Cocktails – Page 3 – The Cigar Smoking Man

National Tequila Day July 24

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020TomLeave a Comment

No one knows when National Tequila Day started. We should just be thankful that it exists. This year, the Mexican Chamber of the Tequila Industry is going to use National Tequila Day to kick off Tequila week in the USA!. It’s basically a week to celebrate Tequila’s place in history and everyone’s love of this […]

The Blue Dolphin – Tiki Tuesday

July 21, 2020July 18, 2020Tom1 Comment

The Blue Dolphin was created by Gavin Inglis in 1986 while he was a bartender at the Dolphin Brasserie in London, UK.

National Daiquiri Day

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020TomLeave a Comment

It’s a day late due to a crazy weekend but, I could not forget to pay homage to the Daiquiri, a great, classic drink! The Daiquiri was created by Jennings Stockton Cox near the iron mines of Daiquiri in Cuba somewhere around the late 1890’s early 1900’s. It gained some popularity early on when Naval […]

The Piña Colada and Mojito

July 14, 2020July 13, 2020TomLeave a Comment

Welcome back to the second new cocktail post and once again I have two drinks to talk about. This past weekend had two cocktail holidays to celebrate: National Piña Colada Day and National Mojito Day.

Tiki Tuesday blasts off!

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020TomLeave a Comment

Last summer, I started a cocktail series named “Tiki Tuesdays” where I would feature a tiki cocktail recipe each week. I’m adding to that series starting today, running until the end of Labor Day.

Happy National Mimosa Day!

May 16, 2020May 14, 2020TomLeave a Comment

The Mimosa is a classic brunch cocktail. You can hardly think of one without the other.

World Cocktail Day May 13

May 13, 2020May 10, 2020TomLeave a Comment

World Cocktail Day was created to celebrate the first recorded definition of the word cocktail. That distinction belongs to a New York tabloid named The Balance and Columbian Repository. While the word “cock-tail” has been found in print much earlier, the actual definition “a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and […]

The Old Fashioned cocktail

April 9, 2020January 3, 2023TomLeave a Comment

A tale of two cocktails For this post I actually tried two Old Fashioned recipes. One using a modern recipe and one using a recipe from the 1800’s. The modern cocktail calls for 1/2 of an orange slice to be muddled with a lump of sugar and Angostura Bitters. It also calls for an additional […]