Fireworks, 4th of July the Ultimate Bowl

 

What do fireworks, champagne, & bartenders have in common? They all pop! Pop some sparkly of the U.S. variety & celebrate our nations glory, that is food, freedom, and drinks! To get you in the spirit, we came up with a few pleasers & teasers in the lab! Enjoy, and Happy Independence Day America!

Sour Watermelontini-

3oz Vodka

2oz Watermelon Pucker

Splash of Sour Mix

Mix all of the ingredients in an ice filled martini shaker - strain into a chilled martini glass. Bottoms Up!

The Great Watermelon Bowl

1 cup Vodka

4 oz. Triple Sec

4 oz. Watermelon Liqueur

2  750ml bottles of Sparkling Wine or Champagne

2 Cups Watermelon Juice

2 Cups of White Cranberry Juice

Slice a medium sized Watermelon in half, scoop out the center & set it aside. Try to preserve any watermelon juice from the melon for mixing.

In a picture, combine vodka, triple sec, watermelon liqueur, champagne or sparkling wine, watermelon juice, white cranberry juice. Mix well. Fill watermelon with ice, & pour the mixture in the “watermelon bowl”. Add slices/chunks of watermelon for garnish.  To keep the bowl from sliding, before filling it, flatten it a little by cutting a small slice of it on the bottom. Be careful not to put a hole in it!

Shots, Shots, Shots, Shots - Everybody!!!

Our drinks are sexy & we know it! So, we want to take you back to circa 1999, when house parties were cool, and boy bands were all the rage... and we in the Bartender2Go lab, wore stonewashed jeans with plaid oversized button downs, and our hats to the back (evidence has been destroyed!)

Try one our sexy shooters, cue your favorite 90's song, invite over your neighbors and have the ultimate block party! For inspiration, try one of our favorite shots!!!

Famous Boy Band of the 90's for your 90's themed party!

Shooters & Things

Kamakazie (Vodka, Triple Sec, lime juice) 

Apple Jack - (Jack Daniels & Apple Pucker)

 Purple Haze - (Sambuca & Chambord)

Liquid Asphalt - (Jagermeister & Sambuca)

Washington Apple (Crown Royal, Apple Pucker, splash cranberry)
 
Red-headed Slut (Jagermeister, Peach Schnapps splash cranberry)

SoCo Lime (Southern Comfort, lime juice)


Royal Flush (Crown Royal, Peach Schnapps, cranberry)
 
Southern Peach (Southern Comfort & Peach Schnapps)

Snake Bite (Yukon Jack whiskey liqueur, & lime juice)

Raspberry Lemon Drop (Vodka, Chambord or Raspberry liqueur, fresh lemon juice)

There's Strange Fruit In My Martini

Lychees are amazing! Yes, they look a little weird after they have been peeled & seeded...like eyeballs or something. But they are soooooo good. Start with a can of lychees. Pour the juice in glass. Lay the fruit in a freezer safe container & freeze them. These will become your garnish. Lychees are much better to handle when frozen!!! And they look better!





Lychee-tini
3 oz Vodka
1 oz. Elderflower liquere
2 oz. of chilled lychee juice
Frozen lychees for garnish


Shake first three ingredients in an ice filled martini shaker. Pour ingredients in a chilled martini glass. Drop one frozen lychee in the glass as a garnish. Cheers!

Spring Roses Meets Cherry Blossoms

So it's March and flowers are just about in full bloom! The weather has been beautiful and the cherry blossoms great. What better way to celebrate spring, than with drinks that invoke sunshine, roses & of course cherry blossoms. Try our Rosetini for two for a romantic candle light dinner on the deck or patio, or skip the crowds and enjoy the awesome Cherry Blossom. You can thank us later!!!


Rosetini
4 oz Citron vodka
4 oz Rose liqueur
1/2 oz rose syrup
1 oz Fresh lemon juice
Splash Champagne
Rose petals for garnish

Mix the first four ingredients in an ice filled martini shaker. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Top with your favorite chilled champagne. Float Rose petal on top. Makes two, one for sharing...or not.


Cherry Blossom
2 1/2 oz Cherry Brandy 

1 oz Cherry Liqueur
Tiny dash of Grenadine,
1 oz Fresh Lemon juice
1/2 oz Triple Sec

Fill a rocks glass with ice. In a martini shaker, shake all of the ingredients together. Pour in your ice filled rocks glass & enjoy the blossoms!

