Hanukkah

  • Eight Crazy Hanukkah Cocktails

    Light up your Hanukkah with more than candles.  We’ve put together eight crazy cocktails, one for each night.  You can even make a game out of it. Assign a letter to the dreidel to four of these and drink away.  

    Fun, right?  Please make sure a responsible adult handles the matches while you are drinking.

    Eight Crazy Drinks For Hanukkah:

      Shalom – this means Hello. Start off a round of cocktails with this tasty treat.
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  • Shanah Tova

    This drink means Happy New Year!

    Ingredients:
    1.5 oz Russian Standard Vodka (kosher)
    2 oz POM pomegranate juice (kosher parve)
    Splash of lemon juice
    Mint leaf

    Directions:
    Shake Russian Standard Vodka, lemon juice and pomegranate juice gently over ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a mint leaf or lemon twist.

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  • Shalom

    This drink means hello.

    Ingredients:
    1.5 oz Russian Standard Vodka (kosher)
    3 oz Golden Flow All Natural Lemonade (kosher parve)
    1 slice of lemon, garnish

    Directions:
    In a tumbler, combine 1.5 oz Russian Standard Vodka, 3 oz of lemonade and ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

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  • Bevakasha

    This drink mean your welcome! It’s essentially a kosher martini.

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Russian Standard Vodka (kosher)
    Splash of Kedem Dry Vermouth (kosher)
    3 Osem Medditerranean Cracked Olives (kosher)

    Directions:
    Pour vodka and vermouth into cocktail shaker. It’s up to you whether you shake or stir. Strain into martini glass.

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  • Cool Blue Drinks For Hanukkah

    Tonight will be the fourth of the eight crazy nights of Hanukkah. We highly recommend indulging in blue cocktails for the nights that remain. You might ask why blue drinks for Hanukkah or why is blue one of the colors of Hanukkah? We searched the internet and found an explanation that we liked. There was no consensus on why blue. A number of people attributed it to the Israeli flag. But, the explanation that we … Read more

  • Top Booze to Buy Your Boss

    The holidays are upon us. We know that most of you are expected to buy your boss a present for Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. We think that booze is the perfect gift to buy, unless your boss is a recovering alcoholic and booze only makes things worse.

    To impress your your boss, you need to pick a spirit that is cool, but not too trendy. You need a bottle that is expensive enough without being … Read more

  • The House of Taittinger – High/Low Weekend

    Our apologies for getting High/Low Weekend up a bit late, but these suggestions are great for the entire holiday season!

    I jokingly tell people that I am a huge fan of anything that sparkles! But, I really love sparkling wine and jewelry (I know, join the long line of women that love those sparklers). Notice that I don’t say I love Champagne but that I love sparkling wine. This is because the world of sparkling … Read more

  • SKYY Holiday Cocktails

    ‘Tis the Season to Eat, Drink and Be Merry! These cocktails from SKYY Infusions do well for the “drink” part of the equation, leaving your guest all the more merry. We even have some suggestions for the “eat” part.

    Candy Cane Swirl

    The Candy Cane Swirl is designed to add a simple, yet festive element to your larger holiday parties, utilizing familiar ingredients easily mixed in larger quantities.

    Ingredients
      1 oz SKYY Infusions Raspberry 3
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  • Give the Gift of Sake

    Think it’s hard to find a quality, original gift for under $20? Go all out without spending a fortune! This simple sake set paired with a bottle of Momokawa Ruby Tokubetsu Junmai sake is sure to please. And I can guarantee it won’t be a duplicate gift. While being highly rated and well-made, the medium-bodied and slightly sweet sake appeals to sake drinkers of all experience levels.… Read more