Merry Christmas Eve! It’s not Christmas Eve without a Christmas Cosmopolitan and you’ll need some standard spirits to build this one: cointreau, cranberry juice, a bit of fresh lime juice and vodka. Expect to see our next show out a bit early due to the holiday festivities (since we’ve got kids) and we’ll be a [...]
The Red Devil is a potent little cocktail of red proportions, sweet taste and alcoholic fire. This is a big boy, we’re putting it into the tiki god head, the glasses you can buy at AwesomeDrinks.com. While this isn’t truely a “tiki” style cocktail (not as much fruit as we’d expect and no rums), it [...]
Champagne, a bubbly experience, the club soda of wines. We’re creating the champagne cooler recipe, using some champagne, cointreau (or triple sec) and a bit o’ brandy (or Hennessey cognac). This is one of two champagne recipes this week, so crack open the bottle and prepare yourself for the experience! Show Links: Print it on [...]
The Ice Queen, a recipe using a more common ice wine from Canada: Vidal. The vidal grape is a hearty little hybrid that can struggle through the winters more easily which translates to a lower costing ice wine style. In a cocktail, it adds a unique sweetness with hints of apple and pear. In this [...]
The La Bomba cocktail brings back our tequila spirit, this time with Caramba Reposado. The orange flavorings are refreshing, great body and textures without a hugely overwhelming tequila taste. Of course, the elegant look to this cocktail (complete with grenadine) resembles a frozen popcicle which draws humans to the cocktail like flies to a flame. [...]
Here is a simple cocktail the rum fans will enjoy, the Cuban Sidecar is a classic cocktail which will reflect the tastes and flavors of the quality rum you include. We’re using a Tommy Bahama rum because it’s smooth and subtle with good flavor and elegance. We also substituted Patron Citronge for the Cointreau because [...]
This week we’ve got a new style video, as per request, folks would love to know a bit more about orange liqueur and the differences. I didn’t know all the answers so I sat down to figure it out! The tasting includes Included in the tasting is Triple Sec, Blue Curacao, GranGala, Tuaca, Patron Citronge, [...]
It’s time to checkout a Grey Goose vodka recipe for the Beach Bum. While there are a few different Beach Bum recipes around, this one focuses on less juice and more alcohols. Using Grey Goose La Poire Vodka as the core ingredient, this drink takes on a few unique dimensions utilizing Maraschino Liqueur and Cointreau. [...]
The Planters Punch is a cool refreshing little thick juicy drink with lots of fruit juices a nice Black Seal dark rum and just a touch of cointreau. Gosling’s really makes this drink tasty and smooth. Please checkout our sponsors, including Partida Tequila and Awesomedrinks.com! You support us by supporting our sponsors, not to mention [...]
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 [...]
