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St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching.  I used to work in an Irish Pub in Milwaukee and at about this time every year, we started to sell thousands of Irish Car Bombs.  It is a mixture of Irish Stout beer, Irish whiskey and Irish cream.  Together it makes a great creamy drop shot.  Yep, this one involves a two part process.  You have to drop the shot in the beer and then chug.  They can be messy, but they are a lot of fun.  Plus, they get you really drunk.  Who doesn’t love that.

This shot is the ultimate marriage between beer and liquor.

Irish Car Bomb

• 8 oz Guinness Irish Stout
• 1 oz Jameson Irish Whiskey
• 1/2 oz Bailey’s Irish Cream

Pour 8oz (1/2 can) of Guinness Irish Stout into a pint glass. Fill a shot glass 3/4 full of Jameson Irish Whiskey, then top with Bailey’s Irish Cream.

Drop the shot into the beer and chug.

Make sure to chug or else the mixture starts to coagulate.  Not a good thing.  However, when made correctly this shot is creamy and delicious.

Above is the last thing you see before you let loose and party.

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The other day I went to the greatest grocery store around, Wegmans.  They opened one about 20 miles south of me in Woodbridge, VA.   If you have never been to one you have to go.  This is the only grocery store that I have ever been to that stocks black truffles.  Don’t believe me, check it out for yourself.

At only $999.00 per pound they are a steal.

The store is the size of a Walmart but is only a grocery store. Along with the greatest selection of food that I have ever seen, the store is themed like a Las Vegas casino.  They have trains running over the dairy department and vines and trees sprouting out of the prepared foods department.  It is like Disneyland for a foodie.  So strolling through the fresh produce section I found a large bin of blood oranges.  I had to pick some up.  They looked perfectly ripe.

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Last week I picked up some different rums to make the hurricane cocktail for Mardi Gras.   Since I had some extra lying around I decided to make another cocktail.  This one combines my two favorite juices, orange juice and cranberry juice.

I served it straight up in a Martini glass but also enjoyed it on the rocks.

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Since yesterday was Fat Tuesday, I figured I would go all Mardi Gras on you guys and make a Hurricane.  The hurricane was originally mixed up by local New Orleans resident and bar owner Pat O’Brien in the 1940s.   It was a way for him to get rid of the excess rum that the local liquor distributors gave to him.  So he mixed up the drink and poured it into hurricane lamp shaped glasses.  Yep, it gets its name from the glass.    He then gave away the drink to the sailors until it caught on.  It is now a mainstay in the French Quarter in New Orleans and a popular drink during Mardi Gras.  So I have decided to make a little version of my own that I would pull out from time to time when I was a bartender.

I do not own any hurricane glasses and found that purchasing them for this post was not in the best interest of my wallet.  So instead I went to the dollar store and purchased the closest thing to the glass as I could find.

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It has been non-stop snowing here in the DC metro area for almost a week now.  The federal government is closed, the state of Virginia has spent almost 2 million on snow cleanup and my car is once again buried.  The last part doesn’t really matter as I have a sedan and the roads won’t be plowed at least until Saturday.  Plus, there is another snow storm coming in on Monday.  Crazy I tell ya.  So what is the ultimate gift for a person snowed in?  Homemade Hot Chocolate and Peppermint Schnapps.  Not only is it warm to the touch, it will warm up your insides too.  Plus, the little kick will keep you from feeling the cold.

The Ultimate Winter Care Packagae

The hot chocolate will keep forever in an airtight container.  So drink on!!

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I was searching through this months Food and Wine and discovered a little drink that looked amazing.  The drink was originally called Ramoncita Lopez Special, the name was too long.  As a bartender, anything with more than two words in the name is overkill.  Further, the drink tastes like a key lime pie.  No shit, it is awesome.  Since I didn’t use key limes, I felt I should not call it key-lime pie.  So I limited it to just Lime Pie.

The foam comes from an egg white.  If you are little worried pick up some pasteurized eggs.

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Do I love cocktail Wednesday or what.  It has been warm and cold here in DC.  Some days it is 30 and others it is 60.  The other night it was 60 and I wanted to grill.  Nothing goes with warm weather like cocktails and grilling.   Today I am trying out a refreshing cocktail that is almost completely based on the mixer.  You know the type, vodka cranberry, vodka OJ, Crown and Ginger etc….  Today is no different, the mixer is  Limonata.

This cocktail is light, refreshing and just waiting for a summer barbecue.

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The Moscow Mule was developed to change America’s drinking habits from Gin to Vodka.  Sounds like a winner to me.  I am not a big fan of gin, but vodka is my friend.  This is a simple drink containing Vodka, Lime and Ginger Beer.

The ginger beer and lime ad a nice little kick to this cocktail.

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