Cocktail Recipes

Kentucky Bramble

A bourbon-forward smash built around backyard produce: blackberries and mint

Jul 20 • John Hughes

Three Citruses, One Diabetic Legend, and the Maraschino Nobody Agrees On

Hemingway, Embellished

Jun 30 • John Hughes

A blood orange Paloma for peak season

Jun 9 • John Hughes

Simple Formulas are the Hardest

May 19 • John Hughes

Stupid Simple Sour

An Irish Whiskey Sour for people who don’t want green beer

Mar 31 • John Hughes

Vieux Carré: A Cocktail Reconsidered

Eight Cocktails. Three Sessions. One Recipe Worth Making.

Mar 2 • John Hughes

When Testing a New Spirit Leads Somewhere Unexpected

Feb 1 • John Hughes

Boozy Butterbeer

The Testing Journey

Jan 2 • John Hughes

The Turkey Smash

A Thanksgiving Cocktail Journey

Dec 1, 2025 • John Hughes

The Autumn Old Fashioned

A Recipe Development Journey

Nov 18, 2025 • John Hughes

An Iterative Approach to Better Cocktails

Finding the Signal Through the Noise

Nov 11, 2025 • John Hughes

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