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Festive Christmas Cocktail Recipes

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Are you ready to spread some holiday cheer? Are you looking for some yummy Christmas cocktail recipes to share with your party guests this holiday season? We’ve got you covered with some festive cocktails your guests will enjoy.

coconut christmas cocktail

Coconut Christmas

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Shellback Silver Rum
  • 3/4 ounce White Chocolate Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Cream of Coconut
  • 2 ounces Half & Half
  • Shredded Coconut for Garnish

Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with shredded coconut on top.

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Holiday House Party Punch

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Shellback Spiced Rum
  • 3/4 cup Orange Juice
  • 3/4 cup Pineapple Juice
  • 1/4 cup Lemon Juice
  • 1/4 cup Grenadine
  • Dash of Classic Bitters
  • Maraschino Cherry & Pineapple Slice for Garnish

Directions: Combine all liquids except bitters in a punch bowl with ice and stir. To serve, ladle into stemless wine glasses filled with ice. Top each glass with dash of classic bitters. Garnish with cherry and pineapple.

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Mistletoe Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 1/4 oz Gin
  • 8 Cranberries

Directions: Muddle cranberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lime juice, agave nectar, gin and ice. Shake and strain into a bucket glass with ice. Garnish with a skewer of cranberries.

mexican holiday

Mexican Holiday

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 1/2 oz Cranberry Juice
  • 1/2 oz Spiced Orange Syrup*
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • Cinnamon Stick Garnish

Directions: Combine liquids in rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with cinnamon stick to stir.

*Spiced Orange Syrup: Place zest of one orange, 12 cloves, 1 tablespoon Allspice, 3/4 cup Water and 1 1/2 cup Organic Cane Sugar in saucepan over medium heat. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved (approximately 5 minutes). Strain. Discard zest and spices. Refrigerate syrup.

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Camarena Roja

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 1/2 oz Pinot Noir
  • 1/2 Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 oz Grapefruit Soda

Directions:

In a rocks glass, mix all ingredients, except the grapefruit soda. Add ice and top off with grapefruit soda and stir. Garnish with lime wedge.

peppermint martini

Peppermint Martini

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 1 oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz of Peppermint Liqueur

Directions:

Add all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Please make sure your guests drink responsibly. Ever drink and drive, or let your party guests drink and drive!

Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes

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Can you believe Thanksgiving is only a little over a week away already? I love this time of year, getting together with family and friends. Holiday entertaining doesn’t have to be stressful at all. You can serve up a couple of these Thanksgiving cocktail recipes featuring Shellback Spiced Rum, Camarena Tequila and Blue Ice Vodka  to your family and friends to help celebrate the season.


Shellback Spice

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Shellback Spiced Rum
  • 1/2 ounce Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 ounce Mint Syrup (See below)
  • Dash of Bitters
  • Top with Fever-Tree Ginger Beer
  • Mint Sprig for Garnish

Directions:

Pour all ingredients, except ginger beer, into a mixing glass. Shake with ice, then strain into a copper mug over ice (or rocks glass if copper mug isn’t available). Top with ginger beer and garnish with a mint sprig.

Mint Syrup: Place 12 fresh mint leaves, 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Let cool, then sit for a few hours. Strain out mint leaves and store mint syrup in a bottle for up to 2 weeks.

Port of Mexico

Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/4 ounce Grenadine
  • 1/4 ounce Lime Juice
  • 1/2 ounce Tawny Port

Directions:

Place grenadine in bottom of glass. Set aside. Place remaining liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into glass over grenadine and fresh ice.

Shellback Hot Buttered Cider

Ingredients:

  • 1 ounce Shellback Spiced Rum
  • 1 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps
  • 1 package Spiced Cider Mix
  • 6 ounces Hot Water
  • Cinnamon Stick for Garnish

Directions:

Place hot cider mix in heat proof mug. Top with heated water. Stir to dissolve. Add rum and schnapps. Stir. Garnish with cinnamon stick.

