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Old Fashioned Week

Old Fashioned Week 2022 – Spiced Cherry Rum

Rum is one of those spirits that is underutilized in classic cocktails that are not “tropical” by nature. Rumbullion, or rum for short, is made by fermenting molasses, the leftover product from processing sugar cane. It has been a product of the Caribbean since the 17th century. It is a beautifully complex yet smooth spirit… Continue reading Old Fashioned Week 2022 – Spiced Cherry Rum

Old Fashioned Week

Old Fashioned Week 2022 – Smoked Tequila

Smoked Tequila Old Fashioned Glass: Old Fashioned Served: On the rocks Yield: 1 cocktail We love our Make & Muddle Traditional Old Fashioned, but we also have some other cocktails that are just as delicious smoked. One of those is our Smoked Tequila Old Fashioned that uses our 3 Herb Gracious Grapefruit Syrup. The smoke… Continue reading Old Fashioned Week 2022 – Smoked Tequila

Old Fashioned Week

Old Fashioned Week 2022

A weeklong celebration of the very first cocktail! We'll explore some wonderful variations of this iconic, classic cocktail, including a few non traditional recipes that don't use brown spirits. Today we kickoff the week with Make & Muddle's take on the original, but first, a little history lesson. The oldest writings describe the Old Fashioned… Continue reading Old Fashioned Week 2022

Bar Set Up, In the Kitchen

Make & Muddle 7 Syrup Whipped Cream

Usually when I am in the kitchen, I am contemplating how to use ingredients in different ways. This whipped cream recipe happened when the Kentucky Coffee cocktail recipe happened. One minute you are making a coffee, the next you are licking the hand mixer beaters like it is your job because OMG 7 SYRUP WHIPPED… Continue reading Make & Muddle 7 Syrup Whipped Cream

Bar Set Up, In the Kitchen

Pan Seared Duck Breasts with Cherry Gastrique

Duck has always been a favorite of mine. I love it any way you want to serve it, crispy with a plum sauce and rice pancakes, confit on anything from tacos to poutine, or, in this case, slow pan seared with the crispiest skin and a Spiced Cherry Vanilla Gastrique. Be sure to cook this… Continue reading Pan Seared Duck Breasts with Cherry Gastrique