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French 75 – Friday’s Featured Cocktail

August 27, 2010 Cocktails

I am re-posting this cocktail recipe in celebration of the first day of sales for our book “Plan to Party”!  It’s one of our favorites and after you try it I am sure it will be one of yours too.
This weekend take a moment to celebrate that which is special in your life!   If [...]

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Summer State of Mind – Friday’s Featured Cocktail

August 20, 2010 Cocktails

Summer is winding down and there are only a few weeks left before the kids go back to school, sports kick in and we turn our attention toward fall entertaining.  With that in mind, here is a great cocktail that keeps summer front and center.  The coconut, berry and lime are a sensational summer taste [...]

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Beefeater Basil and Berry Gimlet – Friday’s Featured Cocktail

August 13, 2010 Cocktails

Our garden is bursting with basil and I am looking for ways to enjoy it. So when I came across this refreshing summer cocktail from Beefeater, it made my day!  Hope you enjoy it too  and cheers to another summer weekend of fun!
Beefeater Basil-Berry Gimlet Gin Cocktail
Ingredients Per Cocktail

2 parts gin
1/2 part fresh lemon [...]

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Sweet Tea Vodka – Friday’s Featured Cocktail

July 30, 2010 Cocktails

Repost from August 13, 2009
2009 International Wine and Sprits Competition Silver Medal winner, Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, USA [35%] $18.
Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka is the Hip Sip of the summer! As if I needed another reason to love South Carolina (Hilton Head Island is one of my favorite places!), I was recently introduced [...]

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Mango Daiquiri Ice Pops – Friday’s Featured Cocktail!

July 23, 2010 Cocktails

If you live in the NYC area, you have been melting for almost a month now.  It has been one heatwave after another and everyone is just plain tired of being hot.   After watching my 3 boys go from hot to happy after slurping on ice pops yesterday, I set out to find a [...]

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Frozen Cherry Mojito – Friday’s Featured Cocktail

July 9, 2010 Cocktails

This is the perfect cocktail for summer and a real beat the heat treat! The recipe comes from Partybluprints’ reader Sara Gorski, the winner of our “Lenox’s “Drinks of the Season”  Giveaway.

Sara’s Frozen Cherry Mojoto Recipe:
Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz white rum
1/5 oz simply syrup (make this ahead by dissolving 2 cups [...]

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Apple Pie Martini – Friday’s Featured Cocktail

July 2, 2010 Cocktails

This is the perfect patriotic cocktail for the Fourth of July. It’s as American as apple pie and delicious too! Don’t just go for a gimmicky drink because it’s red, white and blue, serve up something that taste great and at the same time captures the soul of America on her birthday.
Apple Pie [...]

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Top Tips for the Best Frozen Drinks – from Pool Bar Jim!

July 1, 2010 Cocktails

If you want to know what the buzz is on Hilton Head Island, try out Pool Bar Jim’s. With blenders humming from noon till 8pm this island favorite is open 7 days a week.
Jim Lisenby, a.k.a “Pool Bar Jim”, a famous figure in the world of Frozen Cocktails has created over 1,000 recipes during [...]

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Summer Sangria- Friday’s Featured Cocktail

June 25, 2010 Cocktails

Sangria is the perfect summer party punch. Make up a batch and enjoy with friends at any of your summer celebrations. Sangria is great with barbecued food, especially those that are spicy! Be adventurous and add in fruits that you like, try apple (make sure it has no wax), strawberries, peaches, etc… Here is a [...]

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Arnold Palmer – Friday’s Featured Cocktail

June 18, 2010 Cocktails

Cheers to Dad this weekend!  This one is from the man himself, Arnold Palmer, and it’s a classic.  Serve it straight or spiked, Dad’s pick.
Recipe for an Arnold Palmer (one cocktail)

5 oz Lemonade
5 oz Iced Tea

Blending Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a highball or tall glass with ice, stir and enjoy
Spiked Arnold Palmer
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