The Virtual Cocktail Party
Ingredients
Preparation
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with 3 ice cubes. Shake vigorously, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a slice of orange and a maraschino cherry.
Adapted from a recipe at The Province.
“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 and strangers with pirate-ish expressions such as “Arrrrrrrrrr we having fun yet?” or “No, that’s not my wooden leg, its just the ways my pants are cut.” Talk Like a Pirate Day was created in 1995 by two non-pirates John Baur, a.k.a. Ol’ Chumbucket and his pirate-in-crime Mark Summers a.k.a. Cap’n Slappy in Albany, Oregon. It grew over the next few years, thanks to media mentions and websites featuring Pirate-Name Generators and Pirate Translators. By the way, my Pirate name came out as Pirate Argus the Pink.
In the spirit of “Talk Like a Pirate Day” we’re going to drink like pirates. . . which basically means we’re going to drink spiced rum, sport eye patches and bandanas and well, basically, annoy the neighbours.
Here are six Pirate Day drinks that may just shiver your timbers. And remember guys, always pillage responsibly.
So as Blackbeard said – “Damn ye, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, I’m a better man than all of ye milksops put together” – which I think means ‘Thanks I’ll have another”… or maybe not.
Note: We used Sailor Jerry as the spiced rum for these drinks, for the image, the taste and the whole story behind the brand.
Cheers, and glad you could join us for fancy drinks for pirates. See you next year!
Ingredients
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 serve in a chilled cocktail glass.
Cheers, mate!
I was blissfully unaware of the significance of today when I scrambled from bed. I had already slept through my iPhone alarm and hit the snooze button a half dozen times. It wasn’t until I arrived at work that I saw that Twitter was lit up with people talking about 90210 day. At first I didn’t get it, and then it all made sense, September 2nd, 2010.
At Madtini Intoxicology Labs we’re always up for celebrating just about anything, so why not raise a glass to the second day of September and the hangout for the Brandon, Brenda, Dylan and the rest of the Beverly Hills: 90120 gang.
Ingredients
Preparation
Combine rum, peach schnapps, vodka and coconut rum in a highball glass full of smashed up ice. Add coke, give it a quick stir and serve.
Happy Birthday Jennifer JJ
@jennifer_jj has been one of our most loyal fans at Madtini since the beginning and we thought it only fitting that she should have a surprise birthday drink when she wakes up this morning!
A sweet fruity cocktail with a hint of zing – we think this might replace the mimosa as the official weekend brunch drink around here.
Happy Birthday, Jennifer! We hope you have a great day today and a fabulous (Madtini filled!) year ahead!
1 part Southern Comfort
1 part Peach Schnapps
1 part tropical fruit juice blend
1 part 7 up
3 drops of Maraschino cherry juice
Mix together with ice, strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with slice of orange and a Maraschino cherry.
My Secret Crush Cocktail
Your friends the amateur intoxicologists here at Madtini Research Laboratories have come up with a number of Madtini Original cocktails to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
This, the second of our Valentine’s Day Passion Potions, brings back memories of the first stirrings of romance we all felt when we had our first secret crush.
Remember those days? The girl down the street or the boy three lockers down… the one who didn’t even seem to know you existed but you knew everything about them. What their class schedule was, where they hung out, what their favourite soda was… hoping one day that they would notice you…
My Secret Crush Cocktail
- 1/2 ounce peach schnapps
- 1/2 ounce grenadine
- fresh raspberries
- 1 ounce raspberry vodka
In a cocktail shaker or small bowl muddle the peach schnapps, grenadine and 4 fresh raspberries until well mashed. Add raspberry vodka and crushed ice. Shake well then strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with fresh raspberries.
Your Bloody Valentine Cocktail
Your friends the amateur intoxicologists here at Madtini Research Laboratories have come up with a number of Madtini Original cocktails to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
This, the first of our Valentine’s Day Passion Potions, tastes of sweet juicy peaches, tingly sparkling champagne with just a hint of citrus. A gorgeous red slice of blood orange gives the cocktail it’s name.
We promise it’s just the thing to set your sweetheart’s heart aflutter…
Your Bloody Valentine
- 1/2 ounce peach schnapps
- 2 ounces sparkling wine
- 1 wedge blood orange
In a cocktail glass place a thick wedge of blood orange then pour first the peach schnapps then the sparkling wine on top.