Drinks After Dark

October 31st, 2008

Fresh Pear Cocktails

An interesting tidbit popped into my inbox from USA Pears the other day, all about using fresh pears in cocktails. Some of the recipes look fantastic, and I’m always up for trying new recipes. These sound amazing. These are the first two that caught my eye, and you can find more at the USA Pears […]

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August 21st, 2008

Snake Whiskey

(image, Life’s a gasp)
Yep, that’s exactly what it looks like. A snake in a bottle of alcohol. Snake Whiskey.
What is snake whiskey? Well, it’s madness, a bottle of whiskey with a dead cobra inside,pieces of snake skin floating around in it, nasty! [source]
I, personally, didn’t find it nasty. […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 7 comments

July 14th, 2008

So you want to learn how to drink Tequila?

This is the first of the new Drinks After Dark feature series, so you want to learn how to drink…. and we’re tackling tequila.

image source: Alicia on Flickr
When I was turning 21, I was stupid. I can admit it. I was an idiot. My friends and I decided that we needed to celebrate my birthday, […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 2 comments

July 2nd, 2008

Introducing a new feature: So you want to learn how to drink…..

A year or two ago, I decided that if I wanted to do business with the big boys, I would need to learn to drink something a little more manly than a Cosmo. I knew that the businessmen that I envisioned myself sitting with, which for some reason, were oil barons in my mind’s eye, […]

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June 24th, 2008

Review and Recipe: Making the Perfect Caipirinha with Leblon Cachaca

I’ve only seen Caipirinhas (pronounced Kai-Pur-Een-Ya) on restaurant menus, but had never tried them before. When I was offered a bottle of Leblon Cachaça (Ka-Sha-Sa) to try, I said “sure!” and then turned to my best friend, Google, and asked her what the hell cachaça was. Turns out, it’s a Brazilian rum-based spirit used […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 2 comments

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 30th, 2008

Finding my way to a surprisingly perfect Margarita

I am a huge margarita fan. There was a period of time in my life (mostly my late 20’s) when I couldn’t even stand the smell of tequila - whether in a bottle, on someone’s breath or in a mixed drink. I blame it on my 21st birthday and the bottle of Silver Sauza. Ugh. […]

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