I’m back!

I’m healing up after the horrible dental nightmare I had on Christmas Eve, and I’m looking forward to making up for it on New Year’s Eve. So, this week, I’m posting a few New Year’s Eve drinks, and then, on January 1st, I’ll probably post up a bunch of hangover remedies.

 This is a great drink for this particular year: the economy stinks, so most of us aren’t going to be buying up multiple bottles of Armand de Brignac - or as it’s colloquially known nowadays, “that Ace of Spades.” You can make this with a few bottles of America’s favorite inexpensive champagne, Korbel Brut, and still come off as pretty fancy.

Kir Royale - Recipe:

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This name became popular after Jimi Hendrix wrote a song with this title in 1967. Many believed that it was a song about drugs, and since, many different drugs, drug related paraphernalia, and drug-inspired songs and movies have been named after Purple Haze as well. However, Hendrix said in an interview that the song had nothing to do with drugs, but instead was based on a dream where he was walking around underwater, and was surrounded by a “purple haze,” which engulfed him and led to him being lost.

Let’s just hope the same doesn’t happen to your guests after they drink this cocktail.

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At the end of a long, hard, pain-in-the-ass week, nothing relieves the stress better than a sloe, comfortable screw. No need to rush, no need to argue, no worrying about whether you're doing something wrong - just kick off your shoes, relax your feet, and have a sloe comfortable screw. It slides in smoothly, goes down easily, but it gets the job done like a pro.

Just try not to enjoy it too much, or else you may not be able to walk properly afterwards.

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If I were the one naming these drinks, I’d have named the Lemon Drop after Lemonheads candy (as evidenced by the picture on that page, and this drink after the old Cherry Clan candies. Many bartenders make this with grenadine, but I prefer Sloe Gin, as its made with Sloe berries, which taste a lot more like cherries than grenadine. Grenadine, for those who are wondering, is from the French word grenade - which means pomegranate, not those little fragmentation bombs with the pins in them. Grenadine used to be made out of pomegranate and cherry juice, but now is made entirely out of high fructose corn syrup, food coloring, and “artificial flavors.”

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