Everything And Nothing

Watermelon Margaritas

3 cups seedless-watermelon chunks (about 1 lb. peeled watermelon)
1 1/2 cups fresh lime juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup tequila
1/2 cup Grand Marnier

Combine watermelon chunks, lime juice and sugar in a blender, and blend on high until completely liquid and frothy. Combine in a pitcher with tequila and Grand Marnier. Fill pitcher with ice, stir and serve.

[ via Domino magazine, August 2008 ]

Satan's Whiskers

Dylan Cross for the Wall Street Journal

Satan's Whiskers

½ oz gin
½ oz dry vermouth
½ oz sweet vermouth
½ oz freshly squeezed orange juice
½ oz Grand Marnier
1 dash orange bitters

Stir with ice until bitingly cold and then strain into a stemmed cocktail glass. Garnish with orange twist. For a variation, substitute Cointreau Noir for the Grand Marnier.

[ via Eric Felten, Wall Street Journal ]

Earl Grey Glory

2 cups Early Grey tea, chilled
1/2 cup simple syrup
6 tbsp fresh lemon juice, plus curled strips of lemon for garnish
1/4 cup rum

In a pitcher, combine all ingredients except peel. Pour into glasses filled with ice. Garnish with peel, if desired.

[ via Better Homes and Gardens magazine, February 2008 ]

For each, its own

Photo via Luxist

German glassware make Spiegelau recently launched a line of brew-specific glasses to enhance your beer-drinking experience.  The Beer Classics Collection offers three glasses designed to enhance three common styles of beer.

Spiegelau says the shape helps present "the aromatics of this style of beer and showcases the color, clarity and carbonation of good lagers." The collection includes lager glasses, stemmed pilsner glasses and wheat beer glasses. All are dishwasher safe.

The glasses are available as sets of two at major retailers and online for $29.99.

Walk Me Down (Sweet Jesus)

1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz tequila
1 oz sweet and sour mix
1/2 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
4 - 6 oz Sprite® soda

Shake ingredients (except Sprite) together in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Add Sprite and stir. Strain into a hurricane glass over ice, and serve.

Get a Wedgie

OK, OK, it's a Wedger. Sheesh.

The Blue Citrus Wedger cuts a whole lemon or lime into eight even wedges in one easy motion!

$16

Sapporo has plans for space beer

Sapporo announced recently it was planning the first "space beer," using offspring of barley once stored at the International Space Station. Researchers said the project was part of efforts to prepare for a future in which humans spend extended periods of time in space - and might like a cold beer after a space walk.

They hope to have 100 bottles of beer ready by November.

A Tumbler Full of Monkeys

Get a barrel full of belly laughs with these cute cocktail monkeys. 100 monkeys in 4 solid colors means 100 problems off your back. They also hang nicely on the rim of a glass.

$5.95

Happy Hour

I heart Anne Taintor. But Anne Taintor AND cocktails. Be still my heart... ;)

Slip one of these dandy little stainless steel flasks into your apron pocket - and a ladylike snort is always at your fingertips! 

$22

Berry Vodka Spritzers

Halve four limes and squeeze the juice into a pitcher. (If desired, cut the squeezed limes into small pieces and add to the pitcher.) Mix in 3 tbsp sugar. Add 1 liter club soda, 1 cup berry-flavored vodka, 1 cup blueberries and 1 cup raspberries. Pour over ice. Serves 8.

[ via Real Simple magazine, June 2008 ]