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His & Hers Drinks: Valentine’s Day Cocktails

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Valentine’s Day is almost here and let’s be honest, it isn’t for everyone. If you’re in a good relationship you’re spending it with the one you love giving or receiving flowers, candies, and amazing dinners. If you’re single or in a rocky relationship this day can be the pits. I’m not a relationship counselor, but I think one thing both “types” of people would agree on is that this weekend is a great excuse to drink, and it’s always helpful when a holiday falls on or near the weekend so you aren’t headed into work the next morning. Below we’ve got a roundup of some really good drinks that several of our sponsors have shared with us. We’re not leaving anyone out with these we’ve got a nice mix of drinks for him and her so whether you want it romantic or not, we’ve got you covered. Oh and if you’re not going out AND don’t want to mess with making drinks, check out our review of Baileys Chocolate Covered Cherry Liqueur. It’s delicious and can be served straight up. It’s like a pre-made cocktail in a bottle.

 

Sauza 901 Ruby SparklerThe Ruby Sparkler 

  • 2 parts Sauza® 901® Tequila
  • 1 part fresh grapefruit juice
  • ½ part fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ part simple syrup
  • 5 raspberries, plus more for garnish

Preparation: In a mixing glass, muddle five raspberries.

Add remaining ingredients and shake. Strain before

serving over ice in a highball glass.  Garnish with skewered raspberries.

 

 

 

 

Tequila RoseThe Chocolate Covered Strawberry Martini

Shake with ice and serve in a chilled martini glass. 

 

 

 

 

 

The Heart Breaker (Currently being served on the K.Michelle National Tour)

Combine ingredients in a shaker and strain into a chilled rocks glass.

Dirty, Spicy Ménage MartiniDown & Dirty, Spicy Martini

Add ice to a shaker, then Ménage à Trois Vodka and two dashes of vermouth and olive juice. Shake, and pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with olives for the perfect Ménage à Trois Martini.

 

 

Chocolate Strawberry Negroni (Courtesy of the Musket Room and Christopher Berry)

  • 2 lbs. fresh strawberries
  • Gin (Chris uses The 86 Co. Fords Gin)
  • Crème de Cacao (Chris prefers Tempus Fugit, but Marie Brizard Crème de Cacao White works too)
  • Cocchi Americano
  • Campari

Directions: De-stem and roughly chop strawberries, then place in a large, nonreactive container (such as a glass jar) with gin. Store in the refrigerator for a week to infuse, gently shaking once daily. Strain mixture, gently pressing strawberries. (Optional–strain infused gin through cheesecloth to remove smaller sediment.)

Build drink as follows: 1.5oz. strawberry-infused gin 1oz. Campari 0.75oz. Cocchi Americano 0.25oz. Creme de Cacao Stir with ice, strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.

NSugar and Spiceaughty & Nice, Sugar & Spice 

Stir until completely mixed pour into rocks glass and garnish with clove and lemon wheel.

 

 

Sugar Island Choco-Taco-TiniCRUZ Choco-Taco-Tini – Try this chocolate inspired dessert drink as an alternative to the ordinary heart-boxed chocolates.

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass, garnish with chocolate sauce.

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The Most Popular Spirit of 2014 was…

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2015 is officially here and yes, it took us a full week to recover from the last night of 2014. Hopefully your NYE wasn’t nearly as exhausting, or maybe hopefully it was? Anyway with a new year I like to look back and reflect on some of the craziness that was 2014 and I can say one thing stood out more than any other.

Are you on Pinterest? We’ve been riding the Pinterest tail since it began and it’s pretty addicting. It’s hard to ignore the influence they have and they recently released a Pinterest Top 100 list that crowned a new king in the spirits world. According to Pinterest, Tequila and NOT Vodka was the most sought after spirit for cocktail recipes. That’s pretty impressive. Vodka is a colorless and odorless BEAST that’s usually pretty dominant but this gives me hope that the wicked step child of liquor will make an impressive move in 2015.

