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A small dish is full of homemade vanilla bean sugar with vanilla beans off to the left of the plate. A small spoon holds a bit of vanilla sugar in the center of the plate.

How to Make Vanilla Sugar (Homemade Vanilla Bean Sugar)

A dark and stormy mocktail sits on a counutertop with a bottle of non-alcoholic bitters, ginger beer, and a bottle of rum alternative spirit in the background.

Mocktails 101: The Difference Between Mocktails and Cocktails

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All About Blood Oranges: Facts and Recipes with Blood Orange

A variety of sparkling waters are on a countertop, with a plain sparkling water being poured into a glass of ice.

Difference Between Sparkling, Seltzer, and Soda Water

A bottle of Aperol Italian Aperitivo liqueur sits behind a small tasting glass of the liqueur.

What is Aperol? All About the Classic Italian Aperitivo

Different types of sugars are scattered on a countertop.

All About Sugar: Different Types of Sugar for Cooking & Baking

Home bar essentials, including liquor, glassware, bar tools, and cocktail-making ingredients, sit on a kitchen countertop.

Home Bar Essentials: How to Stock a Home Bar

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Top Tropical Syrup Recipes for Summer Drinks

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How to Make Infused Liquor (Infused Liquor Recipes)

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How to Make Infused Simple Syrup (Easy Simple Syrup Recipes)

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Pumpkin Mocktails and Pumpkin Cocktails for Fall

A bottle of Giffard Creme de Mure sits on a countertop, with a glass of the blackberry liqueur in the foreground.

All About Creme de Mure (Créme de Mûre Cocktails)

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Must-Try Blackberry Drinks (Perfect for Blackberry Season!)

A variety of kitchen tools for making homemade simple syrups sits on a countertop.

Simple Syrup Supplies: Everything You Need to Make Syrups at Home

An assortment of different types of vodka bottles sits on a countertop.

Vodka 101: A Complete Guide to the Different Types of Vodka

A hand from out of frame is pouring simple syrup from a saucepan into a measuring glass.

How to Make Simple Syrup (Stovetop & No-Heat Syrup Recipe)

An assortment of home bar tools sit on a blue background, including measuring beakers, a cocktail sieve, a cocktail mixing glass and spoon, a cocktail muddler, and a boston shaker.

Essential Home Bar Tools List For a Well Stocked Bar

A variety of different types of gin sit on a marble countertop.

Gin 101: A Complete Guide to the Different Types of Gin

Six different varieties of mezcal and tequila sit on a white marble countertop.

Tequila 101: A Complete Guide to Different Types of Tequila

A collection of different types of rum bottles sit on a countertop. The bottles range in size and type of rum.

Rum 101: A Complete Guide to Different Types of Rum

A small bowl of salt and a jar of water sit on a stone countertop next to a dropper bottle of saline solution to use in beverages.

How to Make Saline Solution for Cocktails and Mocktails

A collection of liquor bottles sit on a marble countertop to showcase the six main types of liquor.

Liquor 101: A Guide to the Types of Liquor & Alcohol Names

Six bottles of aged rum are sitting against a teal countertop. The brands include Havana Club, Rhum Barbancourt, Appleton, Bacardi, Plantation, and El Dorado.

What is Aged Rum?

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Best Substitute for Simple Syrup

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In Good Taste Wine Advent Calendar: 2024 Review!

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How to Freeze Simple Syrup (Storing Homemade Simple Syrup)