Here we are, steeped in the season of entertaining and socializing.

This past weekend, we were fortunate enough to participate in SoNo Fest, held annually in San Diego’s South Park Neighborhood.

There are an awful lot of high-octane issues in the news lately.

Alright, time for some frivolity. The holidays are approaching quickly, and soon we’ll all be thrown together with our respective clans to celebrate the season.

As the holidays approach, we inevitably turn our thoughts to the task of gift-giving.

At Downtime Cocktails, we’re not huge fans of black licorice flavors (fennel, anise, licorice root, etc.)—that’s why Batch 22 does not feature them—but we understand that many of you cocktail enthusiasts out there do love a good black licorice blast.

We at Downtime Cocktails do not condone drinking to excess, but we do love a good drinking story—especially one that involves the creation of cocktails on an epic scale.

Doing fundraisers for causes we support is an important part of who we are.

There are only a few bars in the world that can rightfully claim to be the birthplace of a global cocktail phenomenon, and El Floridita in Havana, Cuba, is one of them.

It’s easy to fall into a familiar routine when it comes to cocktails, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Here’s our second installment covering lesser-known spirits and ingredients that you might want to get acquainted with.

Happy Negroni Week! 

There are only a few bars in the world that can rightfully claim to be the birthplace of a global cocktail phenomenon, and El Floridita in Havana, Cuba, is one of them.

Once in a while, we’re inspired to tell you about something we’ve seen in another cocktail publication—it can be a new trend, an esoteric ingredient, or a particularly engaging origin story.

The longest bar in the world can be found at a sprawling cocktail establishment called Humble Baron, located within Tennessee’s Nearest Green Distillery.

We go to a lot of bars and we read a lot of cocktail menus.

As we’ve written before, we really enjoy finding connections between famous people and cocktails.

“The mad geniuses behind Death & Co have elevated cocktail creation to punk-rock artistry.” — Aisha Tyler, critic

Being in the spirits business, we don’t tend to spend too much time talking about the dangers of excessive alcohol use.

In culinary school, many classical curricula teach students to become fluent in preparing what are called the “Mother Sauces.”