Kentucky Coffee Everyone knows and loves Irish Coffee. As with all cocktails, its history is a bit murky because...well alcohol. It is rumored to have been officially named in 1945 in an airport bar in Ireland where a bartender took pity on some cold and weary travelers and made them an Irish coffee. We know… Continue reading Bourbon Heritage Month, Day 7 – Kentucky Coffee
The Boulevardier Today we celebrate another classic, the Boulevardier. It is a riff on the Negroni, allegedly created in Paris by American expat Erskine Gwynne who published a magazine called The Boulevardier. The Traditional recipe calls for equal parts of Bourbon, Campari, and Sweet Vermouth. More contemporary versions tend to be more spirit forward. We… Continue reading Bourbon Heritage Month, Day 6 – The Boulevardier
The Old Fashioned No celebration of bourbon would be complete without a tribute to perhaps its most iconic cocktail. The Old Fashioned is thought to be the original cocktail. The oldest writings describe it as distilled spirit, water, sugar, and bitters. It is rumored that this cocktail earned its name after other cocktails were created… Continue reading Bourbon Heritage Month, Day 5 – The Old Fashioned
Bourbon Slush Remember when, as a kid, you walked into a convenience store that had a wall of slushies, all lined up and calling to you? That is how we feel as grownups about boozy slushies. This was the first recipe we ever designed specifically as a frozen beverage. Since then, we could fill pages… Continue reading Bourbon Slush
It is Derby week here in Louisville! That means horses, bourbon, and hats! Here at Make & Muddle, we have been drinking mint juleps since it was warm enough to sit on a porch somewhere. Often folks will run screaming the other directions from mint juleps, stating they are too sweet. Sweetness is a matter… Continue reading The Mint Julep
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