Fun Halloween Cocktail Garnishes Get ready for your Halloween party with these cool ideas for serving and decorating your boo-tiful cocktails. A spooky, bright and colourful garnish will add pizzazz to your cocktail. Halloween garnishes are so much fun to…
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Maple Flavoured-Whiskey
Maple syrup is a distinctive North-American product. The wonderful flavour of maple syrup has been a chef’s staple for many years and now it is used by bartenders. Maple syrup packs more complexity and flavour than the simple sugar syrup.…
OR-G Liqueur
The spirits world is often associated with sex. Not surprising. At the beginning there was X-Rated, then Kinky, and now OR-G liqueur. Or-G caters to young adults and is marketed as ‘the official spirit of the female entourage‘. OR-G is…
The Vesper Martini – Drink Another Day
The Vesper Martini Drink Another Day Here’s a cocktail with more aliases than a spy with a franchise. The Vesper is apparently, depending on whom you believe, either the original James Bond martini or an original drink unrelated to the…
Absinthe Substitutes
ABSINTHE SUBSTITUTES (re-posting from the archive) Absinthe is an old, traditional herbal liqueur that has a strong licorice flavour from anise seeds. The drink was in vogue in the late 19th century, and is the ancestor of today’s anise liqueurs.…
Cocktails and Music
Cocktail Hour and Music Background music sets the mood for a cocktail party, romantic soirée, or just an easy going evening. Enjoying a great cocktail and listening to music has long been a wonderful mix. This is my jam.com is…
SF & Bay Area Guide to Negroni Week 2019
It’s that time of year that all bartenders and cocktails enthusiasts look forward to with thirsty anticipation- Negroni Week 2019! This year Negroni week is running from June 24-June 30th at over 12,000 participating bars. This sacred week in the…
Cachaça Brazil’s National Spirit
Cachaça (pronounced ka-sha-sah) is a Brazilian spirit. Cachaça is distilled from fermented juice of fresh sugar cane. It is the third most widely consumed spirit in the world, and over 1.5 billion liters of Cachaça are produced each year, mainly…
Game Of Thrones Cocktails
Updated for season 8 finale The wait is over the popular HBO tv series Game Of Thrones season 4 starts tonight. Want to throw a theme party and need original Game Of Thrones cocktails? Fear not, we are here to…
Bartending Guide Study – Lesson 4
ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SERVICE Drinks can be ordered either by generic name or brand name. For instance, a customer may order ’Scotch and Soda’ or ‘Johnny Walker Black and Soda’. For the ’Scotch and Soda’ you will use bar scotch in…