Apple Ginger Bee

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 ounce Ginger Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 ounce Honey
  • 2 ounces Fever-Tree Ginger Ale
  • 1/4 of a Red Apple, Sliced

Directions:

Muddle apple with honey and lemon juice. Add ginger liqueur and Camarena Reposado Tequila. Shake vigorously with ice, then double strain into a Collins glass. Add ice and top with ginger ale, to taste. Garnish with apple slice fan.

All-American Chilled Apple Pie

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Blue Ice Vodka
  • 3/4 ounce Tuaca Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Sweet & Sour
  • 4 ounces Chilled Apple Cider

Directions:

Build in order over ice in a Collins glass. Garnish with a lemon slice, a long cinnamon stick and a straw.

As always, please drink responsibly, and never drink and drive!

Ohio State Food and Party Ideas

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Since we live in Ohio, of course we’re big Ohio State fans at our house! Of course that means when college football season hits it’s party time! I want to share a few of the Ohio State party ideas I’ve collected over the last few years to help you plan your own Ohio State party!

First up I have some really cool Ohio State party supplies, check them out! These would look super cool on game day, or for an Ohio State birthday party.

Ohio State Buckeyes College Deluxe Party Pack 16

You can find all the details on these party supplies by clicking on the image or here: Ohio State Buckeyes College Party Supplies

You can’t have a party without the food! I’ve rounded up a few Ohio State and football related food ideas to share, check them out! First up you can use these super easy Ohio State Buckeyes Cupcake Pennant Picks

Ohio State Buckeyes Pennant Picks (12)

…to make these Ohio State cupcakes. Super easy! Just ice your cupcake, and insert the pennants!

Or you could make an Ohio State cake like this one!

Just make a rectangular cake and cut a triangle off of each corner, and ice with scarlet and cream or white icing.

I went to a picnic this summer, and someone brought this Ohio State watermelon, so of course I had to snap a picture to share!

Just cute a thick slice out of the center of the watermelon, cut out the center and triangle the corners. They used some herb leaves (I think basil), and some black olives for the buckeyes in the corner. Cute!

I really love this guacamole football field! You can find the details on how to create it here: Guacamole Football Field.

When you’re dressing up the table you could use a football and floral centerpiece like this one. I found a similar one at Amazon here: Ceramic Football Planter

Here’s another Ohio State party supply pattern.

Ohio State Univ. Party Pack Kit

You can check them out here:
Ohio State Univ. Party Pack Kit

Here’s an Ohio State party table layout I snapped a picture of a while back. Love the black tablecloth! Gray would be pretty too.

I like the football helmet centerpiece, I found a similar one here: Ohio State Buckeyes Helmet Centerpiece

It would make a really nice centerpiece, either for snacks or for a planter.

What food and decorating ideas have you come up with for your Ohio State party?

Labor Day Cocktail Recipes

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I can’t believe it’s almost Labor Day already! The summer definitely flew by this year! Are you planning an end of summer celebration with friends this year? If so I have some Labor Day cocktail recipes to share with you courtesy of Camarena Silver Tequila, and Blue Ice Vodka.

Labor Day Lounger

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila*
  • 3 oz Fresh-Squeezed Blood Orange Juice
  • 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 2 oz Orange Liqueur
  • Orange Peel for Garnish

Directions:

In a cocktail shaker, combine jalapeño-infused Camarena Silver Tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice and Cointreau. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange peel.

*Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila

To make jalapeño infusion, slice up a fresh jalapeño pepper and allow it to steep in 1 cup of Camarena Silver Tequila for 2 hours. Taste to check the heat level, and continue to steep if a stronger infusion is desired. Once infusing process is complete, remove the slices by pouring the mixture through a mess strainer.

Deep Blue Sea Martini

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 3/4 oz Sweet & Sour
  • 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
  • 1/2 oz Pineapple Juice

Directions:

Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a pineapple slice and cherry.

