Before I saw the movie Rocketman, I’d only really known a few of Elton John’s biggest hits–but after watching, “Take Me To The Pilot” quickly became my favorite song of his. It’s just an all-around feel good song that makes you want to sing and dance without being overly energetic, and I knew I needed…
This song is the epitome of how it feels to be overly confident, drunk, and rowdy at a bar with your friends–and so is this cocktail. It’s brash, it’s strong, and it’ll get the party started (if not a bar fight). I knew it was going to be a beer cocktail right away, if not…
(Truthfully, I don’t think I could ever make a good enough cocktail to actually do this song justice, but this is my attempt.) If you’re like me, you can’t hear “Tiny Dancer” without thinking of Almost Famous. You know the scene: the entire gang gets on the bus after Russell’s acid-trip-induced pool dive. The vibe…
I had a hard time choosing the sixth song in this collection, mainly because there are so many more Elton John songs I love and wanted to make cocktails for. Once I was able to gather my ideas for the other five cocktails, I began to get a sense of what I wanted this one…
Elton John’s Farewell tour is named after this song, and it’s one of his most classic ballads ever, so I wanted this cocktail to be simple, letting the flavor and appearance speak for itself. Something classic but not necessarily basic–it needed to match Elton John’s uniqueness while still paying homage to this gorgeous song. I…
The Bitch Is Back – Elton John Honestly, just the title of this song says it all. This is one of my all-time favorite Elton John songs, and trying to plan out a cocktail that could do it justice in both taste and appearance was tough. It needed to be fruity, flamboyant, and pack a…