Cocktails News

How-To Hostess, Brittany Gilbert, has easy options for summer entertaining like Jack Daniel's Country Cocktails, Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Despite the fact that it's been around longer than most Beaumont bars, you'll find no Yelp reviews for Ditto's, no handy tips or cocktail suggestions on its Foursquare page.

Newsflash, people: It's summer, and that means you should be eating and drinking outside.

Vincent Stipo , the man tending bar at Vernick , not only has the best beard stubble in Philadelphia , but his summer drink ranks as one of my favorite submissions thus far.

With the 74th Anniversary of the famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally less than a week away, it seemed like a good time to check in on recent Harley-Davidson trademark activity at the USPTO.

Cocktail throwers, flash mobs, historians, innovators and tastemakers attended Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans July 16-20.

On Tuesday, July 29, about twenty of the Bay Area's top bartenders will gather at Albany's Ivy Room in a quest to prove that while oil and water famously don't mix, oil and booze sometimes can - and often with delicious results.

Summertime in Chicago is the perfect opportunity to explore the amazing outdoor spaces around the City.

The author, along with Mary Barranco, first published "Market-Fresh Mixology: Cocktails for Every Season" in 2008, which at the time stood out for sourcing drink ingredients from the garden.

Every great meal deserves great drinks, and vice versa. Having spent the past few years bouncing around Colorado a bit and rooting myself in the culinary mecca Denver is becoming recognized for, I consistently find myself being sucked back into the world of cocktails Denver has fully embraced.

Place everything in a large cocktail mixer. Using a wooden spoon, muddle the jalapeno in the bottom of the shakers to break it up a bit.

Where would summery cocktails be without the mint? The mojito, the julep, and pretty much every warm-weather drink recipe on Pinterest - they all call for the fresh herb because it lends a subtle, slightly vegetal brightness to any libation.

If Ernest Hemingway were alive to tell this story, I suspect he would write it from a corner table inside Cloud 9 Wine Bar, nursing a dry martini while observing the passing scene in downtown Erie.

There are afternoons or evenings when adults just want to kick back and relax. These are the times of the day that you want to forget how busy you have been all day or week.

The 'spirits sommelier' Joel Cuellar will serve ginger ale as mixer if you want it, but only separately; 600 bottles line the wall Joel Cuellar pours whisky for Quinn Rhone and Reginald Spaulding at the Copper & Oak bar on the Lower East Side.

Sandy Levine the owner of the Oakland Art and Novelty Company pours a drink called Seven Strangers into a glass of crushed ice.

"Summer Food" features more than 90 recipes for light and flavorful fare - from brunch to light suppers, refreshing cocktails and fruit desserts.

Kitchens and dining rooms aren't the only areas of restaurants caught up in the growing interest in locally sourced artisanal food products.

These salads are hearty enough to make a lovely summer lunch or dinner. And if you can't quite wrap your head around the notion of salad as a meal, then consider any of them as fine appetizers or accompaniments.

It amuses me to no end to watch local news outlets treat summer in Phoenix like a newsworthy event.