Jalisco Sweet Heat

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 4 Large Pieces Watermelon (1” x 1 1/2”)
  • 1 tablespoon Hot Pepper Jelly
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • Watermelon Slice for Garnish

Directions:

Muddle watermelon, jelly and lemon juice in mixing glass. Add tequila and ice. Shake vigorously to completely blend mixture. Double strain into large rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

Ginger Crush

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
  • 2 coins of Ginger
  • 6 Mint Leaves
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer

Directions:

Muddle mint, ginger and simple syrup in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lemon juice and ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with mint leaves.

Enjoy your last summer blast Labor Day weekend! Remember to drink responsibly, and don’t let friends drink and drive!

Easy Spinach Dip Recipe For Parties

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I like to keep things simple, whether it’s summer entertaining a holiday gathering, or One of my favorite dips to make for any occasion is spinach dip. It’s easy to make, and you can lighten it up by using light or fat free ingredients if you’re trying to keep things on the healthy side. The dip will still be loaded with flavor.

This spinach dip recipe is easy to make ahead, and throw in the fridge, then pull it out when it’s time to entertain. I like to make the dip the night before, then assemble it in a bread bowl right before it’s time to serve. That way the flavors of the dip have time to meld together, and if you’re using a bread bowl it doesn’t have time to get soggy before you serve it.

You can also just tear up all the bread around a serving bowl on a serving platter or serve the dip with your favorite crackers.

Here’s one of my favorite quick and easy spinach dip recipes. Give it a try at your next party, and let me know what you think.

Spinach Dip

Ingredients:

  • 1 box frozen spinach, thaw and drain before using
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 packet of your favorite onion soup mix (many use Knorr)

Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl, then chill the mixture for several hours before serving to let the flavors blend together. You can even make this dip a day or two ahead of time and store it in a bowl in the refrigerator until you’re ready to serve it.

When you’re ready to serve your spinach dip, pull it out of the fridge and scoop it into a hollowed out bread bowl. Place the pieces of bread you removed around the bowl for guests to use for dipping.

You can use several different types of bread for the bowl, from pumpernickel, to sourdough, beer bread, or rye. Look in the deli or your local bakery, or bake your own.

Cinco De Mayo Cocktail Recipes With Tequila

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Today I have some fun Cinco De Mayo cocktail recipes to share with you! Are you celebrating Cinco De Mayo this year? It falls on a Saturday , so there’s more of an opportunity to get together with some friends and have a good time. The best part is, most won’t have to work the next day!

Cinco Swagger

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 Cucumber Wheels
  • 2 Blackberries
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer

Directions:

Muddle cucumber and blackberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lemon juice, agave nectar and ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with cucumber wheel.

Camarena Chipotle Cooler

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 1/2 oz Orange Liqueur
  • 2 Pinches Chipotle Chili Pepper Spice
  • 2 oz Lemonade
  • Lemon Wheel Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids and spice in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into tall glass over fresh ice. Garnish with lemon wheel.

Skinny Local

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 of a Lemon, Quartered
  • 8 Mint Leaves
  • 1 tablespoon of Sugar Free Sweetener
  • 3 oz Soda Water

Directions:

Muddle lemon, mint and sweetener in a mixing glass. Add tequila and ice. Shake and pour all contents of shaker into a tall glass. Top with soda water and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Camarena Silver Paloma

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 tsp Agave Nectar
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice
  • 4 oz Grapefruit Soda

Directions:

Combine tequila, agave nectar and lime juice in a highball glass. Mix well. Fill glass to brim with ice. Top with grapefruit soda and stir gently with a bar spoon. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Frozen Sangria Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Premium Orange Liqueur
  • 3/4 oz Lime Juice
  • 3/4 oz Lemon Juice
  • 3/4 oz Agave Nectar
  • 1 1/2 cup Crushed Ice
  • 2 oz Chilled Bottled Sangria (i.e. Madria Sangria)
  • Orange Wheel Garnish

Directions:

Place all ingredients except Sangria in blender. Blend until completely smooth. Place in freezer for 2 to 3 hours or overnight to firm. Shake container occasionally so mixture does not separate ingredients while freezing. When ready to serve: In wine goblet or decorative glass, alternately layer frozen tequila mixture with 1/4 to 1/2 measures of chilled Sangria. Garnish with orange wheel.

