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If you loved vanilla cola as a kid, try a Shanky's Fever Dream cocktail. It’s the perfect St. Patrick's Day cocktail for those who love spiced rum or whiskey and cola.

A delicious green cocktail for St. Patrick's Day that's sweet and tart. It's a refreshing alternative to green beer or green mint drinks. Sláinte!

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.

Barrel to Bottle is your weekly dose of alcohol esoterica, and the Long Drink is a very deep dive into esoterica. The Long Drink, or Lonkero, was invented for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Finland. This simple, two-ingredient cocktail is easy to make, but you can now get them as a canned cocktail, or as a malt-based beverage.

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.

Some flavors are just destined to be together, like strawberry and chocolate. With that in mind, our resident Mixologist has whipped up a Valentine's Day cocktail that we know you'll fall for.

Even if you don't have a dog...or Bear, in the fight, the Big Game is a great time to mix up these two cocktails. Face them off in a head-to-head competition for cocktail supremacy.

Celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year and the Beijing Olympics with two cocktails from our resident mixologist.

The temperatures are plummeting after a relatively warm start to the winter season. There’s no better time to whip up some hot cocktails to get you through the grey winter days and long, dark winter nights.

Toddies are a broad class of cocktails that generally combine a spirit with water and sugar. Usually but not necessarily served hot, toddies also often include citrus, spice and/or herbs to create a soothing elixir, believed by many to ease the symptoms of the common cold and flu. Toddies are easy to make, provide a potent kick of booze, and happen to be quite appealing on a cold winter’s eve in the Midwest.