Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Cuban Style

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Cuban Style

Our Cinco de Mayo celebration kicked off with Cuban flair yesterday. After enjoying a delicious homemade enchilada feast, Mr. Boston’s 1935 recipe book called for some Rum by way of the Bacardi Cocktail. In the mid 1930’s Cuban made Bacardi was the first...
The Apple Pie Cocktail, Hold the Apple

The Apple Pie Cocktail, Hold the Apple

Mr. Boston’s is at it again! The next recipe is called The Apple Pie but the darn thing doesn’t use a lick of Apple Liquor. I’m beginning to wonder if Leo Cotton edited this book whilst perpetually drunk 🙂 Why is Apricot Nectar the main ingredient in...
The Mad Scientist Pumpkin Spice Rum Experiment

The Mad Scientist Pumpkin Spice Rum Experiment

Like a modern day doctor Frankenstein, Ryan transformed my simple pumpkin spice infusion idea into a scientific experiment. After looking through a look-back at Halloween’s past blog post yesterday, I was inspired to do a special pumpkin spiced rum infusion. The...
Orgeat What?

Orgeat What?

It may sound funny to some mixologists out there but I only recently discovered Orgeat syrup. Sure I’ve had a Mai Tai in my day but not being a huge Rum fan, I’d never made one at home. It wasn’t until we started our ginger beer campaign on...