Cocktail O’Clock: The Ultimate Latte

See that cuppa in the picture? Ordinary, right? Wrong.

That’s a kicked-up latte with, hello . . . bourbon and butterscotch. Yes, if you’ve been paying attention, that’s the same post-dinner beverage offered at JG Domestic in Philly. This drink kinda brought it home for me, especially since it’s not often — okay, never have I shared a latte with 8 people. Yes, we all could have ordered our own but after a full dinner of plate after plate of food; sips were good for the time being. The operative phrase there is “time being.” So like any good recipe-jacking food-a-phile, I made a few notes to replicate the latte at home. The challenge was: could I make it as good without a fancy machine?

Guess what? It’s damn good and pretty damn close to what you will find at Jose Garces’ restaurant. The foam, which I thought would be most challenging, was not at all. So here you have it. I even included step-by-step pictures, so really you have no reason not to try this.

Bourbon Butterscotch Latte

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Cocktail O’Clock: Cider-tini

Apple cider cocktails don’t have to be hot. Here’s one that boozes up the seasonal beverage while keeping things cool.

Spiced Caramel Apple

2-1/2 oz Apple cider
2 oz Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
1 oz Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka
1 dash lemon juice

Rim martini glass with agave syrup and crumbled gingersnap cookies at set aside. Add liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into martini glass.

Created by Kara Newman, author of Spice & Ice

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Cocktail O’Clock: Welcoming the Season

With the weather turning ever slightly colder, it’s time to start thinking about hot drinks. And by hot drinks, of course we mean spiked coffee.

Café Pacifico

1 1/2 oz Partida Blanco tequila
½ oz Coffee liqueur
4 oz Freshly brewed, hot coffee
3 Bar spoons of cinnamon and sugar mixture (4 parts granulated white sugar to 1 part ground cinnamon, mixed together)
Heavy cream

Add tequila and coffee to a warm glass. Mix in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Float heavy cream on top of the coffee. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon-sugar on top and a cinnamon stick.

Cocktail O’Clock: The Softer Side of Bourbon

Harry Denton’s Starlight Room, a classic San Francisco cocktail lounge long known for having one of the best views in town, reopened this month with a new look and — most interesting to us — new cocktails.

Ever had a date who said she (or he!) can’t handle bourbon? Here’s your new entry-level bourbon drink. Who couldn’t handle this one?

Savoy Bounce

1 oz Bulleit Bourbon
1 oz St Germain
1 oz Lemon
Prosecco
3 muddled Brandied Cherries

Muddle cherries with bourbon, St. Germain and lemon juice.  Shake all together, strain into champagne flute and top with prosecco.  Garnish with a lemon peel.

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Cocktail O’Clock: A Heated Affair

Now that apple season is officially here (and apple recipes are officially everywhere) it’s just about time for a nice hot cider.  And what hot drink couldn’t be made better with a little tequila?

Jacques Bezuidenhout, brand ambassador for Tequila Partida, sent over this recipe for making your own apple cider, plus a cocktail creation that kicks that cider up quite a few notches.

Heated Affair

2 oz Partida Anejo Tequila
6 oz Hot Spiced Apple Cider
Heavy Cream

Apple Cider Preparation:
In a pot add organic apple juice. Add winter spices like cloves, cinnamon stick, all spice, and orange peel. Start of by adding a few cloves, one cinnamon stick, etc…so as to find the right-spiced apple cider flavor. You can always add more spice later. Bring everything to a low heat for about 15 mins. Taste for flavor. When the desired flavor is reached then take off stove. Strain out all the spices and orange peel.

In a small warm wine glass add Tequila and hot apple cider. Float heavy cream.

Garnish: Grate fresh Nutmeg over cream.

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Cocktail O’Clock: Rum ‘n’ Coke ‘n’ Cream

With summer coming to an unofficial close this weekend we’ve decided to make one more ice cream cocktail.

We’ve done beer and bourbon with ice cream, vodka and root beer with ice cream, even champagne with sorbet. So why not rum and ice cream?

Even better, this one’s a one-two-three cocktail recipe that’s easy enough for lazy labor day drinks.

Spider Cocktail

2 parts Sailor Jerry Rum
1 scoop (vanilla) ice cream
Coca-Cola

Method: add rum to a highball glass full of ice, drop in a scoop of ice cream and top with cola. Have a straw on hand for overflow.

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