Saint Patrick’s Day is coming, the Irish Flag Shooter is here today. This cocktail would make a good start or finish to a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration. You’re getting a minty freshness with a coating of creamy orange all wrapped in a celebration of the Irish Flag.
Today we’re putting our orange liqueur cocktails to the test with the Orange Bomb cocktail. We picked this cocktail because it’s not simply one ingredient yet it’s not overpowered with too many spirits. The orange liqueur’s being tasted include: Senior Curacao of Curacao, Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Patron Citronage and Combier Orange Liqueur. Orange Bomb Cocktail [...]
There is no doubt, orange liqueurs help build some of the best cocktails on the planet. In order to find the best orange liqueur in the top-tier and mid-tier price point we’re tasting five unique brands: Senior Curacao of Curacao, Patron Citronage, Grand Marnier, Cointreau and Combier Orange Liqueurs. This orange liqueur episode was fun, [...]
The ocean-tini, a cocktail birthed from classic style design. It shows off a well round set of flavors while maintaining a very pretty look and feel. If there is a cocktail that can sit well along side the original martini’s and three-ingredient key recipes, the Ocean-Tini is the one. Show Links: Print it on MixDrinkipedia [...]
The Pink “Kitty,” also goes by the recipe name Pink Pussy but we’re not exactly happy with the naming convention of the original recipe so we changed it. This is a beautifully looking cocktail which reminds us much of a margarita with a distinct citrus finish. The limón rum (Don Q in our case) hides [...]
The Cherry Tootsie Pop reflects its initial taste in the name but we’ve found it brings more of a nice midly sweet cocktail style to the table. Knowing the name, you’ll probably find the tootise pop taste in the cocktail but it’s a great stand-alone cocktail with the inclusion of Redbull. This gives you one [...]
Are you looking to challenge yourself as a pousse-cafe creator? How many layers have you created in your shot glass? We’re going with five this week in the Flaming Monkey Asshole shooter, we’re not sure where the name came from and we’re not sure we want to know. Layer in order: grenadine, creme de menthe, [...]
The absinthe minded martini is a classy little cocktail with a pretty look and feel. Use your favorite gin, we’re using bluecoat gin as it gives off a great orange zest profile. This cocktail will give you a neat black liquorice style finish, so make sure you’re ready for it, absinthe is definitely showing itself [...]
Another drink in which the name should represent the taste, but, unlike the Chocolate Cake shooter, this drink only hints at oatmeal goodness. While it might not be a true oatmeal cookie there is no denying its delicious flavors! This is one for the Irish Cream fans as Bailey’s stands out as the most predominant [...]
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, [...]
