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  • The Park Avenue

    The Park Avenue Gin Cocktail with PIneapple, Vermouth, Cointreau FI

    This unique and delightful cocktail pairs gin, Cointreau, sweet vermouth, and pineapple juice. The Park Avenue gin cocktail is smooth, unusual, and sippable.

  • The Rye Gin Linger

    Rye Gin Linger - Rye Gin, Vermouth, Lemon, Brandy FI

    Highlight the wonderful flavors of rye gin in the Rye Gin Linger cocktail. Combine brandy, sweet vermouth, and a touch of lemon and bitters to round it all out.

  • The Martinez, with Orange

    The Martinez Cocktail with Orange FI

    There’s something so decadent about this classic gin cocktail, but now it’s the Martinez, with orange. Or has it always been that? The gold standard of cockail recipe books, The Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock, lists a recipe for the Martinez to include either maraschino or orange liqueurs. Gotta love booze options! I already posted a recipe for the Martinez with Luxardo, a maraschino liqueur. It’s a much different…

  • Verbona Blossom Gin Cocktail

    Verbona Blossom Gin Cocktail FI

    The fragrant and light ingredients of this Verbona Blossom gin cocktail make it perfect for spring and summer months. And, since it has cukes, it’s really like a salad. And adult salad. The ingredients are simple, and the flavors and nose are outstanding. This is, unfortunately, a great way to down them without taking your time. Pace yourself! What is vermouth, anyway? So glad you asked. All vermouth begins life…

  • The Hanky Panky

    The Hanky Panky Cocktail FI

    A few things about the Hanky Panky. It’s ridiculously named. Fernet-Branca is an ingredient, and it’s a weird one. Like, SUPER WEIRD. More on that later. This classic gin cocktail is rooted in London at the Savoy, but not by our friend Harry. Although he did list this recipe in his book, the true credit for this drink belongs to Ada Coleman. Bless her for finding a way to make…

  • The Orange Blossom Gin Cocktail

    Orange Blossom Gin Cocktail FI

    Perhaps you love a Screwdriver, but you love gin more than vodka, so make it an Orange Blossom. It’s the same screwdrivery goodness, but with gin and a touch of vermouth. Grenadine is optional here. Depending on how much you add to your Orange Blossom, you can change the color and taste a bit. Grenadine is basically just sugary pomegranate juice, and super dark red. So your drink can get…

  • The Best Heather

    The Best Heather FI

    I really think the Better Heather gin cocktail is good, and then I tried it with grapefruit to make the Best Heather. And all seems to have worked out. It’s the same framework, with a slightly different juice. This version of the gin Heather cocktail is a smidge tarter, as the grapefruit can make you pucker up a bit. But it’s not too tart, sort of just the right amount.…

  • 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,…

  • The Martinez Gin Cocktail

    Martinez gin drink FI

    Old Tom gin lovers, the Martinez gin cocktail is for you! This delightful and potent gin drink pairs lots of complex flavors into one amazing drink. The lush color is lovely, too. This cocktail is also believed to be the precursor to the Martini, and I’m so glad the Martini didn’t actually replace it. And over the years, there have been so many variation on the Martinez, that’s it’s really…