Drinks After Dark

November 1st, 2008

Hot Apple Pie Cocktail

As the weather (here at least) turns cooler, I start to turn to warmer drinks and red wines. The stuff that makes me feel all toasty.
Drinks After Dark’s exclusive cocktail Guru, Steve Kemble has created me something yummy and warm for the cold November nights.
To make:
1 oz 10 Cane Rum
Hot water
1 tbsp apple butter
1 cinnamon […]

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October 31st, 2008

Virtual Cocktail Chatter

Each Thursday, fancy mixologists, cocktail geeks and bartenders gather in a chat room and geek out over cocktails. They create new recipes, try and out-do one another and pretty much drink all night. All in all, it’s a pretty fantastic time.
I know this is a day late, but Kaiser Penguin had the wrap up from […]

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October 27th, 2008

Last Minute Must Have Cocktail Accessories

You simply cannot throw a good Halloween party (or show up to one) without the following accessories:
Target has some fantastic cocktail shakers for your ghastly concoctions.
And, if you’ve got beer drinkers coming to your house, what better way to keep their personal brand of booze cold but in an inflatable skeleton cooler? This one’s definitely […]

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October 15th, 2008

Cocktails for a Cause

Today is Blog Action Day, where more than 12,000 bloggers around the world band together for one cause, and this year, blog action day is shining a spotlight on poverty.

While alcoholism affects many who live in poverty, there are equally as many of us who can not only have a drink or two and stop, […]

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October 14th, 2008

$6,200 Cocktail

Yes, you read that right.
There’s a new casino recently opened in  Uncasville, CT, and to commemorate it, they’ve teamed up with, who else but Tiffany & Co. to offer a new cocktail called Windfall.
The drink itself sounds innocuous enough, even though it’s a pour worth $550. A mixture of Krug Grand Cuvee Brut Champagne, Richard […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 213 comments

October 10th, 2008

A Must Have for Guinness Lovers

There are plenty of reasons to raise a pint to the Irish. Saint Patrick, the Blarney Stone, Leprechauns.
All of those reasons might be lovely, but one of the best reasons to raise a pint to the Irish is that in 1759, young Arthur Guinness founded a brewery at St. James’s Gate, and crafted a hearty, […]

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October 5th, 2008

Jim Beam Visitor’s Experience

Jim Beam bourbon recently announced a new, multi-million dollar Visitor’s Experience project at the Clearmont, KY distillery.

(L to R): Master Distiller Fred Noe (great-grandson of Jim Beam), head of the Visitor’s Experience Project Jim Beam Noe (great-grandson of Jim Beam), Kentucky Tourism Secretary Marcheta Sparrow and Jeff Conder, VP for North American Operations for Beam […]

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August 18th, 2008

Red Bull gives you…. heart damage?

Oy. Based on this study, I will never, ever drink a Red Bull and Vodka ever again.
Researchers in Australia have found that just one sugar free can of Red Bull raised the level of stickiness of the blood and could lead to the formation of blood clots.
But according to Dr. Scott Willoughby, of […]

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August 17th, 2008

Paris Hilton Makes Wine

Who knew? I found out at VinoCamp.

The drink is described as: "The perfect ’starter drink’ for your night or a special pleasure as a reward at the end of the day." Paris has launched a new "bubbly blonde" drink - which comes in original, passion fruit and strawberry.
Of course she has. She already has her […]

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August 11th, 2008

Dr. Dre to release new spirits

Rap mogul, Dr. Dre, has entered into an equity partnership (rather than the typical celebrity spokesperson role) with Drinks America to produce a super-premium cognac (what is it with rappers and Cognac?) and a sparkling vodka “beverage”. I was kind of interested until I got to the “beverage” part. That just reminds me of coolers […]

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