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Yellow Card!!?? Bull#$@% !!

Food and Drink, Recipes / By

If you’re watching the World Cup you know what a Yellow Card is.  Or maybe you’ve been hit with one on the home front.  Regardless, Mantitlement.com has a cocktail that says, “I not sure I agree with your decision to issue me a Yellow Card but a few sips of this cocktail and I’m feeling better in general.” Or something like that.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 1 /2 ounces tequila
  • 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1 ounce pineapple juice
  • 1 teaspoon agave nectar or simple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon fresh chopped cilantro leaves (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Add all the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice, shake well and strain into a martini glass. Can also be served over ice.

USA! USA!

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Brace Yourself. Family Holiday.

Food and Drink, Recipes / By

Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, Cranberry Orange Whiskey Sour, Pumpkin Pie Martini, Cranberry Jello Shots.

Delish has 35 T-Day cocktail recipes to consider.  For example, we’re going to try the Big Apple Manhattan, as we were recently visiting the Big Apple Manhattan.  And we happen to have some fresh-off-the-tree Washington State Cosmic Crisp apples on hand (thanks Rob). So seems appropriate.  Here’s the recipe.  For the other 34 in Delish, click here!

Ingredients

  • Ice
  • 2 oz. rye whiskey
  • 1 oz. apple brandy
  • 2 dashes angostura bitters
  • Apple slice, for garnish

Directions

  • Step 1
    Fill a pint glass or cocktail shaker with ice. Add whiskey, brandy, and bitters, then stir. 
  • Step 2
    Strain into a glass and garnish with an apple slice.

Happy Holidays!

– Jet Cannon

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No Beer for you!!

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Two days before the World Cup starts, host country Qatar announced that beer will not be sold, as originally promised, in the stadiums. Soccer fans are understandably confused and angry since beer helps make a nil-nil match super-exciting. As for the rest of us back home…. cheers!

 

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Painful Joke

Cannabis, Good Clean Fun / By

Republicans and Democrats came together in Congress to allow medicinal marijuana for the purpose of relieving arthritis pain. So, there is joint support for joints for joint support.

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Dumb and dumber

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Men’s Health says hex-shaped dumbbells are best for your home gym versus round.  Dumb (hex) and dumber (round).  Yeah, round dumbbells roll.  They’re not as good for chest exercises. They’re often more expensive, are not as comfortable resting on your shoulders, and are harder to grip in certain exercises.  So go hex!  Read all about it in Men’s Health.

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Watch and Learn, Grasshopper

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“In addition to directing such hits as Bridesmaids and Spy, creating the comedy series Freaks and Geeks and directing (and acting in) episodes of The Office and Arrested Development, Paul Feig happens to be a master mixologist. His new book, Cocktail Time!, is a compendium of classic drinks and his own creations.”  Thank you Parade magazine.

In his spare time, “Feig partnered with a boutique Canadian distillery to concoct the award-winning Artingstall’s Brilliant London Dry Gin ($43, drizly.com), which he describes it as having “hints of citrus, hints of floral black pepper and nice warmth without feeling too alcoholic. Ours is a really great mix of botanical and alcohol in harmony so it’s not a harsh drink.”  As we enjoy a sip of gin occasionally, we’re going to try it.

Feig has also made a martini for King Charles III.  No pressure!

One of Feig’s favorite crowd-pleasers for the holidays is the Grasshopper.  Read more about Feig and get the recipe for the Grasshopper here in Parade.

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It’s a Miracle

Music / By

The Mirror reports, “Photographer stunned after capturing wave that looks exactly like Queen legend Brian May.”

It’s a sign of something. Not sure what.

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Love the wine You’re with

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According to National Day Calendar, Saturday November 12th is International Wine Tourism Day. “Wine is big business. In the United States alone, people spend over 17 billion dollars on wine tourism. The wine industry in America brings 43 million visitors to over 10,000 wine producers all over the country. Wine is so popular that all 50 states have winery facilities. On a global scale, wine tourism accounts for more than 50 billion euros of direct revenue to the world economy. That equals about 57 billion U.S. dollars.”

So this weekend, visit your local winery or… just love the wine you’re with!

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Whose turn in the barrel?

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Globe-trotting Buzzed Boomer Correspondent Maserati Mike raced through Ireland’s Jameson Distillery (ESTd 1780 in order to reach the tasting room. Among other fine versions of their Irish Whiskey, MM discovered the IPA Edition where the whiskey is finished in craft beer barrels. Contrast that with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey where only new in-house-crafted barrels are used for aging 4 to 7 years and then sold to craft beer and wine makers to age their products.  So whose turn in the barrel?

Meanwhile, no further word from Maserati Mike.

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Waterloo Wisdom

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Tireless Buzzed Boomer Roving Correspondent and Pub Patron Maserati Mike shares some memorable quotes from his relentless research in London.

“I love water, especially when it’s frozen and surround by gin.”

 

“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me”. – Winston Churchill

 

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