Monday, May 13, 2013

Refreshing summer drink...with Sake!

SUBTLE SUMMER

SUBTLE SUMMER

MAKES 1 COCKTAIL
2 oz Tyku sake
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
2 slices cucumber, plus more for garnish
1. Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker along with two ice cubes. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds.

2. Strain into a lowball glass and garnish with thinly sliced cucumbers. Cheers!


Chocolate Margarita

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Chocolate Margarita

ingredients:

1 ¾ oz silver tequila
1 ½ oz orange liqueur
1 oz Kahlua
1 oz half n half
1 ½ TBS chocolate syrup
ice
Oreo cookies

directions:

Place Oreo cookies in a sandwich bag and crush. Place crushed Oreo on a small plate. Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker and stir in chocolate syrup. Add ice into shaker and shake well. Moisten cocktail glass lightly and rim with crushed Oreo. Pour into rimmed glass and enjoy.

Smoky Martini

Smoky Martini

Smoky Martini - Gin Cocktail
The Smoky Martini Cocktail

Base Spirit:Gin, Scotch

Type:Classics

Served:Neat/Up

Preparation:Stirred

Strength:Strong

Difficulty:Medium

Flavor Profile:Spirit-forward

ABOUT THE SMOKY MARTINI COCKTAIL

Replace the vermouth in a classic Martini with Scotch and you get something altogether different.

INGREDIENTS IN THE SMOKY MARTINICOCKTAIL

  • 2.5 oz Gin
  • .25 oz Blended Scotch whisky

Garnish:Lemon twist

Glass:Martini

HOW TO MAKE THE SMOKY MARTINICOCKTAIL

Add both ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir, and strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Castello Di Ama Rosato

VINEYARD

The terroir that yields this rosé is the same that yields the wine Castello di Ama. The vineyards, planted in 1978, are at a density of 3,000 vines per hectare, and are trained part to open lyre and part to Guyot, while the vineyards re-planted from 1990 to today are trained predominantly to Guyot and to spurred cordon, at a density of 5,300 vines per hectare. This delicious wine, which appeared in the early 1980s, is composed of sangiovese and merlot, in proportions that vary from harvest to harvest. It derives its excellent body through the saignée process, from lots of wine that go to make Castello di Ama, and for this reason the resulting wine resembles more a young red wine than a white wine.

 

SENSORY PORTRAIT

Intense, deep cherry-pink

Fruity, with emphatic fragrances of ripe cherry and wild strawberry

The scented fruit returns on the mid-palate, and the long-lingering finish shows flavourful, with a minerally edge.

Pasta in tomato sauce or Shellfish would be a great pairing.

A “crisp, crunchy” wine
that can be enjoyed immediately, but which can easily hold up over time.
 

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The Blood & Sand


THE BLOOD AND THE SAND


THE BLOOD AND THE SAND
The Blood and Sand with extra OJ for a Brunch Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 oz. scotch
  • ¾ oz. Cherry Heering liqueur
  • ¾ oz. sweet vermouth
  • ¾ oz. fresh orange juice

  • Garnish with orange slice, maraschino cherry or both
PREPARATION
  1. Combine scotch, Cherry Heering, vermouth, and orange juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; cover and shake until chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish.
  2. Alternate for Brunch:
  3. Prepare as indicated but pour over ice in a rocks glass and top with additional orange

Wedding season...let us help you plan!!


Wedding Reception Planning


Its summer time and that means time for weddings! Having trouble planning the bar your reception? We can help!

 Here at Spec’s Atascocita, we have everything you might need from wine and kegs to mixers and cups, we even have martini picks and olives! We can accommodate receptions both small and large as well as help you choose the right products to ensure everyone enjoys the party, but you stay in your budget!  

So stop in today and ask for Carrie or Mitch, and we can take care of everything!


Sex in the Driveway? It's a drink...really!!


SEX IN THE DRIVEWAY (I don't name them I just find the recipes)

Sex in the Driveway      (1oz Blue Curacao    1oz Peach Shcnapps    2oz Citrus vodka   Fill with Sprite)
SEX IN THE DRIVEWAY

2 ounces V5 Citron Vodka

1 ounce Drillaud Blue Curacao
1 ounce Drillaud Peach




Pour into tall glass with ice top off with Sprite.