Yearly Archives: 2016

Michael has been working in the bar and restaurant industry since 2000 as a head mixologist, liquid bar...

  Raise Your Spirits is embarking on it's busy season so what better time to share with you the importance of hiring a...

(The cover photo courtesy of AJ Rathburn) The Fizz family of drinks emerged in popularity in the 1910’s, 20’s, and 30’s, when citrus...

#NationalAbsintheDay falls every year on March 5th. The term “absinthe” comes from “Artemisia absinthium”, the scientific name for its key ingredient, wormwood....

In lieu of #NationalKahluaDay on Feb 27th, let's get to know a little more about that classification of alcohol known as #liqueurs...

n celebrating #NationalMargaritaDay on February 22nd, I give you a fully loaded post filled with history, factoids, info, and recipes. The Margarita doesn’t begin showing up on bar counters until much later in cocktail history - well into the 1930s and '40s. The actual origin of the margarita has been obscured (too many margaritas, perhaps?), but it is not surprising it began showing up when it did. Thanks to the budding smuggling trade from Mexico into America during Prohibition and the scarcity of European brandies and spirits during World War II, tequila was becoming more common in bars across the country.

Raise Your Spirits is almost set to reveal their new spring/summer cocktail menu to the public. When you book with RYS, you...

I meant to put this post together later in the week, but due to coordinating and doing three events this week, this...

Mardi Gras, like Christmas, is a whole season - not just one day.  That being said, Fat Tuesday is the biggest day of celebration,...

Michael has been working in the bar and restaurant industry since 2000 as a head mixologist, liquid bar...