Memorial Day weekend is upon us, thus kicking off the Summer Season. Even if Summer doesn’t “officially” begin for another month, it’s time to break out the grill, coolers and other gear for outdoor entertaining. Campari, the shockingly red Italian aperitif, had some of the world’s best mixologist create a series refreshing Summer cocktails. This week I chose a recipe that is perfect for that Summer BBQ Party.

Ingredients

1 liter (~4 cups) Campari
1

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Reader Darci share a bit of our childhood in an adult incarnation. Amazing, it does taste like a Mounds Bar. Ad a bit of amaretto and you’ve got an Almond Joy.

Ingredients

2 oz Parrot Bay Coconut Rum
1 oz Godiva Chocolate Liquor

Instructions

Pour over ice in a highball or bucket glass and sip!

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Happy Mother’s Day!

To help celebrate, X-Rate Fusion Liqueur created cocktails in honor of our favorite MILFs from TV and Film.

Sweet Ben’s Pink Lemonade – Mrs Robinson in The Graduate, played by Anne Bancroft
The Dean’s Wife – Marion Wormer in Animal House, played by Verna Bloom
X Meeting Mrs. Bing – Chandler’s Mom in Friends, played by Morgan Fairchild
The X-Rated Rec Room – Stifler’s mom in American Pie,

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Happy Earth Day!

This year the beverage industry is full of sustainable and organic products. We’ve had the pleasure to try a few.

360 Vodka: a 100% organic vodka from the Midwest.

Veev: A sustainable açai spirit full of antioxidants and made with a process that uses 200% less energy than traditional methods.

Root: An organic sassafrass, sarsparilla spirit from the folks at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (that’s quite a word full).  … Read more

Veev is a spirit made from Brazil’s National fruit, the açai (pronounced ah-SIGH-ee) berry. The açai is a packed with antioxidants, omega 3s, calcium, vitamins C & E, and protein. The spirit also contains natural hangover cure, prickly pear and acerola cherry. Veev base spirit is hand crafted and column distilled from wheat.

Veev is a sustainable company that donates $1 from every bottle towards green initiatives. The product is 100% natural and is made … Read more

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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Tammy thought we needed to post more shot drink recipes, so she sent us the Funky Monkey. This shot is an even mix of banana liqueur, coconut rum and Baileys. Yum. Thanks, Tammy!… Read more

This week’s video is a cheeky European commercial starring George Clooney. Martini vermouth is the subject of this swanky episode.

Enjoy!

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DOTW reader Gini was wondering what the right ingredients were for a Spanish Coffee. We did a bit of
digging and found that Gini was on the right track with the recipe she sent us:

Ingredients

1 oz cognac or brandy
1 oz Kahlúa
Fill with strong coffee
Whipped cream on top (optional)

Instructions

Serve in a large espresso glass or footed mug.

We also found several variations on the theme including one that replaces … Read more

Recently introduced to the US, Canton – Indochine Originale, is a modern interpretation ginger-infused elixirs created in French Indochina during the 19th century. Canton is a super-premium ginger liqueur, handcrafted from an infusion of cognac with rare baby ginger, ginseng, vanilla beans, and a touch of honey.

The bottle, made to resemble a bamboo stalk, is one of the more creative we’ve seen.

The nose is unmistakably ginger. It does overpower, but I love it.… Read more