Tag: coconut rum drinks

The Caribbean Cocktail is May 7th Drink of the Day!!

May 7, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Pools everywhere in the Mid-West will be opening up in a couple weeks, so it is vital to get prepared by having a nice list of cocktails to enjoy while basking away in the sun. Here’s another summertime hit that will not dissatisfy. The Caribbean Cocktail is for those who enjoy a fruit cocktail, but […]

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A Day At the Beach is February 21st Drink of the Day!!

February 21, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

As I was trying to figure out what to put down for the drink of the day, I began to watch the snow fall and looked at the thermometer on the porch that was having a hard time reaching 20F. That’s when I started thinking about my family’s last big trip, when we spent one […]

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The Nutcracker Cocktail is December 18th Drink of the Day!!

December 18, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet that made its debut on this date in 1892 at St. Petersburg, Russia’s Maryinksy Theater. Tchaikovski was first skeptical on doing a twin-bill that featured both an opera and a ballet. He wanted to use The Nutcracker as an opening to what he considered the more important part of […]

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The Monet Carribean Frost Cocktail

November 14, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Claude Monet was a pioneer as a painter, starting a movement that would be called French Impressionism, named after one of his pieces of work, Impression Sunrise. Monet found a way to paint light reflections using quick, short, and effective strokes that seemed to give the true look of how light reflects in some areas […]

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The Captain Kangaroo is October 3rd Drink of the Day!!

October 3, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

If you are my age, you remember a show that would be on CBS every weekday morning. In fact, this show would last almost 30 years and at the time was the longest running children’s show ever. Captain Kangaroo would read stories, talk about various topics with his friends, and would always have special guests […]

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The Peanut Butter Cup Frozen Drink is July 23rd Drink of the Day!!

July 23, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

I was putting together my Drink of the Day for today and noticed it’s Pee Wee Reese’s birthday. For some reason, every time I hear his name it makes me think of my favorite chocolate snack, the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Of course, this has nothing to do with this baseball great, but it gave […]

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Caribou Lou is July 12th Drink of the Day!!

July 12, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Couldn’t find anything to match with the history, so I figured I’d find something that would be nice and tropical for a nice summer’s day. I found it in the Caribou Lou. Rapper Tech N9ne sings about this cocktail in his song titled the same, introducing you to the ingredients he uses when making up […]

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The Heat Wave Cocktail is July 10th Drink of the Day!!

July 10, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

We’ve had a very hot and sticky summer so far here in the Midwest, with record breaking temperatures and unusually dry weather reeking havoc across the middle part of the United States. However, there was a day in Death Valley, California on this day, back in 1913 that was so hot that it actually melted […]

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The Yellow Bird and the Tropical Bomb Cocktails are June 7th Drink of the Day!!

June 7, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Summer is here! Time to share some drinks that were shared to me yesterday; tropical rum drinks that are easy to make at home, yet will impress your friends when you put them together. Nothing puts an emphasis on summer like a nice, fruity, drink. These you will definitely having you going back for a […]

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The Dirty Bizzo Shooter is February 27th Drink of the Day!

February 27, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Sometimes, it’s nice to get a shooter of something to kick it in a little more than what the beer is able to. A shooter does the trick and doesn’t take that long to do. For that same reason, may I add that you must watch the amount your consuming so you can have a […]

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