When summer rolls around you’re going to want to have enough cocktail recipes under your belt. Here are some free apps to help you slay your summer cocktail game.
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Learn to Make a Watermelon Mojito Here
Havana Cuba is the birthplace of the Mojito so it comes as no surprise that when you sip a Mojito you’re transported to a tropical paradise.
This is a particularly fabulous version, the Watermelon Mojito which goes down well for ladies nights or just for happy hour.
Let’s learn how to make it,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92p2G-DfaoY
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How to Choose the Right Wine
According to wine expert and trainee sommelier Brandon Ford in an article on WSPA.com the greatest goal when choosing a wine to go with your meal is to enhance the flavour of the food and create a whole new experience.
Trying lots of different types of wines is really the only way you’re going to figure what you prefer. Overtime you may opt for the same wine all the time or at times you may want something new to challenge your pallette.
He also explains that when it comes to wine, sticking within your budget is also important. Ford goes on to explain:
“I think it’s really experience and who you surround yourself with, its peer pressure.”
Read more http://wspa.com/2016/07/24/expert-gives-tips-and-tricks-to-selecting-the-right-wine/
Ford goes on to provide some questions that you can ask yourself to help make the selection process easier, keeping in mind that budget and pairing with good food are key.
He goes on to explain:
“There is this stigma associated with wine that ivory towers and cloak and dagger and it doesn’t have to be.”
Read more http://wspa.com/2016/07/24/expert-gives-tips-and-tricks-to-selecting-the-right-wine/
If you want to expand your wine knowledge, take a course, buy a book or visit one of the many websites available on the subject.
A good website suggested is Wine Folly. Ford highlights that ultimately your wine selection is all about you and your preferences. The best advice Ford says he can offer,
“Pair what you like with what you like. The best food and wine pairing is the best one for you.”
Read more http://wspa.com/2016/07/24/expert-gives-tips-and-tricks-to-selecting-the-right-wine/
Wine experts say beginning to appreciate wine and wine tasting is much like beginning to appreciate music or art.
The ability to sniff out subtle nuances that weave into complex wine aromas is essential for wine tasting and can be developed over time and with practice.
If you’re a beginner, try holding your nose while you swallow a mouthful of wine.
Whichever wine you choose remember that moderation is the key to drinking alcohol, even wine. In fact moderate alcohol consumption has been proven to benefit your heart, together with a slew of other health benefits but excessive consumption has been linked to cancer and other health problems.
This is one of the reasons the Australian government has made Responsible Service of Alcohol training mandatory for anyone serving alcohol. To find out more about RSA training, click here.
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Try this Cocktail Recipe
Here’s a cool cocktail recipe that you can try at home. Although it’s a pefect refreshing drink for summer, it also tastes good enough to enjoy now in winter and its easy enough to make for a party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOaeM7ju1pk
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How To Make Hemingway’s Favourite Cocktail
Are you a fan of Ernest Hemingway? If so you’ll love this cocktail, rumoured to be the author’s favourite and which was in fact created by the literary goliath himself.
The drink is a mix of absinthe and champagne and even today, bartenders and drinkers around the world love its combination.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz absinthe
- 4 oz champagne
- Lemon twist
Method:
Pour absinthe into a champagne flute or coupe, add chilled champagne, and stir. Express a lemon peel over the top the drink and drop in.
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Getting Summer Ready Starting with Cocktail Recipes
While we haven’t quite made it to summer yet, here are 3 cool cocktails that can help you prepare for those summer barbeques and cocktail parties.
In my opinion these refreshing cocktails are perfect anytime of the year.
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Irish People Try American Alcohol
The Irish are known for their happy hour so this video of Irish people trying American alcohol for the first time is interesting.
America’s known for everything from Budweiser to Jack Daniels but Ireland is the home of Guinness and Irish whisky like Jameson.
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Cocktail Lesson in Best Possible Classroom
One of the best things about travelling, other than discovering new locations is trying out new foods and drinks.
This cool video shows us some awesome cocktails to enjoy on vacation or at home, and the video’s setting is not too bad either.
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The top Ice-cream Cocktails
So this may not be the best cocktails for winter, but they will definitely satisfy the kid in you.
These are the best ice-cream cocktails to try when summer arrives, or now!
These look as good as they taste and they make the perfect dessert.
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Queensland Lockouts Underway but Violence Up
So the first phase of Queensland’s new lockout laws are in effect and already venues, who were apprehensive to embrace the lockouts in the first place, are already reporting losses in revenue.
According to a post on TheShout.com. since the implementation of the laws, alcohol fuelled violence is also up, despite the increase in police presence.
Information gathered by Triple J’s Hack program, revealed that venues in Brisbane recorded a decline in business on the first Friday night of the laws.
According to data gathered, business dropped a staggering 17 per cent on Friday night compared with the same weekend last year. Business showed a 24 per cent decline from the previous Friday.
Saturday’s figures weren’t any better, in fact data from the largest venues in Fortitude Valley showed that business dropped 19 per cent since last year.
Emmanuel Bogiatzis, of the Heritage Exchange Hotel in Townsville, explained:
“Staff hours will be reduce by 20-30 per week and we are only one venue, so multiply this by 10 – equal to the late night traders in our strip – and the loss of wages alone for a community already doing it tough is enormous, possibly 250-300 hours,”
“The real concern is the 1am lockout, that comes in to play on the 1st February 2017, could be devastating.
“Hoping customers will come to town earlier is a big ask, to change people’s habits overnight is unrealistic. Even more difficult times are ahead.”
Read more at http://www.theshout.com.au/2016/07/06/article/Queensland-lockouts-begin-revenue-down-violence-up/NTRYTDUSLP.html
Although he agrees that banning rapid consumption drinks after 12am is a good idea, restrictions to trading hours for any business is bad, regardless of the size of the business.
The article went on to highlight reports from a volunteer organisation, NightWatch Patrols who operate in the entertainment precincts, stating that they attended to more incidents this weekend than they did the previous weekend despite the new lockout laws being in place, so one has to question whether the laws are going to be effective.
Chris Owens of NightWatch Patrols said there was potential for even higher numbers of incidents once police patrol numbers dropped back to regular levels.
“On Friday we were up by only two jobs and on Saturday we were up five or six incidents,” said Owens. “There were boosted police numbers as well, so the amount of incidents may change once the police aren’t out in force.”
Read more at http://www.theshout.com.au/2016/07/06/article/Queensland-lockouts-begin-revenue-down-violence-up/NTRYTDUSLP.html