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Three Olives Bubble Vodka practically smacks with delighted fun entertainment.  The aroma is that of fruity bubble gum youth.  Consumers chill it and shoot it, mix it with cream soda or add splashes of fruit juice to vamp it up to cocktail worthy status.  For more delicious treats and delectable goodies wrapped in a cocktail glass try a few Three-O Bubble Vodka shots and cocktail recipes served Intoxicologist style.  The cocktails and shots found below were whipped up during the course of the Three-O Bubble review along with the Blowing Bubbles cocktail.  Be sure to join Three Olives Vodka on Facebook to keep up with all the commentary, contests and recipes.

 

Blueberry Bubble – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1-1/2 ounce Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1/2 ounce Hiram Walker Blueberry Passion Schnapps

1/4 ounce Homemade Grenadine

1-1/2 ounce Club Soda

Garnish: Blueberries Skewered

 

Combine Three-O Bubble Vodka, Blueberry Passion Schnapps and Grenadine in a cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake to chill.  Strain into a cocktail glass.  Top with 1-1/2 ounce Club Soda.  Garnish with skewered blueberries.

 

Blueberry Bubble is quite bubbly delicious with blueberry flavor and candy-like appeal.  It is sweet of course, but this parties to the beat of a carefree crowd.  Fun, fruity, sporting good fun.  Makes a great Girl’s Night Out cocktail with it’s beautiful hue and girlishly fun appeal.

 

Boo-Berry Bubble – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1-1/2 ounce Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1/2 ounce Hiram Walker Blueberry Passion Schnapps

1/4 ounce Homemade Grenadine

3 ounces Club Soda

1/8 ounce Blue Curacao

Garnish: Blueberries

 

Place layer of ice in bottom of glass.  Add three or four blueberries.  Continue layering process until glass is full of layered ice and blueberries.  Add liquids to glass in order given leaving the Blue Curacao as last ingredient to pour as the ‘float’ for the ‘Boo-Berry’ effect. 

 

The look of the Boo-Berry Bubble drink reminds me of the Boo-Berry cereal from the days of childhood with the monster on the cereal box.  It’s whimsical, playful, fun; but don’t choke on the blueberries!  The Boo-Berry Bubble drink recipe is perfect for Halloween themed drink recipes with the name, but anytime with ease of preparation and flavor.  It is merely a slight variation on the Blueberry Bubble drink recipe above; however this one goes long for lasting refreshment since it is built in a tall glass.

 

Pink Peach Bubble – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1-1/2 ounce Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1/2 ounce DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps

1-1/2 ounce Cranberry Juice

1 ounce Club Soda

 

Combine first three ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake to chill.  Strain into cocktail glass.  Top with 1 ounce Club Soda. 

 

Great combination aroma of bubbly peach!  Pink Peach Bubble contains great Bubble flavor with a touch of peach in the background rounding out any hard edges cranberry juice can sometimes leave behind.  Beautiful pink color is perfect for Pink themed parties and October Breast Cancer Awareness month when that rolls around again later in the year.  Another cocktail winner for Girl’s Night Out and Bachelorette parties.

 

Bubble Delicious – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1 ounce Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1-1/2 ounce Cranberry Juice

2 ounces A&W Cream Soda

Garnish: Maraschino Cherries

 

Build in a highball glass over ice.  Garnish with maraschino cherries.

 

Remember the sugary syrup rush of those first few chews of delicious bubble gum before the flavor died away?  Bubble Delicious tastes exactly like the first fifteen seconds of fresh bubble gum.  This time the flavor lasts through the entire drink.  That might roll off a little too sweet for some, but there is a reason there are so many sweet drinks served from cocktail menus (and bubble gum for that matter).

 

Bubble Blow Pop Shots – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

Directions: Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake to chill.  Strain into a shot glass.  Shoot it or sip it, but taste it just the same.  These treats will take you back to the days of childhood candy, but the result is all grown up. 

