Drink of the Week: Monte Carlo... from Beretta, San Francisco's hip new restaurant with an all-star cast of bartenders.

Nan's Iced Tea--A refreshing family recipe that's great with our without alcohol! (But great grandmother Nan always preferred it with bourbon!)

A riff on the classic Jack Rose, the Jacquemot uses home-made Hibiscus grenadine.
(via an Exercise in Hospitality)

Cool cocktail ideas for a Guitar Hero party

Age your own rye? Monterey Spirits sells bottles of white whiskey and a 2-gallon aging barrel
(via Alcademics)

The official cocktail of this year's dog days of summer! The Bicicletta!

A classic 'breakfast' cocktail? Video of Don Lee from PDT in NYC showing us how to make Benton's Old Fashioned, concocted with bacon infused bourbon and maple syrup.

Gorgeous! Moët Rosé Indulgence Coffret ~ holds your Moët Rosé in a glossy black box that is under lock and key!

How gorgeous does this Café De Paris Cocktail from the Underhill Lounge in Bernal Heights, CA look?

Blackberry Juleps - Thinking Of Drinking has tweaked the recipe to present version 2.0!

Lupec Boston discusses which drinks should be shaken and which should be stirred

Relatively new magazine devoted to drinks, cocktails, wine, alcohol etc. The best part is it's target demographic is not stodgy old men.

Jeffrey Morgenthaler shows us how to make Sangrita!

A video on making siphon coffee on a $20,000 machine, at Blue Bottle Coffee Co. in San Francisco.

The daiquiri was Ernest Hemingway's favorite drink. I think he was on to something!

Strawberry Banana Daiquiri

Hibiscus Mint Granita with Rum - Get both your vitamin C and alcohol in one frozen dessert

Absinthe GUMMI BEARS? "Feast your eyes on the Absinthe Gummi Bear, the final word in alcoholic confectionery bears." from the Tailor Crew in NY

Celebrating stone fruit with apricots, ginger and bourbon in the Whiskey & Ginger Muddle.

Pucker Up: Classic Margaritas.

Have you had fresh hop ale? A seasonal delight! Perfect with my bbqd corn and Spicy Grilled Squid!

Kick back on your porch with this Austin cocktail...Longhorn Iced Tea.

Cocktail Dancers Drink Mixers and rimming salts, along with some gourmet ingredients and wine and spirits.

Drink Dogma shows us how to make your own bitters!

Thanks to Sex in the City ~ BarMixMaster takes on the history and evolution of the original Cosmopolitan. Fascinating.

Art of Drink's take on Planter's Punch - it should have rum, lime and bitters.. and something to sweeten the punch, like sugar, grenadine or assorted fruit juices. After that it is up to you.

Jean Marc Gady for Moet & Chandon ~ luminous ice bucket that lights up when placed on its base... could a bottle of champagne stand out any more in dimly lit lounge?

Moonshine is legal??!! "Distillers Betting On 'Boutique' Versions of Hooch" in the Washington Post

Tales of the Cocktail 2008 is coming! Taking over New Orleans July 16-20

There is one very important thing to remember when making a daiquiri: it doesn’t have to be frozen. And it probably shouldn’t be.

Bee Sip cocktail from PDT in NYC. Inspired by the seasonal changes to make this relatively sweet and adult drink.

Got up close with the Veuve Clicquot Karim Rashid Globalight tonight at its LA launch party at the W in Westwood... crazy scene, check out the pics.

Margarita and Chocolatini

London dry gin and lime juice gimlet.

Roses in cocktails

Watermelon mimosas

French Bière de Garde, Trois Monts. 8% ABV

Kacper Hamilton’s theatrically sinful 7 Deadly Glasses - are glassy manifestations of all your favorite sins ~ above you see Sloth...

Banana Mousse with dark rum

Frozen swirls of summer refreshment await you, my R&R Vodkarita! The swizzle stick hints at what's inside...

a sparkling pomegranate gin cocktail at 10 in the morning? does this mean fancy toast has "a problem?"

Reflections in an Ice Cube [NY Times]

Bringing merlot back. Sorry, Miles.

Math is hard. Let's drink limoncello.