Halloween Cocktails, #1 Boo-berry Vodka Martini

by Merlene | Vodka based

Halloween is still 13 days away according to our dicey math skills. We thought we’d get an obvious spooky cocktail out of the way first. We present the Boo-berry Vodka Martini. We brought home a bottle of the highly aromatic Smirnoff Blueberry flavoured vodka,...

Sunday Sunday: a Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini

by Merlene | Vodka based

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...

Its Madtini O’Clock! Walnut-Chocolate Martini

by Merlene | Vodka based

We was blissfully unaware that last week was chocolate week, so forgive us as we play some catch up this week. We found this drink on the Domestic Sluttery blog, and it sounded too good to not try. The name describes it all, it turned out to be a an almost perfect...

4 Delicious Thanksgiving Madtini Cocktails

by Merlene | Bourbon, Special Events, Vodka based

While the glorious warm weather this weekend certainly seems like summer, one look at the calendar, and one deep sniff of the air tells us that’s its Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. The turkey is almost ready, the vegetables are cooking and the Thanksgiving...

Madtini Thanksgiving – Gobble-tini

by Merlene | Vodka based

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...

Friday Night Cocktail: Key Lime Pie Martini

by Merlene | Rum based, Vodka based

Everyone deserves treat like a Key Lime Pie after a long hard week of work. So, what better way to enjoy your pie than in Martini form. The Madtini Labs’ version of this cocktail resulted in a great combination of lime and coconut flavor. Ingredients 1 ½ oz...