In recent years, homemade sodas and DIY seltzer recipes are everywhere and for good reason. Not only do they allow you to create delicious, bubbly beverages tailored to your taste, but they also come with a host of benefits that traditional soda brands simply can’t match. Let’s dive into the process of making seltzer at home, explore the benefits of using a soda maker, and highlight the delicious flavors of handcrafted drink syrups.
Yes, we've made a corn syrup. Not like that corn syrup, the ultra processed sweetener with a bad rap sheet, but a corn simple syrup, handcrafted with organic cane sugar and a fresh corn extraction from our own Simple Goodness Farm grown sweet corn. Belinda has a recipe for the Maize margarita below that will convince you...
Old Fashioned Fest 2024, our third annual celebration of one of the world’s first, and still enduring favorite cocktail, was the best one yet. I’d like for our Simple Goodness planning team to take credit for this, for bringing brown spirit lovers together at our restaurant in historic Wilkeson, Washington to drink whiskey, get cocktail inspired ink from Electric Beauty tattoo pop up, and for bringing in Washington’s premier country music artist Aaron Crawford to entertain the crowd. Or, for providing a savvy VIP experience, or the all-too-important detail of securing tents at the last minute when the weather turned to a drizzling rain. But, while all of these made for a very solid day of entertainment and cocktail tastings, drizzle and all, the deciding factor of perfection can’t be accredited to us...
Our simple syrups are concentrated, flavorful snapshots of a season made with whole fruits, herbs, spices and vegetables so they're a great way to bring flavor into dishes. THE POSSIBILITIES TO MAKE A BASIC RECIPE GOURMET AND SEASONALLY INFLUENCED IS ENDLESS WITH SYRUPS, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE BEEN MADE AS PRESERVES IN THE HOMESTEAD FOR AGES
Blueberry Lavender is a finalist in the Drinks & Elixirs category. This is our third time as a finalist! Marionberry Mint and Rhubarb Vanilla syrups have each also qualified as finalists in this rigorous specialty foods award program. Meeting the standards of the Good Food Foundation isn't easy, and we have worked very hard to craft a product that meets their standards and our own. As farmers growing sustainably, and as ingredient sourcers to rigorous ethical and health standards, we are making choices for our product that lead us to be a better company.
I am telling you, emphatically: throw a cocktail party: why? Because it's FUN. And because a festive drinks bar is easy to do, sets the tone for your party, and gives people a little activity to break the ice. I've learned from the very best, our Grandma Nancy, whom I consider the blue collar Martha Stewart. And I'm here to share my hosting tips so you can set up the perfect, affordable, self serve cocktail bar at your next party.