Thoughts of Earl pounding across the East Coast have inspired the Tidal Wave (pictured) and Tropical Sour cocktails.

Is your bar equipped with the proper tools, and do you know when to shake and when to stir?

The smooth flavor of the carambola (starfruit) can match a lot of other flavors.

Atomic Fireball Vodka! Frank Bruni talks about home infusing in The Tipsy Diaries

Porch Crawlers! A summery cocktail to get your Labor Day party started.

Ah ginger ale... Makes a comforting cocktail both in the air and on the ground. In this case, the Cloudy Sky, along with sloe gin and lime.

CaJohn's Frostbite is a hot sauce specifically made for cocktails. It's white and it's suuuper hot.

In which I overcome my resistance to stone fruit and mix a fresh sour with the season's last apricots. - When the fat lady sings!

Coconut, raspberry, and lime are the perfect flavor combination to keep cocktail fans in the Summer State of Mind.

Lemon Drop Jello Shots get wedged for a fun and sophisticated look.

George Lee's "A Date with Wine" is a wine stopper with twist-able date rings to help you remember when you opened a bottle.

The Dirty Mojito

Can't get enough watermelon? Margarita de Sandia from Coastal Living to the rescue!

Celery and cilantro cocktails.
Fresh, fun and has the most amazing green color.

Make your own Italian liqueur and sample a taste of the Amalfi Coast with this Luscious Limoncello recipe.

Sugarcane and Spice..for this months MxMo - Brown, Bitter and Stirred.

Home-grown cocktail ideas: the right herbs make for intriguing drinks

North by Northwest. This garden-to-glass cocktail highlights seasonal ingredients–namely fresh-pressed apple juice.

Tequila Espolon ~ A 100% pure blue agave premium tequila that is smooth and tasty by itself of with a mixer. Nice packaging.

The Pegu Blog offers up a Rum Old Fashioned for this month's Mixology Monday.

Transported somewhere soothing by the Sardinian Blood Orange Mojito from design*sponge Behind the Bar

A cocktail made from herbal tea to relax and have some fun after a stressful day.

Aurelien Barbry for Normann Copenhagen ~ beautiful cork wine stoppers and wine pourers!

A fiendishly delicious marmalade made with calamondin goes into this refreshing pisco sour.

Tempted by the Paloma on American Drink ... it has grapefruit in it, so it's good for me, right?

Another awesome ice experiment at Alcademics: Giant clear ice cubes from a giant ice cube tray made from a cooler!

Sherry Cup #11, a gorgeous drink with Cherry Shrub and Sherry and lemon from 1869!

What a gorgeous round of drinks we've had this week here at Liqurious.

More fun from FRED ... Chillbots, robot-shaped ice cube tray!

Limited edition black bottle for Jack Daniel's 160th birthday

Summit Sips explores punches

Sake Popsicles. Freeze a batch of these pops when you’re ready to graduate from a juicy slice of that old favorite, the soused watermelon. The only thing you’ll miss is spitting the seeds.

Anapurna is a spicy liqueur from Switzerland, made of different exotic spices. The unique taste of the liqueur is like a symphony, full of harmony, power and emotion, enjoy it!

The blue-to-green and the freshness of this cocktail reminds me of a turquoise color sea.

Urban Daddy and Grey Goose team up to make a gorgeous Dashboard to help you beautifully visualize the night scene in NYC on any given day... more cities coming soon!

Want to learn to make an Old Fashioned like Don Draper (or a Tom Collins like Sally Draper)? Check out the Mad Men cocktail app

Kiwi shrub? Why yes, a great way to lock in the flavor, and it works rather well in this refreshing Collins-like drink!

A glamorous classic, digestive and attractive.

If you aren't in the mood to bake why not shake up a Blueberry Pie? A blueberry pie martini that is.

Orange, limoncello and basil cocktail at Musings of the Food Madam

Raspberry Smash

Make your own fennel liqueur!

Frescoco (something like fresh + coconut). Very refreshing, good for beach, barbecues, pool parties or any other sunny day.

A honeydew martini inspired by mixologist Raafet Olian.