A cocktail-focused creative solution.

Immersed in the details that bring the big picture to life.

With a professional background behind both the bar and lens Cocktail Kitchen is uniquely positioned to bring your restaurant, bar, or conceptual beverage idea to life and make it look stunning.

 

What we do best.

 

Bar & Beverage Consulting

Photo & Video Production

Cocktail & Spirit Education

Creative Direction

Recent Work

Newman’s Own

Recipe Development & Photography

Real Simple

Recipe Development & Photography

PepsiCo Garnish

& Technique Videos

Video Production

PepsiCo for Meijer

Photography

Southern Breeze

Recipe Development & Photography

10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirits

Recipe Development & Photography

 

Client Reviews

 I have worked with Taylor and Cocktail Kitchen Creative on a variety of projects at PepsiCo over the past two years. He has written cocktail and non-alcoholic recipes for us, hosted creative cocktail sessions for our R&D teams, consulted on a creative ideation session, photographed over 75 drink recipes, and produced a 20 video series that enrich brand assets across multiple platforms. Taylor is incredibly passionate about his work and brings a level of creativity, detailed focus, and technical beverage knowledge that is hard to come by. This unique combination of talents and his enthusiastic and positive demeanor makes him someone I will continue to work with and highly recommend for any creative need in the beverage industry.”

- Chef Kyle Shadix, Director of Early-Stage Innovation, Mixology & Culinary Global Beverage Breakthrough Team - PepsiCo

I contracted Taylor and his agency Cocktail Kitchen to formulate and photograph multiple one-of-a-kind beverages for the Harris Tea Company. These recipes and images he created are used by our on-premise sales team, commerce, internal trainings and more. Taylor's creativity, technical knowledge of beverages and enthusiasm for his work makes him someone I'll continue to work with anytime I need his services.

- Jeff Fadness, E-commerce Marketing Manager - Harris Tea Company

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Can’t wait to work with you!

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Lou Reed 2.0 - A personal favorite that continues to evolve with me and works well with most barrel aged spirits. - 2 Dashes Scrappy's Chocolate Bitters .5 Cocchi di Torino .5 Averna .5 Sfumato Rabarbaro 1.5 Willett Rye Combine all ingredients
Tiger Crane - Tiger Crane is the fighting style used by Beatrix Kiddo in Kill bill and this nightcap is based off of a "Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique" by @hungrybartender - 2 Dashes Mole Bitters Barspoon Sfumato Rabarbaro .5 o
Harvest Barrel - A harvest split riff of an Old Barrel, a cocktail by Benjamin Schwarts at Little Branch in NY. A harvest split is when you split a rye base with apple brandy. - 3 Dashes Angostura Bitters .5 oz D.O.M Bénédictine .5 oz
Satellite of Love - Inspired by classical still life paintings and my love for my wife, this is my Art of Italicus 2024 entry. - .5 oz Lemon Juice 1.5 oz Salted Watermelon Cordial .5 oz Bruto Americano 1.5 oz Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto 4 oz Brut
Bill Collins - Bartlett pears as we know them in the US are the same as Williams pears in the UK. - 2-4 Sage Leaves .75 oz Lemon Juice .5 oz Simple Syrup .5 oz Mathilde Poire Liqueur 1.5 oz Plymouth Gin Soda Water to fill Combine all ingredients
Happy New Year ya filthy animals! - Disco Stick - A @youngbloodcocktails favorite that we all make/made some variation of. Everyone is convinced that they came up with it and that their version is the best but this one is from @its_shellz_. He goes a
Louisiana Purchase - 2 dashes Angostura Bitters .5 oz DOM Bénédictine .5 oz Laird's Single Cask Apple Brandy 1.5 oz Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal Combine all ingredients in a Double Old Fashioned glass, gently lower in a temper
Jalisco Honey Suckle - 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters .75 oz Lime Juice .5 oz Honey Syrup .25 oz Bruto Americano .75 oz Lo-Fi Gentian Amaro 1.5 oz Don Julio Reposado Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add half a normandie cube and give it a D
Konomai Krush - A Japanese whisky Gold Rush variation with a bit of a twist. Works well with most Japanese whiskys but I would lean toward something more full bodied than say Toki but also away from the super peaty bottles like Mars The Y.A. #1. My g
Martinique Martini - Absinthe rinse 2 dashes/ 16 drops tiki bitters Barspoon of DOM Bénédictine .25 J.D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum (@jdt_velvet_falernum) .25 Piere Ferrand Dry Curaçao (@ferrandcognac) .5 Dolin Dry Vermouth (@verm
Harvest Sour - 1 egg white .75 oz Lemon .75 oz Simple 1 oz Lairds Apple Brandy 1 oz Michters Rye Whiskey Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and dry shake. Add half a normandy cube and 1 kold draft cube and shake hard. Strain into a tradit
Holiday Spritz & Harvest Sour - Holiday Spritz - 2 dashes Angostura Bitters .5 oz Lemon juice .5 oz Rosemary Pomegranate Syrup .5 oz Amaro Ramazotti 1 oz Lairds 100 proof Apple Brandy 3 oz Prosecco Combine all ingredients except for prosecco in