When it comes to enjoying a fine glass of whiskey, the right glassware can enhance the experience. Crystal whiskey glasses, known for their exquisite clarity and elegance, are a popular choice among whiskey enthusiasts. However, the perception that crystal glassware is always expensive can deter budget-conscious individuals from indulging in this luxury. In this article, we uncover the secret to finding cheap yet durable crystal whiskey glasses that offer both affordability and quality which is the reason we come up with our new collection of a Set of 4 Whiskey Glasses. Get ready to elevate your whiskey-drinking experience without breaking the bank.

1. Focus on Lead-Free Crystal:

Traditionally, our crystal glassware contained lead, which added weight and brilliance to the glass. However, modern lead-free crystal options provide a safe and affordable alternative. Look for whiskey glasses made from lead-free crystal, which maintains the same visual appeal and durability as traditional crystal, but at a fraction of the cost.

2. Check on the Known Yet Affordable Brands:

There are numerous brands that offer affordable crystal whiskey glasses without compromising on quality. Research and explore reputable brands known for their commitment to craftsmanship and affordability. Mofado brand provides cost-effective options that rival the elegance and durability of higher-priced counterparts.

3.Look for Durability Features:

Cheap doesn't have to mean fragile. When selecting crystal whiskey glasses, pay attention to durability features that ensure longevity. Look for glasses with reinforced rims and sturdy bases that are less prone to chipping or breaking. Additionally, glasses with a thicker construction can provide added durability while still offering the elegance of crystal.

4.Opt for Sets:

We now offer whiskey glasses in sets of 4, which can significantly reduce the cost per glass. Consider purchasing a set of crystal whiskey glasses to maximize affordability. 

You don't have to compromise on quality or elegance when searching for cheap crystal whiskey glasses. We understand and care about customers, so we added to our line up of whiskey glasses these new collection of Set of 4 budget-friendly crystal glasses yet retaining the durability features!

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Halloween is a time for spooky fun and creative celebrations. Whether you're hosting a costume party or just want to get into the festive spirit, Halloween-inspired cocktail mixes are the perfect addition to your spooky soirée. In this article, we'll explore a selection of spine-chilling and delicious cocktail recipes that will enchant your guests and make your Halloween gathering unforgettable. Get ready to mix up some wickedly delightful libations!

1. Blood Orange Margarita:
   Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz blood orange juice
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz triple sec
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• Black salt (for rimming)
• Blood orange slice (for garnish)

Instructions:

• Rim a glass with black salt.
• In a shaker, combine tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice, triple sec, and simple syrup.
• Shake well and strain into the prepared glass over ice.
• Garnish with a blood orange slice. Serve and enjoy the eerie citrusy goodness!

2. Witches' Brew Punch:
   Ingredients:

• 2 cups cranberry juice
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup lemon-lime soda
• 2 oz rum (optional)
• Gummy worms (for garnish)
• Eyeball-shaped ice cubes (made with lychees and blueberries)

Instructions:

• In a punch bowl, combine cranberry juice, orange juice, pineapple juice, and lemon-lime soda.
• Add rum if desired and stir well.
• Drop in the eyeball ice cubes and gummy worms for a spooky touch.
• Serve chilled and watch your guests be spellbound by this frightfully refreshing punch.

3. Zombie Brains Martini:
   Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz vodka
• 1 oz peach schnapps
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1/2 oz grenadine
• 1/4 oz blue curaçao
• Lychee fruit (for garnish)
• Raspberry syrup or grenadine (for "blood" drizzle)

Instructions:

• In a shaker, combine vodka, peach schnapps, lime juice, grenadine, and blue curaçao.
• Shake vigorously with ice until well chilled.
• Strain into a martini glass.
• Garnish with a lychee fruit, skewered to resemble a brain, and drizzle raspberry syrup or grenadine for a gory effect.
• Sip slowly as you unravel the mysteries of this deliciously creepy cocktail.

