Entries Categorized as 'How To'

How to pour a layered cocktail

Date May 20, 2009

Layered cocktails taste good, look amazing and impress anyone who sees you successfully pouring them. They’re typically associated with sweet liqueurs, but plenty of layered cocktail recipes use rum, whiskey, vodka and other hard liquors to cut the sweetness and add some kick. Whether your style is “cin-cin” or “chug chug,” there’s a layered cocktail out there for you.

Pouring these ..read more

Vodka Gummi Bears

Date March 22, 2009

When you soak gummi bears in vodka, they absorb the alcohol and turn into a yummy fruity treat with a kick. The how-to part of this is pretty simple, so I decided to make things a little more interesting. In addition to regular vodka gummi bears, I made vodka sugar-free gummi bears, vodka gummi worms (purely to see if they ..read more

How to make green beer, leprechaun style

Date March 10, 2009

When I decided to write an article on how to make the perfect green beer, I decided no fooling around: I captured a leprechaun and asked it for the recipe. At first, of course, it refused to tell me. It even offered to take me to its pot of gold instead, but I knew that was a trick. ..read more

Mixology Tip: Customizing Cocktails for Guests

Date March 7, 2009

When you’re serving cocktails to guests, there’s a very easy way to impress them by tweaking the drink so it’s just how they like it:

Use just a little less of each ingredient than the recipe calls for, or pour in your pre-mixed cocktails but leave a little room at the top. Ask if they prefer the drink sweet or dry or ..read more

Skittles Vodka Tutorial

Date January 19, 2009

Infusing vodka with Skittles is a very popular trend right now. There are a couple of different ways to do it. My way involves separating all the Skittles into their separate flavors and making five different bottles of Skittles vodka.

For this project, you’ll need:

One 1.75 liter bottle of vodka (I used Stoli – you don’t need the most expensive vodka, ..read more

Entertainment Tip: Mixing Multiple Drinks

Date January 9, 2009

When you’re entertaining guests, you can save yourself time by pre-mixing a shakerful of cocktails. This is simple to do – just follow the tips below.

Premixing a pitcher of cocktails

You can pre-mix a pitcher of cocktails up to a week before your party, as long as you don’t add ice until you’re ready to serve:

Know how many drinks you expect ..read more