Articles Tagged: Cocktail Entertaining

Trav-L-Bar

This is a travel bar for the serious drinker. The Travl-L-Bar holds 3 750ml bottles. Two-tone, vinyl padded leather and suede inside these are top notch travel necessities. The Travl-L-Bar comes in several shapes and sizes. the one pictures above comes includes 4 metal cups, serving tray, jigger and wood handle opener. (Liquor not included, duh.)

Trav-L-Bar

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April Fool’s

Seems like a good day for drinking? This day is one of fun, merriment and hoaxes. Of course, I have to work.

Apple Fool’s
Ingredients

1 shot (1 ½ oz) of sour apple schnapps
½ oz grenadine
Lemonade

Instructions

Fill a tall glass tumbler with ice. Add Sour Apple schnapps and grenadine. Fill remainder of tumbler with lemonade. Serve.

Trickster
Ingredients

1 shot (1 ½ oz) of amaretto
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Energy in Vegas: Drinks and Mixers, That Is!

Energy drinks aren’t one of the fastest-growing segments of the beverage industry for nothing and their displays at the Nightclub and Bar Show were enough to keep us going all day and all night! Here are a few of our favorites, as well as some others that we just can’t help mentioning for their over-the-top marketing style.

Jetset Energy. As if to stake their claim as the proverbial David seeking to slay Goliath, local … Read more

2008 Best Picture Cocktails

For the 2nd year in a row, Pernod-Ricard has created a tasty cocktail for each of the best picture nominees. Perfect for your Oscar party

The June-Go Citrus Splash

(Created in honor of the Academy Award-nominated film Juno.)

Instructions

1 part Malibu Mango Rum
1 part Malibu Pineapple Rum
Fill with orange juice

Ingredients

Combine ingredients in a highball glass over ice.

Recipe & photo credit: Malibu Rum

Killer Coco Chai

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Beer Drinks from Tecate Light

How about some beer drinks? I certainly don’t post enough, so the folks at Tecate thought they would send us a few fun things to do with your beer. All of these concoctions are made with Tecate Light (duh, they sent me the recipes), which has just recently reached our shores. They all make me feel that summer MUST be around the corner, and that can’t be bad.

Tecate Mojito

To update this favorite drink, … Read more

Super Bowl XLII Cocktails

Happy Super Sunday!

To get us in the mood, the nice folks over at Absolut Vodka set us some tasty new cocktails tailored for the game.

First, the Super Bowl Buster XLII a tall, cool mix of Absolut Mandarin, Lemon Juice, Sugar and Soda. Perfect for the Arizona heat.

For you Giants fans, you’ll want to mix up a batch of Jolly Red Giants, a combination of Absolut Ruby Red, maraschino cherry liqueur, pomegranate and … Read more

Super Drinks for the Super Bowl

The big game is coming up and, as always, that entails a great day of football, food, and fun. Oh, yeah, and that means cocktails as well! We have a bunch of new football related cocktails to help you get through the half time show.

Enjoy!

The Kentucky Draw

Three fingers of Knob Creek Bourbon on the rocks.

The Napoleon Sneak

    1 ½ parts Courvoisier Classic Cognac
    Ice filled to the brim

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A Super Bowl Bourbon Feast

Our friends at Maker’s Mark sent us these Bourbon soaked recipes for the ultimate Super Bowl party. As the kick-off countdown commences, leave the boring chips and dip on the bench and add some serious flavor to the and, and with that we mean Bourbon Whisky!

It’s all here, Drinks, Appetizers and Main Dishes to get you through the pre-game, game and post-game fun.

 
 
Mark  Club
Ingredients

2 oz Maker’s Mark
Club Soda

Instructions

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Fresh Juice – Bartending Tips

If you need a New Year’s resolution, we recommend vowing to use fresh juices in our cocktails whenever possible. This means buying fresh lemons, limes, and other citrus and hand squeezing the fruit for every libation. Although these is some elbow grease required, you guests and your tastebuds will thank you.

Of course, if you don’t have the resolve, most supermarkets these days carry a dizzying variety of fresh juice. So go crazy and experiment! … Read more

Eggs – Cocktail Food

Eggs are one of the best drinking foods around. They were common fare at most bars a hundred years ago. They were served hardboiled with salt or picked in a vinegar brine.

What makes the egg so special? An egg is packed full of protein in the whites, while the yolk contains fats (the OK ones) and other good-for-you nutrients. Eggs even contain the amino acid, cysteine, that helps to battle the effects of the … Read more

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