4. Dark and Stormy Night:
   Ingredients:

• 2 oz dark rum
• 4 oz ginger beer
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• Black food coloring (optional)
• Black licorice (for garnish)

Instructions:

• Fill a glass with ice.
• Add dark rum, ginger beer, and lime juice.
• If desired, add a few drops of black food coloring for a spooky twist.
• Stir gently.
• Garnish with a piece of black licorice to resemble a "dark and stormy" night.
• Savor the mysterious and effervescent flavors of this chilling cocktail.

Halloween is the perfect occasion to indulge in creative and spooky cocktail mixes. With these recipes, you can infuse your Halloween festivities with a touch of eerie elegance. So, gather your ingredients, don your costume, and let your inner mixologist conjure up these delightful concoctions that will bewitch your guests and make this Halloween one to remember. Cheers to a hauntingly good time!

You may think that your favorite cocktail was invented by just a random bartender a few years back. But what you don’t know is that each cocktail drink has an interesting backstory. When you order a drink, how well do you know its origin? I bet it’s not much. You only know that it tastes good and it will give you a good time. Let’s get to know the stories behind the most famous cocktail drinks that we enjoy today.

Martini

There is a little disagreement on the origin of this drink. A city in California, Martinez, claims that it is the origin of the modern martini, which was originally named Martinez. But another version states that it came from Martini & Rossi, an Italian liquor company that exported vermouth to the United States in the 1800s.

Manhattan

This drink is made in a cocktail mixer, where sweet vermouth, bitters and whiskey are mixed. This is another cocktail with different versions of its origin. A simpler version of its origin is that it was invented in a New York bar in the 19^th century, and was named after one of the cities in New York. A more elaborate version says that a bartender invented a drink and named it after the Manhattan Club, the club where Jennie Churchill threw a party for Samuel J. Tilden’s gubernatorial win.

Daiquiri

This drink was invented by an American miner stationed in Cuba. Jennings Cox mixed sugar, lime and rum. He liked the mixture so much that he invited his friends to taste, and eventually brought the recipe back to the United States, where it was picked up by alcohol lovers and made popular in bars and parties.

Cosmopolitan

This cocktail did not get its popularity from the TV show Sex and the City. There are several cities that claim the origin of this drink: Manhattan, Minneapolis, South Beach and Provincetown.

Negroni

This cocktail drink is a twist from Americano. It derived its name from Count Camillo Negroni. The Americano is a mixture of club soda, sweet vermouth and Campari. Count Negroni wanted something different, so he had the club soda replaced with gin. That was when the Negroni was invented.

Black Russian

There is not much Russian in this drink, only that it contains vodka, a liquor that originated from Russia. Gustave Tops, a bartender, created this drink in the 1950s while he was working at the Hotel Metropole in Belgium. It was believed that he first made the drink of Kahlua and vodka for Perle Mesta, an American socialite. She was the ambassador of the United States to Luxembourg at the time.

Don’t you think it is more enjoyable to sip your favorite cocktail now that you know how it came about? So before you take out your mixing glass and making your own mix or order from y our nearby bar, you will think about the drink’s origin and how it has survived throughout the decades and is still popular among many people.

When you think about cocktails, it’s understandable to assume it’s all about those colorful drinks that seem to change with the season. It feels like in the world of cocktails, there’s always something new which seems to push the older cocktails out of the limelight. However, there is such a thing as the Old Fashioned cocktail - the original recipe. It’s a cocktail that has withstood the test of time, and one that has won the admiration and the distinction as the most balanced cocktail around.

The very best part is the fact that you can actually craft the wonderful Old Fashioned in your home with little fanfare. It’s quite easy to make, which is a testament to how perfect this old fashioned cocktail recipe truly is. It is rooted in the simplicity of the drink, and it’s not something you need to search far and wide for ingredients.

In a nutshell, the Old Fashioned goes as follows: some bourbon whisky mixed with a bit of sugar, without forgetting those bitters - then stirred alongside some ice and finally garnished with a classic orange peel. While that is certainly all there is to the Old Fashioned, in order to get it done right we’ll get right into the details in a step by step process!

