HALLOWEEN: Cocktail Drinks For A Spooktacular Party

You don’t have to throw a monster mash for Halloween. Inviting friends for Halloween-themed cocktails—costumes optional—will do just fine. Here are our choices for a creaky cocktail party menu: Bloody Cocktails Blood Orange Cocktails Bloody Vampire Cocktail Bloody Eyeball Martini & Bleeding Brain Martini   Pick Your Favorite “Spirit” Cocktails Halloween Brandy Cocktails Halloween Gin…
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PRODUCT: Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka

We celebrated National Vodka Day today with Zu, a brand of zubrówka* (pronounced zhu-BRUF-kah), or bison grass flavored vodka. Made by a number of distillers, zubrówka is also referred to as buffalo grass vodka. But it was bison, not buffalo, that roamed the Bialowieza Forest of eastern Poland—cousins of the bison that once populated the…
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PRODUCT: Death’s Door Gin & Vodka

Take a drink of Death’s Door. The company makes gin and vodka, shown, plus white whiskey. Photo courtesy Capital Brewing.   What gin or vodka brand should you bring to a Halloween party? It’s got to be Death’s Door. Made in Wisconsin by Capital Brewery, Death’s Door takes its name from a strait between the…
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Hot Apple Cider Cocktail (Hot Toddy) Recipe

When you feel the first chill of fall, it’s time to snuggle up with a hot cocktail. For your consideration, we present a Heated Affair, created by Jacques Bezuidenhout, who makes the drink with Tequila Partida and spiced apple cider. Bezuidenhout is Brand Ambassador for Tequila Partida. A brand ambassador is a corporate employee who…
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PRODUCT: Bakon Vodka, For Home & Gifts

As we wrote about the Bloody Mary bar earlier today, we searched for our post on Bakon Vodka. We couldn’t find it. One of the quirks of WordPress is that posts disappear. Months later they can reappear (maybe, maybe not). Since we discovered this content-owner-nightmare, we’ve taken screen shots of every post we publish—not only…
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