A few summers ago I shared my tips for making your own bottled cocktails and with Father’s Day coming up this week I wanted to revisit one of my favorite ways to serve cocktails! My college boyfriend and I used to make our own beer and wine and bottle them in our tiny little rundown apartment, which was more of a shack attached to the back of an old falling down frat house. It was there where friends packed in tight to sit on a creaky metal futon and watch Project Runway each week. Where the winter cold seeped in through every crack possible and the pipes in the bathroom froze on a regular basis. It was truly a ramshackle little place, but it was also a place where awesome memories were made. Making and bottling beer was something we loved doing, and while it’s not a hobby I’ve kept up, it was absolutely my initial inspiration for starting to bottle cocktails. But, back to Father’s Day. How cool would it be to bottle Dad up a twelver of his favorite cocktails? Because nothing says “you’re an awesome Dad” like a hangover, am I right or am I right? All jokes aside, I love bottling cocktails for parties, camping trips, rehearsal dinners, bachelorette parties – basically any occasion where you want to serve up cocktails in a pre-portioned, pre-mixed fashion. It’s easy, it’s fun and it’s a total novelty when friends show up to bottled cocktails. Read on for all my tips and tricks!