Cocktails – Page 2 – Handmade Ornament

Paper Plane Cocktail

The Paper Plane cocktail recipe is a great bourbon drink to add to your home bar skillset. If you love to order fancy and unique cocktails, this recipe is a must for you. The combination of bourbon, Aperol, amaro and lemon juice is a bright orange cocktail that is citrusy, botanical and warming with the…

Amaretto Sour

Is an Amaretto Sour just a sweet, syrupy drink that serious cocktail drinkers dismiss? The short answer — based on a close examination of documented recipe history and how working bartenders have adapted it — is no. When made correctly, with calibrated ratios, fresh citrus, and a quality amaretto, it is one of the more…

Homemade Margarita Mix

Today, I’m excited to share my recipe for homemade margarita mix. It’s insanely easy to make (with only two ingredients, plus water!). The difference between homemade margarita mix and something you buy at the store is kind of insane, though. Sometimes the store-bought mixes can be syrupy and gross. Homemade tastes SO much fresher. Homemade…

The Bramble Cocktail

The Bramble is easily one of my favorite cocktails. It’s sour, refreshing, and fruity—which are all the things I love in a cocktail during the warmer months. The Bramble is a blackberry-based cocktail that’s rather simple to make and is nicely balanced in flavor. It was invented in the 1980s by Dick Bradsell at Fred’s…

The Role of Ice in Cocktail Preparation for Perfect Chill and Dilution

Discover the essential role of ice in cocktail preparation from chilling to dilution and learn how different ice types enhance flavor and presentation.

Cultural Influences Shaping Global Cocktail Trends in 2026

Explore how cultural influences shape global cocktail trends with fusion recipes regional spirits and emerging mixology innovations in 2026.

Espresso Martini

Here’s the question most home bartenders ask only after the glass lands flat in front of their guests: why does this look nothing like the one at the bar? The answer is rarely the vodka. It’s almost always one of five fixable mistakes made before the shaker even touches ice. The Drink Has One Job…

Candy Salad

Why does your candy salad taste like a bag of random Halloween leftovers when the ones on TikTok look like an actual culinary creation? The gap isn’t luck or better filming. It’s planning. The viral candy salads racking up 15 million views were built with specific logic — flavor contrast, texture variety, the right vessel…