Drinks After Dark

November 21st, 2008

Deck the halls and Decorate your Cocktails

Anyone who knows me knows I have a bit of a bah-humbug streak in me, but this is one Christmas movement I can get behind!
Tim Laird, dubbed America’s Chief Entertaining Officer (CEO) has some tips to make your holiday cocktails as pretty and festive as your freaky-about-Christmas friend’s Christmas decor.
Tim recommends using Tequila and Vodka […]

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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 […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 1 comment

October 24th, 2008

Tuaca: Italian Culture comes to Canada

I’ve got a soft spot in my heart for versatile spirits, and Tuaca (pronounced Two-aww-ka) fits that bill perfectly. It’s also one of the most difficult spirits to describe. In fact, I’ve gone as far as pulling the bottle out of the fridge, read the back of the bottle and also looked through all the […]

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October 5th, 2008

Crystal Head Vodka

Funny-man Dan Aykroyd has done some… interesting things throughout his career (look at Ghostbusters II. Who thought that was a good idea?), but this might very well be one of the odder ones.

Crystal Head Vodka. The bottle is really really cool, but who knows what the vodka actually tastes like? The site itself doesn’t […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 4 comments

September 2nd, 2008

Dubonnet makes a comeback

The classic cocktails, you know, the ones from the 50’s and earlier, are making a comeback in today’s lounges and bars, and Dubonnet is one of those classic ingredients.
Dubonnet, like Absinthe, is one of those liquids developed in the mid-1800’s (1846 to be exact) to help make quinine more palatable for the soldiers battling […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 2 comments

July 23rd, 2008

Review: Kai Vodka

When I first heard about Kai Lychee Vodka, I was quite excited. I’m not a big fan of Lychee nuts themselves (too slimy for me) but I like the flavour of a lychee liquor.
When the samples arrived for me to try, it was actually rather hard to determine the difference between the Lychee Vodka […]

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June 27th, 2008

Trend: House Infused Vodkas

I noticed infused vodka sitting on the bar when I was at Mortons, and after that, I caught notice of it a few other places as well. Enough places as I’m looking at the drink menu at the Seattle restaurant I’m meeting Gary Vaynerchuk at, I noticed immediately that they use House Infused orange vodka. […]

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June 21st, 2008

Land of the Midnight Sun

The summer solstice always reminds me of Finland. I got an opportunity to go above the Arctic Circle and experience a full day when the sun did not set. I watched it hit the horizon and almost … bounce. It visibly rose again. Three am felt like 3 pm. And it stays this way […]

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June 3rd, 2008

Cocktail Recipe: Cold War Shots, the perfect balance of vodka & sambuca

Man, it’s a good thing that I am my own boss. I have this uncanny knack of going out on on a “school night” and staying out far later than I should. Far far too late, with far far too much alcohol.
Last night was no exception.
Jeremy Wright, the head honcho for b5media (aka Capt. Fancy […]

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