Category: Cocktails & Spirits

ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Have A Tipsy Leprechaun (Stout Float, Spiked Milkshake)

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We’ve presented a number of cocktails for St. Patrick’s Day, but we’ve saved the best for last. This one contains our favorite food: ice cream. It’s easy to whip up a Tipsy Leprechaun, a more sophisticated stout float (a spiked milkshake) that also contains Irish whiskey and Irish cream liqueur. The recipe comes from R…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Irish Coffee Recipes

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Irish coffee. Photo courtesy Home Essentials.   There are two more days to plan for St. Patrick’s Day. Even if you aren’t Irish, it’s a reason to celebrate with friends and family. If you do nothing else, treat yourself to an Irish Coffee, which was invented in Ireland—for trans-Atlantic airline passengers on layovers (the history).…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Appletini Recipe

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Our drink of choice on St. Patrick’s Day is the green-hued Appletini, also known as an Apple Martini or Green Apple Martini. It’s one of our favorite cocktails. If you want a deeper green color, simply add a drop of food color. The Appletini turned up during the Martini renaissance of the 1990s. By the…
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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: A Celebration Cocktail

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Celebrate more daylight with an AviónSunshine cocktail. Photo courtesy Avión.   Everyone has a favorite holiday: Christmas, Halloween, Easter or Thanksgiving, perhaps. Ours is Daylight Savings Time. We are not a night person: We love the light, from dawn to sunset. We are not happy waking up to a black sky and getting dressed in…
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