Vodka Aperol Refresher

The PSAde | World’s Friendliest Vodka Aperol Refresher

  • The PSAde is a vodka Aperol refresher with rounds of tangerine, blood orange, and cucumber muddled in for the brightest freshest flavor.

Flighty Floridita Daiquiri

Flighty La Floridita Daiquiri Recipe | Literary Booze Hound goes Studio 54

  • The Flighty Floridita Daiquiri was inspired by the by the signature drink of the Floridita Restaurant-Bar in Havana, Cuba. A tangy rum cocktail, slightly sweet, with a hint of flower and cherry, this drink has been a favorite for almost 75 yrs. Ernest Hemingway was so fond of it, he came up with his own version, as does Miss Flighty in this episode of COTF.

Cocktail Bitters | Miss Flighty Discusses 4 Notable Brands

  • In this Miss Flighty reviews four key brands of aromatic cocktail bitters-Peychaud’s, Angostura, Fee Bros. Orange, and Regan’s Orange Bitters #6-and highlights the salient elements each one brings to our best loved drink recipes.

Muddling Tips 4 the Home Bartender | Does Bigger make it Better?

  • So what is muddling? Why do bartenders do it? Is it dangerous? Difficult? Why not use a blender instead? What are all these “weeds” doing floating in my drink? What makes a good muddler? Miss Flighty address these issues in this episode on Muddling.

Flighty Cucumber Spa Mix | Rejuvenating Cocktail Mixer with Healing Herbs

  • Miss Flighty’s Rejuvenating Cucumber Spa Mix, her most versatile and beloved concoction for drinks. Perfect for mixing with gin, vodka, bourbon, or even as a refreshing non-alcoholic lemonade, this mixer-with its soothing green notes, spices, and herbs-is a getaway in a glass.

Octavio Pause or Mexican Mojito

  • The Octavio Pause, a pun that is meant to pay made homage to Mexico’s legendary poet, philosopher, and author, Octavio Paz, is Miss Flighty’s effort to make a Mexican Mojito. Cilantro takes the place of the mint and the tall summer refresher has a bit of heat, lime, zesty tangerine, the rhubarb spice Italian bitter Aperol, and the award-winning 100% blue agave tequila Gran Centanario as the drinks driving force. With a festive feel of afternoons at a seaside Mexican village, the Octavio Pause is a tasty alternative to the Cuban Mojito.

the MacDaddy | Flighty Style Appletini with Pimm’s, Fresh Apple, & Ginger

  • Alberta’s answer to the Appletini, the Mac Daddy combines Vanilla Vodka, Luxardo, and Pimm’s, with slices of tangy fresh apple and her signature Ginger Cardamom Syrup.

The Caipirinha, a Brazilian drink so irresistable it’s why the Girl from Ipanema kept walking

  • The Brazilian spirit cachaca is the lifeblood of its people and the Caipirinha is the drink that made it one of the top selling spirits worldwide. The drink is a simple mixture of three ingredients: cachaca, lime, and sugar that somehow come together to create a flavor that is so irresistible that we suggest it might possibly be the reason the Girl from Ipanema kept walking.

Square One Organic Lemon-drop | Rejuvenate Tired Bar Staples with Top Notch Ingredients

  • The Lemondrop is a drink that customers ask for no matter how fancy your cocktail list. Scoff if you like but when its made with premium fresh ingredients like Square One Organic Vodka, Cointreau, and locally sourced lemon, its easy to see why the drink is still popular. Its simple, easy to make, and wont send you backpacking across Siberia trying to locate component of its recipe.

Pear Necessity Cocktail | Plymouth Gin & Pimm’s with Fresh Pear, Mint, & Ginger

  • Miss Flighty gets back to basics with the Pear Necessity, a flavorful gin drink with Pimm’s #1, Luxardo, mint, lemon, ginger, and fresh pear. Take it from Baloo, the jolly dancing bear from the Jungle book, its the simple bare necessities like a good cocktail and friends that are truly important.

Tipperary Cocktail | go Green with Irish whiskey and Chartreuse

  • Miss Flighty mixes a spirited classic from the pages of the Savoy Cocktail Book made with a base of Irish Whiskey and accented by the unexpected complexity of green Chartreuse and the subtle sweetness of Luxardo Marascho liqueur.

The MaryAnn with Ginger | Gin, Pimm’s, & Fresh Mint Bring these Sexy Castaways Together

  • Inspired by the Pimm’s Cup, a classic English summer drink, the MaryAnn with Ginger combines Plymouth Gin, Pimm’s #1, cucumbers, mint and fresh ginger. The name is a tongue and cheek salute to the sexy stars of the 60s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island” and was first served on the Aloha Airlines flight of one of Alberta’s weekly airline theme parties.

