A Dash of Bitters mixed up some gin and heirloom tomatoes in their slightly delayed Mixology Monday post.

Bull E. Vard over at KC Beer Blog put down the pint glass and infused some bourbon...with bacon? 

The Liquid Muse offers up a very NYC cocktail from Marshall Altier from Insieme Restaurant.

The Tipsy Texans whip up a few variations on their state's signature cocktail:  The Margarita.  Here, here, and here.  They've even included a two videos. 

How To Make a Margarita: 

Also: How NOT To Make a Margarita (I'm not sure if I'm more repulsed by her sweet muddling technique or the sour mix.)


And, for our take on the margarita, our resident cocktail assassin, Allan Delgado, makes his version of this classic cocktail.

In his continuing quest to mix every drink in the Savoy Cocktail Book, Under-Hill Lounge stirs a batch of Darb Cocktails.

Rowley's Whiskey Forge revamps one of Jamie Boudreau's Marmalade cocktails in what sounds like the most delicious cocktail on the list.

Every recipe for every navel- especially the fuzzy ones.