Browsing all posts from January, 2009.

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The Grass Skirt Recipe

The Grass Skirt is a crazy little recipe which takes gin and turns it into a pink delight. Each flavor in this cocktail will hit your tongue in explosive fashion, from the “grassy” gin to pineapple a bit of pomegranate and a tangy orange.

While many mixed drinks create their own taste experience, the Grass Skirt [...]

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Tanteo Tequila: Hand-Infused Flavors of Mexico

Regular readers of EverydayDrinkers.com know we’re huge into tequila. We’ve been blessed with the chance to taste some of the finest products on the market. Now, we’re going to be trying our hand at some infused Tequila. Many folks mix their tequila into tropical beverages, spicy beverages and, on occasion, chocolate style beverages. Our Chocolate [...]

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Chocolate Margarita Recipe [video]

The Chocolate Margarita is mildly delightful little drink with the great properties of a smooth tequila meets the slight hints of chocolate essence. Top it off with a garnish from DressTheDrink.com and you’re heading to paradise in a cocktail glass. A bit of Cavalino tequila, Cointreau and Sweet/Sour mix – you’re going to want to [...]

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Carbonated Piston Slinger Recipe [video]

The Carbonated Piston Slinger is a fierce little drink that will grab your senses and sling them around the room like a rag doll. This drink contains two ounces of 151 Rum, play nice with this sour cocktail before it plays back hard.

Although this drink looks like a sweet and innocent beverage, it’s roaring with [...]

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Boston Wine Expo: A Huge Success

Today we went off to the Boston Wine Expo, had a hugely great time. The wife and I bought the mother-in-law and got her to explore a lot of new grape varietals from regions all over the world. We started the event with a great keynote by Gary Vaynerchuk at WineLibrary.com. This was a double-blind [...]

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2003 Valckenberg Madonna Eiswein Review

We’re still on our Ice Wine kick, this week we’re dipping into a 2003 Valckenberg Madonna Eiswein from the Rheinhessen region of Germany. This is the middle of the road Eiswein coming in at USD $34.00 to USD $40.00 and has familiar Ice Wine style traits with scents of peaches, appricots and potent grape.
While the [...]

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Everyday Drinkers Podcast 22: Ice Wine (Eiswein)

 
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The latest edition of our drinking podcast involves discovering the sweet after dinner wine known as Ice Wine, or Eiswein in Germany. It’s a style that has been around for ages but is rarely talked about or known about in the industry.
Why? Ice Wine is only available when the conditions are right and the region [...]

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Electric Lemonade Recipe [video]

The Electric Lemonade is a tasty little sweet cocktail birthed from light rum (10 cane rum in this case), sweet/sour mix and blue curacao. Garnish with lemon and you’re ready to party.

This is a sweeter cocktail, if you’re into sour cocktails, hold on until Saturday when we release the Carbonated Piston Slinger. This one is [...]

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2005 Venta Mazzaron Tempranillo

I’ve been looking forward to reviewing the Mazzaron 100% Tempranillo (14% ABV) for a long time. My first taste of this gorgeous Spanish red wine occurred while visiting a friend Rob, owner of HolyCrapThatsFunny.com. Both of us enjoy a good wine and, while the rest of our families drank “apple champagne” (the pretend stuff), we [...]

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Between The Sheets Recipe [video]

Perhaps you’re looking for a cocktail with a bit of brandy with a citrus kick. While some folks love the sweet cocktails, others like the sour mixed drinks. For everyone else there is a smooth cocktail with a little sour finish and that’s the style of the recipe behind Between the Sheets.

This cocktail has the [...]