Here are my favorite “Swanky Cocktails” posts, most courtesy from TheBar.com…
Hot New Miami Drink – Yellow Tomato Martini
Michael, Mojitos and The Rumba
Thirsty Thursdays – Royal Stretch
Sexy Chocolatini Recipes
Swanky Cocktails: Caipirissima
Weekend Song and Drink (Dancing Optional)
Pool Party Elegance 4th of July
New Year’s Eve Swank Drink Ideas
Yes, I know it’s a few days early, but today is National Piña Colada Day, and who can resist gettin’ your weekend on a little early in celebration of this great cocktail?
In trying to find a song with the drink in the lyrics, the only thing I could come up with is the Rupert Holmes song “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” which kind of stinks because good ol’ Rupert’s not a crooner, and that song is so late-70’s it’s ridiculous. (Of course, Garth Brooks sang about “Two Piña Coladas” and I’m sure Jimmy Buffet did a song or two involving …read more
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First, Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans!
Before I get on with the Weekend Song and Drink post, I want to direct you all to a post I wrote on Memorial Day weekend, about a great artist, Poto Leifi and his project “Freedom’s On Me”, who is using retro-style artwork to pay tribute to fallen US soldiers. Simply awesome stuff, and we need to remember that it’s these soldiers who keep us independent and free.
Now, on to the celebration!
When I started this blog over a year ago, I wrote a post about a “hot, new Miami drink” …read more
It’s definitely summertime here in the northeast. FINALLY!
Lots of rain the past couple weeks, but when we get a nice, hot day, what’s better to guzzle down than some lemonade?
For this weekend’s song and drink, I’ve selected something different and cool.
Something languid and sexy, that kind of makes you just want to be on a porch swing, leaning back with a leg up, hanging the glass by it’s rim from your fingertips and listening to something slow and piano-laden on the stereo…
I’m shooting for another regular series here at Crooner Culture, the “Weekend Song and Drink”, where I’ll highlight a tasty beverage (usually alcoholic, but often can be made without) and a song that would just go along well while drinking it.
You know how drinking that first sip of hot coffee in the morning gives you a “feeling”?
And you know how that really great song you hear does that same thing?
I’m gonna match them up for you.
So this weekend’s song and drink is… *drumroll*
This very simple summer beverage would be a great offering to guests at an outdoor barbecue or other summer party. It’s easy to make, and I’m willing to bet would be delicious with any other kind of fruit, maybe even mandarin oranges… yum!
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Tanqueray Rangpur Gin
1.5 oz. lemon-lime soda
4 sliced strawberries
crushed ice
Preparation:
Prepare strawberries in a highball glass.
Add crushed ice and Tanqueray Rangpur Gin
Top off with lemon-lime soda
Wouldn’t this be a great drink to have on a tray, as I mentioned before, with different fruits? Try blueberries, crushed purple seedless grapes, mandarin oranges, lemon slices, the sky’s the limit! I …read more
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I don’t know about you, but with the weather getting nicer, sometimes I long for a classy drink just to sit outside and sip on with friends. Be it on a Sunday afternoon, or even during the week for a dinner party, there’s something about light, citrusy cocktails that I love to have new recipes for!
Caipirissima (Brazil)
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Oronoco rum
5 wedges lime
1 tbsp sugar
3 oz fresh squeezed lime juice (not pre-sweetened, like Rose’s)
crushed ice
Preparation:
- In shaker, muddle 4 lime wedges and sugar
- Add Oronoco, lime juice, and ice
- Strain into martini glass and garnish with remaining lime wedge
(I love love …read more
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Ingredients
1 oz. Crown Royal Special Reserve
.25 oz. Triple Sec
2 oz. Sweet and Sour mix
1 lime wedge
Preparation
Add Crown Royal, Triple Sec, and Sweet and Sour mix into shaker.
Shake and strain into chilled, sugar-rimmed rocks glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.
(Recipe and photo from thebar.com – Used with permission.)
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This is pretty cool! Anthony from Art of The Drink has posted a video showing you how to make the drink “Nutty Irishman”.
I really love the way he teaches, but the coolest part is that he’s holding a contest! He asks you a question, and you email him your answers and you’re entered in a drawing to win some pretty cool stuff like an apron, drink recipe book and a DVD.
Definitely watch this vid, then go check out his others to find out the answer to the question, “Which fruit’s fermented juice does Anthony use instead of grapes in …read more
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Gotta love TheBar.com – they keep sending me all these coolie drink recipes to share with you guys for holidays or special occassions! This time it’s St. Patty’s Day!
We all know that March 17th is a day for drinking green beer and eating corned beef and cabbage… but can you imagine some of your favorite crooners going the full swing and dressing up for St. Pat’s? Why not, afterall, we had a kickass holiday office party, why not a St. Patty’s Day party?
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