The Super Bowl is almost here and our beloved 49ers are in for the first time in almost 20 years! We will be tailgating all week long! Not going to the game, you can tailgate right at home.

Go Niners!… Read more

Perfect for enjoying while snuggled up next to a crackling fire!… Read more

Warm up and toast the Holidays with this spin on the traditional Toddy recipe.  Created by H. Joesph Hermann proprietor of Elxir is San Francisco, his Spiced Pear Toddy is bursting with fall fruitiness and holiday spice.  Multiply this recipe and make it for group!… Read more

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

Six Geese a- Eggnog

Ingredients:
1/2 cup eggnog
2 pinches nutmeg
1 pinch cloves
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon Mexican Chocolate (Ibarra cinnamon-flavored Mexican chocolate)
1-1/2 oz. Reposado Tequila
Mexican Chocolate Shavings

Ingredients:
In a saucepan, whisk together eggnog, nutmeg, cloves and cocoa powder. Heat mixture over med-low heat until simmering, do not boil. Slowly add the grated Mexican chocolate until … Read more

Ingredients:
1.5 oz SKYY Infusions Citrus
0.5 oz agave nectar
4 oz hot water
3 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 pat unsalted butter (just under a tablespoon)
Grated nutmeg

Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a large mug, topping the liquid with hot water last. Stir, grate nutmeg over top and let steep for a couple minutes before serving.

Courtesy of SKYY Vodka.… Read more

Ingredients:
2 oz Flor de Caña 7-year Grand Reserve
4 sugar cubes
3 oz club soda
2 whole cloves
1 pinch of fresh grated nutmeg
1 oz lemon juice
2 oz Fuji apple juice
2 dashes of Peychaud bitters

Directions:
Dissolve the sugar cubes in 1 oz. of club soda (this generally involves muddling to help process). Muddle the cloves with the sugar cubes. After the sugar cubes and cloves are muddled/dissolved, add the rest

… Read more

Courtesy Maker’s Mark.… Read more

It’s cold season and this winter has been harsh. Having succumbed to the evil flu earlier this week, I decided to explore the aged old cure all, the hot toddy. I started with a tea-based toddy, but really took to a clove, cinnamon and lemon rind mix. Simmering those spices unleashes all their goodness and lets it get into your bones, really.

Of course, you’ll want to keep doing all the other things you need … Read more

… Read more

Courtesy of Maker’s Mark Bourbon.… Read more