DRINKS TO MAKE YOU SCREAM!!!

It's our favorite time of year! We get an excuse to dress-up and drink. Halloween is like an adult's playground wrapped in candyland. Before we pick out our sexy-scary costumes, we came up with three drinks to get the party started!



Jack-O-Lantern
2 oz. Citrus Vodka
1 oz. Mango Nectar or Juice
1/2 oz. Orange Juice
1/2oz. Sour mix (feel free to make it from scratch!)



Combine all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a goblet glass and garnish with a slice of orange and a mint leaf. Sip through your fangs.



Black Cat


1 oz. Black Cherry Schnapps
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Cola
2 oz. Cranberry Juice


Stir everything together with ice. Garnish with a mandarin orange slice if available. Wink at the closest person standing next to you.

Witch's Brew

1/2 oz. Blue Curacao

1 oz. Coconut Rum
2 splashes Grenadine

1/2 oz. Orange Juice

2 oz. Pineapple Juice

Build over lots of ice and stir well. (Not with your finger silly, the straw broom is right there!)

Make Santa A Night Cap

Really, milk and cookies is so 1999. Santa likes adult beverages! Trust us, make him one of our tasty treats, and he'll probably leave you a lil something extra!



COOKIES & CREAM-TINI
Drizzle chocolate sauce in a chilled martini glass, add 2 oz. White Godiva Vodka, 2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream, 1/2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps and 1/2 oz. half and half. Shake ingredients in an ice filled Martini shaker, strain into martini glass. Garnish with a miniature candy cane or chocolate shavings.



RED HOT SANTA-TINI
Rim a martini glass with cocoa powder with a extra tiny pinch of cayenne pepper added. Shake together 2 oz. Mazama vodka and 2 oz. Godiva chocolate liqueur with ice and pour into chilled martini glass. Top with a dash of sweetened whipped cream, and darnish the cream with a small Thai chili pepper!

Co-Co Crazy For Coconuts (Part 1)

What's better than summer? Having a nice cold tropical drink to go with it. Whether you're dreaming of laying on a beach in Jamaica or are balled & chained to your desk utill December, coconut infused drinks taste good all year round.

7 Coconuts

2 oz. Coconut Rum
3 oz. 7-up


Coconut Baybreeze
1.5 oz Coconut Rum
1.5 oz Vodka
4 oz Pineapple Juice
Splash Cranberry Juice

Half-Off 70 Domestic & International Wines

Another favorite via our favorite coupon service.....saving $$$. Because you know, we are in a recession. Today until mid-night. Save half-off on at a cute little wine bar in Dupont called Verita's. While you're there, be sure to smell, taste, and enjoy! Click here to get your coupon.

1/2 Liquor Tasting...Need We Say More???

Ummmm, did someone say half off on a liquor tasting??? We like the words half off! One of our favorite coupon sites is running a special today for a liquor tasting in June. Choose from:

Old World summer red and white wine tasting on Tuesday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m.
Absinthe tasting on Tuesday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Beer tasting on Tuesday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m.
St. Germain tasting on Tuesday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Old World summer red and white wine tasting on Tuesday, June 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Go here today & purchase

Some Like It Hot - Just In Time For Cinco de Mayo!!!

Having a Cinco de Mayo Celebration??? Want something a little caliente? Try our spicy margarita. It will have you singing felize (that's Spanish for HAPPY) songs all night long!!!



Spicy Margarita

2 oz Tequila
1 oz Orange Liqueur
1 oz Lime Juice
splash sour mix
1/2 t. chopped jalapeno

Muddle jalapeno in highball glass, add ice and liquors. Shake. Top with a tiny spalsh of sour. Salt optional

Spring Into Summer, With These Tasty Drinks...

We’ve been in our lab, diligently working on transitional drinks. You know, the drinks, that scream Spring, and murmur Summer. Try one of these:

Peach Sangria
4 oz sparkling white wine
1 oz peach schnapps
1 oz vodka
Splash orange juice for color.
Splash white cranberry peach juice.
Diced fruit.

This drink makes one. To make a large batch for sharing, combine 1 bottle of white wine, 1 cup peach schnapps, 1 cup vodka, 1 cup orange juice, 3 cups white cranberry juice. Mix all ingredients, chill. Serve with fresh diced fruit.


Dark & Stormy
2 oz Gosling's® Black Seal Rum
Ginger beer (it’s not beer, trust us)
Serve on the rocks in an ice cold Collins glass. Pour the rum and fill rest of way with the ginger beer.