As always please drink responsibly, and don’t let friends drink and drive!

Hunger Games Party Cocktail Ideas

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The first installation of the Hunger Games movie based off of the best-selling trilogy book series hits theaters this Friday, March 23. Get yourself and your friends in the spirit with these Hunger Games themed cocktails. Katniss and her crew would surely approve.

Nightlock’s Nemesis

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 Cucumber Wheels
  • 2 Blackberries
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer

Directions:

Muddle cucumber and blackberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lemon juice, agave nectar and ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with cucumber wheel.

Remembering Rue

Ingredients:

  • 3 oz Fever-Tree Ginger Beer
  • 1 oz Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • Edible Flower for Garnish

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice. Add vodka and fresh lime juice. Top off with Fever-Tree Ginger Beer. Garnish with lime wedges in the glass and an edible flower in remembrance of Rue, just as Katniss remembered the fallen Tribute with flowers.

Haymitch’s Hooch

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Blanc Vermouth
  • 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
  • 1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Italian Amaro
  • 3 oz Ginger Ale
  • Mint for Garnish

Directions:

Combine tequila, blanc vermouth, sweet vermouth, lemon juice and Italian Amaro in a highball glass. Mix well. Fill glass to brim with ice. Top with ginger ale and stir gently with a bar spoon. Garnish with mint.

Rooted in Survival

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Carrot Juice
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • Heavy dash Peychaud’s Bitters
  • Splash of Blood Orange Soda

Directions:

Add all ingredients in a tall Collins glass. Stir with a bar spoon and add ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Girl on Fire

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Spiced Orange Syrup*
  • 1/2 Lime Juice
  • 2 dashes Classic Bitters
  • 2 oz Brut Champagne

Directions:

Combine tequila, syrup, lime juice and bitters in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled champagne flute. Garnish with orange twist.

*Spiced Orange Syrup

Ingredients:

  • Zest of 1 Orange
  • 10 to 12 Whole Cloves
  • 1 heaping tablespoon Whole Allspice
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cup Cane Sugar

Directions:

Place all ingredients in saucepan over medium heat. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved (approximately 5 minutes). Strain. Discard zest and spices. Refrigerate syrup.

Katniss Everdeen’s Ever After

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila*
  • 3 oz Fresh-Squeezed Blood Orange Juice
  • 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 2 oz Orange Liqueur

Directions:

In a cocktail shaker, combine jalapeño-infused Camarena Silver Tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice and Cointreau. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a blood orange peel.

*Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila

To make jalapeño infusion, slice up a fresh jalapeño pepper and allow it to steep in 1 cup of Camarena Silver Tequila for 2 hours. Taste to check the heat level, and continue to steep if a stronger infusion is desired. Once infusing process is complete, remove the slices by pouring the mixture through a mess strainer.

These cocktail recipes are all courtesy of Camarena Silver Tequila.

As always please drink responsibly, and never drink and drive!

Yummy St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail Recipes

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Are you planning a little St. Patrick’s Day get together, or you’d just like to celebrate with a couple drinks with friends? Here are a few St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail recipes to help your party planning along. You can make one or make them all and have a little tasting party!

These green and not so green cocktails are all courtesy of Camarena Tequila and Blue Ice Vodka.

Camarena Shamrock Shaker
Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Sour Apple Liqueur
  • 1/4 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 oz Lime Juice

Directions:

Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with a fan of thinly sliced green apples.

Emerald Crush

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Blue Ice Organic Wheat Vodka
  • 1/2 organic kiwi, peeled
  • 1/2 organic lime, cut into quarters
  • 1 teaspoon organic sugar

Directions:

Muddle fruit and sugar in a mixing glass until well crushed and juicy. Add ice and vodka and shake vigorously. Pour all contents over ice into a tall tumbler and drink with straws.

