Beverage | Eat Drink and Blog
Sep 25 2009
My family has sensitivity to citric acid. They love orange juice. We mix Fresca and orange juice together to make a great beverage. It is awesome for brunch. The mix is 50/50 or 60/40 we are not accurate, we just pour and drink. It is less calories too!
A perfect summer wine! Mmmmmm! They used to serve it at my most favorite wine bar, Postino, but they took it off the menu, I was fortunate to find it at my local BevMo today for just $9.99 a bottle! HOORAY!
There is no such thing as a good margarita made from a mix. Which is not to say I’ve never enjoyed such a margarita, but they are simply sub-par. The only way to achieve margarita perfection is to do a bit of the work yourself. But don’t worry, it’s not THAT much work. And the [...]
Happy Sunday! We’re starting the day off with Melissa’s Margaritas. Because we can.
Ingredients:
2 cups tequila
1 cup triple sec (orange liqueur)
3/4 cup fresh lime juice
3/4 cup sweetened lime juice
3 cups ice
kosher salt
8 lime wedges
Combine the tequila, triple sec, fresh lime juice, sweetened lime juice, and ice in a large pitcher.
Stir.
Pour the kosher salt onto a plate.
Rub [...]
Every once in awhile, around these parts, we get a hankerin’ for a change from the ordinary alcoholic beverage. Beer and wine are good, don’t get me wrong. But sometimes you want or need something a little more special, particularly when you’re entertaining.
Enter: Sangria. Summer’s sweet delight!
Our favorite recipe for sangria actually comes from that [...]
Definitely something to try….
RASPBERRY MOJITO
1/2 tsp. sugar
6-8 fresh mint leaves
2 lime wedges
club soda
2 oz. rum
1/2 oz. Chambord
Add sugar, mint leaves, lime wedges and a splash of club soda to a tall glass.
Muddle until sugar is dissolved
Add ice to glass
add rum and chambord
Stir to mix
top with a splash of soda
Super yummy in the summer hot heat, [...]
It’s a lovely day here on the California Coast (although it would be lovelier if I were going to actually SEE the ocean today, but that’s another story). I’m already wondering just what I’m going to make for dinner tonight, and a nice cold beer is already on the list.
If we were having people over, [...]
So it’s June, and in my world that means it is summertime! My favorite summertime drink is Sangria, mostly because it is really just a way of spicing up wine Here is my favorite Sangria recipe!
Sangria is made in 2 parts, this is the best combo I have found:
Wine Base:
Half a bottle of [...]
Type: White (with some small CO2 bubbles!) Variety: local (Portugeuse) grape varieties Loureiro, Arinto, Trajadura, Avesso and Azal Location: Minho, Portugal Drink date: NOW! Here’s what Wikipedia tells you about this variety of wine: The name literally means “Green Wine”, referring to its youthful freshness rather than its color. The Vinhos Verdes are light, fresh, and intended for drinking within [...]
Type: Red Wine Variety: Sangiovese Region: Abruzzi, Italy Drink date: NOW It should come as no surprise, given that I named this one of my favorite cheap table reds yesterday, that this is a $5 wine I think you should go out and try yourself. While I can’t give you an official description of what a “table red” is, [...]
