Owen's Craft Mixers are made with all-natural ingredients low in sugar. So when you're sipping a Dark & Stormy (made with Goslings Rum) or a Summer Spritz (featuring Beefeater Gin), you can feel good about choosing a healthier drink option!

Owen's Craft Mixers Cocktails

Our expert mixologist is using ﻿Cupcake Ros﻿﻿é wine to whip up a ﻿frosé cocktail (frozen ros﻿﻿é) that's perfect for summer sunshine and me time.

Cupcake Ros﻿﻿é

The caramel and vanilla tones of Captain Morgan spiced rum go with just about anything. ﻿Watch how to make two tropical Captain Morgan cocktails: the light, tropical, and sweet Electric Shark, and the bright, smooth Hurricane.

Captain Morgan Spiced Rum Cocktails

Our expert mixologist is shaking up two hard seltzer cocktails with Bud Light Seltzer: Fennel & Seltzer and Seltzer Sangria!

Light & Breezy Cocktails Featuring Bud Light Seltzer

Refresh a classic cocktail recipe with a new soda twist! MTN Dew® Zero adds zippy fizz and flavor to a Moscow mule that's perfect for race day. Watch how to make a MTN Dew® Moscow Mule!

MTN Dew® Moscow Mule

Our expert mixologist, Jeff Naples, is whipping up craft tequila cocktails. Jeff will tell you more about Hornitos Tequila varieties and then show you how to make the super easy Ranch Water and a leveled-up Moscow mule, aka La Mula.

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Hornitos Tequila

If you love fair food, Jeff's street corn-tini is the cocktail for you! It's the perfect combination of sweet and heat, all served up in a martini glass. Sip up the tastes of whiskey, sweet corn, chili and lime.

Street Corn-tini

Grab your copper cup! Jeff's Kentucky sweet peach tea mule is here to help satisfy your peach cobbler cravings. With flavors inspired by the iconic dessert, this drink uses homemade peach simple syrup, sweet tea vodka, lime and Sprite Ginger to give a favorite summer dessert a refreshing take.

Kentucky Peach Cobbler Mule

Throw your happy hour back to the early 1900's with Jeff's aviation cocktail. With a floral flavor and lovely violet color, this turn-of-the-century cocktail adapts perfectly to modern day. Garnish with bitters and a homemade brandied cherry, and cheers to the past!

Aviation Cocktail

Whether you're nuts about peanut butter cups or just curious about Jeff's newest cocktail creation, leave it to this master mixologist to make a tasty peanut butter bushwacker. This cocktail is served in a chocolate drizzled glass and features dark rum, coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, Irish cream, coconut cream, pineapple juice and peanut butter.

Peanut Butter Bushwacker

You don't have to be at the fair to enjoy a little cotton candy sweetness! Watch Jeff turn cotton candy into a drink with this cotton candy spritz. Combine St. Germain, strawberry preserves and lemon juice and shake. Then, strain, top with prosecco and garnish with cotton candy!

Cotton Candy Spritz

It's peanut butter and jelly time! This classic sandwich gets a cocktail makeover with Jeff's PB&J old fashioned recipe. Simply, muddle some peanuts, add peanut butter whiskey, drop in a tablespoon of your favorite jelly. Then, shake, strain over ice and garnish with a tiny PB&J sandwich for a new take on two classics!

PB&J Old Fashioned

Cheers to learning more about a classic liquor during Jeff's Whiskey 101. Brush up on the basics, as he talks through composition, flavors, aging, mixology and even shopping to help you better understand bourbon and your taste for this spirit.

Whiskey 101

Count down to New Year's Eve with Jeff's cotton candy rosé cosmopolitan. More surprising than champagne for celebrations, this cosmo is bursting with flavor and color. Follow Jeff's steps for mixing a standard cosmo base, but adding a fun twist by topping it with rosé and garnishing with cotton candy.

Cotton Candy Rose Cosmopolitan

Jeff's gingerbread rum tiki cocktail makes for a happy holiday or happy any day. Plus, this signature flavor is easy to achieve with Captain Morgan gingerbread spiced rum, coconut cream, fruit juices, molasses syrup and nutmeg!

Gingerbread Rum Tiki Cocktail

Get ready to get behind the bar this holiday season with Jeff's bar basics. Start with good garnishes, mixers and spirits and finish with an assortment of wine and beer. You'll have everything you need for classic cocktails at your fingertips.

