The Mai Tai became popular in the early Nineteen Forties, in Oakland, California, at a place called Trader Vic’s. There… a visionary named Victor Bergron, one of the founders of this hotspot tiki bar, concocted this great drink that still holds aclaim today! 65 years is a good run for a cocktail. This one goes [...]
The Drink Chef’s Homemade Sweet & Sour Recipe
My recipe for a good fresh Sweet & Sour Mix is: 8 ounces fresh lime juice, 6 ounces fresh lemon juice, 4 ounces fresh orange juice, 18 ounces simple syrup, 8 ounces water*, *This yields 2 quarts
Durty Gurl Sweet Wheat Cocktail Video Recipe
Sweet Wheat Vodka Sour Video Drink Recipe Sweet Wheat Vodka Sour Video Cocktail Recipe – In a recent video shoot on the Hermosa Beach shoreline… David Austin ( www.CreativeDetailer.com ) filmed this cool video of me and my cocktail assistant ‘Delores’, mixing a Blue Ice Vodka and Durty Gurl premium margarita mix cocktail. Stay Tuned… [...]
Black Cherry Lemonade Cocktail Recipe
Black Cherry Lemonade = 1 1/2 oz. Effen ‘Black Cherry’ Vodka, 3 oz. fresh homemade lemonade and a drizzle of Chambord Liqueur. Garnish with a lemon wedge and a cherry, and you have the perfect spring fling drinky. Cheers!
Screwdriver Cocktail Video Drink Recipe
OK… so this one is pretty simple… but I still have to document it with my videos. Vodka and orange juice, with an orange garnish. Puportedly…. the strory goes that some mechanic, somewhere… used to enjoy these after work and he just happened to stir his cocktail with a screwdriver. That’s the story… Connect with [...]
Pina Colada Cocktail Video Drink Recipe
The origins of the ‘original’ Pina Colada are as varied as it’s recipes. Depending on where you are and who the bartender is… you will get many, many different versions of this delicious drink. Puerto Rico is probably the place of origin… but when? It seems the recipe for the original recipe did NOT contain [...]
Old Fashioned Cocktail Video Drink Recipe
The first use of the specific name “Old Fashioned” was for a Bourbon whiskey cocktail in the 1880s, at the Pendennis Club, a gentleman’s club in Louisville, Kentucky. The recipe is said to have been invented by a bartender at that club, and popularized by a club member and bourbon distiller, Colonel James E. Pepper. [...]
Mai Tai Cocktail Video Drink Recipe
“Maita’i” is the Tahitian word for “good.” It may have been invented at Trader Vic’s restaurant in Oakland, California in 1944. Trader Vic’s rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it in 1933 at his bar and restaurant in Hollywood. Don the Beachcomber’s recipe is more complex than that of Vic and is a [...]
Lemon Drop Cocktail Video Drink Recipe
The drink is a lemon flavored delight that is decidedly strong with a hint of sweet and a zing of fresh lemon. This drink is usually favored by the ladies. Be careful. For a twist on the original recipe…perhaps try a ‘colored sugar’ rim on your martini glass. Oprah like these and she garnishes hers [...]
Lava Flow Cocktail Video Drink Recipe
In these last waning days of summer… this one gives you the feel of being in the islands on vacation. A delicious concoction of light rum, pineapple and orange juices with a touch of cream and coconut syrup! Mahalo! Haoli….
