The Noble Pig shares a NYE drink tradition ~ quickly eating 12 grapes at midnight, each sweet one = a good month, sour = less than lucky!

Hot Apple Rum Wassail. Travels well for a hostess gift.

POINSETTIA COCKTAIL ~ but don't worry there isn't actually poinsettia in there! A beautiful drink from Andrea's Recipes

Sometimes, there is something beautiful about a single shot of bourbon.

RumDood writes about the latest Thursday Drink Night and mixing rum with port as he explores the Trinidad Sand cocktail.

The Eastern Sour—a bourbon-based Trader Vic recipe featuring lots of wintery California citrus!

Just got two of these big glass measuring cup/beakers at IKEA ~ for only $2.95 each!!! Even could be used as a mug or super pint glass? and its microwave, dishwasher, and oven safe!

MSNBC reports how the recession is affecting drinking including the shift towards heritage cocktails, more affordable options out, and the surge in mixology at home.

A puzzling combination of Ginger Extract aka "Jake" and Canadian Whisky.

Drink Hacker also shows us the updated bottles and recipe for Noilly Prat Dry ~ "introducing its current European blend to the U.S. market, discontinuing the old American blend"

Drink Hacker reviews the adorably named+packaged Sheep Dip and Pig's Nose Scotch Whiskies!

We just ordered the awesomest vintage Glögg bowl and cup set for our future batches of NOTGLÖGG! (or cider, or punch, or....) You can even put a tea light under to keep it warm!

Valet mag gets the classic Bloody Mary recipe from the folks from the King Cole Bar (where the classic cocktail was invented).

NYTimes slideshow on "San Francisco's Hip Cocktails" ~ including a bunch of pics from my favorite, the Alembic!

The NYTimes has a slideshow on unique Champagne glassware ~ incl. Tiffany's glass that reminds me of grenades... (and no, saucers weren't molded from marie antoinette's breast)

To promote two different vintages for Dom Pérignon champagne, Karl Lagerfeld teamed up with Claudia Schiffer in 2007 and Eva Herzigova in 2006 for some very sexy (albeit sexist) photo campaigns.

Eierlikör, or Advocaat - a famous, festive European egg liqueur.

It's not Limoncello but Averna Limoni di Sicilia

While researching Mulled Wine and Glögg Recipes for the holiday season (and to get through this coldness) ~ here's our pretty basic NOTGLÖGG recipe we've developed!

Liqurious Roundup of Holiday Libations! Some hot, some classic, some science experiment looking molecular mixology concoctions!

Really fun slideshow from Men.Style.Com on all you need to know about party planning from drinks to food to guests to music... and the 5 featured drinks are from Jim Meehan of PDT!

Over Christmas, Off the Presses ventured bravely into the world of pre-fabricated Tom & Jerry mix!

Mmmm more mulled wine recipes ~ NY Times shares recipes for Pranna Winter Spice (shown), Winter Berry Punch, and Blender Eggnog

The Review Lady makes a Cranberry-Tangerine Christmas Cooler adapted from a 2002 Bon Appetit recipe ~ perfect for brunch!

LA Times piece on Bar Keeper ~ Silverlake's secret spot of vintage barware run by Joe Keeper!

The LA Times shows us champagne options for all sorts of occasions

Everybody loves fire, especially when it accompanies a drink. So Meade has created a wonderful cocktail that includes Boston's Diabolique Bourbon and a flamed orange peel.

Here's another Hot Buttered Rum recipe ~ from Drink Hacker!

Gourmet Mag shows us how to make Tony Oltranti's Negronis!

Check out Bionic Bite's adorable Blueberry Martini Jello Shots ~ made in ice cube trays! Inspired by Bar Nineteen 12 in Beverly Hills

The Luna Cafe shows us how to make the perfect Hot Buttered Rum!

Ginger Cosmopolitan. This delicious cocktail features two flavors of the holiday season: ginger and cranberry.

Scomorokh from ScienceOfDrink Blog discovered Martinez - pure classic and pure pleasure.

Tiare moves beyond egg nog and offers up some tasty looking spiced fruity holiday cocktail recipes to make dealing with your relatives all that more enjoyable...

Coleen Graham makes a beautiful Zen Latte "A Winter Delight" with Zen green tea liqueur at the Spirit World

Newsweek toasts the beauty of bourbon and honors this distinct product of America.

Supper in Stereo tries making Homemade Grenadine and documents the results! Behold the "GREAT GRENADINE EXPERIMENT"

SpiritsandCocktails.com entices you with this gorgeous cognac, muscat and pear libation for the holidays.

Cocktail Virgin makes a Xalapa Punch, a century plus old recipe that is a crowd pleasing lemony black tea-sangria concoction.

Jane Spice makes Hot Toddies!

Spice up that Sangria with Chow's Spiced Cranberry Sangria! Just add some Spiced Simple Syrup and tart cranberries!

Tiki Drinks & Indigo Firmaments rounds up all of the gorgeous Mixology Monday Spice themed posts!

Once Upon A Plate shows us how to make Raspberry Cranberry Martinis ~ i'm loving their garnishing!

'nitro caipirinha' - alcohol you can eat. [Editor's Note: This whole slideshow of drinks is spectacular ~ Bar Centro at the Bazaar by José Andrés]

Here's a creation from Meade using a Boston area ingredient: Angelique Tequila.

So so awesome that over at Drink Boston they noticed the fresh fluffy snow, scooped it into cups in front of the U-Haul, and added St. Germains... and said it's delicious!