12 Days of Madtini Holiday Cocktails #5: Christmas Cane Martini

While our tastes for cocktails tend to run to more simple drinks like an Old Fashioned or a Gin & Tonic, not including a cocktail made with candy canes in our list of 12 holiday drinks would seem incomplete. The candy cane first appeared in mid-17th century in...

12 Days of Madtini Holiday Cocktails #10: S’Mores Delight

The first record of the S’More appeared in 1927 in “Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts”. The dessert is made of a layer of chocolate and marshmallow sandwiched between two graham crackers and roasted over an open fire or in the fireplace. The...

12 Days of Madtini Holiday Cocktails #12: The Three Wise Men

Our first drink of the holiday season comes from Jagermeister, the well-known German made apertif. The rich flavor of the herb and spices are followed by the cool taste of the peppermint schnapps. Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Jagermeister 1 1/2 oz. Vodka 1 1/2 oz. Peppermint...

Spice up the weekend with a Candied Ginger Raspberry Martini

Ginger root is a versatile food that can be used for everything from a spice in cooking to helping to prevent motion sickness and nausea – so why not cocktails. The Candied Ginger Martini takes quite a bit of work, so make sure you have a few friends around to...

Halloween Cocktails #10, Root Beer of all Evil

I had no idea that Root Beer came from the extract of the root and bark of the Sassafras tree. My earliest memory of root beer were the giant frosty mugs at A&W. We’d order through a speaker from the car and then the waitress would bring the tray of mama and...