Food Blogging Can Also be About Drinks & Cocktails

Food bloggers mostly share recipes for exciting dishes and snacks for breakfast, lunch, dinner and some random munching. Drinks are as much part of our food as other things. As a food blogger, you can also write about drinks and cocktails.

Though there are blogs dedicated to drinks and cocktails, this is one niche that is less crowded. Most food bloggers start by cooking family recipes and baking cakes. You don’t want to enter the crowded niche if you know how to mix drinks or have a sense of taste for wines.

The right cocktails can make a big difference in the success of any dinner event. Your guests probably won’t complain if the chicken is dry, but if you run out of booze, the party is over. According to Nielsen CGA, Americans choose margaritas as the overall favorite cocktail. However, there are tonnes of other fabulous drinks to mix. You can focus on drinks for your food blogging. Choose drinks, mocktails and cocktails as your food blog niche, and head to your nearest American liquor store to pick up the ingredients.

Here are some recipes for mixing popular cocktail drinks. Hope this makes you excited about blogging about drinks and beyond.

The Old Fashioned

Another one of the most popular cocktails is the Old Fashioned, a comfort drink with the ideal blend of citrus, sweet, bitters and booze.

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp simple syrup
• 1 tsp water
• Angostura Aromatic bitters (about 2 dashes)
• 1 cup ice
• 1.5 ounces whiskey or bourbon
• 1 slice orange (garnish)
• 1 Maraschino cherry (garnish)

Instructions: Add the first three ingredients into a whiskey glass, stirring to combine before adding the ice cubes. Pour bourbon or whiskey over cubed ice and then add the maraschino cherry and orange slice as a garnish.

Japanese Cocktail

It may not have been invented in Japan, but making this cocktail will give you the impressive air of a host that’s well traveled. It’s the perfect nutty complement to more hearty fare.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Cognac
• ½ ounce Orgeat
• 2-3 dashes of Angostura bitters
• Lemon twist

Instructions: Add each one of the ingredients with the exception of the garnish to a shaker. Fill with ice and then shake before straining into a cocktail glass. Add the lemon twist as a garnish.

Manhattan

A Manhattan cocktail is the ideal pick if you plan to serve complicated dishes. It’s simple to make, allowing the host to concentrate on making the meal. You can even mix and batch them ahead of time, safely storing in the freezer into the evening of your dinner party.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces bourbon
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• Angostura bitters (about 2 dashes)
• 1 dash orange bitters
• Cherry for garnish (brandied cherries are ideal)

Instructions: Add all of your ingredients to a glass with ice; stir until well-chilled and then strain into a chilled Champagne Coupe before adding the cherry as a garnish.

Espresso Martini

The Espresso Martini is a great pick-me-up cocktail to serve after dinner, with the cold coffee-flavored cocktail mixed with vodka, coffee liqueur like Kahlua, espresso coffee and simple syrup.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• 1/2 ounce coffee liqueur
• 1 ounce fresh brewed espresso
• Coffee beans for garnish, if desired

Instructions: Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and then use three coffee beans to garnish if desired.

Rob Roy

Another ideal post-dinner drink, once the dishes have been cleared, it’s the perfect time to break out the Rob Roys. This cocktail helps to settle stomachs and re-energize your guests at the same time so that after-dinner conversation is more stimulating.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Scotch
• ¾ ounce Sweet vermouth
• Angostura bitters (2-3 dashes)
• Cherry for garnish

Instructions: Add all ingredients to a glass over ice; stir. Strain into a cocktail glass that’s been chilled and garnish with the cherry.