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  • The Slow Friday

    Slow Friday Gin Cocktail FI

    The Slow Friday gin cocktail checks off lots of boxes here – fruity without sweet, slow sipping, hint of tang, and gin. And sure, this drink it totally made up, accidentally in fact. But isn’t that how all drinks get started? Ginger is what makes this drink easy and surprising. We made it with Domaine de Canton, that delightfully punchy and bold ginger liqueur, as featured in the potent Gin…

  • Old Tom Punch

    Old Tom Punch FI

    If you love gin and punch, you might really like this Old Tom Punch. Mostly following a punch “formula” of sweet, sour, bitter, and strong, this cocktail is gorgeous, delicious, and with just the smallest hint of bitter Campari. Old Tom gin is perhaps the most unusual style of gin, and I used some from a distillery local to me. Catoctin Creek is a short hike across my state, and…

  • 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 Bermuda Hundred Gin Cocktail

    Bermuda Hundred FI

    Not in my craziest imagination did I think I would find something that tastes like the Bermuda Hundred. This gin-based cocktail is part tiki drink and part Italian aperitif. I never thought Campari could be a part of a tiki drink, but here we are. What makes this such an unusual drink is the bitterness of Campari played against the smooth nuttiness of orgeat syrup, a common ingredient in tiki…

  • The Gintermission

    Gintermission Gin Cocktail FI

    This gorgeous gin cocktail takes it’s inspiration from the Opening Act cocktail, becoming the Gintermission. The opening act artfully pairs ginger and Campari flavors with club soda. This version ditches the club soda in favor of gin. The beauty of this drink is the ever so subtle Campari bitterness on the tongue. The other fruit and ginger flavors are equally subtle and make for a delightful and colorful way to…

  • The Minty Rose 75

    The Minty Rose 75 FI

    This delightful concoction that I named the Minty Rose 75 was ALMOST called Spank the Rose. Obviously, as a tribute to the fun manner in which you can opt to “spank” your mint before you garnish your drink. At any rate, it’s easy, pretty, and delicious. I do love a traditional French 75, but I also love sparkling Rosé. I used Prophecy Rosé for this recipe, not knowing how well…

  • The Better Heather Gin Cocktail

    Better Heather Gin Cocktail FI

    Yes, the Better Heather Gin Cocktail is named after a person. A delightful friend, whose name is Heather. Heather is a fellow blogger, fellow horsewoman, and fellow gin aficionado. Which is why she absolutely deserves a drink of her own. And, as it turns out, this basic recipe is a great “formula” to mix and match different fruit juices and liqueurs. Heather has been a Pavan fan for a while,…