The geniuses in Bermuda, are our new best friends. Who knew that dark rum, and ginger beer would provide us such pleasure. In fact, we recommend drinking this on the balcony of your abode with friends, and sing "Kum ba yah" after the 3rd round.

What Do Presidents Drink? Take Our Poll...

Well we know there was the beer summit, so we can assume beer. And we are pretty sure that the red wine is flowing at the State dinners...but when the cameras are off. What do Presidents "really" drink. Take our poll and let us know what you think. While, you are thinking hard, try our President's Day Drink!!!!

P.S. Happy President's Day.

The Presidente'
2 oz tequila
1/2 ounce roses lime juice
1/2 ounce triple sec
couple splashes of pomagranate syrup

Shake ingredients in ice filled shaker, pour in a double rocks glass & enjoy your day off!

Free Web poll for your Web site - freepolls.com

Love Is In The Drink....

The month of February always brings out the best in us, thanks to Hallmark....and of course Bartender2Go, is no exception! We seem to come up with some of our greatest creations during the month of February. Not sure if it's the love that's in the air, Super Bowl withdrawal or the sweet memories of our past tasty love drinks, but well, we just LOVE the month of February! Incase you forgot to buy roses, try this perfect creation for two. Light a candle and turn, off the lights....
Love is holding on line two!!!

Love Potion #9

3 oz gin

1 oz rosebud tea

1 T. rose syrup

fresh lemon juice

Moet et Chandon Champagne
2 chilled martini glasses

Float rose petal on surface


We know what you are thinking. Where am I going to find Rose syrup??? Fret not. If you planned ahead of time, you can find it on Amazon or at an organic market. Trust us, you want this to make the drink sweeter. If you are adventurous, you can try to make your own, but don't blame us if you burn the sugar!!! To make your own rose syrup, boil water, 3 cups of granulated sugar & rinsed fresh red rose petals or rose hips in water. Pour into a squeezable bottle once the temp cools.

Pour all of the ingredients, EXCEPT the champagne, in a martini shaker filled with ice. Pour into chilled martini glass, leaving room at the top for the champagne. Top with champagne, and garnish with red rose petal.

Cheers to love...

6 More Weeks Of Warm Drinks...

So last week, the little fat rodent groundhog, affectionately known as Punxsutawney Phil, predicted 6 more weeks of winter. And, well we here in the DMV are quite over the 16 inch+ snow blizzards. This weekend, while on lockdown from the latest blizzard, we had a chance to work in the lab on some nice, warm and sexy drinks, to get you through the next 5 weeks of winter. Warm up with us!!!



Hot Caramel-Apple

1 oz. Butter schnapps Liqueur
1 oz Rum
5 oz Hot Apple Cider

Whether you make your cider from scratch or use a pre-made brand, such as Trader Joe's spiced apple cider, we love to warm up with this tasty drink. We get a few vitamins, and warm toes! Mix all of the ingredients in your favorite mug, and sing off-key tunes 'round the fireplace.



B2Go Hot Toddy

5 oz Hot Tea
2 oz Whiskey
1 T. Honey
Lemon
Fighting off a cold, or sore throat? Need a reason to spike your tea? Our hot toddy is the perfect solution. The lemon and honey will have you flying like a kite....or is that the whiskey? Either way, it's the perfect excuse for spiking tea....shhhh. Don't tell the Brits.

Drinks to Help You Get Through Your White Christmas

Dreaming of a white Christmas??? Hate to say it, but we are dreaming of white sandy beaches about 1,000 miles south. In any case, we decided that incase your white Christmas dreams do not come true, or if your in-laws are working your nerves, the least we could do is to help you out with a few drinks to help you get in the mood!

White Christmas (also known as the White Cranberry Cosmo)
3 oz Vodka
1 oz triple sec
1 oz lime juice
2 splashes of White Cranberry Juice

Shake ingredients in a martini shaker filled with ice. Strain into chilled martini glass & enjoy!!!

Snowflakes (hmmm, better known as the White Chocolate Martini)
1 Clear Crème de Cacao
1 1/2 Vanilla Vodka
1 1/2 White Chocolate Godiva Liqueur

This sexy little concoction can too be shaken in an ice filled martini shaker, and strained into a chilled martini glass. Bottoms up!!!

