The Spicy Ginger Sailor

This drink started out as a Dark & Stormy until we realized we were out of dark rum. Not to worry, we found a bottle of our favourite spiced rum, Sailor Jerry and we soldiered on. Cheers! Ingredients 2 oz Sailor Jerry spiced rum 3 oz of Ginger Beer Lime wedges...

Releasing the Kraken with a Perfect Storm

This week we couldn’t help but notice the the ad for Kraken Black Spiced Rum on the back cover of LCBO’s Trend Report magazine. The distinctive bottle, colour and label artwork really caught our eye, so when we saw it on the shelf tonight at the LCBO I...

Madtini’s Hot Cocktails of Winter – Cinnamon Stick Cocktail

Today’s ‘Hot Cocktail of Winter’ is the Cinnamon Stick Cocktail. The aroma of cinnamon from this drink  fills up the senses but doesn’t overpower the flavor of the drink at all. The taste of cinnamon arrives as a warm, subtle aftertaste within...

Madtini’s Hot Cocktails of Winter – Hot Spiced Butter Rum

Today is a perfect day to start our “Madtini Hot Cocktails of Winter” Series. Today, we woke up to several inches of fresh new snow, minus temperatures and a nose biting wind chill factor. Every few days over the next week or so, we’ll post a new...

Drink like a Pirate Day: Fuzzy Pirate

Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Peach Schnapps 1 1/2 oz. Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum Dash of Orange Curacao Splash of Orange juice Preparation Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake the living barnacles out of it for a few seconds, strain and...