One Week
June 27, 2008 | Filed Under Party, Drink Recipes | No Comments
One week from today it will be July 4th, and the parties will be going all night long! It is awesome when holidays like this actually fall over the weekend. Friday night is going to be a huge party night, so remember to be responsible and find a DD for your partying night!
With that being said here is a nice drink to have at one of your parties that is even kid friendly!
INGREDIENTS:
Ice cubes
Cranberry juice
Wild Berry flavor Gatorade Fierce
Diet 7-Up
Instructions:
1. Fill a clear glass with ice cubes. Pour the drink with the most sugar (check the nutrition label) into the glass. For our red, white, and blue recipe, start with the cranberry juice.
2. Very slowly add a beverage that contains less sugar — in this case, Wild Berry flavor Gatorade Fierce. Be careful to pour it onto an ice cube — not directly into the other drink — to keep them from mixing.
3. Use the same technique to add a layer of Diet 7-Up
Red White and Blue Sangria
June 18, 2008 | Filed Under Entertainment, Drink Recipes | No Comments
I love sangria, it tastes so good on a hot day. I added this recipe because I thought it would be a great drink to serve at any upcoming patriotic party or any party really that is coming up. The ingredients are simple and so are the directions. You are only a half hour away from having an amazing drink that tastes great and will impress even your pickiest of guests!
RED, WHITE AND BLUE SANGRIA
1 bottle dry white wine
1/2 cup triple sec
1/4 cup citrus- or berry-flavored vodka
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup simple syrup
3/4 cup blueberries
3/4 cup hulled and sliced strawberries
3/4 cup raspberries
1/2 cup pineapple chunks
Combine all ingredients in a large glass punch bowl or pitcher and stir well. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours. Serve over ice.
Summer Watermelon
May 29, 2008 | Filed Under Party, Drink Recipes | No Comments
Ingreds:
8 cups diced watermelon (about 1/2 of a small watermelon), plus slices for garnish
8 ounces lemon vodka, chilled
7 ounces simple syrup, recipe follows
1 (17.5-ounce) can coconut juice
1 lemon
Instructions:
Chill watermelon in the freezer for 30 minutes. Put all the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Finish with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Serve very cold in a chilled glass, and garnish with watermelon or lemon slices.
Simple Syrup Recipe:
1 cup sugar
1 cup waterPut the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. (Alternatively, heat in the microwave.) Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
***** ****** ***** *****
This recipe looked wonderful for a hot summer day. It is never too early to start planning your Independence Day celebration, this would be a perfect drink to serve, especially if you added a couple of blueberries to the garnish.
I love anything that is like a smoothie and this seems like it would be tasty and refreshing too! Now I have a drink project for next weekend.
Memorial Day Weekend
May 23, 2008 | Filed Under Entertainment, Drink Recipes | No Comments
For those of you that are hosting something fun this weekend I wanted to provide a recipe (of sorts) for a patriotic looking drink.
The hardest part would be layering it perfect. The ingredients are:
1 part Grenadine
1 Part Peach Schnapps1 part Blue curaçao
Layer the drink in that order! This shot should be a hit at this weekend’s parties!
Key Largo OJ
May 8, 2008 | Filed Under Entertainment, Drink Recipes | No Comments
Key Largo OJ Drink Recipe
Ingredients:
1 part Orange Juice
1 part Tropical Fruit Schnapps
Directions: Add ice and then equal parts of key largo and orange juice. Mix and enjoy!
What an awesome drink to serve on a hot day! It is amazing how neat drinks look when you add whole fruits to them. I do not think that I ever had the tropical fruit schnapps before, I am sure it is awesome. Make up a tray of these at any outdoor party and you are sure to be the host of the year!
Thank you to DrinkSwap.com for the recipe and the image.
Rum and Pepsi
April 30, 2008 | Filed Under Blabber, Keg, Drink Recipes | No Comments
My friend was talking about opening up a bar and we both like Pepsi better than Coke, but she says no one ever orders a rum and Pepsi. I told her that is true but often times if a place has Coke and I ask for a Pepsi they just bring me Coke. I figure that people would not cancel their drink order based on a technicality like that and she says that they will. I want to know what you guys think? If you are a rum and Coke drinker would you drink a rum and Pepsi or would you change your order and never go back to that bar again?
Sex on the Beach Jell-o Shots
April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Amazing, Drink Recipes | No Comments
Ingreds:
1 small package of orange jell-o
1 cup of boiling cranberry juice
3/4 cup vodka
1/4 cup peach schnapps
Mix vodka and schnapps together in a glass. Prepare Orange Jell-o by pouring the powder into a bowl. Pour the boiling cranberry juice over the powder and mix until there is nothing on the bottom. Add the vodka and schnapps mixture. Pour liquid into very small plastic cups (I usually find mine at Gordon’s Food Service) Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
**A can of Ready Whip is always a nice touch while doing Jell-o shots!**
Jell-o shots can always be a great addition to any party, especially summer outdoor parties. One thing to keep in mind is that Jell-o does turn into liquid when it gets warm so either keep them in the fridge or a cooler works too!
Bailey’s Is Like So Good
April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Entertainment, Drink Recipes | No Comments
*Recipe: Mint Baileys Chocolate Martini*
Since Bailey’s started making the mint flavor there are so many new recipes to be made. I am a huge fan of dessert drinks and this one looks like a real crowd pleaser. I am a huge fan of mint chocolate, so I am going to have to give this one a try!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 oz. Smirnoff Vodka
- 1 1/2 oz. Mint Baileys Irish Cream
- 1/2 oz. Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
- Chocolate syrup
Garnish: Mint leaf
Directions:
Chill Martini glass by placing ice in empty glass and let stand. Mix Mint Baileys Irish Cream, Smirnoff Vodka, and Godiva white chocolate liqueur over ice in a shaker. Shake well or until frost develops on outside of metal shaker. Remove Ice from chilled Martini glass. Drizzle chocolate syrup along the inside edges of the chilled martini glass. Strain cocktail from shaker into chilled martini glass and garnish with a mint leaf. Enjoy.
Sex on the Beach Drink Recipe
April 12, 2008 | Filed Under Drink Recipes | No Comments
Ingreds:
1 Oz. Vodka
3/4 Oz. Peach Schnapps
Cranberry Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Sex on the Beach Directions (haha)
Add vodka and peach schnapps to a highball glass. Fill with equal measures of cranberry juice and grapefruit juice, and stir, don’t forget to enjoy!
Such a great treat to enjoy on an upcoming warm summer day underneath a shady umbrella!
Orange Creamezcal
April 8, 2008 | Filed Under Drink Recipes | No Comments
I am going to start posting recipes that are great for summer. Summer is just around the bend and it is always nice to have cold drink recipes to enjoy at your backyard events!
Orange Creamezcal4 small scoops vanilla ice cream, about 2/3 cup
1 ounce mezcal
6 ounces orange soda, chilledDrop the ice cream scoop into a chilled soda glass. Pour the mescal over the ice cream, and then the orange soda. Serve.
