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Showing posts with label cocktails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cocktails. Show all posts

Monday, May 11, 2009

SIPATINIZ Party Glass

I ran across this adorable gift idea from designbykendall, who featured The January 09 next big thing winner, Renee Williams, who designed the incredible Sipatiniz.




Sipatiniz pronounced
(sip-a-tee-neez)
are spill-resistant martini glasses that is uniquely designed, with the traditional shape and style of a martini glass but with a new, fun design that prevent spills.















You can defiantly party in style and move around, without worrying about spills.



To buy for that hip hostess or for that special engagement, check out her founded company named Fabulous Touch Gifts.






Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ultimate Signature Cocktail



Have you been searching for a cocktail to complement that special dinner party, wedding, engagement party , or for a bridal shower? Well I found some great ideas for you!

A Signature Cocktail is a must-have for your upscale vibe
event,it will set the tone for your party and have your guests
feeling special.








Signature cocktails
add dimension to the other decorative items at your party.




Choose a signature cocktail that fits with the other elements of your party.






Cocktails Recipes



Liberty and Equality



What You Need

- 1/2 oz. pomegranate liqueur
- 1 oz. light rum
- 1/4 oz. Blue Curacao
- 1 tsp. agave nectar
- Maraschino cherry, for garnish



How to Make It

- Pour pomegranate liqueur into a martini glass.
- In a cocktail shaker, add other ingredients except cherry and shake well.
- Slowly strain over pomegranate liqueur into martini glass.
- Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Courtesy of Jonathan Pogash/The Cocktail Guru



Caribbean Breeze


What You Need

- 1 oz. Caribbean rum
- 1 oz. homemade grenadine*
- 1/2 oz. Grand Marnier
- 1/2 oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
- Jamaican ginger beer
- Thinly sliced lemon wheel, for garnish



How to Make It

- Add first 4 ingredients to a tall glass and stir briefly.
- Top with ginger beer.
- Garnish with lemon wheel.
- Dissolve 1 cup sugar in 1 cup pomegranate juice. Superfine sugar dissolves instantly. Refrigerate any leftovers.



Courtesy of Jonathan Pogash/The Cocktail Guru





Champagne Apricato





- 1 oz. Tanqueray Gin
- 1 oz. Marie Brizard Apry (apricot liqueur)
- ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
- ¾ oz. simple syrup
- 2 oz. premium champagne
- Apricot slice
- Edible flower (for garnish)

To make simple syrup, bring 2 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water to a boil. Once the sugar has dissolved, remove from heat. Let cool to room temperature. Combine gin, liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice in a cocktail shaker, and shake well. Strain into a flared glass; top off with champagne. Add apricot, and garnish.

Cocktail created by Audrey Saunders, the Pegu Club, NYC.


Fire & Ice Martini




What You Need

- 2 oz. ginger and jalapeno-infused vodka
- 2 oz. grapefruit syrup
- 1 oz. fresh-squeezed white grapefruit juice



How to Make It

- Shake all ingredients with ice in a martini shaker, strain, and serve in a gold sugar-rimmed martini glass.



Courtesy of Marcey Brownstein Catering & Events, (212) 807-0568, MarceyBrownstein.com



Key Lime Pie




What You Need

* Lime juice
* Crumbled graham crackers for rim
* 1 1/2 oz. KeKe Beach Key lime cream liqueur
* 1 1/2 oz. vanilla vodka
* Squeeze of fresh lime
* 1 1/2 oz. half-and-half



How to Make It

* Saturate rim of a martini glass with lime juice.
* Dip upside down into graham cracker crumbs.
* Pour liqueur, vodka, and squeeze of lime into a shaker.
* Shake and strain into a martini glass.
* Add half-and-half.



Courtesy of Liquidchefs

Tangerini



What You Need

- 1 oz. tangerine schnapps
- 1 oz. vodka
- Tangerine juice
- Orange/tangerine peel, for garnish



How to Make It

- Shake and strain first 3 ingredients into a martini glass.
- Garnish with orange/tangerine peel.

Courtesy of Liquidchefs
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