We all have a favorite vodka, for me it has to be Grey Goose®. Because its smooth taste is totally unique, a product of the way it’s manufactured with fine French grains and rye, using spring water from the Cognac region of France. No other vodka is made this way and no other Vodka tastes this way.

 

So if you’re a Grey Goose® virgin I’ve listed my favorite’s recipes bellow. I’ve even given you a little guide on how to make them.

 

1. Blue Rox’s Martini recipe

 

What you’ll need

1 1/4 oz Grey Goose® vodka
1 1/4 oz Hpnotiq® liqueur
1 splash Brut® Champagne

Pour the Grey Goose vodka and Hpnotiq liqueur into a cocktail shaker 1/4 filled with ice cubes. Shake well and pour into a martini glass. Top with a generous splash of champagne, and serve.

 

 

2. Bohemian Martini recipe

 

What you’ll need

1 1/2 oz Grey Goose® vodka
1 1/2 oz anisette

Add to martini shaker with cracked ice and shake hard. Strain into glass and garnish with a licorice stick.

 

 

3. Chocolate Carmel Martini recipe

 

What you’ll need

1 1/2 oz Grey Goose® vodka
1 1/2 oz Bailey’s® Irish cream
3 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
3 oz Godiva® chocolate liqueur

Mix ingredients in mixing cup with ice. Shake, pour into chilled cocktail glass, and enjoy.

 

 

4. Italian Stallion Martini recipe

 

What you’ll need

2 oz Grey Goose® vodka
1 oz Amaretto Di Saronno® liqueur
1 oz Licor 43® liqueur
1 twist lemon peel

 

5. Perfect Lemon Drop Martini recipe

 

What you’ll need

1 1/2 oz Grey Goose® vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1 tsp superfine sugar
3/4 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice

 

Mix the Grey Goose vodka, triple sec, sugar and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker half filled with ice cubes. Shake well to make sure sugar is blended. Pour strained liquor into a sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with a twisted peel of lemon.

For that added sparkle here how to create a sugar-rimmed glass, take a lemon wedge and rub the drinking surface of the glass so it is barely moist. Dip the edge of the glass into sugar.

When it comes to entertaining in your home, the serving of fine oak malt beverages, in particular the fabulous Macallan Whisky, is a sign of Upside Living if ever there was a sign. (Of course, fine malt beverages should be savored, and consumed in moderation.)

The Macallan is a well known single malt Scotch whisky, which is produced at Macallan Distillery near Easter Elchies House, at Craigellachie in the Speyside region of Scotland. The Easter Elchies House is a Jacobean manor house, over 300 years old, and on the grounds are grown the barley that are a vital ingredient of The Macallan Fine Oak Malt Whisky.

Until 2004, The Macallan was only matured in oak sherry casks brought to the distillery from Jerez, Spain. However, starting in 2004, The Macallan introduced a new main product, the Fine Oak series. With this product, the whisky is mellowed in bourbon oak casks as well as casks of oak sherry.

The type of cask used to age the whisky imparts to each “expression” a certain unmistakeable flavor. American oak casks seasoned withe either bourbon or sherry “impart a subtle, delicate color with hints of apple, floral, vanilla, and sweet citrus aromas and flavors.”

The Macallan is offered in whisky that has been aged for 10, 12 or 14 years (being moved from cask to cask to instill those various aromas and flavors.)

To be called a single malt whisk, a bottle may only contain whisky distilled from malted barley produced at a single distillery. Scotland, as well as Ireland and Japan, make the most famous single malt whiskeys, and The Macallan is perhaps the most famous of them all.

Purchase your favorite Macallan blend at Whisky.com.

US-127 towards Frankfort, Kentucky is best travelled in an open car with the wind teasing your hair, and a fine companion as a passenger. My Black Labrador, Madison, accompanied me!!

Sylvan hills, a leisurely pace, and historic towns pepper your trip on the way to Frankfort, Kentucky, home of Buffalo Trace Distillery. Travel during October through April and you can enjoy a full tour of the distillery and experience the process of turning corn into liquid amber. During the summer, skip the tour and march forcefully toward the wonderful tasting room on the property. You’ll be treated to a range of wonderful bourbons and a new triple-distilled Vodka called Rain.

The signature Buffalo Trace bourbon starts sharply, mellows immediately, and lingers for a fine smooth finish. You’ll smell the sweetness of molasses and brown sugar, with the huskiness of roasted caramel. A deeper breath offers slight smokiness from the oak aging. Sip lightly and you’ll reward taste buds with one of the best bourbons you’ll find anywhere along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Indulge today!

A group of us enjoyed the 2004 Wild Horses Pinot Noir last evening with good friends at a business function. We loved it. Wonderful fruit flavors, lots of rich aroma, long legs on the glass, and a very light texture. No lingering tang, and it paired wonderfully with my Florida Black Grouper in rich black bean sauce. I’m an iconoclast about wine. I don’t stick to traditions about reds with meats and whites with fish. I enjoy whatever pairs well. This light and flavorful Pinot worked very well with the strong flavors of the bean sauce on my fish. At $22-$27 a bottle locally, it’s a real bargain. I’d rate it a high 80’s, and I’m stocking bottles for the cellar this weekend.

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