A number of years ago, we started an annual tradition of visiting a bunch of the bars/restaurants around town using Vikre spirits all in one day and calling it the Vikre Voyage. It's a friendly little competition between the fantastic bartending talent in town, "judging" (ok, really we are mainly enjoying and applauding the excellence!) the cocktails on creativity, appearance, flavor, balance, and showcasing the Vikre spirits. This year's Voyage was EXCEPTIONAL. We had to pick a winner because we said we would but they were all SO GOOD and I can't wait to enjoy them again. So really, e ..read more

The Holidays are magical. They can also be a little stressful. Shopping, parties, parades, decorating...it’s easy for overwhelm to set in while you’re trying to make your life extra holi-dazzling. I used to try to do it all. But now that I’m a mom of two and a business owner, I’ve learned that if I'm going to keep the joy in the season, I have to let some things slide. I'm learning to focus on the things that matter to me most, and take some very clever, calculated short cuts. One of the holiday things that matters to me most is having people over. Hosting - bringing people I love together in ..read more

Even a not very good Manhattan is pretty good. That’s the blessing of whiskey and vermouth. But, an excellent Manhattan is something else altogether. A remarkable display of the alchemy of a well balanced cocktail. Lucky for us Ellen is here with her take on the best Manhattan. Mmmmm, scrummy ..read more

A martini is the most elegant of all cocktails. Slinky, silky, crisp, sophistication. If you’re going to make one, you want it to be the best, and lucky for you! Noah is here to share his opinions about just how to do that!!! And that’s what there is to know. As you were ..read more

When it’s a long weekend, or a regular weekend, or heck, a Wednesday, and you want to head to the lake, the wilderness, or a friend’s back porch, you may want to be able to make yourself a delectable cocktail when you are there. In fact, you probably should! But you can’t make a cocktail in the out-and-abouts-world if you don’t bring cocktail ingredients, and you’ll want to be sure you’re transporting your spirits safely. The best way to do this, however, depends on how you’re getting around. When fitting everything into a backpack, you’ll want to transfer your spirits into lightweight, leakp ..read more

Real Talk From Small Business Owners This past February, one of us watched, dispirited, as four different women small business entrepreneurs she had met (in real life and on the internet), who she had learned from and cheered for, each announced that they were stepping away from leading their businesses. The four businesses were very different sizes, in different places across the country, and the women came from different backgrounds. But they had all worked passionately over the past decade to build successful businesses known both for their products and for being compassionate and thoughtfu ..read more

When I heard from approximately a million people that Isaac makes the BEST whiskey sour they have ever had, obviously I had to capture the recipe for posterity and for all of you! And in fact, it gave me the idea for a new little video series: Classic Cocktails…with opinions. Wherein I corner one of our bartenders and ask them for a cocktail they make exceptionally well and have strong opinions about how to do it. Isaac’s whiskey sour 1/2 oz. egg white or aquafaba 2 oz. Vikre Hay & Sunshine 1 oz. simple syrup 1 oz. lemon juice Combine all ingredients in a shaker with 3 medium ice ..read more

Halloween! We hear the word and we think of jack-o-laterns, witches, ghosts. But mostly? We think of candy. In this era of Pinterest, it’s easy enough to come by ideas for Halloween cocktails that have been inspired by candy, but guess what. They’re mostly terrible. Tooth achingly sweet, not complex. Too much like…well, too much like candy, honestly. We decided to try to improve upon a few, working our Vikre craft cocktail magic (was there sorcery involved? Perhaps.) so that both your inner child and your grown-up palate can be delighted. These cocktails evoke the most essential elements of th ..read more

Ok, I really do have aspirations of posting an occasional snappy blog post, as is recommended by marketing experts. Three easy cocktails for the holiday weekend, for example. Or what to do when you don’t have a shaker. Actually those are both really good ideas and I will do that. But for now, as an essayist and philosopher and artist at heart, I have another essay. Perhaps this amalgamation of thoughts seems slow, late to the party (it’s not a party). Perhaps it does not. Surprised is the least of the things I felt with regards to the Supreme Court’s striking down of Roe v. Wade and the strip ..read more

I had the opportunity to chat with Cecilia Ramon yesterday, the amazing artist who created a wood installation for our cocktail room. Our conversation ranged about,hither and yon, and it contained more questions than answers, but it felt very Earth Day appropriate. We are both feeling off-kilter and unable to find a rhythm in a way that it is hard to describe. But, I think it is an experience that feels something akin to being on a treadmill that is going a different pace than you wish to move. And if you try to move more slowly, your walking becomes herky jerky. You feel you don’t have much c ..read more