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Snuggle up drinks for the holiday season

Spiked Liquid S’More
In a warm, over-sized coffee mug, first rim the glass with crushed graham crackers, then pour in
1- 1½ oz of your favorite spirit of choice, then fill the mug with hot chocolate. Garnish with
melted marshmallow and a graham cracker on the side.

Barn Burner
In a small-medium mason jar, throw in a stick of cinnamon, then add 1½ oz Southern Comfort,
and fill with hot apple cider. Garnish with a slice of lemon peel.… Continue

Customizations to the Standard, for Football weekends

This is the time of the season where certain teams are showing their true grit, while others
are still building and developing. With college games on Saturday and the pros on Sunday,
the rest of us recliner receivers are kickin’ back watching both the East and West coast
matchups, as well as all the games underway in the heartland. Since we’re pretty much
making a full day of it, possibly including the barbeque, I thought I’d bring Ma… Continue

Hey everyone, this has been a long time coming, but I'm very happy to announce the Grand Opening of my new website: www.kylescocktailhotel.com .

The site is designed with a colorful, artistic approach, a hotel of sorts, with main floors, lobby bar, concierge, a slideshow, documentary,
and even a clip of my role as "Clive, the bartender from the dead", from a short film I was in last year. There's plenty of cool and interesting content to check out… Continue

Dedicated to The Big Lebowski, and Cows !

Drinks that only a hipster like The Dude could kick back and truly enjoy !

A variety of simple cream-based cocktails for the beginning of the Holidays.


Drink Prep

GLASS – Highball, Rocks, Tumbler, Old Fashioned, Tall, or Pint, unless otherwise noted, Dude !
ICE – Cubed, Cracked, or Crushed, whatever man !
PREP – Noted with each drink as you go along, man.

"Hey, it's the Holidays, man. Can you… Continue

Exercise your Spirits of Choice !!!

Tis’ the month of Halloween, and my birthday on the 8th. You can’t get more Octogan than that. Now I know why I’m so attracted to geometry, drafting, architecture, colors and the love of angles. Pumpkin sculpturists are getting ready for fright night. The costumes are coming out for an entire week of parties. Candy streets filled with cool kids charged up like night cats staying out past their bedtime. As they grow, they’ll soon realize the night is ju… Continue