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Ingredients of a timeless classic

• Bourbon whiskey- You absolutely cannot have an Old Fashioned without the main ingredient; in this case, it’s certainly the bourbon whisky (but the other ingredients are no slouches either!). While this means that you’re going to have to shelf out some money in order to obtain a true quality bottle, there is absolutely no reason to overspend. For example, with a twenty or thirty dollar value you will no doubt have a bottle of bourbon whiskey worthy of being part of the Old Fashioned. Four Roses, Bulleit and 1792 are only some of the quality bourbons that are along this price range.
• Bitters - Before we start talking about the sugars, it’s best that we talk about bitters because it’s an incredibly important part of the Old Fashioned - of just about any cocktail really. You know how you spice certain meats through the use of salt, pepper and other spices? The same concept used with bitters, only they’re made primarily for drinks. Bourbon whiskey already has quite a bite, which means it needs to be refined through the use of bitters. To make the Old Fashioned, the Angostura bitters are basically the only way to go. Just like salt and pepper, even just a pinch can go a long way!
• Sugar - Last but certainly not the least, you can add sugar to a bit of water to use as a syrup when it comes to the Old Fashioned. This allows it to bind along with the other ingredients effectively to create quite the concoction. Sugar just like the bitters helps to elevate the taste of the bourbon to new heights.

Stirred, not shaken

Whilst James Bond would certainly want his martini shaken, not stirred, when it comes to the Old Fashioned it’s the other way around. The general rule here is that if your cocktail happens to contain anything that includes dairy, egg white or perhaps juice, you shake it. Otherwise, you stir the cocktail if it only contains spirits.

With the use of a mixing glass, combine all of the ingredients together, before finally adding the ice last. Make sure to mix only for a maximum of fifteen to twenty seconds. Remember to go for quality ice, as the taste of the water will eventually be a part of the drink itself. Add the garnish, and that’s all there is to it!

A Breakdown of the Old Fashioned

Makes a single cocktail

What do I need?

1. Bourbon whiskey (about two ounces)
2. Syrup (water mixed with sugar, ¼ ounce)
3. Ice
4. Garnish (Orange Peel)
5. Angostura bitters (about two dashes)

What equipment is needed?

1. A cocktail mixing glass/ pint glass
2. Hawthorne strainer
3. One bar spoon
4. A cup to measure liquid
5. A Y peeler or a knife
6. Whiskey glass

Instructions

1. Mix your cocktail by adding all of the ingredients except the garnish and ice into the mixing glass set. Afterwards, you can then add the ice before mixing it utilizing your spoon for a maximum of twenty seconds.
2. Strain your Old Fashioned into the whiskey glass over cubed ice, or a large ice cube.
3. Use your knife or Y peeler to cut an orange peel, allowing its oils to be part of the cocktail. You can then rub it over the rim of your glass before dropping it inside the drink.

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It wouldn’t be a complete truth if we said that the very best drinks have remained static over the years. In the case of cocktails, people have been trying and testing different combinations dating all the way back to the 1800’s! As a matter of fact way back in the day, it was considered absolutely revolutionary to mix some bourbon whiskey with sugar, bitters and a small orange garnish. For those who are familiar with cocktails, this is the exact recipe of what is called the Old Fashioned - a cocktail that is considered to be the most balanced (and best) of the bunch.

However, ever since the inception of such a drink, more and more people have taken to the idea of mixing these drinks in different ways, which soon gave to the rise of cocktails. That said, you won’t really find an original drink out there with absolutely no roots; this is what makes cocktails so special. You’ll find everyone giving their own personal twist, a tribute to the one that came before that enhances in different ways.

Shawn Heale, who is an acting bartender and owner of Garageland in Spokane, says that these are the blueprints that work. That they are classics for that very reason, and cocktails have grown to what it is today simply working on already existing drinks.

In this case we will be looking at Shawn’s twist on the familiar, alongside a few other local bartenders in the area as we explore some of the more rooted tastes in the cocktail world.

