For the past two years, I have watched the Tales of the Cocktail Instagram and yearned to be able to visit during the week-long cocktail celebration. This year- I finally attending the conference and could not be more pumped! While I do have four years of the San Antonio Cocktail Conference under my belt- this event is completely uncharted territory for me. I’ve been to New Orleans before, about 4 years ago, and was a freshman to the drinking and…
What can be better than Bourbon and burgers? Getting your bourbon and burgers for $10 that’s what. General Public offers happy hour that sports a bourbon-forward menu that can be paired with one of two burgers. For $5 you can get a 2-ounce pour of a bourbon of your choice, or for the same price you can get that bourbon into a hand-crafted cocktail. Bourbon-wise you are looking at a selection that consists of Woodford, Maker’s, Bulleit, Four Roses, and six…
Chef Stefan Bowers and the St. Anthony Hotel released a new happy hour menu this past week. Thursday was the first day that the happy hour menu went into motion, the menu features both food and classic cocktail specials that will rotate out frequently. Gone is the old happy hour of two dollars off a house cocktails, and the day of classic for $6 bucks is, hopefully, here to stay.
For the past year Licor 43 has has been starting to emerge in the San Antonio bar scene. What, at first, started as a simple “Carajillo-gift pack,” (featuring PULP coffee, branded Licor 43 glasses, and recipe cards) at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference has worked its way to bar menus all across the city.
June 5th marks the beginning of Negroni Week once again. The cocktail that the week is named after is simple, delicious and refreshing. It involves taking equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari, stirring them together, straining and viola! The program, which started in 2013, is sponsored by Campari, and helps raise money for different charities around the world. When the idea first came to fruition, Negroni Week only had one hundred participating bars, it has now expanded to over…