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St. Patrick’s Day

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Baby Boomers and St. Patrick’s Day.  What to serve?  Bailey’s?  Guinness?  Jameson whiskey?  Green beer?  Black and Tan?  St. Patrick’s Day Melontini?  Shamrocked Shooter?  Getting thirsty?  I am.  

I’m going to go with Lucky Charms Rainbow Vodka from tablespoon.com.  (https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/lucky-charms-rainbow-vodka/f7a887cc-dba4-483d-b385-aa9ba8ac5696).  This colorful choice looks magically delicious.  I don’t really care what it tastes like.  It’s perfect for Baby Boomers enchanted by hours of Lucky Charms commercials and hopefully a box or two.

See the website for the recipe but essentially you separate the marshmallows by color, drop six of them in a shot glass and add vodka.  The marshmallows dissolve leaving their respective colors behind.  Brilliant!

Regardless of your beverage choice, imbibe carefully as always.

– Jet Cannon

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Sugar, Carbs, and Calories

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Buzz off bad boys!  All three are bad for the beach body we’ll need this spring and summer.  Hence the hard seltzer craze.  These beverages are lower in all three.  Now, 100 non-nutritional calories per can is not exactly healthy but it beats most beer, wine and liquor options.  The alcohol content is also lower making summertime parties a little safer.

The fun part is the number of choices is growing as all the big beverage makers are jumping on the bandwagon e.g. Bud Light Seltzer.  Lots of subtle fruity flavors.  “Here, try one of mine!”  The millennials seem to have claimed White Claw.  If Baby Boomers have a favorite brand, please let me know.  I want that one.  

– Jet Cannon

 

Photo courtesy of swiglife.com

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Zero Proof Taste Test

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It seems counter-intuitive to write about zero proof gin on Buzzed Boomer but there may be occasions when one wants to stay sober, or more sober, while still enjoying a cocktail.  Ritual intents to fill that need with their gin, whiskey and tequila substitutes.  I mixed up a “gin” and tonic with a little lime juice and, well, I can imagine it’s pretty close to some of the craft gins out there that toss in a bunch of botanicals on top of the juniper.  It didn’t taste like the Bombay or Hendricks I prefer but it kept my interest.  It was better and more tantalizing than just pure tonic water.

The mocktail served it’s purpose very nicely.  It was Saturday night, I wanted a cocktail, but I needed to stay sober.  Next, on to the “tequila” and “whiskey”.

– Jet Cannon

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Zero Proof Cocktails

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My friend Jeff wanted some help with giving up alcohol for Lent.  Not help for himself but for others. 

You probably know about alcohol-free beer and wine.  That’s an option.  For cocktails, there’s a nice selection of mocktail recipes available courtesy of Town and Country Magazine and elsewhere online.  (https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/drinks/how-to/g785/best-mocktail-recipes/).  There is also zero proof tequila, gin, and whiskey if you really miss those flavors in your mocktails.  

So where’s the Buzz?  Perhaps it’s the thrill of finally being able to socialize with your vaccinated family and friends.  

There’s also weed.  

– Jet Cannon

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Canned Cocktails

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A cocktail in a can?  Sacrilege?  Not necessarily.  Baby Boomers are on-the-go movers and shakers.  Taking the cooler full of beer up a notch, well, canned cocktails could be the solution.  (Please bring a nice plastic cocktail-appropriate glass.)  There’s no question of a portability advantage.  See foodandwine.com for a review of various brands.

But do not imbibe at home.  Please honor the code of cocktail makers worldwide and get out the shaker and the fresh ingredients when at the homefront.

For those of you whom exude class in a remote setting where cans might be appropriate but perhaps not quite right, consider the portable bar.  With glasses, strainers, metal toothpicks, a shaker and storage for a couple bottles, these clever cases make proper cocktails away from home a reality.

Stay classy.  

– Jet Cannon

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In The Beginning, There was Sazerac

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As I found myself of late in the French Quarter, a veritable garden of earthly delights, my thoughts drifted to cocktails. As a younger man, I had assumed the cocktail had been a fixture of the libation scene since, well since forever. Not so. They are a fairly recent addition to spirits, beer and wine having only arrived on the scene in the early 19th century. There are a great many claims as to the origin of the word and who made the first one where. Most of the evidence seems to point toward it being something akin to an Old Fashioned.

But as I was seated in the courtyard at Amelie, in the Quarter, next to the fountain, I chose to believe that it was the Sazerac. The Sazerac gained popularity in the mid-1800s at the Sazerac Coffee House in New Orleans, which was named for the Sazerac de Forge et Fils brand of cognac. The drink was originally made with cognac, but the phylloxera epidemic of the late 19th century that destroyed European vineyards forced a switch to rye whiskey. Peychaud’s Bitters, which are a must for the Sazerac, were also created in New Orleans, in the 1830s, by a pharmacist named Antoine Amedie Peychaud (in fact, the cocktail was actually first mixed by Peychaud, before it even had a name).

