Recipes

Gluhwein is a classic winter warmer that is great to batch for parties and is filled with nostalgia for many Just choose your flavor, combine all the ingredients and let it simmer for a bit and you'll have a fast and delicious hot cup of cheer. .

If Old Fashioneds cocktails are your go-to, this recipe is for you!Not your thing? Well, when you have people over, it's probably one of THEIR favorite cocktails. There's a reason the Old Fashioned is consistently on the "most popular bar cocktails" lists. And now, you can batch them up for convenient pours to make 9 drinks super quickly.

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

The recipe is a little bit Ritz Carlton, a little bit Simple Goodness Farm, or put another way, it's a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. The Old Fashioned cocktail was invented in 1880 either by James E Pepper in Louisville, KY or at the Waldorf Astoria Bar, NYC- the debate rages on. This blog is not about the history, though there are several booze historians out there that dig into that, this post is about the tried and true Old Fashioned cocktail recipe we serve  at our Soda Shop to wide acclaim. 

a non alcoholic mocktail recipe made with berry sage and lemon herb syrups from Simple Goodness Sisters

Simple Syrups on Desserts: easy upgrades to your favorite ice cream and cake desserts. Level up dessert time with these recipe ideas for simple syrups.

Champagne cocktails are easy and elegant and that's a pretty great cocktail combo. Mimosas are undisputedly great, but if you're bored after your 1,000th mimosa in life, or you're the kind who prefers to waft the orange juice lightly over the top of the glass so as not to interrupt the champagne, this Sparkler recipe is going to be right up your alley.

Super Bowl 57 Party Cocktails: Kansas City Iced Water and Philadelphia Citywide Special Shandy football themed cocktail recipes

The Simple Goodness snocone takes the nostalgia you love and adds to the treat a fresh, garden to glass twist with our delicious syrups... and, if you so desire, a little booze.

These mocktails are tried and true NA favorites for a sober-friendly crowd that can be made with any of our syrup flavors and just a few other ingredients. Try a mocktail for a sober-friendly elevated drink perfect for your next party.

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.