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Cranberry Negroni with a sparkly sugar rim

2021/11/29 By Melinda 4 Comments

Serve this batch cranberry negroni as a teaser for your next holiday gathering. Or scale it down and celebrate small but still sparkly

Filed Under: Cold Drinks, Drinks, Recipes, Winter Holiday Tagged With: campari, cranberry juice, gin, negroni, sweet vermouth

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the not negroni: a Seekout hard seltzer cocktail w/ gin and sweet vermouth

2019/06/27 By Melinda 1 Comment

shows a closeup of the not negroni cocktail garnished with a thin slice of citrus in a pint sized glass

A negroni without the negroni- instead of campari sub the refreshing slightly tart goodness of Seekout’s raspberry+meyer lemon hard seltzer  and you have a brighter bubbly bigger version of the classic cocktail. I love campari- if you want a campari drink without the gin and sweet vermouth this slushie is A+ looking for some other […]

Filed Under: Cold Drinks, Drinks, Recipes Tagged With: ad, cocktail, gin, meyer lemon, negroni, raspberry, raspberry meyer lemon, seekout hard seltzer, sweet vermouth

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Brandy Manhattan Cocktail with Blood Orange

2019/01/21 By Melinda 2 Comments

Is it still a Manhattan when there is no bourbon? no  cherry? Still the essence is there, the oak aged brandy, the carpano antica sweet vermouth, a dash of bitters.  A brandy cocktail worth repeating.  I keep one fancy vermouth and one inexpensive vermouth (sweet and dry) on hand because it makes a difference sometimes. […]

Filed Under: Cold Drinks, Drinks, Recipes Tagged With: brandy, cardamom bitters, cocktail, manhattan cocktail, sweet vermouth

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a holiday rum negroni for our inner surfer

2017/12/23 By Melinda Leave a Comment

holiday rum negroni with fire and boozy orange peel

Do you know how many weird and not terrible  but not particularly inspiring Campari drinks I had to consume just to get one worth posting? At last I found it. Something warming but not warm, something holiday but not heavy, a drink to have before the meal. Turns out it’s best to stick with the […]

Filed Under: Cold Drinks, Drinks, Fiction, Recipes, Winter Holiday Tagged With: campari, cinnamon, cocktail, drink, mt. gay, negroni, orange, Rum, sweet vermouth, vermouth

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