METROBILLY NEGRONI
Few adult beverages have solicited more varied creativity than the classic Italian Negroni over the course of its 100-year run. The one-to-one-to-one recipe of gin, Campari and sweet vermouth yields an ethereal bitter experience that is also an easy gateway to other cocktails…swap bourbon for gin, and you’ve got the Boulevardier, my favorite drink of all time. We love our METROBILLY NEGRONI made with Texas Distilled CALAMITY GIN, nuanced with floral and citrus notes, guaranteed to satisfy the ITALIAN-TEXAN in all of us.
Holiday Cocktail | Lavender Grapefruit Gimlet
The Natural Sip
It’s finally the weekend, which means it’s time to sip, relax, and cook - and our favorite adult beverage this week is the The Natural Sip, a cool, clear cocktail devised mostly of ingredients from Arkansas. We start with subtle, nuanced vodka from Little Rock’s Rock Town distillery, layered with fresh lime, basil from our Fayetteville garden, a kiss of ginger syrup from North West Arkansas’ Pink House Alchemy, and finally topped with hydrated basil seeds and the ethereal bubbles from Mountain Valley water out of Hot Springs.
RASPBERRY PEACH SANGRIA: Sip, Sip, Hooray!
The history of SANGRIA goes way back; a chilled, fruity wine cocktail first made popular in the United States at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair, finds it’s true roots wrapped tightly around Spanish culture and early Greek and Roman life. Like many moments in history, alcohol was a means to hydrate since water was often too dangerus to drink…and ancient civilations like the Romans consumed something called “Hippocras” which utilized wine mixed with whatever was on hand, like sugar, fruit, and herbs.