If Winter hasn’t been too kind to your waistline you may want to look at the alcoholic beverages you’re consuming because they may be the biggest culprits when it comes to your calorie intake.
While you don’t need to quit alcohol altogther, you may want to swop out that calorific Pina Colada with a less high calorie cocktail.
In fact there are even options under 200 calories that you can enjoy without the guilt such as
If you still don’t know which glassware to serve your cocktails in, you should definitely watch this video.
This advanced glassware guide will help you take your cocktail game to the next level. Watch it here.
Adelaide’s Blackwood venue is serving up good old fashioned native Australian ingredients in its cocktails, including finger lime for example instead of the traditional lime wedge that accompanies many drinks.
Australia has some of the world’s oldest foods and just recently native Australian ingredients are being incorporated into main stream dining and drinking.
In Melbourne places like Attica and Bad Frankie have embraced native ingredients and Billy Kwong and Bar Brose in Sydney have also warmed to the idea of including these ingredients in food and drinks.
You too can update your drinks menu with some fresh local, indigenious ingredients.
Find more at: https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/food-and-drink/article/bush-tucker-cocktails
Although winter’s almost behind us, these tropical cocktails will make you think its summer already.
If fruity drinks are your thing, you’ll love these colourful creations. The only problem is that they’re so delicious you may forget just how many you’ve had.
Learn to make them in this video.
When you go to a party or night out with your mates one of the hardest things to do can be to limit yourself to just 2 drinks, as is recommended.
For your health and safety, its best to stick to 2 drinks, we know this but when we’re with friends it’s tempting to match them drink for drink.
In an article on Lifehacker.com the writer suggested having your first drink be something you like and drinking it slowly.
Next have a hydrating drink, like a seltzer or juice. This will also help you avoid a hangover.
Make your second drink something you love and sip it slowly.
Remember drinking in moderation and responsibly should always be your goal, not getting wasted.
Read more at http://lifehacker.com/have-two-drinks-at-a-party-1784669979
If you thought you couldn’t enjoy a cocktail when you go camping, think again. Just because you can’t carrying alot of stuff, it doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice on taste. In this video you’ll get an idea of how to make popular but simple cocktails that you wouldn’t think you could enjoy around a campsite.
It is believed that the first distillation of rum happened in the 17th century on the sugarcane plantations of the Caribbean.
Since then rum has become a firm favourite the world over, not just on islands where sugarcane, the main ingredient for rum, is grown.
If rum is your thing, you’ll want to watch this video of the world’s best rum cocktails.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1lnzPQVEP4
Following news that the Smithsonian is hiring a beer historian, I decided to find my favourite beer cocktails.
If you’re a fan of beer, but want a new twist on it, try one of these beer cocktails. Although these are summer drinks, I think they work perfectly no matter the season.