Saving the world one drink at a time
One more pomelo cocktail for the week! This is a spin on the classic Acapulco, a tropical drink with a full bodied pineapple fruit taste. This was an easy substitution with grapefruit juice. No crazy diversions from the original recipe (for now), but great option for that last bit of pomelo juice that you squeezed…
Since Pomelo juice is a great one-for-one substitute for grapefruit juice I mixed it into one of the simplest grapefruit cocktails out there: the Hemingway Special. Obviously a famous twist off a sugarless Daquiri, and a favorite of its namesake author, it’s an easy drink to make with just a handful of ingredients. If you…
The pomelo craze continues in today’s cocktail! The ginger blends perfectly with the pomelo juice, and the aperol brings out the grapefruit flavors so it’s not overpowered by the ginger. This is an absolutely delicious drink! Ingredients: 2 tablespoons chopped ginger 2 oz Raleigh Rum Company spiced rum 1 oz lime juice (keep half a…
To add to my mezcal trend recently I picked up a few pomelos at the local grocery store. These are large grapefruit-like fruit that have a juice and inside that is a good substitute for grapefruit. For this cocktail I found an interesting Chili Paloma cocktail online and decided to use my pomelo to make…
I just can’t stop using this delicious mezcal in all sorts of variations. Since this is my first time experimenting I’ve been on the lookout for new variations to classic drinks that I can update with a mezcal twist. This fits the bill perfectly, it keeps the minty flavors of a julep while getting the…
Here’s a spooky Halloween tiki drink that has so many variations. First made back in the 1930’s, and enjoyed at the 1939 World’s Fair, this drink usually has some 151 poured over it, which makes it a real kick in the pants! Other variations (and the original) also have Pernod and a random assortment of…
Today we’re going to a friend’s house and I wanted to make a punch that takes the best parts of fall, without going over the top and making it a “Christmas” punch. I kept the base equal parts cider and ginger ale, and I am ashamed to admit that I am using Fireball as my…
This is a delicious fall cocktail as the weather gets colder. Raleigh Rum Company is a local company that produces a great spiced rum that will add a seasonal flavor boost to all your autumn drinks. In the coming weeks I’ll be looking for more ways to use this spiced rum into some Christmas-y cocktails….
One more mezcal cocktail for this week! I’m also using this as an opportunity to finish out my end-of-summer blackberries. This drink came out beautifully and has some of the best parts of a Margarita combined with the sweeter, darker flavors of the blackberries and the smokiness of the mezcal. Like the Division Bell, this…
This has been the week of mezcal because Vago’s Elote mezcal is just that delicious. It’s hard to find mezcal in this part of NC, mostly because the state liquor stores are stocked at the county level, and people around here have yet to fall in love with good mezcal. Drinks like the Division…