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1. Corona – Ok, hear me out. The Mexican heritage beer Corona is a staple.  You probably had your first one on high school spring break in Cancun.  Light, refreshing and perfect with a lime, it’s totally the Riesling of the Beer world, but we love it anyway.

2. Blue Moon – Served with an Orange, to compliment it’s orangey-amber color and orangey taste, Blue Moon is a great beginner’s beer.  The hints of citrus give it a sweet pleasant taste and the orange is definitely the cutest accessory to any beer we’ve ever seen.

3. Duvel – We love this beer because it’s light and strong.  With 8.5% alcohol content, Duvel will keep that bloated beer feeling down to a minimum and keeping your mood high.  A pale-ale is a great way to start your foray in to beer drinking.

4. Red Stripe – Jamaica, Jamaica! One of the coolest things about beer is that almost every country/region brews their own.  Jamaicans satisfy their taste buds on Red Stripe, a light brew that has become an international favorite and a source of national pride.  Red stripe isn’t a particularly strong beer but it has a distinct refreshing taste that screams “no problem”!

5. Guinness – This classic dark Irish beer has a cult-like consumer base.  If you’ve ever stumbled upon a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, you’ve likely Irish Car Bombed your way through a glass of Guinness.   Dark, rich and frothy this is beer is anything but mild in taste.  Work your way up to this one after trying some paler-ales out first.

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We’ve found 5 drink recipes for you to try at home. Pair the drinks with a meal or pour yourself a cup and snuggle into the couch. Either way, get into the holiday spirit with these delicious Christmas cocktails – but only if you’re of age!

CHRISTMAS COOKIE COCKTAIL
1. Drizzle chocolate sauce on a chilled martini glass.
2. Add 2 oz. White Godiva Vodka, 2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream, 1/2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps and 1/2 oz. half and half
3. Garnish with a miniature candy cane or chocolate shavings.
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RED HOT SANTA-TINI
1. Rim a martini glass with cocoa powder with a pinch of cayenne pepper added.
2. Shake together 2 oz. Mazama vodka and 2 oz. Godiva chocolate liqueur and pour into glass.
3. Top with 1 1/2 oz. sweetened whipped cream.
4. Garnish the cream with a small Thai chili pepper.

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BACARDI COCO BUTTER SHOT
1 part BACARDI COCO
1/2 part butterscotch schnapps
1/2 part half and half
1. Shake ingredients with ice and strain into chilled shot glass.
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MISTLETOE & HOLLY COCKTAIL
1. Spear twelve cranberries, three onto each of four bamboo skewers or heatproof swizzle sticks.
2. Pour cranberry juice (1 1/2 cups) into a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
3. Lower heat, add creme de cacao (1/4 cup) and peppermint schnapps (1/4 cup) and stir to blend and release some of the alcohol. Continue to cook over low heat for exactly 1 minute.
4. Pour the hot beverage into footed glass mugs and place a small dollop of whipped cream (1/4 cup) in each.
5. Garnish with cranberry skewers and use a fine-mesh sieve to gently tap a light dusting of matcha over the whipped cream. Serve hot.

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HOT EGGNOG
1. Heat milk (1 quart) just until small bubbles form without boiling.
2. Beat egg yolks (4) with sugar (1/3 cup) until light and fluffy. Add salt (1/4 tsp.) and hot milk and mix well.
3. Place over low heat or hot water and cook, while stirring, until mixture thickens (excess heat and long cooking will cause it to curdle).
4. Beat egg whites (4) until stiff, gradually adding the sugar (1/4 cup).
5. Fold whites into hot milk mixture.
6. Stir in bourbon or rum (1/2 cup). Serve hot with a dash of nutmeg.

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From fitness.com:

Enhance a regular blended margarita recipe with a can of frozen limeade, which adds extra citrus flavor. Prefer something sweeter? Make a batch of strawberry margaritas with fresh summer strawberries.

Start to Finish: 10 minutes
Makes: 10 servings

12-ounce can frozen limeade concentrate
2/3 cup tequila
1/2 cup light orange juice or orange liqueur
4 cups ice cubes
1/2 of a medium lime
Coarse salt
Orange slices (optional)

1. In a blender container combine limeade concentrate, tequila, and orange juice. Cover and blend until combined. With blender running, add ice cubes, one at a time, through opening in lid, blending until mixture becomes slushy.

2. Cut a thick lime slice; cut slice in half. Rub slices around rims of eight glasses. Dip rims into a dish of coarse salt to coat rims. Pour mixture into prepared glasses. Garnish glasses with orange slices, if desired.

Nutrition Information per serving: 122 calories, 0g protein, 22g carbohydrate, 0g fat (0g saturated), 0g fiber

Click here to find out how to make strawberry margaritas!

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As the summer heats up, you need to keep your body hydrated to help you look healthy and glowing. You need to take in a lot of fluids, be it water or any refreshing drink (colas and alcoholic drinks are a strict no-no), to help to stay hydrated.

Here are a few healthy drinks that taste wonderful from sheknows.com:

Water

Sure, it may not be the most glamorous of beverages, but the fact is, your body is composed of about 60 percent water. A tall, cold glass of water is a natural choice for hydration and health.

Flavored water

Many people are so familiar with the tastes of sweeteners and added flavors that regular plain water seems boring and flavorless. You can make your own naturally flavored water easily, however, by adding slices of cucumber, orange, lemon or fresh ginger, or fresh mint or basil leaves to a jug of water. Keep refrigerated until ready to drink. Pour your spa-worthy water into a refillable bottle, and you’ll be doing your body and the earth some good.

