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We met David in Vegas, while he was competing in the “Shake It Up” bartending competition. This creation of his made it to the finals. If you are ever in Kansas City, stop by Morton’s and David will happily whip you up a masterpiece.
Ingredients1 ½ oz Absolut Pears
1 ½ oz Plymouth Gin
½ oz fresh lime juice
8–10 fresh honey dew melon balls
1 oz raw honey
1 thumbnail size of fresh … 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 Ingredients1 shot (1 ½ oz) of sour apple schnapps
½ oz grenadine
Lemonade
Fill a tall glass tumbler with ice. Add Sour Apple schnapps and grenadine. Fill remainder of tumbler with lemonade. Serve.
Trickster Ingredients1 shot (1 ½ oz) of amaretto
1 shot (1 ½ oz) of vodka… Read more
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
What is this world coming to? Michigan State Attorney General hath decreed that barbers may not serve a courtesy beer to their clients for concomitant consumption without a license to serve liquor. Are you kidding me? Says the bartender, I mean barber, Thomas Martin,
… Read more“Offering a complimentary beer is not something that we created; it’s an old-fashioned service that was done years ago. We just brought it back with the other old-fashioned services that we
Thank God it’s Friday! Dr. Dre is in the liquor biz and it is about time. Dre has partnered with Drinks Americas, of Trump Vodka fame, to produce a line of spirits and mixers.
First out of the gate will be Dr. Dre Cognac, straight out of Compton. Kidding, actually it is a fine cognac from France. Plans are in the works for a tequila and vodka as well.
Drinks Americas [via Luxist]… Read more
An interesting article I recently wrote up for Dethroner:
Forget the worm, this bottle of vodka has a 10 inch rattler stewing. Earlier this week Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents seized 411 bottles of Rattle Snake infused vodka at Bayou Bob’s Brazos River Rattlesnake Ranch in Texas. Apparently, Bob didn’t have a license to sell booze. Oops.
… Read moreTABC officials said alcohol-containing snakes and scorpions are popular in Asian cultures. An Internet search found operations selling
From reader Jon comes a great way to dress up your bourbon. Perfect for spring!
2 oz bourbon
½ oz Grand Marnier
Soda water
Ginger ale
An orange slice
In an old-fashioned glass, muddle the orange slice (remove the rind and set it aside to be used as the garnish) and a splash of soda water. Add bourbon and Grand Marnier. Stir. Add ice and top with equal parts soda water and ginger … Read more
To kick off last month’s Nightclub & Bar Conference, Pernod-Ricard held a party at the Playboy Club in Las Vegas. Located a top the Palms Hotel, this is the only Playboy Club in the World. The views both inside and out were amazing!
Thanks again to our friends at Pernod-Ricard!
Playboy Club at the Palms… Read more
A study conducted by Gottingen University in Germany shows that the hippocampus shrinks less for drinkers of beer than wine or the hard stuff:
The groundbreaking study shows that the hippocampus, the part of the brain involved in memory, spatial tasks and many other functions, was more than 10 per cent smaller in those whose tipple was wine than in those who favored beer.
Beer Drinkers? Bigger Brains! [Dethroner]… Read more
Gena at Big City, Little Kitchen, made this variation of a Nigella Lawson recipe. The addition of a cup of Guinness not just makes these cakes perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, it makes them tasty too!
Big City, Little Kitchen – Beer Cupcakes! [via Craftzine]… Read more