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Posts tagged “simple syrup”

Essential Bar Ingredient: Rosemary Simple Syrup

Many cocktail recipes for the spring and summer call for the addition of simple syrup. Even better is when the recipe calls for a flavored simple syrup, such as rosemary....

More Summer Cocktails

Armed with all the fresh fruits and berries that are currently in season in California, we experimented with some new cocktail recipes over the weekend....

Straight Up: Using Roses in Cocktails

The rose garden is coming to the glass. Rose water. Rose syrup. Hendrick's cucumber and rose-infused gin. Sweetly ephemeral, with a hint of loamy darkness, these velvety blooms are lending their gent...

Straight Up: Will You Help Save the Daiquiri?

A tart, cool thirst-quencher that merges the rich warmth of rum with the zippy tang of lime, the Daiquiri is the perfect cocktail to put even the most office cubicle-weary of us in an island mood. B...

Recipe: Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup

Lemon verbena is one of our favorite herbs. It's a tall, spare, long-leafed plant with slender leaves and a fragrance to die for. It's not hard to capture that fragrance in a simple syrup. ...

Straight Up: Raw Egg Whites in Cocktails (and Ramos Gin Fizzes) Are Back!

Raw egg whites. They're not just for your breakfast glass of Tiger's Milk anymore. With the recent revival of certain pre-Prohibition cocktails, they've been finding their way back into some spectacul...

Straight Up: DIY Simple Syrup

With warm-weather-drinks season fast approaching (Mojitos, Caipirinhas, Mint Juleps!), now’s a good time to stock up on a key ingredient in many refreshing summer cocktails: simple syrup....