Bar Basics

Rosé all day with Jeff's light and refreshing canned rosé cocktail. Shake up canned rosé, Pisco, fresh lemon and lime juice, simple syrup and strawberries and pour into a glass. Then, top it off with soda water and more strawberries for a little extra fizzy sweetness.

Canned Rosé

Make a trendy and delicious drink for your next tailgate with Jeff's White Claw fruit cocktail punch. Mix a variety pack of White Claw hard seltzer with fruit cocktail, serve over ice, top with diet soda and enjoy!

White Claw Fruit Cocktail Punch

Jeff's taking it tropical with a sweet watermelon punch that will put you in a vacation state-of-mind without ever leaving home. Using a mini melon as the main ingredient and the drink holder, it's the perfect size to share.

Watermelon Punch

Add some spice to your Cinco de Mayo celebration with a Pineapple Habanero Margarita and Cerveza Cocktail. Watch as Jeff whips up flavorful foam to top off these drinks.

Cinco de Mayo Drinks

Snow cones and Cracker Jack are even sweeter when they're cocktails. You'll love these baseball-inspired mixes right off the bat. Get ready for a few surprises like a Cracker Jack garnish and a hidden prize.

Baseball Drinks

This new Coke flavor is the perfect inspiration for Jeff's drinks. Old meets new in his version of the Spanish Libre and the Coke Sidecar has been upgraded to the next level.

Orange Vanilla Coke Cocktails

Jeff helps you do right by your resolutions with two low-calorie cocktails - Eat Your Beets & Cucumber Chill. Sip on the healthy side with drinks using detox fruits and vegetables and spa-inspired ingredients.

Resolution-Friendly Cocktails

With Jeff's Champagne Cocktail and Left Bank Martini, you'll ring in the new year with style. To make your new year's eve toast extra fancy, he mixes it up with fresh ingredients, elegant accents and a blend of spirits that'll please every party guest.

New Year's Eve Spirits

Jeff lets us in on the sweet secret for his famous Burgundy Apple Cider and Cider Swirled Caramel Sundae. Take a peek as he creates tasty winter cocktails with apple pie goodness.

Apple Cider Signatures

Enjoy the fruity side of fall with cocktails made from fresh blackberries. In this episode, Jeff uses their warm, rich flavor to make an elegant Amelia cocktail and a delicious Blackberry Smash.

Big & Bold Blackberries

With a fresh lineup of hearty ingredients, this episode makes bartending at a tailgate into a team activity. Jeff reveals his game day recipes for a DIY Bloody Mary and Beer-A-Rita that you can easily transport to any tailgate party.

Time To Tailgate

Give your classic mojito a fruity twist with Busch Light’s limited-release beer, Busch Light Apple. Our master mixologist will show you how to make this craft cocktail at home.



Busch Apple Mojito

Limited-edition MTN DEW Flamin’ Hot is the perfect citrus twist on a spicy margarita. Watch how our master mixologist kicks the classic margarita up a notch.﻿



MTN DEW Flamin' Hot Margarita

Our master mixologist is shaking up two hard seltzer cocktails with Bud Light Seltzer: Fennel & Seltzer and Seltzer Sangria!

Captain Morgan spiced rum's caramel and vanilla tones go with just about anything. ﻿Watch how to make two tropical Captain Morgan cocktails: the Electric Shark and the Hurricane.

Jeff's going tropical with a sweet Watermelon Punch that will put you in a vacation state of mind without ever leaving home. With a mini melon as the main ingredient and drink holder, it's the perfect size to share.

Our expert mixologist is using ﻿Cupcake Ros﻿﻿é wine to whip up a ﻿frosé cocktail (frozen ros﻿﻿é) that's perfect for summer sunshine and me time.



Cupcake Rose (Frose)

Owen's Craft Mixers are made with all-natural ingredients low in sugar. Learn to make two healthier cocktails: A Dark & Stormy (with Goslings Rum) and a Summer Spritz (with Beefeater Gin).

Refresh a classic cocktail recipe with a new soda twist! MTN Dew® Zero adds zippy fizz and flavor to a Moscow mule that's perfect for race day.

