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Holiday Margarita Recipes - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

Holiday Margaritas

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes, Holidays
Nothing says Christmas in Texas like margaritas! Texans know there’s no such thing as tequila season and see no reason to relegate their cactus juice to the warmer months. Tequila is such a unique flavor that goes surprisingly well with seasonal holiday ingredients. Checkout our list of festive fermentations and cowboy up to a Texas Christmas! Smokey Santa Rita Ingredients 1 serrano chile 3 oz. fresh lime juice, plus wheels for rims and for serving 1 tsp. flaky sea salt 1 tsp. sumac (optional)... Read More
How To Make The Perfect Eggnog - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

How To Make The Perfect Eggnog

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes, Holidays
It’s a fact, nothing is more polarizing during the holidays than eggnog. Hate it or love it, you just can’t rise above it. Eggnog has been a part of our world for nearly a millennium thanks to some humans who got together and decided that guzzling a spiced and spiked egg-yolk-and-milk mixture was a good idea. And, seeing as you’re reading a nog blog nearly 1,000 years later, apparently, it was. Those who stand by the glory of eggnog often tell those who’d rather not partake in some nog t... Read More
Labor Day Cocktails - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Things

Labor Day Cocktails

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes, Holidays
Send summer off with a delicious bang with these perfect end of summer cocktails!   Blood Orange Champagne Mule Ingredients 1 ½ oz. vodka juice of ½ a medium blood orange juice of ½ a lime 4 mint leaves 2 oz. chilled ginger beer Top off with chilled champagne or prosecco Directions Add all ingredients to a glass and top off with a splash of bubbly. Grilled Watermelon Margarita Ingredients 1 oz. Cointreau 2 oz. tequila 1 oz. fresh lime juice 0.5 oz. grilled watermelon syrup 0.5 oz. fresh gra... Read More
Texas Concerts & Cocktails

Texas Concerts & Cocktails

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes
With Texas opened back up and everyone looking for something to do this summer, we thought it might be nice to put together a list of no-stress good times. We couldn’t think of a better way to get back out there than by enjoying some live music. So, we’ve put together a handful of shows across Texas and even did you the courtesy of pairing them with a pre-concert cocktail to get you in the mood to groove!   Justin Bieber – DFW – Aug 6 The Despacito   Ingredients 1 ½ oz. reposado tequi... Read More
Cocktails Around The World - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

Cocktails Around The World

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes
The 2021 Summer Games, previously known as the 2020 Summer Games, kickoff on July 23rd with the first sporting event starting the following day. New to the games this year are 4 sports making their Olympic debut: surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing, and karate. Rumor has it that breakdancing will make its first appearance at the winter Pairs games. With 205 countries participating, we thought it was a good opportunity to explore some unique cocktails from various countries. So, in the spirit ... Read More
Cool Off With Frozen Cocktails - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

Cool Off With Frozen Cocktails

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes, Spirits
There’s one summer staple that often gets overlooked – the blender. Without this magnificent machine how would we whip up the perfect frozen poolside sippers to help get us through another Texas summer?! We’ve put together a list of some of our favorite frozen cocktails to give your blender a much needed workout. As delicious as these are, you might be tempted to suck one down with gusto, but be careful of their chilling side effect, the dreaded brain freeze! That being said, let’s kick ... Read More
National Martini Day - Top Martini Recipes - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

National Martini Day

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes, Spirits
The martini is a timeless classic. It never falls out of fashion and there’s no shortage of Bond films to remind us of its cool factor. Numerous theories on the cocktail’s origins exist, as do numerous versions and recipes. From gin or vodka to fruity or savory, the martini is a jack of all trades.Martini Terms Dry: a martini with more gin and less vermouth Dirty: a martini with dashes of olive brine Up: chilled in a cocktail shaker and strained into a martini glass On The Rocks: served ... Read More
Star Wars Cocktail Recipes - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

Star Wars Cocktails, They Are

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes
May the fourth be with you…on May 4th – the unofficially official Star Wars holiday! This year it falls on Midichlorian Monday, so plan accordingly, young Jedi. So, in order to get your Mos Eisley Cantina hopping, you’re going to need some cocktails.While we can’t travel the system collecting the ingredients required for a Red Dwarf (found on the Mos Eisley secret smugglers menu) and consisting of Polanis Red & Mandallian Narcolethe mixed with Recirculated Fizzwater – we ca... Read More
March Tournament Cocktails - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

March Tournament Cocktails

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes, Entertain

The largest non-official work holiday is almost here!
Non-official work holiday? By this we’re referring to the last few weeks of March where you keep one eye on keeping up appearances and the other firmly planted on some sort of visual display showing college basketball.
It’s March Madness!
And while American companies reportedly lose at least $1.2 billion per every hour of unproductivity during the first week of the NCAA tournament, you can certainly raise the bar on your watch parties wit... Read More

Peanut Butter Cocktail Recipes - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

National Peanut Butter Day Cocktails

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Chunky or creamy, peanut butter is just dreamy! From the classic PB&J to a smoothie ingredient to just eating it out of the jar, peanut butter has been an American staple for decades. So, on National Peanut Butter Day, we dug deep to find our favorite peanut butter drink recipes.
Join us as we expand your peanut buttery horizons with everything from peanut butter cup cocktails to PB twists on tried-and-true classic cocktails.
Spiked Peanut Butter Cider
Ingredients
1½ oz. peanut butter whis... Read More

Best Cocktails of 2020 - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

The Best Cocktails of 2020

Spec’sology Blog, Drink Recipes, Holidays

Every year we offer up dozens and dozens of cocktails for you to try and 2020 was no different. Seeing as how 2020 was the year of stay-at-home cocktails, we decided to showcase the top four most popular drinks of the year. So, grab a glass and enjoy of our year-end cocktail roundup!
Mango Sunrise Piña Colada
With a tropical twist on an already tropical cocktail, our blissful Mango Sunrise Piña Colada was a summertime standout. It’s like taking a vacation in the middle of a vacation!
Ingredi... Read More

Delicious Fall Cocktails - Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods

Delicious Fall Cocktails

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There’s just something about autumn that makes you want to throw on a chunky sweater and sit out by the fire pit with a seasonal cocktail in hand. Maybe it’s the cooler temps or maybe it’s our inner caveman drawn like a moth to the flames but sitting outside by a fire (without sweating) is kind of the perfect experience.

To help get you out there we’ve collected four of our favorite fall cocktails.

 
Campfire Margarita
Ingredients:

2 oz. Código Reposado Tequila
½ ... Read More