There is nothing like fresh Sangria in the summer! Well, a margarita is pretty good too. Sure, you can buy the premixed Sangria drinks from Costco, and honestly, it’s pretty good. But ROF has been making his own Sangria for as long as I can remember.
See video – filmed from vacation in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Recipe below.
FRUIT NEEDED:
1 peach
1 plum
3 limes
1 lemon
1 orange
Cut up all fruit into chunks and squeeze the lemon, lime and orange juice into the JUG.
BOOZE NEEDED:
1 cup of sugar
1.5 cups of Brandy
1 cup of Triple Sec (orange liquor)
2 bottles of cheap red wine/merlot
Mix everything together. Serve over ice with a splash of club soda on top and a lime or lemon. ENJOY!!
Since the Cowboys aren’t in the Super Bowl, this isn’t a big deal to me. ROF is rooting for New England. In fact, he is giving us all a refreshing cocktail to sip along with this scrumptious dip or these awesome sliders.
i think this may have evolved into a cocktail blog! no, i will be back eventually. to be honest, while i love writing and appreciating i am just a little tired of the whole blogging thing. i read a TON of design blogs and lifestyle blogs and everything is …well… styled. and styled to me is starting to get … well … boring. stop gasping. i know – shocker. i want to aspire to something different and i already know what it is. but it’s secret. tell ya later.
now, on to my main squeeze- ROF. happy friday! he’s been doing these awesome cocktail videos for me. you know why? he makes damn good drinks. he makes what we call “sipping” drinks (insert a wide-eyed “KATIE” here!) this is the perfect cocktail to mix for an intimate holiday get-together. it’s festive with green and red coloring and it’s delicious. remember what they say about martinis:
all month long , we’re going to feature a signature holiday drink and release it on thursday.
one thing that is fun to do if you’re having a holiday cocktail or dinner party is to start with a pre-made signature drink. typically just one to hand people as they come in. when people come over, try to engage all the senses. for example, your house is infused with scented candles that have already been burning a while or a tasty dinner in the oven, a holiday playlist with regular music mixed in with holiday music and a signature cocktail!
this first cocktail is the perfect holiday sipping drink. you’ve got cinnamon flavor with the whisky, vanilla, pumpkin and irish cream all together.
all this month, if you post on social media, send us a photo or comment here on the blog of one of ROF’s drinks you made, we’ll enter you in a drawing to win a sleeve of these:
JACK-O-FIRE
1 part Fireball Whisky
1 part vanilla vodka
1 part pumpkin spice liqueur
1 part Irish cream
Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with cinnamon stick and ground nutmeg. Recipe from here.
i’m so thankful for you. i appreciate you letting me be creative and you reading and sharing. i certainly am thankful for ROF who makes living life so much fun. today is thursday, so it’s cocktails with ROF time. today, he is celebrating BLACK FRIDAY with a Jim Beam Black drink to sip after you get done with shopping, crowds and malls tomorrow. recipe is below his video:
2 oz bourbon
1 oz ginger ale
2 oz coke
squeeze of lime
fill a glass 2/3 with ice, pour in bourbon, add in the ginger ale and coke. finish with the squeeze of lime. enjoy!
living in Wisconsin is just plain fun. it really is. there are so many things that are unanimously loved throughout the whole state that it’s like one big club. here’s a little sample of what i’m talking about:
cheese curds
friday night fish fry
euchre
going up north
bar dice
beer and…
BRANDY OLD FASHIONED!
of course, i called it “brandy old fashion” forever until i noticed the error of my ways and quickly changed. google “wisconsin and brandy” and you’ll see the articles on how no one can really explain why ALL OF WISCONSIN DRINKS SO MUCH BRANDY! one article went right to the source – Korbel and got this quote:
“Wisconsin is our number one state,” says Margie Healy, director of public relations for the California-based Korbel. “We export 385,000 cases a year, and 139,000 go directly to Wisconsin. That’s one-third of our total production.”
all i can tell you is that they are darn good drinks! my girlfriends and i tried the “sweet” version this past weekend and loved them!
so here is ROF with another drink for you to try out this weekend. make it for you and your loved one and send us a picture! recipe is below.
Put cube of sugar in class and squeeze the juice from one slice of orange and add a cherry. Muddle it together – just press and break up the sugar cube and cherry. Put 4-6 dashes of bitters in the glass and add some ice cubes. Next, put in about 2- 2.5 ounces of Brandy. Korbel is most popular. Lastly top with either 7-up for SWEET or top with club soda for SOUR or a little bit of BOTH for a PRESS. Add one more cherry to the top. Take some lemon zest and squeeze the oils into the top and rub zest along rim. There you go! Enjoy!
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Since the Cowboys aren’t in the Super Bowl, this isn’t a big deal to me. ROF is rooting for New England. In fact, he is giving us all a refreshing cocktail to sip along with this scrumptious dip or these awesome sliders.
