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About Simple Cocktails

Simple Cocktails was launched in 2011 with the mission to educate home bartenders and home bartending hopefuls through craft cocktail recipes, bartending techniques, liquor reviews and entertaining advice. Here are some of our blog posts to get you started:


Lisa Mays, our Editor-in-Chief, is an e

Lisa has spent over a decade reporting on the spirits business, including national cocktail events such as Tales of the Cocktail, San Antonio Cocktail Conference, and New Mexico Cocktail Week.

Simple Cocktails’ founder Greg Mays is BarSmarts certified and is a contributor to Nosh On It, Bon Appetit, the Kitchn, and Liqurious. As a seminar presenter, Greg and has given cocktail-and-cigar classes at San Antonio Cocktail Conference and Monte’s Cigar Shop, plus he is the pairings writer for Cigar and Spirits Magazine.


Photography on this page, Buyers Guides, Reviews, and Recipes pages by Jasmine Nicole Photography. Simple Cocktails logo design by BELIEF.