Señor Patrick’s Salud

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
  • 1 oz Apple Juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Honey
  • 1 oz Ginger Beer
  • Quarter Lime Wedge – Squeezed

Directions:

Combine liquids except ginger beer in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with lime wedge. (Lower Calorie Cocktail: Approximately 106.17 calories based upon 1 oz = 1 ounce)

Green With Envy

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
  • 2 1/2 oz Sweet & Sour
  • 2 oz Orange Juice

Directions:

Blend ingredients together with crushed ice until slushy. Serve in a hurricane style glass. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry arranged on a pick.

Mexican Shamrock Shooter

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/3 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
  • 1/3 oz Irish Cream

Directions:

Layer liquids by placing Butterscotch Schnapps in bottom of glass. Slowly pour Irish Cream over back of bar spoon on top of schnapps. Finish with layer of Camarena Silver Tequila poured over back of bar spoon on top of Irish Cream.

As always please remind your guests and yourself to drink responsibly!

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes from Michael Collins

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St. Patrick’s Day is just a month away, are you ready to celebrate? For me St. Patrick’s Day is always a celebration of spring coming, because by mid March I know it’s just around the corner. If you’re planning to celebrate the green this year I have a couple recipes from Michael Collins to help your St. Patrick’s Day party planning along. The recipes aren’t all for cocktails. I also have a recipe couple delicious recipes to help you with the dinner portion of your party. It’s a traditional St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and cabbage recipe with a few interesting twists.

Did you know that just over 200 years ago, there were over 1,200 Irish whiskey distilleries? Today, there are 3. Despite the decline, Irish Whiskey is making a comeback and the resurgence of Irish Whiskey is leading to innovative cocktails beyond the Irish Car Bomb and Irish Coffee.

Richard Blais, the Top Chef and Culinary Designer known for his Molecular Gastronomy and red hair is turning up the heat this St. Patrick’s Day combining Ireland’s best – Corned Beef, Cabbage and Michael Collins Irish Whiskey to make some very interesting cocktails for St. Patrick’s Day this year. Check it out…

Corned Beef and Cabbage Cocktail – The “Corned Beef Collins”

What do you think? Sound like something you’d drink? I’m not sure, but it might be fun to serve at a party just to see how people react.

Chef Blais didn’t stop there, he prepared a gourmet meal using molecular gastronomy: Corned beef cooked in Michael Collins Whiskey, brown sugar and mustard with cabbage and oak smoked potato cannelloni, now that sounds like something I could enjoy!

Corned Beef Collins

  • 1 ½ oz Michael Collins blended whiskey
  • 2 oz Fresh sour mix
  • 2 oz Club soda
  • 1 eye droplet of Corned beef extract (corned beef drippings from pan)
  • 1 splash Cabbage water
  • Corned beef spices and cabbage oak, aroma
  1. Shake whiskey, corned beef extract and sour mix with ice.
  2. Pour into Collins glass and top with club soda.
  3. Smoke corned beef spice blend (bay leaf, black pepper, coriander, salt, mustard seed) with oak chips and present smoke suspended in covered, inverted glass.
  4. To serve, remove glass to infuse the air with the smell of corned beef and enjoy!

Corned beef cooked in Michael Collins Whiskey, brown sugar and mustard with cabbage and oak smoked potato cannelloni

Corned Beef:

  1. Take a fat piece of corned beef and lather it in equal parts light brown sugar, corning spices, a few splashes of Michael Collins Irish Whiskey and a mild mustard.
  2. Cover in 2 layers of aluminum foil and Cook in a 275 degree oven over night, or for 8-10 hours.

