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Inauguration Cocktails
Looking for a cocktail to serve at your Inauguration party next week? Try an Obamartini or Biden Beer Bomb. I created these cocktails during the presidential debate season last fall, and they were two of my most popular posts for ’08. Interest in them seems to be spiking again, so I thought I’d present them together. Besides having catchy names (if I do say so myself) these cocktails are easy, festive, and in the case of the Obamatini, downright patriotic.
Throw your own Inaugural Ball next Tuesday. Invite friends and family over, huddle around the big screen (while our fellow citizens freeze in DC), and raise a very full glass to the peaceful transfer of power, a new era, and a whole lot of hope.
Fun Party tips:
-Buy a life sized Obama cutout at a party supply store for photo ops.
-Burn a copy of the Inaugural address and loop it all night long.
-Treat your guests to a West Wing Marathon. Even on mute this series (democratic porn, really) will raise hopes and elevate spirits.
The Obamartini
2 oz original Grey Goose Vodka
1 oz fresh pressed blueberry juice
½ oz simple syrup
¼ oz Chambord
¼ oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
Pour all ingredients over ice into a Boston Shaker
Shake until cold and strain into a martini glass
Skewer blueberry, marshmallow, and piece of strawberry (in that order) onto an olive pick and garnish away.
The Biden Beer Bomb
½ bottle of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat Beer (or beer of your choice. Wheat beer or hefeweizen works best)
1½ oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon
½ oz Cherry Brandy
¼ oz simple syrup
Run water over beer mug and put in freezer while preparing cocktail.
Place bourbon, cherry brandy, and simple syrup in a Boston shaker with ice. Shake until cold.
Pour mixture into the bottom of an ice-cold mug. Add beer to taste.
The Biden Beer Bomb
Barack Obama’s running mate (can I call him Joe?) inspired the Biden Beer Bomb, my fourth “Candidate Cocktail”. Friends and family came over for the final Presidential debate and dined on delicacies from Chicago (My hometown, and Barack’s base of operations). With comfort foods like Portillo’s Hot dogs and Lou Malnati’s pizza, the Biden cocktail needed to be simple and go down easy with cheesy deep-dish.
Basically, it needed to be beer. I chose Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, added a shot of Woodford Reserve Bourbon, and to convert women whose first choice would never be beer, a splash of Cherry Brandy. The result? The Biden Bomb is an elder statesman of a cocktail with cherry undertones and a warm smooth finish.
Folks might consider the use of the word “bomb” a gaffe, but I stand behind it as the right name for the right cocktail at the right time.
Here’s the recipe:
The Biden Beer Bomb
½ bottle of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat Beer (or beer of your choice. Wheat beer or hefeweizen works best)
1½ oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon
½ oz Cherry Brandy
¼ oz simple syrup
Run water over beer mug and put in freezer while preparing cocktail.
Place bourbon, cherry brandy, and simple syrup in a Boston shaker with ice. Shake until cold.
Pour mixture into the bottom of an ice-cold mug. Add beer to taste.
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