Long Island Iced Tea Recipe

Long Island Iced Tea Recipe

Perhaps one of the most famous cocktails (or infamous cocktails, depending on how you look at it) in recent history, the Long Island Iced Tea is a real doozy in terms of alcohol content. This isn’t typically the kind of mixed drink we feature on our blog, but let’s be honest: This curious cocktail is […]

Margarita Recipe with Grand Marnier

Margarita Recipe with Grand Marnier

A common question we at A Bar Above see come up again and again is this: Can you substitute Grand Marnier for Cointreau? Are they interchangeable?   The answers are yes and no. While Cointreau and Grand Marnier aren’t the same style of orange liqueur and therefore aren’t exactly interchangeable, you can still make substitutions […]

Modern Vs. Classic Mai Tai Recipe: Mai Tai Two Ways

Modern Vs. Classic Mai Tai Recipe: Mai Tai Two Ways

We’ve done an original recipe for a Mai Tai in the past, as well as this tropical rum drink with Grand Marnier orange liqueur; but today, Chris is showing you how to make two versions: the official cocktail of Trader Vic fame and a slightly more modern version of this exotic cocktail. Make sure to […]

The Mint Julep

The Mint Julep

This is a slight variation on the traditional Mint Julep cocktail, using a touch of Fernet Branca Menta to kick up the mint and add a botanical undertone.