Madtini Thanksgiving – The Burnt Turkey

by Merlene | Bourbon

This might be the only time you’ll want to invite your guests to imbibe in Burnt Turkey on Thanksgiving. Ingredients 2 oz Wild Turkey Bourbon 2 oz Goldschälger Cinnamon Schnapps 8-10 fresh mint leaves Preparation Fill a chilled glass with crushed ice and 8-10...

Speak… I mean Drink like a Pirate Day with the Madtini Crew

by Merlene | Bourbon, Rum based, Vodka based

“Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!” Well, shiver me timbers it looks like it’s “International Talk Like a Pirate Day” again already. It seems just yesterday that I was annoying friends, colleagues...

Drink like a Pirate Day: Minty Pirate Skull

by Merlene | Bourbon

Ingredients 1 1/2 oz Kahlua Coffee Liqueur 1 1/2 oz  Bailey’s Irish Cream 1 1/2 oz  Bourbon mint leaves Preparation Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake the ingredients like a ship tossed on the sea for 6-7 seconds, strain into a rocks...

Old Fashioned Southside Shuffle

by Merlene | Bourbon

Every September music fans from all over this area of Ontario Flip, Flop & Fly to Port Credit’s Southside Shuffle (hat tip to the Downchild Blues Band) to hear the best of blues, R&B and rock’n roll. This year we’ll get to see and hear...

Kentucky Margarita – Cinco de Mayo Bourbon Bonus!

by Merlene | Bourbon, Special Events

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Well, its no surprise that we eventually ran out of tequila after making upall those delicious Margaritas. Well it turned out that we still had plenty of Jim Beam Bourbon left from Saturdays Derby Day Mint Juleps. A quick click to the Jim Beam...

Welcome to Derby Day 2 – The Gran Derby

by Merlene | Bourbon

Just as we were starting to relax around here with our Mint Juleps, one of our intrepid Madtini interns found this drink recipe on the Interwebs. Seems the gang over at Cocktail Times had posted a delicious looking drink recipe dubbed the Gran Derby, and since it...