A strawberry gin cocktail begins with a muddle of juicy berries and a handful of sweet basil and is entirely worthy of a front porch frenzy. All images and text ©Jenny DeRemer for Not Entirely Average, LLC A Refreshing Strawberry Gin Smash! Gin is an incredibly popular and widely available spirit choice no matter where...
Cocktails
Say Hello To The Spiced Blood Orange Sour
And here it is - elegant and refined Southern front porch 'sipping' at its best; so say hello to the Spiced Blood Orange Sour. This post, originally published in November of 2018, is now updated February, 2021. Enjoy! PIN The Spiced Blood Orange Sour to shake up later! Conflicted about shaking this libation up...
A Cajun Piñata
This sweet and refreshing Tequila cocktail will have you relaxed and feeling 'quite festive' in no time at all. Shake them by the glass, or mix a pitcher and refrigerate so it's available for the pour, you know...when it becomes necessary! PIN A Cajun Piñata Link to some of my other cocktail recipes, including my...
A Blackberry-Rosemary Vodka & Soda
End-of-summer blackberries give this cocktail a unique seasonal pizzazz. For this drink, I especially like a flavored vodka with subtle notes of citrus and floral, but you can use plain vodka if it suits you better. Searching for that perfect cocktail to ride through quarantine with? An Iced Apricot Bourbon Fizz A Summertime Sherry...
A Sloppy Rita with Butter-Griddled Pineapple
Do you get the feeling I am pushing the quarantine cocktails? You would be correct! I didn't bother pouring this version of a Margarita into anything more than a 20 ounce plastic cup. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's worthy of a cocktail glass, but my family and I are still porch-partying at home. That...
An Iced Apricot Bourbon Fizz
A chilled summertime bourbon cocktail using fresh muddled apricots, simple syrup, and elderflower liqueur. Guaranteed to aide in keeping you chill during this, the summer of quasi-continued self quarantine, An Iced Apricot Bourbon Fizz. To all my male readers, this is NOT a girly drink. It is Bourbon through and through. Ladies, I softened this...
A Summertime Sherry Colada
Sherry, an idiosyncratic Spanish wine whose tradition spans 3,000 years. I am just going to refer to it as a Summertime Sherry Colada because I really do not know what else to call it, other than to describe it. AND IT'S GOOOOOD. Seldom do I get excited about shaker drinks because in this household, I...
A Perfect Margarita Cocktail
A Perfect Margarita Cocktail quenches the thirst like no other. The weekend is nearing so I ask, ‘what is your cocktail plan?’ A Perfect Margarita Cocktail begins with a fantastic Blanco tequila and bunches of fresh limes. We do not fool around here on weekends, we go straight to Costco and grab the biggie bag-o-limes....
The Manhattan Cocktail
The American 1860's Tincture Fashionable Still The Manhattan Cocktail is a highly gratifying and appropriate ‘get-together’ potion if ever there was one. Link to some of my other cocktail recipes, including my most popular cocktail post for PIRATES PUNCH! THE SPICED BLOOD ORANGE SOUR THE SOUL TRAIN A POLYNESIAN SNOW ANGEL A PERFECT MARGARITA COCKTAIL...
A Polynesian Snow Angel
A rum-based grog such as this is reserved for the most exhausted of hosts and hostesses, and is deservedly dispensed from a tropical partner in crime, the Tiki. A Polynesian Snow Angel is the cocktail you shake up after Christmas. A rum-based grog such as this is reserved for the most exhausted of hosts and...
The Soul Train, A Tequila And Cardamom Cocktail
The Soul Train is a tequila and cardamom cocktail that yields an unexpected but astoundingly refreshing combination. A perfect summer drink to enjoy and garden party cocktail.
Pirates Punch
Pirates Punch is the epitome of what it means to take a refreshment because sweet and fruity, it tastes just like the tropics. All images and text ©Jenny DeRemer for Not Entirely Average, LLC Pirates Punch On a recent trip down the coast to Amelia Island, Florida, I had the pleasure of ordering a pitcher of...