Three's Company

We have three tasty drinks to wet your appetite at the work holiday party. Just don't drink too much, you don't want to be the topic of discussion around the water cooler on Monday!!!

Oh So Cran-tini

3 oz Cranberry Vodka

1 oz Triple Sec

1oz Lime JuiceSplash Cranberry Juice

We put a twist on the Cosmo. Plain vodka, out the door. Make room for the cranberry this holiday season! Shake all of the ingredients in a martini shaker filled with ice. Pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with cranberries!

Hot Chocolate With 2 Kicks!

5 oz Hot Milk

1 oz Baileys

1oz Godiva Liqueur

1 oz Vanilla Vodka

1t Chocolate Syrup
a pinch of cayenne pepper

Did you get the memo? It's pretty cold outside. We have a tasty treat with a kick to warm you up!!! Mix syrup & hot milk, add vodka, Baileys, & Godiva liqueur, stir in a pinch of cayenne pepper. Garnish with marshmallows.

Orange Satin Take Me Away

2 oz Bacardi-O Rum

1 oz Cointreau

4 oz Fresh Squeezed Blood Orange Juice

Sue us, we couldn't really think of a name to give this lil' drink it's due. Get all of your vitamin C from this little gem of a cocktail. Serve on the rocks, or make it as a martini, both are quite delightful.

Giving Thanks For The Pumpkin Bowl

We’re just a few days away from what a client coined as the Turkey Party, and just like any “party” or day of thanks you plan on having, we want you to be fully prepared. Need something to go with that pumpkin pie? Want to wash down the pounds of turkey & mashed potatoes you plan on consuming. Try a cool Thanksgiving day spiked apple cider punch. For extra oooohs and ahhhs from your in-laws, carve and scoop out a pumpkin and serve the punch directly in your “pumpkin bowl”.

Have a happy & safe holiday.

Bartender2Go


One, Two Punch

1 large pumpkin, cleaned out, top removed
1 cup. Spiced Rum such as Captain Morgan
32 oz. Apple Juice
1 bottle Sparkling Apple Cider
Ice.
Cinnamon

Mix all the apple juice, sparkling cider and rum in a picture. Slowly pour contents into ice filled hallowed out pumpkin. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Have cinnamon sticks on the side for the garnish

Tis The Season

Our costumes are barely packed away from Halloween, but there is no time like the present to begin preparing for the holiday season, and around these parts, we LOVE to spread joy, cheer and merriment. One of our favorite ways of giving cheer is coming up with a tasty drink for you & your guests during the holiday season. We have a few to get you in the spirit!

Poinsettia
Chilled Champagne
Chilled cranberry Juice

In a champagne flute pour about an ounce of cranberry juice. Fill the rest of the glass with cold champagne or sparkling wine. A good brand that’s easy on the pockets is Cristallino! Garnish with frozen cranberries. Cheers.

Chocolate Covered Mint-tini
1oz. Godiva Liqueur
2oz. Clear Crème de Menthe
2oz. Baileys
Splash of milk or half & half optional (for a less potent drink!)

In a martini shaker filled with ice, combine the liquors, and optional ingredient. Shake & strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a mint sprig and chocolate shavings!

Mastering the Martini Party

Martini's are the new sexy. Below is a sample of martini's we made for a recent bridal shower this fall. In addition to providing the class instruction, glassware & package, we came up with a handy dandy post-card (front & back) that displayed the lovely betrothed couple on the front, and a list of drinks we would make that day on the back. Drink-up and enjoy!

Tasty Black Drinks For Halloween

We’ve been diligently working in the lab and decided to give you more “drinks for thought” in honor of all of the costume parties your BFF will drag you to next week. Having a small soiree? These are great themed drinks, that will add mystery, fun and sexiness (we love that word) to the party.


Witches Brewtini
2 oz Black Vodka
3 oz Pineapple Juice
Top with Champagne
ice

In an ice filled shaker combine the black vodka & the pineapple juice. Shake & strain into a chilled martini glass, leaving enough room at the top, to top with champagne.



Kiss of Death
2 oz Chambord
2 oz Black Vodka
Splash of Cranberry Juice
ice

In an ice filled shaker combine all of the ingredients. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with cherry or twist of lemon.



Black Widow

3 oz Black Vodka
3 oz cranberry juice
ice


This drink can be layered. To layer, pour the cranberry in a double rocks glass filled with first. Slowly pour the black vodka on top, using an inverted spoon (i.e. turn the spoon over so that the round part is facing up).