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Juice chiller

Start with 100 percent juice, such as cranberry, cherry or orange. In a pitcher, stir together three or four parts water (plain or carbonated) to one part juice. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve. Pour over ice and enjoy.

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Looking for a drink to go with all the delicious Memorial Day BBQ? Try this drink by Grey Goose vodka – but don’t drink it around any bees!

THE GREY GOOSE “HEATHER 81″

2 parts GREY GOOSE® Vodka

3/4 parts honey

1/2 part hot water

6 mint leaves, plus more mint leaves for garnish

1/2 part Drambuie®

piece of honeycomb for garnish

• In a cocktail shaker combine honey, hot water and 6 mint leaves and muddle well.
• Add ice, GREY GOOSE® Vodka and Drambuie.
• Shake well and strain into rocks glass filled with ice.
• Garnish with mint leaves and piece of honeycomb.

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This classic bunch cocktail is the perfect addition to any brunch menu you have in mind! Take notes and sip away!

White Peach Bellini

• 2 medium-size very ripe unpeeled white peaches, halved, pitted
• 2 tablespoons (or more) lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons (or more) Simple Syrup
• 1 750-ml bottle chilled Prosecco

Puree peaches, lemon juice, and syrup in blender. Taste; add more syrup or lemon juice, if desired. Pour 2 tablespoons puree into each of 6 Champagne flutes. Fill with Prosecco.

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Cinco de Mayo’s not over yet – in fact, it’s almost time for happy hour! So if some of your guests aren’t into cucumber, second time will definitely be a charm with this drink by Corzo Tequila!

Mexican Mixologist Junior Merino has put a new spin on the classic margarita with the Corzo La Futura, and he’s shared the recipe with us for you to try at home! Check it out below.

CORZO LA FUTURA

1 ½ Parts CORZO Silver

¾ Part Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur

¾ Part Pineapple Juice

1 Part Fresh Lime Juice

½ Part Agave Nectar

• Pour all ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake and pour into a margarita glass or rocks glass.
• Garnish with a slice of crystallized ginger and lemon peel.
• Drink with a side of cuban-style guacamole with pineapple, chile lime popcorn, or a bag of margarita-flavored chips!

As you may or may not know, Cinco de Mayo is NOT Cinco de Mayo without a tequila drink. Luckily for us, Cazadores tequila has made up a fun, tasty new drink for you to make at home! Check out a recipe and directions for the Cucumberita, below, pair it with a bowl of Chile Lime Tequila popcorn or a bag of Margarita Chips, and have a party!

CAZADORES CUCUMBERITA

1 ½ parts CAZADORES® Reposado

1 ½ parts sour mix

¾ parts triple sec

¼ c. cucumber

Splash sweetened lime juice

Splash fresh lemon juice

• Blend ingredients with ice and pour into a salt-rimmed margarita glass.
• Garnish with a cucumber wheel.
• Do the Tequila dance!

Aside from the actual race, the Kentucky Derby is about two things: strong summer drinks and totally ostentatious hats. It’s the only event where even the tackiest celebrities put forth their best effort to find the daintiest dress and the most detailed hat, in classic Derby fashion, for the sake of the paparazzi (and our eyes!). So it’s only fitting that designer Rachel Roy and Grey Goose vodka teamed up to create the perfect hat and drink combo for May 2 affair.

The designer, who has a creepy way of making literally anyone look beautiful in her pieces, created this royal blue to be worn by a notable celeb on the day of the race. Grey Goose also created a cocktail called the “Run for the Roses” to be the official drink of the Derby, but you get to see both here first! Click on the gallery below to see the cocktail and the hat from other angles. And if you can’t make the race yourself, print out the Run of the Roses cocktail recipe below the gallery and throw a Kentucky Derby party for you and your friends!

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GREY GOOSE’S “RUN FOR THE ROSES”

3 parts GREY GOOSE® L’Orange flavored vodka

2 parts peach brandy

2 parts southern sweet iced tea

2 parts fresh lime juice

2 rose petals for garnish

Chambord for floating

• Add first four ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
• Shake vigorously until the outside of shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat.
• Strain into two rocks glasses filled with crushed ice; pour Chambord so that it floats on the top of the drink.
• Garnish drink with rose petals.

It’s Good Friday, which means Easter and Passover are this weekend. And you know what happens on either of those holidays? A lot of eating, and a whollleeee lot of drinking. Well, if you’re in my family, it does. So since my mom’s recruited me to cook for 2893472097402374 people this weekend, I’ve recruited some alcohol to tide me over while I toil over delicious meals made from scratch.

So today’s cocktail, made with the new Bacardi Dragon Berry rum, doesn’t sound very “Easter-friendly.” But I’m a grown woman, and I’m over painting easter eggs, and this drink is pastel-colored, so let’s just consider that my festive (and delicious!) contribution to Easter decorations. Besides, if you’re not a practicing Christian or Jew, and your friends are and are therefore spending their weekend with their families, well, you have to keep busy SOMEhow….

BACARDI DRAGON BERRY DRAGON BITE

2 parts Bacardi Dragon Berry flavored rum

1/2 part Monin lychee syrup

1/2 part fresh lime juice

1 part pineapple juice

2 parts cranberry juice

• Combine all ingredients into a shaker filled halfway with ice.
• Shake well
• Strain into a glass filled with ice
• Garnish with a lemon wedge and 3 fresh raspberries speared
• Eat, drink, and have an awesome holiday!!!

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