 

Jolly Apple Bubble Shot – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1 part Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1 part DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker

Tastes like an apple flavored Jolly Rancher without the sour. 

 

Mad Melon Bubble Gum Shot – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1 part Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1 part DeKuyper Mad Melon

A bit like watermelon bubble gum.  It makes the mouth water.

 

Grape Bubble Burst – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1 part Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1 part Hiram Walker Blueberry Passion Schnapps

Leans a little toward grape flavor with a little edgy kick.

 

Smart Bubble Shot – created by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

1 part Three Olives Bubble Vodka

1 part Hiram Walker Pomegranate Schnapps

Smarties candies flavor with small hint of tart at the finish.

 

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During the holidays I held an informal Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea cocktail contest on The Intoxicologist Facebook fan page. Participants were asked to create a cocktail using any of the following four Jeremiah Weed flavors: Country Peach*, Sweet Tea, Sweet Tea & Lemonade Half & Half and Sweet Tea Vodka & Bourbon Whiskey. These drink recipes needed to fall within the category of fall, Thanksgiving or Christmas worthy cocktails and there was no need for fancy cocktail creation. As participant Aaron Yeats aptly stated, “Easier should be the mantra of J Weed Sweet Tea.”

 

One might think a pre-mix like Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea and its various flavors needs no more than water and ice to make it delicious or sip worthy. Yet these entries prove consumers love a good premix and then love dabbling beyond the bottle for flavor variety even more. The cocktails Facebook fans came up with are quick and easy making cocktail construction for the holidays a snap when friends and family gather around. Choosing a festive glass, simple garnish and harmonizing flavor add-in turns the ordinary favorite drink into a celebratory cocktail. That simple. That easy. 

 

Cocktail Winners:

Holiday Tea Nog – Katy Vaninger

Cobey’s Cran Tea – Cobey Flynn

Chris’ Cran Lemonade – Chris Chamberlain

Orange Swell – Aaron Yeats

 

The recipes listed below are links to the winning cocktail recipes and two more Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea recipe entries for your holiday entertaining and every day sipping pleasure.  Follow along on The Intoxicologist Facebook fan page for more cocktail contests and giveaways. 

 

1.       Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Cocktail: Chris’ Cran Lemonade

2.       Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Cocktail: Cobey’s Cran Tea

3.       Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Cocktail: Holiday Tea Nog

4.       Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Cocktail: Julep Tea Spin

5.       Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Cocktail: Orange Swell

6.       Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Cocktail: Sweet Lemon

 

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*Country Peach flavor was dropped from selection due to unavailability of fig for fig syrup infusion.

Ponce de Leon could definitely be described as vintage, classic or totally retro, but the cocktail is far from it.  The man sailed rough seas with Christopher Columbus in search of a new world.  The cocktail brings sipping satisfaction in the dawning of a new age.  It is the era when bartending and mixology once again become respected as an art form and craft. 

 

This cocktail may contain mere five ingredients, but many and exotic does not always equate to a better cocktail.  Numerous classic cocktails contain few ingredients in typical proportions.  The goal is balance of flavor.  Ponce de Leon delivers.  Though there are a few variations on this cocktail, the one found in Dark Spirits by A.J. Rathbun tempts the palate with its multi-layering of light and dark spirits. 

 

Ponce de Leon

Dark Spirits by A.J. Rathbun

1 ounce Courvoisier Cognac

1/2 ounce Bacardi Superior Rum

1/2 ounce Cointreau

1/2 ounce Grapefruit Juice

1 ounce Freixenet Champagne

 

Combine all liquids (except champagne) in a cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake to chill. Strain into a champagne saucer or martini glass.  Top with champagne.  Stir gently.  Specific spirit brands chosen for this cocktail were not named in the Dark Spirits book with the exception of Cointreau.  Spirit brands were chosen by The Intoxicologist.

