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5 Great Game Day Drinks

By Alex | Co-Founder

This past Thursday, the NFL returned with the first game of the season where the Denver Broncos sliced and diced the Baltimore Ravens. This weekend though, is the official kickoff to the season with the first NFL Sunday of the year. Are you planning a tailgate? Do you have the menu planned? How about the drinks? Well, we wanted to share a few of our favorite kickoff cocktails to sip while watching your favorite team this weekend. None of these are too difficult, because lets face it, who wants to deal with 10 different ingredients and have to clean up that mess? In between snaps, you need quick and easy access to some good eats and strong drinks, so here’s some simple cocktails we suggest for game day.

Irish Coffee: If you’re an early starter on Sundays like me, you’ll want a little pick me up while firing up that grill and getting the party started. An Irish coffee kills two birds with one stone.

1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
Heavy cream, slightly whipped

Pour your coffee into a warmed glass about 3/4th’s of the way full. Add in your brown sugar and stir until it dissolves. Next pour in the whiskey and finally top off with your heavy cream by layering it over the top using the back of a spoon. Stir to your liking and serve.

Apple Pie Punch: I know, I said simple drinks, and then you read Apple Pie and think there’s probably like 50 things going into this. This one isn’t quick, but it is easy. It’s meant to be made in bulk and made a few hours before (or overnight). Try this one, you wont regret it.

Single Serve

1/2 cup of Apple juice
1/2 cup of Apple cider
2 tbsp of sugar
1/4 cinnamon stick
1 shot of Everclear (Or substitute grain alcohol).

Party Serving

1 gal of apple juice
1 gal of apple cider
4 cups of sugar
7 cinnamon sticks
1 qt everclear

Add the apple juice,cider,cinnamon sticks, and sugar in a pot, then boil until the sticks open all te way up. Let it cool and then add in your Everclear. Chill, possibly overnight, and enjoy.

John Daly: This one’s pretty standard these days at Tailgates in the South, especially with the Sweet Tea Vodka boom from a few years ago. Three simple ingredients, two if you use sweet tea flavored vodka instead.

1 1/2 oz. Vodka
1 oz Iced Tea
1 oz Lemonade
1 wedge Lemon

Pour your ingredients in a tall glass filled with ice, then stir. Alternatively you can make this drink by mixing equal parts sweet tea flavored vodka, and lemonade.

Black & Tan: We’re not big beer fans, but most of our friends are. So while it’s easy to just buy a 12 pack and call it a day, we like to take it a step further. Two good beers, poured together, and making one awesome beer cocktail.

8 oz Guinness Stout beer
8 oz Bass (or your favorite pale ale)

Pour your pale ale into a pint glass. Float the Guinness on top to fill the glass, by pouring it over a bar spoon, to sit on top of the pale ale.

Washington Apple: What would a tailgate be without a shooter? This one’s one of Lori’s favorites, and one of my most popular shots served. Its simple with only 3 ingredients, and its dangerously good. It’s got enough alcohol in it to sneak up on you, but all you’ll notice is the sweet taste of apple.

1 oz Crown Royal
1 oz Sour Apple Schnapps
1 oz Cranberry Juice
Apple slice for garnish (Optional)

Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.. Shake and strain into chilled shot glasses and serve.

\So what’s your favorite tailgating drink? We’re working on our list of Top 10 Tailgating drinks for next week, and we would love your input. That’s all for now.

Cheers!

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I‘ll admit, I’m a sucker for a well marketed or gimmicky brand of anything, especially when it comes to alcohol. So when I originally aw the advertisements for Crown Royal Maple Whisky I pretty much mentally crowned it champion of its kind before even tasting it. The results, underwhelming, but still a good sip-able whisky that bordered on becoming a liqueur because of its sweet intensity. Then a few weeks back I was surfing on Caskers.com, an awesome site that creates a platform for customers to find and buy some of the finest craft spirits available, and heard about Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky. I salivated a bit I wont lie, but resisted the urge to order one. They’re sold out now, but fortunately a representative of the brand reached out to us and allowed us the chance to taste and share our experience with you.

Tap 357 is the result of taking two things that are synonymous with Canada, and fusing them together to create bottle of awesome. So how do they bottle awesome exactly? Well you start distilling your expertly selected blended whiskies four times before maturing them in a combination of new and used bourbon barrels at one of Canada’s oldest distilleries. You then combine them with pure maple syrup, Canada 1 Light to be exact and finish off the process by leaving the whisky to rest for additional time until deemed ready for consumption. If you were wondering where the name 357 comes from, no they didn’t just throw it on the end like your buddy did his twitter name. Tap is crafted from cask aged 3,5, and 7-year-old blended rye whiskies. Thirsty yet?

First Impression: Standard “small batch” bottle with artwork and labeling that puts a nice touch on the image their brand wants to convey. We popped the cork and what a perfectly satisfying aroma. Easily identifiable maple aroma that’s still subtle enough that it doesn’t overwhelm your nostrils. This right off bat is a one-up on commercially marketed competitor, crown royal maple. The first impression is this is a maple flavored whiskey, and not whiskey infused maple syrup.

Tasting Notes: Here’s where the party begins. We poured a few warm glasses to really let the flavors and aromas reach potential. It’s got a beautiful light amber color by the way, and we’re visual drinkers, so you know by then we were pretty anxious to take a sip, or two, or three. It’s got a slightly sweet maple beginning followed by a spicy finish brought on from the rye. Just the right amount of maple influence in my opinion.Canadian whiskies are typically easier on the finish by rye whiskies tend to be the opposite. The maple works perfectly to soften the intensity of the whisky bite. Add in some subtle notes of honey and a smokey finish and you’ve got yourself a well crafted whisky that is good enough to remind me of Sunday morning pancakes, with out completely tasting like it.

Price: $29.99 (750ML)

Final Notes: Nothing much to say here that we haven’t already made clear. This was one of our favorite spirits in recent time to review. Great taste from start to finish and a lovely aroma that sets the mood. Drink it near, on the rocks, or use it with some of your other favorite mixers/ingredients and see where it takes you. At 81 proof, its got just bite to match its bark. It’s deceptively smooth so just known you’ve been warned now. For more information on Tap357 including where it can be purchased, visit their them at www.TapWhisky.com. In the meantime check out below for a few recipes to try with it. That’s all for now, Cheers.