Potato and Cabbage Cannelloni:

  1. Cut off the bottom core of your cabbage and simmer in water with corning spices and a touch of butter
  2. When just cooked to tender, remove cabbage and chill. Reserve cabbage water for cocktails!
  3. Remove the individual cabbage leaves as “sheets” . What isn’t a nice sheet, chop up with some parsley and mix into your mashed potato.
  4. In each sheet, place a line of mashed potato and roll up to form “cannelloni”
  5. To serve the cannelloni, mix some instant potato flakes with grated Irish cheddar and room temperature butter. Top the cannelloni with this mixture and broil or torch to desired crispness.

Slice the corned beef and serve with the whiskey drippings alongside one of the cabbage and potato cannelloni.

Thirsty for more? Try these Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Cocktails created by top mixologists:

Irish Blond (from Dale DeGroff)

  • 2 ounces Michael Collins Irish Whiskey
  • 3/4 ounce Orange Curacao
  • 1/4 ounce Fino sherry
  • Dash of Orange Bitters

Stir all the ingredients in a bar glass with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.

Frisky Whisky (Allen Katz)

  • 1 part Michael Collins
  • 1 part Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur
  • 1 part fresh orange juice
  • 1/4 part simple syrup
  • 2 Dashes angostura bitters

As always please remind your guests to drink responsibly.

Cocktail Recipes and Images courtesy of: Michael Collins

Christmas Cocktail Recipes For Cocktail Hour and After Dinner

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I can’t believe Christmas is almost here already! If you still have some Christmas Eve and Christmas Day parties, dinners and holiday gatherings in the next couple days, I have a few more holiday cocktail recipes to share with you! If you have some home entertaining yet to do, check out these festive cocktail recipes from Camarena Tequila and Blue Ice American Vodka. I have recipes for cocktail hour, and some sweet cocktail treats you can enjoy after Christmas dinner.

Holiday Cocktail Hour Sippers

Spiced Silver Bell

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Cranberry Spice Syrup*
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer
  • Lime Wheel Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids in large rocks glass. Add ice and stir. Garnish with lime wheel.

* Cranberry Spice Syrup

  • 1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 3/4 cup Water
  • 4 Cinnamon Sticks
  • 1 teaspoon Whole Allspice
  • 1 teaspoon Whole Clove
  • 1 tablespoon Orange Zest
  • 1 cup Fresh Cranberries

Place all ingredients in saucepan over medium low heat. Stir continually until skins of cranberries begin to pop and they easily mash with back of spoon. Lightly mash cranberries, but not so much to create “sauce.” Remove from heat. Strain into heat proof container. Allow to cool. Refrigerate.

Mistletoe Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/4 oz New Amsterdam Gin
  • 1 oz Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 8 Cranberries

Directions:

Muddle cranberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lime juice, agave nectar, gin and ice. Shake and strain into a bucket glass with ice. Garnish with a skewer of cranberries.

Holiday Rouge

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Orange Liqueur
  • 1 oz Pomegranate Juice
  • 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 1/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Directions:

Add ingredients to a cocktail mixer, shake well and strain. Garnish with a lime wheel and red cherry.

After Christmas Dinner Sweet Treat Cocktail Recipes

Camarena Frost

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz White Crème de Cacao
  • 1/2 oz Hazelnut Liqueur
  • 1 oz Heavy Whipping Cream
  • Sprinkled Cinnamon Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with sprinkle of cinnamon.

La Posada

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Dark Crème de Cacao
  • 1/2 oz Coffee Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz Hazelnut Liqueur
  • 1 1/2 oz Heavy Cream
  • Cinnamon Dust Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until frothy. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with dusting of cinnamon powder.

Blue Ice Raspberry Truffle

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 3/4 oz Coffee Liqueur
  • 3/4 oz Raspberry Liqueur
  • Fresh Whipped Cream
  • Semi-Sweet Chocolate Shavings for Garnish

Directions:

Shake with cubed ice and strain into champagne flute glass. Float lightly whipped fresh whipped cream on top. Top with Semi-sweet chocolate shavings.

As always please remind your friends and guests to drink responsibly.