A bloody mary is probably one of the only alcoholic drinks you can order fairly early in the day without get a look of surprise and judgement from your server, but they can become boring. A video I found recently gave me some cool ideas about how to transform the old bloody mary.
It may be a good way to help a hangover but with these extreme garnishes you’re going to want to get the party started all over again…
A subscription service that’s been developed by 2 MIT grads and has been running for about a year now, could be the answer to getting to know your wine preferences.
The service called Bright Cellars, asks your favourite chocolate and flavour preferences, like dark chocolate, milk chocolate, orange, strawberry, peach etc. without asking direct wine questions. It then uses an algorithm to determine what wines you would like best.
Does it work? Click here to find out.
In the past 15 months there have been eleven drivers caught driving more than six times over the legal limit in South Australia.
South Australian police say drivers with extreme blood alcohol levels between 0.330 and 0.400 were caught 11 times in the past 15 months. Two of those drivers recorded readings of 0.400, while the other nine drivers recorded blood alcohol levels between 0.330 and 0.370.
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Australian wines are amongst the best in the world and the latest Decanter World Wine Awards is evidence of that.
Five Australian wines have won at the international awards during which 35 International Trophies were awarded from a total of 15,929 wines tasted at the beginning of the judging process.
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With a resurgence in the popularity of gin, here is a cool way to incorporate it into your cocktail menu. Okay so it isn’t new, but it will probably be new to most of your patrons as it was once popular in the Prohibition era but hasn’t been since then, I wonder why given that its so delicious.
Stir the honey into the water until dissolved to make a syrup. Pour into a cocktail shaker with the gin, lemon juice and a couple of ice cubes. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
For more delicious cocktail ideas click here.