Madtini Thanksgiving – The Turkey Trot

The question of the day is, ‘Do Turkeys Trot?’ The only thing I’ve ever see turkeys do is wander around aimlessly, completely oblivious to their ultimate fate. Just to clarify what a Turkey Trot really is, it was one of the most popular ragtime music...

Madtini Thanksgiving – The Burnt Turkey

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

“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

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

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...