Drinks After Dark

October 26th, 2008

Halloween Drinks

Halloween is now about a week away. I still don’t have a costume, but I know exactly what I’ll be serving to friends on Friday night.  This is the first of the Drinks After Dark Halloween Recipes - there will definitely be more!
Vampire Juice
In a tall glass with ice mix:
2 oz Finlandia Lime Vodka
4 oz […]

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October 18th, 2008

Kona Brewing announces Pipeline Porter

We spent a week in Honolulu last December, and I totally fell in love with the North Shore and surfing. My favourite beer while in Hawaii was Kona’s Longboard Lager, so it’s no surprise to me that they’ve combined two of my favourite flavours - coffee and beer.
Their new Limited Release Pipeline Porter ($9/6-pack - […]

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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 […]

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October 9th, 2008

Old Wive’s Tale: A Hot Toddy will cure a cold

I’m fighting a nasty cold at the moment, and as soon as people hear me speak, they figure it out pretty quickly and then tell me to go curl up and create myself one of many Old Wive’s Tales to cure the common cold.

So, what are these ‘cures’? They mostly centre around the Hot […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 21 comments

October 1st, 2008

October Cocktail

It’s October first (how did that happen already??) and that means it’s time for another exclusive cocktail from Drinks After Dark’s official Cocktail Guru, Steve Kemble.

This month, Steve’s evoking a little bit of a Halloween bonfire type vibe and brings us a “Campfire Martini”. It’s pretty easy, and something the grown ups can have while […]

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September 28th, 2008

Simply D’vine

G’vine Gin really is simply d’vine.

Made in Cognac, France, using the green grape flower, which only blooms for two weeks in June. This is an ultra-premium gin, bridging the gap between traditional dry gin and a flavoured vodka, by softening the flavour of traditional gin because of the grape flower.
There’s touches, or notes, of nine […]

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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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June 20th, 2008

Baja Fogs: They’re very…effective.

These are probably one of the tastiest, most dangerous drinks in the world. Introduced to me by fellow b5media’er, Tris Hussey, (he learned it from a friend named Linzy), I’ve now taught two different bars this drink.
People shudder when I describe it to them, imagining something that’s just too over the top, and yet, once […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 4 comments

May 31st, 2008

Are you a spilly drinker?

I am. I can admit it. I am a spilly drinker. I don’t ever MEAN to be, but…. well, I am. I usually never mind it, but my friends are usually annoyed.
I may have found a perfect thing to counter my spilly drinker-ness.
The Cubist Cocktail Set. After all, martini glasses and even some wine glasses […]

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