This week we’ve picked a little valentines number that is sure to please your palate. While not exactly pink and exciting in that direction, it’s definitely a cute little shooter for your Sunday. This recipe was build from an original cocktail recipe, in a smaller glass. You can always make a big ol’ glass of [...]
We are blessed throughout the year with great spirits, cocktails and accessories. Since our primary focus is reviewing “everyday drinking” equipment and spirits, we receive a lot of products to sit down and work with so we believe it’s time to build our holiday gift list. This list is good for the cocktail drinker, the [...]
It’s Tuesday and that means we’re bringing another week of cocktail recipes to your face. The first in our series will be the Cherry Bomb, we’re starting off a bit sweet. This cocktail will have a bit of vodka, tequila and light rum combined with some tropical fresh flavors in the form of coconut and [...]
10 Cane Rum is working with Common Man Cocktails (our show) to present the world with their latest fall seasonal cocktail, 10 Cane Spiced Apple Punch. You’ll need to get yourself a bottle of 10 Cane Rum and a specialized spiced packet to build out this punch which serves 12-cocktails. You may be able to [...]
This is a overflow from our holiday week but it fits any time of the year as it’s a great potent little number known as the Axe Murderer. This cocktail has nice sweet flavors reflecting that of a tropical/tiki cocktail (with less rum) with a potent finish that reminds you that this cocktail has a [...]
The Pink “Kitty,” also goes by the recipe name Pink Pussy but we’re not exactly happy with the naming convention of the original recipe so we changed it. This is a beautifully looking cocktail which reminds us much of a margarita with a distinct citrus finish. The limón rum (Don Q in our case) hides [...]
The Cucumber-Melon Delight #2 is something completely new and different on the palate. This cocktail gives you a nice sweetness mingled with fresh cucumber flavors all with a pretty color and presentation. This viewer submitted recipe is well worth a try for all those others that like to share in the cocktail experience. We’re making [...]
Time to break into another silver rum, we’re sipping the Flor de Caña Extra Dry 4 Year. This rum, as expected, pours a crystal clear color, as clean looking as a naturally filtered water. The bottle design shows off the liquid extremely well, Flor de Caña’s bottle is perfectly clear which boasts clarity. After pouring, [...]
The final installment of our first blind rum tasting concludes with this episode in which we battle current leader Bacardi against Cruzan and 10 Cane rum. While every rum we’ve tasted in our blind tasting has qualified as a good product, we can only have one winner so it will come down to round 3. [...]
Welcome to the second blind tasting on the show. This is the prototype “pilot” episoide for a spinoff show that focuses on the spirit themselves, not the cocktail. Jennifer and I bring on round-2, this time we’re tasting Bacardi (yesterday’s winner) against Don Q and Brave Spirits rum brands. Please note, as with yesterday, each [...]
