The average American consumes 45 pounds of sugar per year – enough to fill a wheelbarrow, and most of this sugar is in drinks. Soda gets most of the blame, but the fastest-growing marketing sector for beverage companies is so-called “fruit drinks”.

Looking for a unique cocktail to serve at an upcoming Halloween party or maybe something different for Thanksgiving? Well, since bourbon goes so well with almost anything, why not bourbon and pumpkin.

Are you in a rut? Tired of drinking the same old, same old? Well, here are 15 coctails you may never have heard of. Look through the list and get mixing. Life’s too short to be bored with your drink.

20 classic cocktails illustrated, showing an abridgment of the ingredients that go into them. Included are the recipes for Screwdriver, Bloody Mary, Gin & Tonic, Margarita, Mint Julep, Long Island Ice Tea, Daquri, Pina Colada, Tequila Sunrise, plus 11 more and a link to The Cocktail Poster with 35 of the most common Cocktails.

Celebrate National Whiskey Sour Day with a cool, refreshing whiskey sour. August 25th is National Whiskey Sour day. The whiskey sour has a long history in the world of cocktails. It evolved from the practice of adding lime juice to rum rations to prevent scurvy among sailors in the British Navy in the 1700s. Try this Perfect Whiskey Sour Recipe…

Hemingway’s own instructions are thus: “Pour one jigger of absinthe into a champagne glass. Add iced champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly.”

It was inevitable. With Charlie Sheen saying it was running through his veins and “Tigerblood” trending on Twitter, someone was going to come up with the Tiger’s Blood Cocktail.

Whiskey Latte is a smooth cocktail you can enjoy any time of the day. It’s simple to make and in contrast to typical lattes it requires no espresso. Enjoy!

A Bourbon Sour is a variation on the classic Whiskey Sour. The difference between the two is you use bourbon instead of cheap blended whiskey, which results in a smokier more flavorful cocktail.

Jack says, “I never eat on an empty stomach.” Which means, he needs to have his martini before dinner. I never used to like martinis, until Jack made me one, that is. Now I love to have one, provided it’s made with Jack’s recipe. Enjoy the ultimate martini recipe, perfected over 50 years, by friend Jack. Try it; it’s excellent!