This year do St. Partick’s Day with style and taste with a mouth-watering green cocktail. Whether you are partaking in a parade, enjoying some delicious corn beef or busy hunting for that pot of gold, one of these cocktails is sure to put you into the spirit of all that is Irish. Recipes courtesy of Midori.

Midori Clover Martini

Ingredients:
¾ oz Midori melon liqueur
2 oz Skyy Citrus vodka
Splash of white cranberry Juice… Read more

This week’s drink should get us in the mood for a fun St. Patrick’s Day. This drink combines Kahlúa, Jameson’s and cream, garnished with mint and vanilla. Yum. We have a ton of great cocktails for you to try out on party goers this St. Patty’s. Yes, it is not all green beer!

Onto the drink!

To get ready for St. Patrick’s Day, the folks at Pernod-Ricard sent us some great new recipes. Putting a new twist on the Holiday, these drinks feature exotic and very un Irish ingredients such as rum, vodka and tequila. Of course, Jameson Irish Whiskey is also a prime ingredient.

Malibu Pot O’ Gold

Ingredients:
½ part Malibu pineapple rum
½ part Malibu rum
1 part pineapple juice

Instructions:
Shake and serve up in a martini … Read more

To celebrate, the fine folks over at Gizmodo have put together their top 10 alcohol and boobie (sorry ladies) gadgets. This list includes such favorites as the Godzilla Beer Dispenser, a neat accessory that turns your iPod into a breathalizer, and a Beer Tap Backpack.

What a perfect list for Mardi Gras, well know for it’s booze driven partying, parades and beads for boobies exchanges. I hope I have enough beads to get the soap … Read more

Things are back in full swing again this Fat Tuesday. New Orleans, although not fully recovered from Katrina, is open for business. And on Fat Tuesday that business is beads, parades, and lots and lots of drinking. The good news is that you don’t have to be in the Big Easy to celebrate. Mardi Gras has become a national party holiday (less its religious meaning) and is celebrated by fun folks all over the country.… Read more

Not all of out Commanders-in-Chief have been drinkers but many (actually most) have. Several, such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington ran distilleries as part of their households. …Read More

Happy year of the pig!

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this special SOHO Lychee Liqueur Cocktail! The rare lychee fruit has been an important part of Asian culture for over 2,000 years, and the Chinese consider the red, heart-shaped lychee a symbol of romance and love.

Toast to love in the new year!

Ingredients

Pre-marinate oranges in simple sugar

.5 part SOHO Lychee Liqueur
2 parts Martell Cognac VSOP
1 part pomegranate juice
1 part … Read more

Appeal to her inner Geek this Valentines Day.
Here are 7 geeky gifts you can’t go wrong buying.

- Digital Phot Frame
– Laser Star Projector
– iPod Shuffle
– HD DVD Player
– Motorola Red Product Phone
– Pedicure Foot Spa
– Garmin Street Pilot

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The big game is Sunday. This is the single biggest party day of the year after New Years Eve. The folks over at Pernod-Ricard created two cocktails that honor this years Super Bowl teams, the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts.

Da Bear-tini

2 parts Kahlua
1 part Tequila Tezon

Shake in a shaker with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an
orange twist.

A Colt One

1 1/2 parts Malibu Rum… Read more

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hershey’s is now making Dark Chocolate Raspberry Kisses. YUM! I haven’t tried them yet, Nicole Weston at Slashfood says they can be a bit harsh all by themselves, but make a great accompanyment to other treats, such as our Chocolate Raspberry Martini and Champage Cocktails.

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Kisses

Photo by Nicole Weston.