Candy Cane Margarita with El Tequileno

For this CTV Holiday Segment, I share some of my favourite ways to get creative with cocktails for the holidays. This time around, let’s experiment with the rim! From Candy Cane, to Gingerbread, to anything your heart desires, you can bring this unique taste into your cocktail in an effective way. So I share my […]

Introducing the New Collective Art’s Maple Syrup Barrel Rum for Collective Weekends

Hello November! We’ve got another Collective Arts Weekend and I’ve got something special I’m dropping. You may have caught the news, but in case you haven’t, Collective Arts has released a new spirit! That’s right friends. We’ve got a delicious new addition, serving you Collective Arts Maple Syrup Barrel Rum! I’m so excited to share […]

Silent Night – Glenfiddich 15 yr Solera Spirit Forward Cocktail

I’m getting a little ahead of myself for the holidays, but that’s just who I am. I’m so excited to host, welcome family, create delicious meals, memories and most importantly, COCKTAILS! Whenever I’m setting up a get together at home, I always love to welcome guests with a spirit forward creation (if I know they’re […]

Alcohol-Free and an Adult-Upgraded Purple Drink for Halloween

I wanted to make sure my Alcohol-Free Audience was getting some love for the Halloween season. That’s why I created a recipe that is easy to serve Alcohol-Free and for those looking for some Adult fun, adding in some Sake goes a long way in this beautiful creation. Combining Butterfly Pea Flower Tea with Lemonade […]

Ghouls and Smoke – Halloween Rum Cocktail made with Flor de Cana

This cocktail has all the tricks and treats. You’ve got a dash of smoke from the mezcal, brightness of orange and pomegranate, shaken with mint and the star of the show…Flor de Cana 12 year old Rum! I would have this cocktail any day of the year, but throw in a skeleton hand and you’ve […]

Celery de Vil – Halloween Gin Cocktail with Celery and Blackberry

The Spooky Season is finally here, which always inspires my creative cocktail side! With the Halloween season already feeling busy enough as it is, I try to keep the concepts of my Halloween cocktails simple. And the other major component when it comes to Halloween cocktails is to avoid as much artificial colours and flavours. […]

Retro Cocktails with CTV’s The Social

To celebrate the 10th season of CTV’s The Social, we are going OLD SCHOOL with some of the cocktails we used to sip (willingly or not). We’re going to make Retro Cocktails great again with a revamp of the Long Island Iced Tea, a proper Singapore Sling, as well as reshaking the pornstar martini! Ready […]

Night at the Roxbury – Revamped Pornstar Martini

I cringed hearing that the Pornstar Martini was one of the many cocktails sipped by the CTV Audience. Believe me, I get it. Sourpuss and Alize were in full swing in the 90’s and 2000’s, along with the hangovers. But the idea of that, along with Vanilla Vodka, was just too much for my palate […]

Classic Singapore Sling Cocktail

Some classics should not be messed with and the Singapore Sling is one of them. But along the way, bad ingredients, poor substitution choices were made and people got lazy to shake. This cocktail Singapore Sling is truly special WHEN DONE RIGHT and I’m sharing all the details here!