I wanted to share a cocktail that I recently came up with inspired by this carrot ginger juice from Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company. It's also inspired by perhaps on the most contentious cocktails out there, the Bloody Mary. The Bloody Mary is the drink that has a million recipes, of course, each and every one of yours is the best and most perfect one. But truly, at the end of the day, the drink that you make for yourself and the one that you enjoy the flavors of, is the ideal recipe. In this case, I am going to make it a little bit lighter in more refreshing.
As a working mom of four very active kids, I am all about “semi-homemade” cooking. The meals I can create with a rotisserie chicken are endless. If I can do it with food, why not drinks as well? I obviously drink a lot of Crafthouse Cocktails and recently I’ve had fun using them as a base cocktail and turning them into something a little more fancy. Basically, I’ve been playing dress up with my ready-to-drink cocktails and the end result has been delicious and so much fun!
This liquor supplier thing is a tough business. There are people who make it look easy, but for most of us it is a daily grind until you reach a high level of success, and then it’s still hard. I’m not saying I don’t love it because I do. I bring this up because this job often requires a lot of travel to make sure we are operating as effectively as possible and maintaining and building relationships is all a part of the business. Right now, I am traveling as safely as possible in Georgia, checking on some of our amazing partners and working with our distributor to secure additional placements in both retail stores and locations where Crafthouse offers the option of a perfectly balanced and high quality quick cocktail while offering low touch and consistency, for resorts and movie theaters.
From day one, the culture of Crafthouse Cocktails has been comprised of two things: Hard work and FUN! We have had bumps in the road, we have had disagreements and we have had massive success. Above all, we have laughed…a ton! I have come to know that only by meeting our challenges head on, maintaining a commitment to our convictions and starting each day with a positive attitude, do we, as a collective, move through each day feeling that we have really accomplished something.
Want to turn up the heat in a room full of bartenders? Simply chime in with your recipe for the venerable Old Fashioned.
Standing tall, center stage in the current cocktail renaissance, the Old Fashioned boasts as many iterations as it holds devotees.
How do you make an Old Fashioned? Your answer tells me more than just your taste preference. Where you hail from. Whether you spend formative years with the Brady Bunch, Friends or Mad Men. Your grandparents had a summer cabin in Sheboygan, Wisconsin…I know. It’s written all over your drink order.
Working in a company where you are the only woman has its privileges. One of them being that when you ask for good Father’s Day gift ideas, you get a great response. While I am accustomed to buying for men (1 dad, 1 husband, 3 brothers, 1 brother in-law, 1 father-in-law), sometimes a girl needs fresh ideas. We came up with so many great ideas, I decided to compile and share them on the blog. So here goes, the first ever Crafthouse Cocktails Father’s Day Gift Guide.
When we started Crafthouse Cocktails over 6 years ago, we knew there would be a day when people would desire a quality alternative to beer and wine in the comfort of their home and when different venues would be looking for quality, consistent and convenient cocktails as part of their beverage programs.
Hi! My name is Jen, welcome to the first Crafthouse Cocktails blog post. I only started working for Crafthouse a few months ago. We are a very small company – four of us in Colorado, two in Chicago and one in Michigan. We’ve actually only been together in person once and that was the first time I met Charles. But being from Chicago, I have been drinking Crafthouse Cocktails for years. The Moscow Mule was always my go-to drink but now I can’t get enough of the Pineapple Daiquiri – it’s literally the best cocktail I have EVER tasted. If you haven’t tried it, please do and let me know what you think.
