Posts tagged: cocktails
Mad Scientist Mixology: Halloween Cocktail Recipes.
By ChrisjobA giant bowl of wispy punch is certainly festive, but a true ghost-host offers their guest customized cocktails that suit their own tastes. Here's a few ideas to get your fall festivities popping.
Garnishes: ANY mixed drink can get a scary-fun makeover with a frightful garnish. Simply mix up drinks per usual, but sink one of the following into your highball or martini glass:
- Plastic spider rings
- Gummy worms
- Novelty eyeballs
- A few drops of » READ MORE
Super Fat Tuesday Cocktail Recipes
By DIY Maven
Not only is it Super Tuesday, it’s Fat Tuesday as well. So, after you’ve voted, how about making one of these cocktails to celebrate Mardi Gras, which you can sip while watching the returns?
New Orleans Fizz (aka Ramos Gin Fizz)
- 2 oz gin
- ½ oz fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp confectioners sugar
- 2 oz cream or half and half
- 2 drops orange flower water
Shake all ingredients in shaker with ice. Strain into collins glass.
New Orleans Hurricane
- ½ cup ice
- 2 oz ligh » READ MORE
Halloween Hooch
By DIY Maven
As they say, candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker, so in the spirit of he season, I’ve scrounged around looking for cocktail recipes that put the howl in Halloween. Here’s some of the spookiest!
Vampire
- 1 part bourbon whiskey
- 1 part Drambuie
- 1 part Dubonnet
Mix with ice and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a red cherry and a twist of lemon.
Black Magic
- 1-1/2 oz. Vodka
- 3/4 oz. Coffee Liqueur
- dash of lemon
Mix the Vodka and Liqueur with cracked » READ MORE
clinQs: Reusable Drink Stickers
By ChrisjobIf beaded wineglass charms don't really suit your style...
how about reusable drink decals in a tiki or gnome theme?
From clinQs.com :
clinQs are reusable vinyl drink decals. A perfect accessory to avoid a beverage mix-up. Ideal for parties, office, gatherings, meetings, conferences, etc.
clinQs can be used with almost any drink container, from beer cans to your finest stemware.
clinQs are reusable! After use, store the decal on » READ MORE
Red, White and Booze
By DIY Maven
Let’s face it, the Fourth of July is less about independence than fireworks, food and adult refreshments. For the sake of my digits, I’ll leave the pyrotechnics to the professionals, and as I’m a vegetarian, you’d be better served getting barbecue advice from a meat eater, but as a kid who played ‘Bar’ with her older brothers and sisters, I feel somewhat qualified to pass on a few drink recipes.
Yankee Doodle
Combine and serve in a ro » READ MORE
Shaken Not Stirred? Stock a Home Bar...
By lilybeeThis is a guide (as compiled by my brother, the cocktail barman) to the gadgets and goodies that you really need to stock your home bar/cabinet where you keep the booze.
1. A SHAKER
Elliot recommends a Boston shaker, these are the ones with the glass top. They are apparently better than the three-piece 'traditional' shaker. When I asked why this was Elliot stared into the middle distance with a look of abject horror on his face and whi » READ MORE
