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...

Drink like a Pirate Day: Coconut Grove

Ingredients 1 1/2 oz coconut rum 1 oz creme de bananes 1 oz white rum 4 oz pineapple juice 1 tsp lemon juice Preparation Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake vigorously for 6-7 seconds with out knocking your parrot off your...

Madtini’s Cocktails of Caribana – Cuban Cocktail

Ingredients 2 oz – white rum 1/2 oz – Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 oz – Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2 tsp Superfine Sugar Lime twist Preparation Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with twist of...

Friday Night Madtini – The Hold Up

It’s Friday afternoon again and while scanning through the pages of the Complete Home Bartender’s Guide: 780 Recipes for the Perfect Drink we chose this drink recipe. Tonight’s Friday Madtini cocktail is the Hold Up, with its delicious mix of brandy,...