Mtn Dew Moscow Mule

Snow cones and Cracker Jack are even sweeter as cocktails. You'll love these baseball-inspired mixes with a few surprises right off the bat.

Jeff's Kentucky sweet peach tea mule is here to help satisfy your peach cobbler cravings with flavors inspired by the summer dessert filling an iconic copper mug.

Our expert mixologist is whipping up craft tequila cocktails with Hornitos Tequila. Learn how to make the super easy Ranch Water and a leveled-up Moscow mule, aka La Mula.

Blending the warmth of Irish whiskey with the layered flavors of spicy cinnamon smoke, sweet fig, and woodsy rosemary, Jeff's Up in Smoke drink is perfect for any cozy occasion.

Smoked Whiskey

Everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, but you can keep that feeling going all year long with Jeff's Mint Cookie Cocktail recipe that includes DIY Irish cream.

Mint Cookie Cocktail

It's your lucky day! Master the perfect Guinness pour with Jeff's two cocktail recipes. A classic Black and Tan or Black Russian cocktail is sure to put you in good spirits.

Guinness Black & Tan and Black Russian

An ingredient often used in cooking takes center stage in two refreshing cocktails: A Basil Cucumber Gimlet and the Basil Strawberry Cooler.

Basil Bar Drinks

As a proud Italian American, Jeff shares his secret family recipe for limoncello. This DIY limoncello is great alone or in Jeff's Italian countryside cocktail.

DIY Limoncello

Celebrate your birthday – or any day – with this dessert cocktail! Made with birthday cake vodka, Jeff's Birthday Cake-Tail recipe includes vanilla and chocolate options.

Birthday Cake-Tail

If your sweet tooth also appreciates sour, this is the drink for you. Jeff's Sour Patch Kids Daiquiri is downright delicious with a nice, tart cherry flavor.

Sour Patch Kid Daiquiri

White wine ranges from sweet to dry. Our bartending expert shows you how to choose and serve the perfect chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. Plus, see which wine glass to use for white wine.

White Wine 101

Our expert mixologist has tips for enjoying ﻿your Bulleit whiskey and bourbon to the fullest. Watch how to make two Bulleit cocktails﻿ — a classic Manhattan and a Bourbon Swizzle.

2 Whiskey Cocktails You Should Master

Rosé all day with Jeff's light and refreshing canned rosé cocktail featuring soda water, lime juice, and strawberries for fizzy sweetness.

Have your cake and drink it too! With a Toasted Caramel Chocolate Martini and a Caramel Apple Cream Cheese Pie, don't wait until dessert to get a sweet treat.

Dessert First Cocktails

Get together for the big game with drinks that pair well with football, friends, and game day foods. Please the crowd with Jeff's spicy Game Day Punch, or kick back for kickoff with a Grapefruit Beer Bellini.

Big Game, Bold Drinks

Add romance to your Valentine's Day drink menu with a Double-Berry Bellini using raspberry and blackberry puree, prosecco, pink sugar-coated rim, and berry garnish.

Double-Berry Bellini

Sip a spirit that looks as good as it tastes. Jeff adds garnishes of fresh herbs, berries, and edible flowers to his New York Sour and Hendrick's Gin and Tonic.

Garnishes

Jeff's Purple Potato Drink features a cool chemical reaction that makes this cocktail change colors before your eyes.

Purple Potato Drink

Mix up your normal happy hour go-to with two tried-and-true whiskey drinks. Jeff's classic Boulevardier and leveled-up Georgia Peach recipes are simply refreshing. ﻿

Whiskey Cocktails - Boulevardier and Georgia Peach

Jeff is busting out the aromatics! Fresh flowers and herbs like hibiscus, thyme, and rosemary bring out sweet and unexpected flavors without artificial additives in two elegant cocktails.

Aromatic Herbs

Keep your cocktails cool with ice that adds flavor and flair to your drink. Try ice cube molds to create various shapes and sizes, or add color by freezing fruits, herbs, and olives!

Cocktail Ice Basics

Cocktails like the Sunrise and Fruity Tooty Milkshake prove breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Jeff uses whipped cream vodka for new takes on a mimosa and cereal and milk.

Boozy Breakfast

Jeff's fun jello shots will take your party prepping game to the next level. Try the Blue Moon look-alike, the zero-waste fruit shots, or the classy cosmo jello shots.

