Fat Tuesday

  • Mardi Gras 2010

    With the New Orleans Saints winning Super Bowl XLIV, this year’s Mardi Gras Celebration aims to be one of the best ever. If you can’t be in NOLA, we’ve got a whole host of New Orleans Classics and Mardi Gras themed cocktails. We’ll start with these new drinks from Skyy Infusions.

    Mardi Grape

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Skyy Infusions Grape
    2 oz grapefruit juice
    2 oz grape juice
    ½ oz club soda

    Instructions:
    Combine all ingredients … Read more

  • Mardi Gras 2009

    Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is the day before Ash Wednesday but can fall anywhere from February 3 to March 9. The floating date is always 47 days before Easter. This Mardi Gras we keep the Hurricanes flowing and forget the economy if only until Wednesday. Learn more about Mardi Gras.

    SoCo & Lime Hurricane Ingredients

    3 oz Southern Comfort
    1.5 oz sweet and sour mix
    ½ oz blue curacao
    ½ oz sweetened lime … Read more

  • Sazerac

    Mardi Gras is upon us and Fat Tuesday is around the corner. So why feature the classic New Orleans Cocktail. No, I’m not talking about a Hurricane, I am talking about the Sazerac one of the very first cocktail recipes in history. It was created in the 1830’s by Pharmacist Antoine Amedie Peychaud, as a way to deliver a dose of his “health” elixir, Peychaud’s Bitters. These bitters are still used today.

    This classic cocktail … Read more