X FACTOR PARTY COCKTAIL RECIPE

This week's recipe is a tribute to our own Mary Byrne!!!!!

We have taken the classic Scarlett O Hara and revamped it. The original Scarlett O Hara was made with Southern Comfort, but we have tweaked it to be more like a cosmo as we know how girls like their cosmos and have used Irish whiskey and apricot brandy liqueur instead. Apricot Brandy is readily available in off licences......happy shaking and raise a glass or two to Mary!!!!!!!

SCARLETT O HARA
40mls Irish Whiskey
20mls Apricot Brandy
60mls cranberry juice
2 lime wedges

Method:- Put some ice into a martini glass to chill it. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Squeeze in the lime wedges. Discard the ice from the martini glass. Shake the mixture and strain into the chilled martini glass. Garnish with a piece of orange zest.....enjoy!!

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X FACTOR PARTY COCKTAIL

This weeks recipe is dedicated to Wagner, the Brazilian lothario. We are sure he would really enjoy a Caipirinha about now.

The Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and all you need to make it is some limes, caster sugar and Cachaca, a Brazilian sugar cane spirit, available in higher end off licences like Celtic Whiskey Shop on Dawson St, D2 and Redmond's in Ranleagh and you will get 19 portions out of a 70cl bottle.

Recipe:-
35mls Cachaca
half a lime cut into 4 wedges
2 teaspoons of caster sugar

Method:- Place the wedges in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add sugar and muddle to release the juice from the fruit. Add the cachaca and some ice and shake hard. Pour the contents of the shaker into an old fashioned glass(whiskey glass)

Garnish with a lime wheel and piece of sugar cane(optional, available on http://www.mixo-logic.barstore.com/)

X FACTOR PARTY COCKTAIL RECIPE

Ok, ladies!

Here is your first recipe......

We will post a different recipe each week so that you can have a delicious cocktail while you and your girlfriends watch Simon Cowell & Co.

This week we are breaking out the bubbles, but not breaking the bank.....

What you need:-  Vodka, raspberries, pineapple juice and Prosecco(Dunnes do a great Prosecco for about €7 a btl)Martini Glass

FLIRTINI
20mls Vodka
40mls pineapple juice
5 raspberries
Prosecco(to top up)

Glass:- Martini Glass
Garnish:- Raspberry

Method:- Muddle the raspberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the vodka and pineapple juice and shake hard. Strain the mixture into a martini glass and top with chilled Prosecco. Garnish with a raspberry floating in it. 

COMING SOON!!!!! OUR COCKTAIL BOOKLET

Shortly we will have booklets of cocktail recipes available to buy online. They will be released monthly and will incorporate seasonal flavours and recipes and advise you on what you need to buy to make them and more importantly where to shop...... watch this space

TRUE ORIGINALS NO. 2: THE HUMMINGBIRD

A PERFECT PINA COLADA!!

Saba Cocktails - Beteljuice

BLACK EYED PEAS IN DUBLIN

Mixio-logic's Paul Lambert is making drinks at the Pre and After show parties of the Black Eyed Peas Concerts this weekend.

The E.N.D World Tour is sponsored by Bacardi and 50 guests each night will be treated to delicious Bacardi Cocktails like Mojitos, daiquiris and a special cocktail created by Paul, for the event. Named the V.I.Pea it will be the signature drink of the weekend.

Recipe and photo to follow

42BELOW COCKTAIL WORLD CUP 2010

Congratulations to Team Ireland for finishing 4th overall in the 42Below Cocktail World Cup in Wellington, NZ.

They also won the Modern Martini section of the competiton, keeping up Ireland's consisitent record in this competition. We have always won one round of the competition since we first started entering in 2006.

Team Ireland consisited of Max La Rocca, Aaron Wall, Andy Ferreira and their recipes were as follows:-

WILDE HONEY PORTER                                
1 muddled cardamom pod                                  
25 mls lillet blanc

15 mls creme de cacao

15 mls simple syrup

15 mls lime juice

2 dashes angostura

35 mls guinness

35 mls 42 Below Manuka Honey

15mls egg white

(thanks to Max for the recipe and photo http://www.maxologist.blogspot.com/)



KIA KAHA (stand strong) Modern Martini Winner

50 ml 42BELOW Pure
20 ml Little Blanc
2 Dashes Peychaud
42 Below Feijoa Vodka mist
"Throw" the mix form one tin to another in order to aerate and chill the drink without giving too much dilution

(old technique from Baodas Cocktail Bar in Barcelona)

Strain in chilled cocktail coupe

Garnish with a twist of grapefruit

SUMMERTIME IS HERE!!!

To celebrate the arrival of summer, here is a recipe we created for today.

Loosey Goosey
40mls 42Below Vodka
20mls Orange curacao
5 red grapes
6 mint leaves
2 drops of Peach Bitters
20mls fresh lime juice
20mls MONIN Cane Syrup
7up

Method:- Muddle the grapes in the bottom of the cocktail shaker with the mint, lime jucie and sugar syrup. Add some ice and then pour in the vodka and bitters. Shake well and pour the contents of the shaker into a tall glass with ice. Top with 7up. Garnish with a mint sprig.

42 BELOW COCKTAIL WORLD CUP 2010

We would like to wish Team Ireland the very best of luck at the 42Below Cocktail World Cup in Queenstown, New Zealand next week.

Team Ireland is made up of Aaron Wall(Noo Bar), Max la Rocca(Sheen Falls Lodge) and Andy Ferreira(Long Island Cocktail Bar) and they have been working very hard on their recipe for the World Cup.

Best of luck guys and bring it home!!!!!!!