Category: Cocktails

Beat the Heat with Summer Cocktails! Gin Mist and Poolside Elderflower Fizz

Beat the Heat with Summer Cocktails! Gin Mist and Poolside Elderflower Fizz

One shaken, one stirred: check out these two recipes for light, refreshing and yet quite sophisticated summer cocktails.

Sunsets Make Me Happy (Hour): Bayou Sunset Cocktail

Sunsets Make Me Happy (Hour): Bayou Sunset Cocktail

Musings about why we appreciate sunsets, a recipe for a refreshing Chambord and rosé cocktail, and a haiku.

Goodbye, Pink-Tiled Galley Kitchen, Part 5: The Bar will be Open

Goodbye, Pink-Tiled Galley Kitchen, Part 5: The Bar will be Open

A tiny bar below the stairs has been the source of fun but has also put the messy pantry on display.

Monteith’s Close in Edinburgh Feels Like Home – and Then There’s the Outsider Cocktail

Monteith’s Close in Edinburgh Feels Like Home – and Then There’s the Outsider Cocktail

Monteith’s Close on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile really knows how to make you feel like they are glad you’re there. And they have an award-winning bartender who created The Outsider Cocktail.

Sangria Still Life

Sangria Still Life

Real life at Glover Gardens has been a little too busy for the Glover Gardens blog to be active for the past week or two…but I’m revving up for a revival. I “catered” a friend’s 50th birthday party in the Texas Hill Country this weekend,…

New Orleans, the Kentucky Derby and a Boozy Bourbon Milk Punch

New Orleans, the Kentucky Derby and a Boozy Bourbon Milk Punch

Even though the traditional Kentucky Derby cocktail is the mint julep, the libation of choice for the Grill-Meister and me is the Bourbon Milk Punch. It is lusciously, sinfully rich – a milkshake for grownups.

Margaritas, Perfected Over Time by the Raconteur

Margaritas, Perfected Over Time by the Raconteur

Unique & delightful margarita recipe from a true raconteur, more tart than sweet and all good.

A Glover Gardens Follower Shares:  “Summer Days” Cocktail

A Glover Gardens Follower Shares: “Summer Days” Cocktail

A tropical cocktail recipe is shared by a Glover Gardens follower from Glasgow.

New Orleans Jazz Fest Anticipation:  Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch

New Orleans Jazz Fest Anticipation: Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch

Bourbon Milk Punch from Bourbon House in New Orleans: if you’re of age and inclined to imbibe, this creamy, dreamy, thick elixir should be on your bucket list.

911 Call for a Hot Toddy: Introducing the Myra

911 Call for a Hot Toddy: Introducing the Myra

A friend in need inspired this boozy-lemony drink, The Myra Hot Toddy.