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  • The Tempi Changes Gin Cocktail

    Tempi Changes Gin Cocktail FI

    I’m not super creative, so when I mixed up this horse-themed drink called the Piaffe, I needed another horse-related name – the Tempi Changes gin cocktail. This delightful gin cocktail can be a smidge sweet, but I’m sure you all know what to do about that. This recipe calls for Pavan – which is a lovely muscat grape-based liqueur, complete with some orange blossom goodness to boot. Let your taste…

  • The Jump High Gin Cocktail

    Jump High Gin Cocktail with Mint FI

    This lovely and sweet gin cocktail, the Jump High, is a close relative to the previously made Run Fast cocktail. Because horses and gin go so well together. WAIT – spectating horses and gin go so well together. The Jump High can tend to be on the sweet side, depending on your sensitivity to elderflower liqueurs and the type of apple juice you use. Some of the more additive-free apple…

  • The Piaffe Gin Cocktail

    Piaffe Gin Cocktail with Dehydrated Garnishes FI

    When I read my notes about this recipe, I wrote “OMG” and my husband and fellow taste tester said “too sweet”. The Piaffe gin cocktail is a fun way to blend gin, Pavan (!!), juice, and bubbles. If anyone is wondering what the heck a Piaffe is, it’s a fancy-dancy horse move that you can catch in the Olympics. I do love gin, I also love horses. Drinks like this…

  • The Run Fast Gin Cocktail

    Run Fast Gin Cocktail with Old Tom Gin, Mint, Lemon FI

    This gin drink is a slight twist to a cocktail I had years ago at a giant horse show in KY – so of course, it had bourbon. But the Run Fast gin cocktail replaces the bourbon with some Old Tom gin. The Kentucky Three day event is a weekend of horses dancing around, going at full speed over the hills and jumping giant wooden things, and then one last…

  • The Gin and Ginger

    gin and ginger cocktail FI

    Or is the Gin and Ginger really called the Gin Buck? More on that later. Perhaps this Gin and Ginger is on par with the Gin and Tonic, perhaps not. The subtle taste of quinine, the old fashioned malaria medicine, in Tonic Water is not for everyone. But Ginger Ale just might be. The absolute beauty of gin is that it’s so basic – you can make it your own.…