Jello Shots

Shake things up with Jeff's French 75 champagne cocktail.

French 75 Champagne Cocktail

Keep it simple with a red velvet cupcake martini or mix up a bourbon county coffee.

Bailey's Cocktails

Jeff's Red-Headed Mule mixes your favorite red wine, ginger syrup, lime juice and Coke in a cold copper cup. Enjoy!

Red-Headed Mule

Find out how to customize drink flavors and how to create drinks like Blueberry Vodka Lemonade and Lemon Cake Lemon Drop.


DIY Flavored Vodka

Conquer your cookie craving with Jeff's Oreo cocktail.

Oreo Cocktail

Jeff's DIY Rum-Infused Horchata combines the classic flavors of rum and horchata with a creamy twist.

DIY Horchata

It's a DIY type of day with Jeff's easy homemade cinnamon bourbon.

Cinnamon Bourbon

Vodka is one of the most versatile spirits on the market—great for infusing and bringing out citrus flavors.

Next Level Vodka Cocktails

Cocktail buffet, you say? This prosecco party bar with homemade grenadine and chestnut liqueur is perfect for holiday parties.

Holiday Party Prosecco Bar

Stay warm this winter with hot cocktails like a Hot Toddy or a Trim the Tree Hot Cocoa featuring Jeff's hot chocolate recipe. ﻿﻿﻿

Hot Drink Recipes for Winter Nights

Battle the cold with something spicy! Jeff's Cranberry Shrub is a complex craft cocktail with a kick.﻿

Cranberry Shrub

Make December very merry with Hy-Vee's Advent Wine Calendar! Plus, get ideas for tasty wine cocktails.﻿

Advent Wine Calendar

Cheers to a happy, healthy new year with Jeff's Elderberry Martini cocktail!﻿

Elderberry Martini

Add a festive, frothy cocktail to your menu this holiday season. Jeff's Cranberry Gin Fizz is full of seasonal flavors.﻿

Cranberry Gin Fizz

Put a tart twist on a margarita and kick up a mug of hot cocoa for extra holiday spirit.﻿

Holiday Favorites All Grown Up

What better way to warm up on a cold winter day than with some hot cocktails?﻿ ﻿Watch how to make a New Old Fashioned and a Lemon Hot Toddy.

Cold Weather Cocktails

Turn your favorite fall dessert into a decadent craft cocktail.﻿

White Chocolate Pumpkin Martini and Drunken Seeds Recipe

Use wine to make fall-flavored cocktails—Falling Leaves and Fall Forager Sangria—perfect for Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving.﻿

Autumn Wine Cocktail Ideas

Cheers to a fresh fall margarita flavor. Jeff's pear margarita cocktail is simple, sweet and spiced just right!

Pear Margarita

Jeff creates two decadent drinks – Fall Fruit Royale and the Toasted Pumpkin – with a cornucopia of fall flavors.

Toast To Thanksgiving

Fully stocked with fresh cranberries, Jeff’s ready to crush it with the Crangria and Cranberry Smash.

Crushin It With Cranberries

Bring a little flair to your coffee with the cold brewed Irish coffee and classic brewed Mexican coffee.﻿﻿

Coffees Around the World

Give tequila a shot with two ways to enjoy the Mexican spirit for Halloween.

Tequila Two Ways

Take your love of bacon to the next level! Jeff's bacon and bourbon cocktail is savory, salty and just the right amount of sweet.

Bacon and Bourbon

Smoking cocktails doesn't just look cool. It adds great flavor!

Smoked Whiskey Cocktails

Brighten up your morning with two brunch cocktails—a Michelada and a Miami Breakfast!

Brunch Cocktails

This twist on a Bloody Mary cocktail is full of spice and everything nice.

Green Bloody Mary

Live apple-y ever after with these apple-themed drinks.

Apple Cocktails for Autumn

This "bloody" sour Halloween cocktail can be made with a variety of spirits.

How to Make a Vampire's Kiss

Jeff creates a Black Cat cocktail and a creepy One-Eyed Purple People Eater mixer.

Here's to Halloween

Jeff's Pumpkin Spice P. 52 drink layers Kahlua, Baileys Pumpkin Spice, and Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, topped with Reese's whipped cream.

Pumpkin Spice P.52 Drink

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