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  • The Suffering Bastard

    Suffering Bastard Gin and Bourbon FI

    The Suffering Bastard is another hair of the dog cocktail! Much like the Corpse Reviver, this gin and bourbon concoction created in the 1940s is designed to relieve the suffering of the poor soul that drank too much the night before. Over the years, this particular beverage has morphed into some variations, and there’s even a tiki drink named the Suffering Bastard. This one uses some very non-tiki ingredients, namely…

  • Stay at Home, Beach

    Stay at Home, Beach FI

    The Stay at Home, Beach is a gin cocktail creation inspired by the need to be outside, in the sand, with the ocean lulling you to sleep with the soft sound of waves. Only we are stuck inside. So bring beach to your home! Don’t worry about ingredients, you can have it all delivered. Oh, what a time to be alive… This easy drinking gin cocktail pairs tropical fruit juices…

  • The Elderflower and Cucumber Gimlet

    Elderflower Gimlet FI

    Wow this is delicious! This Elderflower and Cucumber Gimlet combines gin, elderflower, cucumber, and lime into a lovely creation. It’s also super easy to modify this to your liking, adding flavors and taking away others if you like. Gimlets are traditionally served in a martini glass, but I don’t care and I wanted to use this fancier coupe I found in an antique shop. So I did. I also doubled…

  • The Passionfruit Martini

    Passionfruit Martini FI

    Never did I ever think a Passionfruit Martini would be good. Turns out, I was wrong. This perfect blend of passionfruit juice, gin, and lime flavors is quite good. Please do add an umbrella to this cocktail, just for fun. It deserves it. This gin cocktail is creamy and smooth, and not all all sweet. Passionfruit juice has such a unique and balanced taste, that you get to enjoy all…

  • The Almond Gin Sour

    Almond Gin Sour Cocktail FI

    Is the Almond Gin Sour full of almond flavor? Not really. Is it super sour? Not really. Is this gin drink even good? YES. It’s awesome. This gin drink is smooth, gin positive, and there is a great hint of some orange flavor. You may have already heard of this drink, it’s some times called the Hotel Georgia. It originally popped up in the book, Bottom’s Up. This 1950s gem…

  • The French Martini – with Gin, of course!

    French Martini with Gin and Raspberries FI

    Sure, you could make the French Martini with vodka, but why would you? It’s much better with gin. One could describe this martini cocktail as well balanced, with just enough berry flavor and just enough sweet and tart from the pineapple. This martini sounds fancy enough, so logically, it was created in France…but NO. New York is the city of origin, in the 1980’s, no less. There are rumors that…

  • The Chestnut Cup Gin Cocktail

    Chestnut Cup Gin Cocktail FI

    Ladies and gents – if you love bitter, the Chestnut Cup is for you! And despite its Pepto-esque color, it’s not chalky at all. My only notes on this drink are “totes bitter” and “what a punch”. Obviously, the bitter taste comes from the Campari. Perhaps you know of Campari from the world famous Negroni? Well, it’s gorgeous and bitter all at the same time. Like an ex? But –…

  • The Ladykiller Cocktail

    Ladykiller Gin Drink FI

    If tropical fruit juice makes you happy, and gin makes you happy, this Ladykiller cocktail will definitely make you happy. It’s tropical, but not to the point of being tiki. You can make this with fresh squeezed pineapple and passion fruit juices, or use pre-made juices. This will totally change the sweetness of your drink, so add more gin or perhaps some simple syrup if you need to change it…

  • Cold Brew and Gin Cocktail

    Cold Brew and Gin Cocktail FI

    This is sort of a super grown-up way to have booze for breakfast! The Cold Brew and Gin cocktail is pretty straightforward. Coffee, gin, some sort of glass, some ice, and perhaps a lemon accent. Full disclosure – I don’t like coffee, much less cold brew, but adding gin makes it so much better. You don’t even have to make cold brew yourself! See, now this cocktail is a time…

  • The Strawberry Bearcat Gin Drink

    Strawberry Bearcat FI

    Is the Strawberry Bearcat a tiki drink? I think so – it certainly tastes like one. It also has orgeat syrup in it, which doesn’t make it officially tiki, but it’s close. Up for debate. What makes this drink so unique is that the gin is really a background player here. The fresh berries, the barely perceptible tart and bitters, and the creamy orgeat take center stage. For this recipe,…