Merlene - Madtini

The Conga Line Cocktail – Cheers to Joan’s red dress!

It was Christmas in August on Mad Men last week and that meant the Christmas Office Party! Of course, it took an unexpected visit from Lee Garner Jr, heir to the Lucky Strikes fortune to get the real party started at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. But the party did...

Attention Fangbangers and Mad Men – the Hot & Dirty Cajun Martini

by Merlene | Vodka based

Sunday nights can be a confusing time for a cable TV viewer and cocktail enthusiast. One minute you’re watching sexy southern vampires battling it out with half-naked werewolves, the next you’re watching smart and sexy ad folks battling it out with each...

Beat the Heat with 6 Madtini Cocktails for Caribana

by Merlene | Rum based, Special Events

Saturday is the day for the massive Caribana parade, the climax of Toronto’s celebration of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer since 1967. Hundreds of thousands of people will soon crowd along Lakeshore Blvd to revel along side the costumed bands...

Madtini’s Cocktails of Caribana – The Trinidad

by Merlene | Rum based

Ingredients 1 1/2 oz white rum 1/2 oz – Kahlua 1/2 0z – cocoa cream 3/4 oz – Triple Sec Orange twist Preparation Add the ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a...

Madtini’s Cocktails of Caribana – Cuban Cocktail

by Merlene | Rum based

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...