A Date With David Bowie I Flighty Iron Bar Chef Challenge

  • Arriving at a appropriate name for a new drink concoction is often the most difficult part of the process for many mixologists, but in the case of A Date with David Bowie Miss Flighty faced the unique challenge of creating a drink for a customer who already had a name in mind.

Playboy Bourbon Cooler | party with Hef & Co. like its 1968

  • The Playboy Bourbon Cooler, a drink inspired by a recipe from May ’68, is a top favorite among Flighty’s whiskey loving guests who know they could always come to her for something unique and special. Maker’s Mark Bourbon, Hibiscus, ginger, lime and cucumber peel create a unique flavor combo for a refreshing summer beverage.

Flighty Tips for the Kitchen Bartender | Mandolin Slicer for More Fresh Flavor

  • Like the aesthetically pleasing curves of the instrument of the same name, the Mandolin slicer is a great tool for creative drink making. It quickly and easily slices all those tasty fresh ingredients like apple and cucumber into a uniform and sexy slice that gives more for you muddle in taste, looks, and style, and vastly streamlines the prep required for today’s culinary cocktails.

A Visit to Gin Distillery No. 209 – Part 3

  • Part 3 of Miss Flighty’s visit to San Francisco Gin Distillery No. 209.

Flighty Easy Bloody Mary Mix Recipe : How to Drink Making

Flighty Bloody Mary Mix | Easy Recipe with Bold Spicy Flavor

  • Miss Flighty offers up her Bloody Mary Mix recipe, chock full of savory flavor, and easy to make at home. Horseradish, garlic powder, cilantro, celery salt, hot sauce, chilies, lime make up this fiery blend is more than a hangover remedy, its a meal!

Assembling Mixed Drinks | Miss Flighty’s Tips for the Home Bartender

  • Miss Flighty offers up advice about the actual mixing of cocktails and other spirit based beverages. Her technique contradicts the majority of working Bartenders and Mixologists, but we all know she’s never been “just one of the boys”. For Flighty, creating drinks starts with a base and then modifiers such as vermouths, liqueurs, and fresh fruit and herbs come later. Check it out and see what you think.

Flighty's Bloody Mary Vodka Infusion

Flighty Bloody Mary Vodka Infusion | Ancho Chilies, Herbs, & Cilantro

  • An intriguing flavorful home made infused Bloody Mary Vodka that is simple to make at home. The recipe uses an assortment of herbs and spices, such as Ancho Chilies for their rich smokiness, garlic, cilantro, lemongrass, coriander, juniper berries, and bay leafs combine to make a “pepper” vodka that in contrast to most commercial varieties that are simply hot, it can also be enjoyed on its own as a shot for the adventurous drinker.

Flighty Bloody Mary Rim Salt | Gourmet Seasoning for Savory Drinks

  • One of a four part series on the Bloody Mary, this is Miss Flighty’s recipe for aromatic and spicy rim or edging salt. Its made with coarse black and other gourmet salts, garlic powder, celery salt, and chili powder. Its easy to make and save and can be used to sprinkle on many foods.

Flighty Vanilla Cocktail Cream | A Decadent Topper 4 After Dinner Drinks

  • Miss Flighty’s decadent recipe for freshly whipped heavy cocktail cream with vanilla, brown sugar, and a hint of spice. Part one of two episodes on her special version of the White Russian, so be sure to catch them both.

The Bijou | Classic Gin Cocktail with Fresh Herb Lillet Infusion (3 versions)

  • The Bijou is a classic gin drink with the rich herbal sweetness of Green Chartreuse, and the dryness of French Vermouth, or as Flighty mixes it, with her homemade infused Lillet Blanc. The drink is light, sweetly complex, and balanced, the perfect alternative drink for Negroni lovers in the springtime.

Flighty White Russian

Flighty First-Class White Russian | The Dude never had it so good

  • Miss Flighty mixes up one of her deluxe White Russians with Skyy Vanilla vodka, Kahula, topped by a thick layer of heavy whipping cream prepared with a hint of spice.

Rye Manhattan

  • Miss Flighty mixes up that quintessential whiskey cocktail, the Rye Manhattan. Beloved for its timeless class and effortless flavor, the Manhattan never went out of style like many of its cocktail cousins, and with the growing availability of Rye, bartenders everywhere insist on the original recipe-rye, Italian vermouth, bitters, and orange twist.

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Mixology Tips for the Home Bartender | Pouring with Jiggers for Better Cocktails

  • Miss Flighty gives up some serious mixology tech with step by step instructions on bar pouring; It can be a pretty complex chicken or egg-type situation, citrus first?? Sugar? Egg White? Booze? Bitters? What to do? Not to worry we’ve got your back.