This drink isn’t as easy to make as some of the others that I have posted but it is worth it and I am sure you are up to the challenge. 

1 1/2 oz of rum (I usually have Appleton Estate on hand but use what you have)

1 oz 151 (Yeah, it is going to be strong)

3/4 oz Orange Curacao

1/2 oz Orgeat Syrup

1 oz Fresh Lime Juice ( I repeat fresh lime juice)

2 oz Fresh Orange Juice (again I can’t stress enough the importance of fresh juice)

Pour all ingredients into a shaker.  Shake, Shake , Shake.   Strain and pour it into an ice filled glass.  If you like to add garnish you can’t go wrong with an ornage or lime slice. 

Warning: This is a strong drink.  It is called a Suffering Bastard for a reason.  Don’t blame me if this how you feel in the morning.   

I am drinking my way through a Sam Adams brewers pack.  One of the beers in the pack is Sam Adams Scotch Ale.  I have had it before and to be honest it is not my favorite Sam Adams beverage.  It has that peaty taste to it and I am not a big fan of peat moss.  If I were to lick a briquette of Kingsford charcoil I think I would get the same taste. 

Howzit Cousins?  Labor Day weekend is almost here.  What better way to end the summer than with some delicious tropical drinks?  You don’t know the recipes.  Don’t worry all you need to do is pick up a copy of Beachbum Berry’s Grop Log. With 80 tropical drink recipes you are bound to find one you like. My goal is to try all of them.  If a rum and coke is your idea of a tropical book, you are in desperate need of this book. 

This is one of the easiest drinks to make.   

1/2 pint of ale or lager (I like Bass Ale)

1/2 pint of cider (I usually use Strongbow as it is readily available at the local market)

Pour 1/2 pint of each into a beer mug and enjoy.  If you are trying to earn extra points for presentation you can always layer the drink.  I don’t bother.  The two drinks are very similar in color and in this case isn’t worth the effort. 

I know what lime tastes like.  I have never in my life tasted a cactus.  I thought they might be going for the beer/maragrita thing so maybe there is a taste of tequila in it.  Although tequila comes from the agave plant and that is not a cactus.  So maybe it is beer that tastes like lime and Saguaro cactus.  I would try it but I don’t know that I would like drinking a cactus. 

Gone are the days of having to carry a metal flask.  Pocket Shots is alcohol sealed in a pouch that you can take with you.  Now you can drink like an astronaut.  If you like vodka, rum, tequila, whiskey or gin there is a Pocket Shot for you.  Right now they are only available in Colorado, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Wisconsin but they promise it will be nationwide soon enough.  Has anyone out there tried a Pocket Shot?  I am guessing this is not high quality hooch.  I can’t imagine Grey Goose would want their vodka packaged in a plastic pouch. 

This is a classic drink.  Martini’s came back big a few years ago.  I think this is going to be the next one to make a big comeback.  Here is the recipe:

• 3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
• 2 1/2 oz. Bourbon (I like Maker’s Mark but you can choose one to your taste)
• Dash Angostura Bitters (some recipes leave this out, the choice is yours)
• 2 or 3 Ice Cubes

Combine these ingredients in a mixing glass.  Stir gently making sure not to bruise the alcohol.  Pour the drink over a cherry in a martini glass.  If you want an added touch you can take an orange peel and rub the rim of the glass with the peel. 

I had no idea the Czech Republic had a Research Institute for Brewing and Malting.  Why doesn’t the United States have one of these?  That would have to be one of the best jobs.  The Institute for Brewing and Malting has recently come up with a non-alcoholic beer for women in menopause.  The beer is chock full of hormone goodness.  The beer is still in its research stage and is not available for purchase.  I wonder what they are going to call it. 

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I had this drink for the first time in Hawaii.  I have found it on cruise ships as well but it was called a Bon Voyage on the ship.  Same drink, different name.

Here is the recipe so you can make it at home.

1 oz Light Rum

2 oz of Pineapple Juice

6 oz. Pina Colada Mix

1 oz Strawberry Puree

Grab your blender and mix the rum, pineapple juice and pina colada mix with one cup of ice.  Pour the strawberry puree into a hurricane glass.  Pour the blended drink mix into the glass.  Take a straw or spoon and pull the puree up from the bottom of the glass.  This will leave red streaks on the side of the drink.  That is the lava in the Lava Flow drink.

This delicious drink is a cruise ship staple.  As with most drinks there are different variations.  This is my preferred recipe.  The BBC stands for Bailey’s, Banana and Colada.  If you have these three ingredients, ice and a blender you can whip one up in no time.  It is that easy.

1 Banana (some recipes call for no banana and use Creme de Banana in its place and others call for a banana and Creme de Banana, I prefer having a banana in mine.  If you must add another liquor I would substitue the Creme de Banana for Banana Rum.  The rum gives it a an extra kick )

1 1/3 oz Bailey’s Irish Cream

2 Oz Pina Colada Mix

Throw all three in a blender with some ice.   Blend.  Pour in a glass.  If you like chocolate and bananas take some Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup and squirt the sides of the glass.  Pour in the blended mix and you have a Chocolate BBC.