In honor of the good news we’re “remixing” one of our favorite cocktails by swapping vodka with tequila and we encourage you to do the same. In the New Year try a Mexican Mule and see if it doesn’t kick it up a notch!

Mexican Mule

  • 1 part Tequila. (We used Sauza 901 Tequila)
  • 2 parts ginger beer
  • Juice of ½ lime

Combine your Tequila and lime juice in a highball glass. Add ice. Pour ginger beer into glass. Garnish with fresh lime wedge.

 

 

 

 

 

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5 Labor Day Cocktails With ONLY 3 Ingredients each

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maple in a minuteLabor Day weekend is here, and that usually signals the unofficial end of Summer. If you’re up north you might be dreading the change but when you’re down south and have had to deal with 95+ degree weather daily, a little cool breeze is much welcomed. Kick back this weekend with one of these tasty labor day cocktails, each with 3 ingredients or less so you can spend less time making them, and more time enjoying them.

Cheers

Maple in a Minute, crafted by Niccole Trzaska of The Liberty NYC  (Pictured above)

shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with mint leaves if desired.

 

 

summer breezeSummer Breeze

 Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add Maker’s Mark, a splash of orange curacao and a squeeze of fresh orange. Top off with ginger ale and garnish with an orange wedge.

 

 

1-2-3 Iced Tea1-2-3 Iced Tea

Combine all ingredients over ice in a highball glass. Stir. Garnish with a lemon wedge, and enjoy!

 

 

 

 

solbeso

 

Birds & The Bees

  • 2 parts Solbeso
  • ½ part lemon juice
  • ½ part honey syrup

Combine ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake, strain into a chilled cocktail glass; garnish with a lemon peel twist.

 

 

berry easy martiniBerry Easy   Martini

Add ice to a shaker, then Ménage à Trois Berry Vodka and two dashes of vermouth.  Shake, and pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with 3 raspberries.

 

 

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Red Carpet Worthy Cocktails

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They’re rolling out the red carpet tonight as Hollywoods finest are all gathered in one room to crown this past years best in film. Whether you’re hosting an Oscars viewing party, or attending someone else’s, we’ve got you covered with a few red carpet cocktail recipes featuring Sauza tequila and Skinny Girl spirits.

The Classically CateThe Classically Cate

  • 2 parts Skinnygirl™ Prosecco
  • 1 packet of sweetener
  • 1 part soda water
  • A splash of cherry juice
  • 1 cherry as garnish (optional)

Add all ingredients into a glass.  Stir quickly to mix and enjoy!

 

 

The Jennifer JuicerThe Jennifer Juicer

  • 3 parts Skinnygirl™ Prosecco
  • 1 part pomegranate juice

Fill ¼ of a champagne flute with pomegranate juice. Top with Skinnygirl™ Prosecco and enjoy! 

 

The Red Carpet Cooler

The Red Carpet Cooler

  • 6 parts of Sauza® Blue 100% Agave Silver Tequila
  • 2 parts Dekuyper® 03 Premium Orange Liqueur
  • 16 parts cran-raspberry juice
  • 8 parts lemon-lime soda
  • 2 tbsp. sanding sugar
  • Sugar (optional)
  • 1 lime for garnish (optional)

*Serves 5

Combine all ingredients in a pitcher filled with ice. Run a lime wedge around half the lip of each glass and dip in sanding sugar to rim. Fill glasses with ice, pour margarita into each glass, and garnish with a lime wedge (optional).

The Leading LadyThe Leading Lady

  • 8 parts Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila
  • 16 parts club soda
  • 2 parts fresh lime juice
  • 1.5 bunch of fresh mint
  • .5 bunch of fresh basil
  • 3.5 tbsp. sugar

*Serves 4

In a small pitcher, muddle together the mint leaves, basil, sugar and lime juice until they start to melt together. Add your Sauza® Blue Silver. Fill 4 glasses with ice and pour cocktail mixture ¾ of the way to the top of each glass. Fill each glass with club soda and garnish with an extra sprig of mint.

 

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