Binny's Blog

Celebrate Flagship February with local beers from Chicago, the suburbs and just over the border.

The Sazerac is a quick, easy cocktail that transports you to Mardi Gras.

This is probably our most ambitious episode ever. We’ll be eating well-known New Orleans dishes, along with Abita beer, and then making New Orleans cocktails and pairing them with paczkis.

We've got an improved Hurricane recipe for your Mardi Gras celebrations.

Cinnamon rolls are an irresistible sweat treat and the Demo Kitchen has a recipe for you to make them at home any time you want. Plus, easily turn them into Mini King Cakes with the addition of green, gold and purple candy sugar.

Cap off your Mardi Gras celebrations with this cocktail homage to the King Cake, a carnival tradition around the world. This confetti covered version is a riff on the New Orleans King Cake, plastic baby not included.

Red Beans and Rice is a classic Louisiana dish, born of ingenuity. It takes time, but it's worth it to transform easily obtainable ingredients into something magical. It's perfect for your Mardi Gras celebration this year.

Let the good times roll and shake up this recipe for a Ramos Gin Fizz, one of New Orleans most well-known cocktails. It's perfect for your Mardi Gras celebration.

Flagship February is a yearly opportunity to revisit some craft beer classics. These are the beers that keep the lights on for their respective breweries. They often reflect the period of craft beer history during which they were conceived. Some of these are relatively new flagship beers, while others have been going strong for decades.

This Mardi Gras favorite is one of America's first cocktail gems. Many party goers have enjoyed the Sazerac since the early 1800's. Whether you pour rye whiskey or cognac, you can't go wrong.