Posts in Whiskey
The Partridge
The Partridge

How about a cozy winter cocktail for this Friday Eve?

I’m excited this new year to create a cocktail recipe featuring this unique whiskey. If you’re unfamiliar with Legent, it starts as a Kentucky Straight Bourbon with the Beam classic family recipe and is aged in wine and sherry casks before being blended with more Kentucky Straight Bourbon by Shinji Fukuyo, fifth-ever Chief Blender of Suntory, the founding house of Japanese whisky. The result is a perfectly balanced yet complex and layered whiskey with a bright, smooth, unexpectedly long finish.

The good news for y’all is that you can get it NOW on via www.drizly.com! Check out my stories for the link. Hope y’all enjoy this recipe as much as I did.

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Cocktails, Bourbon, Lillet, WhiskeyMiguel Buencaminostirred, pear, cinnamonComment
The Salted Peanut Butter Fizz
The Salted Peanut Butter Fizz

Fall is officially here, so how does a peanut butter, banana, hazelnut, coffee and chocolate cocktail sound to you?

Well, you’re in luck. I’ve teamed up with screwballwhiskey to create a cocktail thats somewhere between a chocolate egg cream and a bourbon fizz. The secret is in the banana, hazelnut-infused cold brew amaro created by my talented friend @schenzelwashington. Its constructed by steeping coffee grounds with banana liqueur, hazelnut extract and amaro for 6-12 hours then fine straining into a vessel of your choice. I can’t think of a more perfect accompaniment to the flavors in peanut butter.

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Cocktails, Whiskey, CognacMiguel Buencaminopeanut butter, shaken, sparkling, chocolate, egg, egg white, sodaComment
Bee-Lavardier
Bee-Lavardier

What’s all the buzz about? 🥃🍯🐝

Up next on the #BartendersAndBoulevardiers series with @cooperscraft is Michael Leslie (@mikeyveo) with a Boulevardier riff that accentuates some of the natural honey notes inherited from the unique Coopers’ Craft barrels by incorporating local honey into the recipe. Michael was also kind enough to lend us a few words that inspired his recipe:

“Once there was a bee who flew up beside me and said,

‘Hey man, let me show you something.’

With a sweet honey pass and a dip in my glass I knew that little bee wouldn’t sting”

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Cocktails, Whiskey, BourbonMiguel Buencaminococktail, stirred, honey, negroni, bitter, swizzleComment
The Spiraled Oak
The Spiraled Oak

I’m excited to create a custom cocktail recipe using their unique whiskies finished with a charred oak spiral. Each spiraled shaped oak stave provides a one-of-a-kind flavor profile to the whiskey and imparts an aromatic finish to every bottle. The specific oak spiral in this rye adds notes of smoke, caramel and coffee which pairs perfectly with the flavors in this Amaro and is accentuated by the coffee bitters. Check out the recipe below!

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Rye, Cocktails, WhiskeyMiguel Buencaminoamaro, shaken, collins, coffee, soda, lemonComment
The Overnighter
The Overnighter

Working a little overtime tonight, anyone else?
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This recipe is for all you bitter/sweet/strong cocktail fans out there. Benedictine really brings this recipe to the next level as the dry vermouth rounds the cocktail out. Its a great balance of flavors and is relatively simple to make. I also recently received some smoked orange wheels from the folks over at @smokinconnie and not only do they look great, they add another dimension of smoky aroma and slight flavor to the drink.
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Sidenote: Any other creatives with a kiddo or two burning the midnight oil lately? I know with all the madness with this pandemic, I’m personally spending most of my time being productive once everyone in the house goes to sleep. I know some of you are in the same boat, but if you have any tips/tricks on how to manage your time balancing work and the family while we’re all at home, I’d love to hear them. Figured we could all learn from each other during this time. Drop a line in the comments!

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Cocktails, Whiskey, RyeMiguel Buencaminococktail, bitter, stirred, strong, negroni, campariComment