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Avant Grant’s Havana Hangover from Boots Bakery & Lounge

A twist on the classic Old Fashioned

Think of the powerful bite of the old-fashioned, only imagine the hints of a different flavor (about half and half), going down so much more smoothly than you could have realized. This is what the Havana Hangover is, and the inspiration definitely came from the Old Fashioned.

As a matter of fact, the collection of ingredients and the way it’s mixed is technically still how the Old Fashioned works, which is just a testament to how balanced the drink is. In this case however, the bitters came from Avant’s own creation, a tincture made from tobacco (from a cigar to be exact). The mix is basically Cuba incarnate - which happens to be cigars and rum.

Grant doesn’t completely replace the normal Angostura tincture however, because that would lose the signature flavor of the Old Fashioned. Instead half the dashes come from his homemade bitters, while the bourbon  is replaced by high-proof rum. It’s a wonderful homage to the old fashioned cocktailwith its own special taste.

Shawn Heale’s Server on Acid from Garageland

A twist on the Surfer on Acid

Many cocktail aficionados would likely scoff at the inspiration from this drink - which is basically considered a lowbrow drink concocted in the early 90’s by Eric Tecosky called the Surfer on Acid Cocktail. As a matter of fact even the original creator has gone on record calling it a lowbrow drink; consisting of coconut rum, Jägermeister and pineapple juice.

Shawn Heale believes that there are no bad drinks (only bad bartenders), which is why he went on to remix this so-called lowbrow club drink and give it his own special twist. He did this by first replacing the main ingredient (Jägermeister) with a drink called Fernet Branca. This is also known widely as “the bartender’s handshake”, which gives the whole spin on the ‘Server on Acid’ title.

For the rest of the ingredients, he kept them as they are and instead added his own personal touch. This includes making use of Bittermens Tiki bitters, as well as passionfruit syrup (BG Reynolds). The result is a fantastic drink that pays tribute to the so-called lowbrow club drink.

Patty Tully’s Baby Tea from Baby Bar

A twist on Long Island Iced Tea

When you speak with bar-goers about a drink that tends to make them drunk the most often, it’s no surprise to hear the Long Island Iced Teaas one of the culprits. Its notorious ability to make people drunk in record time is something that Tully is certainly not a big fan of.

As a matter of fact, this drink was banned in her bar because it was much more important to have drinks for taste rather than simply drink to get the effect of drunkenness straight away. However, this didn’t mean that she gave up on the drink completely. In fact, she worked to turn this alcohol bomb into something more palatable.

The ingredients she’s keeping from long island iced tea includes the tequila, rum, vodka and gin but their amount has been lessened to about an ounce each. Alongside the lemon in Long Island Iced Tea, she’s also adding some tamarind syrup as well as some orange juice to the mix. Lastly, instead of the cola normally associated with the drink, it’s soda water.

The result is a classy return to form that is equal parts tart as well as refreshing - but it still has part of the punch that made Long Island Iced Tea so famous.

Cabby Barnard’s Rosebud from Bon Bon

A twist on the Last Word

The Last Word is considered to be a bit of a strange drink because the liqueurs listed can be rather intimidating - but you still end up with a result that is actually quite approachable as far as cocktails go. Crafted all the way in the 1930’s, its makeup is relatively simple. It includes gin, Green chartreuse, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, and fresh lime juice all in equal parts.

Barnard’s Rosebud is clever in many different ways - one of which being the name. Rosebud is the last word uttered in the movie Citizen Kane, giving it a classy feel from the name alone, especially if you consider that it’s a twist on the Last Word. There is very little changed with regards to this drink, only that it begins with a rosewater rinse and the gin is replaced by a citrus infused aquavit. It’s finally garnished by a locally grown bing cherry to complete the drink.

To conclude, it can be overwhelming to think about mixology and the kinds of cocktails one can make. But these bartenders prove that you don’t have to look too far to find inspiration. Sometimes all you need is the blueprint of classic cocktail recipes to create your own unique twist.

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