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The Black Velvet is sophisticated St. Patrick’s Day cocktail recipe. This simple, luxurious blend of Guinness and Champagne is the perfect way to cap off your extended Celtic carousing.

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.

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.

When six o’clock rolls around many Italians have their hearts firmly set on a leisurely cocktail and maybe a nibble or two before dinner. It’s Aperitivo time and most will opt for something a bitter cocktail to stimulate their appetites. But what are devotees of the cocktail hour, the ranks of which include countless Americans, to do during Dry January?

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.