Any New Englander worth their maple syrup bucket knows about Switchel. This sweet and sour drink had a humble start quenching the thirst of 19th century field workers and today is offered among the hipster crowds from Connecticut to Maine. …
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Beggar’s Banquet
Today’s clever cocktail is a fusion of booze and brews in the fashion of a Shandy. It comes to us from David’s Club located in the Hilton Orlando and is the brainchild of their beverage manager Michael Przybyl. Looking for …

Bar Drake Manhattan
Winter is Port season and this week we look to use it in a cocktail. While Port is most often enjoyed on its own as a digestif, it also has value in mixology when combined with other ingredients. One of …

Pumpkin Pie Spiced Punch
It is pumpkin season and when searching for drinks to serve on Halloween we came across a simple recipe from the good folks at Jameson. It can be made as an individual cocktail or in larger batches for the punchbowl. …

Port Old Fashioned
Whether the actual weather shows it or not, we are in the fall season, and with fall comes whiskey. We push our bottles of Gin to the back of the liquor cabinet and pull forward Bourbon, Rye and Scotch. The …

The Connecticut Bullfrog Cocktail
In flipping through the Esquire Handbook for Hosts (copyright 1949) the other day I came across a recipe for The Connecticut Bullfrog cocktail. Being the good resident I am I decided to whip up this drink that has been all …