Sunday Sunday: a Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini

Its been a long Sunday afternoon in October, from a full breakfast at the local Irish Pub to Madtini Lab planning meetings to Halloween cocktail testing, not to mention the finale of Mad Men Season 4 coming up tonight. It was sheer luck that I was looking at my...

Madtini Thanksgiving – Gobble-tini

I just learned on the Food Network that only male turkeys gobble, females make a ‘clicking’ noise (no comment from the Madtini Labs crew on that one). Other facts I discovered were: domesticated turkeys have approximately 3,500 feathers and have been bred...

The sun is going down, It’s Nuitini time!

Tonight is the fifth anniversary of Toronto’s all-night contemporary Nuit Blanche. Art installations will take over the streets, buildings, parks and courtyards throughout the city for 12 hours from 7pm to 7am. The Madtini crew is layering up and getting ready...

Dexter’s Back! Four Drinks fit for any Crime Scene

Everyone’s favorite serial killer of serial killers Dexter Morgan is back for a 5th season tonight. The crew here at Madtini Intoxicology Labs have an ongoing argument about whether we should officially count the silliness of Season 3 featuring Jimmy Smits....

Dexter’s Back! Sweet Bloody Justice

Ingredients 1 1/2 oz vodka 1 1/2 oz chambord 1 1/2 dry vermouth Preparation Wrap a chilled cocktail glass in plastic. Combine the vodka, chambord and dry vermouth in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice.  Shake vigorously and strain into a cocktail glass and serve...