Here’s looking at you Antoine!

-Hunter S.

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Mini-Kegerator

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Picture your next tailgate or picnic with your favorite cold beverage on tap.  It doesn’t have to be beer.  Cider, soda, cold brew coffee, cocktails…. All stay nicely fresh and pressurized.  See thespruce.com for a nice review of options.  I was given a NutriChef Mini-Keg for Christmas and it has not been out of the refrigerator yet for an event but I’ve given it a few test runs.  The beer and cider I’ve obtained from local producers has stayed fresh until it was consumed.  It holds eight pints and is perfectly portable for spring and summer events. 

– Jet Cannon

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Mountain Glassware

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Looking for a peak experience?  Try enjoying your favorite beverage in a glass that includes a mountain peak.  They are definitely a crowd pleaser.  My brother bestowed the Mt. Rainier version on me and it’s one of my favorite go-to glasses.  See huckberry.com or thegreenhead.com among others online.   Northdrinkware.com donates a percentage of sales to non-profits that work to protect mountains or their surrounding communities.  

Your favorite peaks including the Matterhorn, Everest, Mt. Fuji, Mt. Hood, and Mt. Washington are available from various companies.  Decanters, in some cases, too.

Drink up!  Higher!

– Jet Cannon

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Green Tea – Jolly Good

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You may have heard that green tea has positive health benefits.  According to WebMD, the catechins in the tea are antioxidants that fight cell damage.  Blood flow may be increased, cholesterol may get lowered, and high blood pressure may be reduced. It may improve memory and possibly reduce the plaques linked to Alzheimers.  No guarantees but introducing tea time to your day may do more than just provide a time to relax with a cuppa.

– Jet Cannon

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V8 Before It’s Too Late

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It’s time for a V8.  The motor.  Not the drink.  Time for the Buzz that comes with mechanical perfection and the rush that comes from pure acceleration.  

Time is running out on new production V8 motors.  V6 turbos and ultimately electric cars are the future.  Thankfully, performance of both are good to outstanding.  But there’s nothing quite like the rumble of an idling V8 or their sound when they get up and go.

Classic car buffs understand that so their beautiful sound won’t be lost.  We’re counting on you Buzzed Boomers to keep the mechanical Buzz alive.

– Maserati Mike

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Boomeritis

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Regular exercise is essential for good health and it can be very useful in creating a natural endorphin Buzz.  But overdoing it, and this is good news in a way, can be counter-productive.  Exercised muscles need time to rebuild.  And as we age, our bodies just need more time to recover from strenuous exercise.  

I tested this Boomeritis ailment with classic New Years resolution vigor and daily exercise to the point where it hurt to move.  My body was trying to tell me something but I was bent on losing those Covid 19 pounds.  Even though I was mixing up the kinds of exercise I was doing, my body rebelled.  Burning pain.  

Lesson learned.  Exercise, yes, but please be careful out there. 

– Jet Cannon

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My Favorite Martian

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After a seven month journey, the Perserverance spacecraft recently landed safely on Mars.  Named for the Roman god of war related to its blood red color, Mars is a cool planet despite it’s hot color.  Over 33 million miles from Earth at it’s minimum distance, it has the highest volcanoes and deepest canyons in the solar system.  

Our favorite Martian is Martin O’Hara whose real name is Exigius 12 1/2 from the My Favorite Martian TV show..  Played by Ray Walston, Martin is 450 years old so Baby Boomers can relate.  Martin and his buddy Tim, played by Bill Bixby, avoided revealing Martin’s true identity over 107 episodes in the 1960’s.  And Baby Boomers, Tim drove a Plymouth Valiant.

With Mars on my mind, here’s a special cocktail:

My Favorite Martian

3 oz of blood orange juice

3 oz vodka

1/2 oz Cointreau

Add ingredients and ice to a shaker and shake for seven months.  Ha.  Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with a floating orange slice and tiny antennas.  

– Jet Cannon

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National Margarita Day – Monday, February 22

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Yeah, I know it’s February.  I don’t write the rules but I respect them.  It’s also George Washington’s birthday so we will be celebrating with a Cherry Margarita.  And being it’s February, let’s go frozen.

Frozen Cherry Margarita 

3 oz of tequila

3 oz of cherry juice

One cup pitted cherries

Juice from 1/2 lime

1 oz of simple syrup if you used a tart cherry juice

Lots of ice

Add ingredients to a blender.  Blend then pour into a margarita glass.  Garnish with a cherry on top.

– Jet Cannon

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