Jersey Cocktail

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Farmhouse Recipes, Happy Hour at Home

Jersey Cocktail

One of the great stories in all distillation history is when apples are fermented into cider and then distilled into whiskey (or bandy). Simple, delicious and intensely North American (if...Read More
Farmhouse Recipes, Happy Hour at Home

Cocktail Recipes featuring Blacksmith Trading Co (our) Bitters

We like to imbibe now and again and what better than with a happy hour at home. We spent a couple of years developing four different bitters and we believe...Read More
The Farm Table Podcast

Podcast Episode #9 – Dave Selden and 33 Books

Show Highlights Today our guest is Dave Selden of 33 Books! We cover the genesis of the 33 Books tasting note pocket journals, upcoming projects and why...Read More
Food Education

Uisce Beatha – A Brief History of Irish Whiskey

Uisce Beatha, literally translates as “water of life” in Gaelic. Our friends and family with Gaelic roots, the Scots and Irish, believed that the fermentation of grains, when aged to...Read More
Blacksmith Trading Co., Pantry

My Bitters Project

Note: you can now find the complete story and the products at our farm general store, Blacksmith Trading Company. As there has been a whiskey renaissance, a bitters revival also...Read More
Blacksmith Trading Co., Happy Hour at Home

Bourbon Sour

When my mother-in-law came by for a few weeks, I knew she enjoyed a good cocktail in the evening so I decided to share some of my favorites, a new...Read More
Happy Hour at Home

Bourbon – A Brief History and the 3 Classic Bourbon Drinks You should Know

When I think of spirits, I definitely think of brown spirits and by brown spirits I mean whiskey and by whiskey, I mean bourbon. I love Irish whiskey and also...Read More
Happy Hour at Home

The Boulevardier

The challenge is actually pretty simple. I DEFINITELY prefer whiskey to all other spirits but there is something about the Negroni that I love. Perhaps its the bitterness. Perhaps its...Read More
Blacksmith Trading Co., Happy Hour at Home

Applejack Cocktails

I typically equate hard cider with wimpy and/or gluten free drinkers. Reminds me of those that can't digest milk. I get that its real, but still find it a little...Read More
Blacksmith Trading Co., Happy Hour at Home

Old Fashioned

In my humble opinion, there is NO OTHER WAY to make an Old Fashioned cocktail then with the twist of orange. Not to say that the rest of the ingredients...Read More
Happy Hour at Home

The Manhattan

The Manhattan is one of the great cocktails of all time. The story goes that it originated, in New York City back in the 1870s as part of a social event,...Read More