During this entertaining cocktail series on The Travel Bite Podcast, you’ll learn about the history of cocktails, from the classic Old Fashioned to how Egg Nog became a winter treat. You can listen to each episode below, or download the shows to your phone using the Podbean Player for iPhone or Podbean on Google Play….
I’ve had a stuffy-nose kinda cold this past week. I know, lousy way to start off the new year. But the good news is that I had a gin hot toddy recipe I’d been intending to make and this cold gave me the perfect excuse to open up a bottle of gin in the name…
Ever since visiting London Cocktail Week and exploring gin distilleries around Great Britain, I’ve been on a bit of a gin cocktail kick. And out of all the gin cocktails I’ve researched (*cough* tasted *cough*), this one was the most surprising. Here’s the story: I had just spent the day exploring Belfast, Giant’s Causeway, and…
If there were ever a cocktail perfect for a winter warm up, it would be the hot spiced cinnamon rum drink known in Ecuador and Columbia as the Canelazo. Not only is it mildly sweet and deliciously flavored with holiday spices, but I’m pretty sure this would knock out a cold too. At least, that’s probably what…
Some of the best coffee I’ve ever tasted was in Cape Town, and this iced coffee cocktail is a delicious reminder of the creative coffee drinks I sipped while visiting South Africa. There’s a liquor from South Africa made from the marula fruit. Legend has it, elephants would eat this fruit and get a little…
Inspired by my trip to London to explore gin, and my recent trip to Thailand, here’s a cocktail that infuses the tropical and spiced flavors of Asia including ingredients like mango, ginger, and an unusual gin I found in London that is cardamom forward, Ophir Spiced Gin. I garnished these with rambutan, a hot pink…
I love the flavors of rosemary and lemon blended together and this recipe for Lemon Rosemary Gin Fizz is light, refreshing, and perfect for any occasion. The combination of aromas are zingy, fresh, and remind me of Italy where Pete and I spent our honeymoon. We even had a similar cocktail served at our wedding! While visiting…
This is perhaps one of my favorite gin cocktails. It’s like dessert in a jar. Inspired by one of the strawberry cocktails I tried in Belfast at the Belfast Bar & Grill while visiting Ireland, I tried making something similar at home and added blueberries, blackberries, and a big old mason jar to give it…