head with a bottle of rye, and this cocktail was born. I waited until I could climb out of bed, do some personal matters, and come home to a cocktail that’s a little bit Manhattan and a little bit Old Fashioned. I love using lime instead of lemon, and my favorite honey liqueur. This will probably inspire many recipes of my own in the future, but, for r

My dad’s dog sometimes gives me these looks, like, ‘You’re at Dad’s house… why aren’t you making a cocktail?’ It’s like he knows what I’m thinking, what I need to do, what I want to do, and what I want to eat or drink at every moment of every day. He’s the type who knows when I’m hungry, and will come sit on me with these giant, puppy eyes until I say, ‘Okay, you’re right… I’m starving.’ This time, I was thirsty, and he knew it. As this big guy always knows what I need and wh

This was the first cocktail I made in my apartment. Collecting the ingredients over months, and finally freezing ice, allowed me to craft a drink. It took a while to be able to, but once I was able to create it, it was well worth the wait. It’s sweet, but still has a bit of a bite. If you’re like me, and care not for sweet cocktails, I think you may like this one anyway. I do. I’m definitely hardly a frilly cocktail person. I even made fun of myself for it with ‘The Frilly Fr

This kind of happened by accident. I knew where I wanted to go with this recipe, and I went there, but I had no idea the kind of result I would get. By accident, it turned into something that tasted just like a really, really good Old Fashioned, out of ingredients many people would never put together. I loathe-slash-despise the idea of crafting a drink based on the ‘basic forms’ of cocktaildom, which basically means I loathe-slash-despise the idea of crafting a drink based on

It started off as my wanting to use half a clementine, half a lime, and half a lemon in this cocktail for juice. It ended up with my giving the lemon to my mom so she could make us dinner, and that’s one of my better decisions when it comes to cocktail-making. In my head, it would have been too sweet, and it wouldn’t have that bite of alcohol that makes what I love to make what I make. I’d been helping her all day, and wanted a reward in the form of a drink. What other way is

This is another ode to my stepfather. We were at our family’s lake house when I realized there were two main alcohols he loved: bourbon...

Today was a rainy day. I decided to combat that with a cocktail that was bright, and reflected a warm, sunny day, with a nice breeze, out...

I don’t normally consume frilly cocktails. Nothing fruity. Nothing girly. Nothing ‘frilly’. I normally stick to my rye, my bourbon, my...

I love experimenting with new ingredients, especially once the seasons change. I also love mixing base spirits. There will be bourbon and...

Sometimes, making yourself a cocktail when you’re sick is the best medicine. As long as you drink it slow enough, and don’t overdo it,...

When I first tasted this drink, the words, ‘This tastes like spiced up gin!’ popped out of my mouth. That is also when I realized that...

This cocktail has a ridiculous amount of bourbon, and a ridiculous amount of citrus juice. I used two completely different bourbons, and...

This cocktail is perfect for people who love oranges. Chunks of orange flesh, muddled as if it’s shaken with the rest of the cocktail,...

I had to take care of one of my favorite doggies, Dembe, when my dad had his hip surgery. Many days later, I was missing my place of...

Be careful, this is an easy one to drink. All it takes is two liqueurs, some bitters, and a lot of bourbon, and you have yourself a...

There’s something special about staying over at my Dad’s house for a while, and it isn’t the fact that it’s really the only place I can...

There’s something to be said about whiskey that tastes like peanut butter. Over the several years since I’d first tasted Skrewball, I’d...