Cocktails & Videri Chocolate Pairings at Boatman Spirits Co.
Craft cocktails meet award-winning chocolate in one very sweet February lineup.
Shannon
February 10, 2026
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From February 14–28, Boatman Spirits Co. is serving up a limited-time cocktail and chocolate pairing menu with Videri Chocolate Factory—and it’s basically a love letter to your taste buds. Think a Sazarac with honey caramel, a strawberry-kissed mezcal number with a salted caramel bonbon, or a Woodford Double Oaked S’mores Old Fashioned paired with actual s’mores chocolate.
This isn’t sponsored (we’d absolutely say so if it were). We just believe chocolate and cocktails deserve a proper introduction. (Just so you know: Sponsored content in our newsletter is always marked with “*”).
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