 

Lovely round, lush sweetness without being overly sugary.  Faint hint of grapefruit bitter in the finality, bringing the flavors together in perfect harmony.  That is before the champagne topper!  Champagne adds more sweetness and thins the cocktail out a little more. 

 

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“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy, words from inaugural speech January 20, 1961.

 

These words no doubt ring in the minds of those who have studied even a fraction of United States history.  Their meaning could extend countless hours of commentary as to meaning and have called many to action in service and volunteer work.  Regrettably the young President who called a new generation of Americans to action met an early end at the hand of an assassin. 

 

Inaugural Partini

1 part Grey Goose LeCitron Flavored Vodka

1/2 part Mandarin Napoleon

1/2 part honey

3/4 part hot water

1/2 part lemon juice

1/2 part orange juice

Pinch of star anise powder

1 star anise

 

In a cocktail shaker, place the honey and hot water; stir to dissolve. Add LeCitron, mandarin Napoleon, lemon juice, orange juice, and star anise powder. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with star anise and relish with pride.

 

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Presidential Cider

1-1/2 ounce Crown Royal

1 ounce Heated Cider

1/2 ounce Honey

1/2 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice (1 squeezed lemon)

 

Top with cinnamon and garnish with cinnamon stick in a glass coffee mug. Serve warm.

 

 

Presidential Margarita

1-1/2 oz Presidente brandy

1-1/2 oz Cointreau orange liqueur

1-1/2 oz Sauza Hornitos Reposado tequila

Juice of 1 lime

 

Pour each ingredent into a large glass and add ice. Rim a margarita glass with lime and salt, fill with ice and garnish with a lime slice. Carefully pour contents of large glass into the salted margarita glass, leaving salt undisturbed.

 

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Air Force One

2 ounces HPNOTIQ

1 ounce Citrus Vodka

Juice from a lemon wedge

Lemon-lime soda

Lemon peel spiral for garnish

 

Fill tall glass with all ingredients and add ice. Stir well, then garnish with lemon spiral.

 

White House Russian

Mixologist: John Martello, Gaslight, Hoboken, NJ

2 parts VOX Vodka

1 part Starbucks Coffee Liqueur

1 part Starbucks Cream Liqueur

Shot of espresso

 

Shake the vodka, Starbucks Coffee Liqueur and espresso. Pour over a tall glass with ice and top with the Starbucks Cream Liqueur.  Serve.

 

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Bulldog smells like gin, tastes like gin, but doesn’t have quite the same bite as typical gin possibly due to its lower alcohol content.  Many gins are bottled at a higher proof range of 90ish while Bulldog Gin is bottled at the same proof as vodka; 80 proof.  The flavor is light, a wee bit floral and softer on juniper than a few brisker gins such as Right Gin and G’vine Nouaison.  Bulldog’s founder, Anshuman Vohra, achieved the goal of lighter tasting gin with an aesthetically appealing bottle for the contemporary consumer.  The bottle draws one’s eye to it with stylish junkyard dog fascination, but the flavor lacks the brusque character that is closely associated with many classic gins with brighter, crisper tasting flavor personality.  Bulldog comes across a little rounder along the edges.   Perhaps it is the unique accents of lavender, lotus and dragon’s eye that charm their way into the flavor profile.   

 

For traditional gin martini enthusiasts Bulldog’s bark is a little flashier than its bite, but it still makes a nice addition to the gin category.  Even so, it is always a great idea to take contemporary styled gin and whip up a classic cocktail or two. 

 

Bronx

2 parts Gin

1 part Orange Juice

1/2 part Dry Vermouth

1/2 part Sweet Vermouth

 

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.  Stir to chill.  Strain into a chilled martini glass. 

 

The Bronx cocktail comes off balanced in flavor.  Not too sweet.  Slightly round on the edges.  More of the sweet vermouth comes through in a secondary round of flavor. 

 

Dubarry

Dash Pernod Absinthe

Dash Angostura Bitters

2 parts Gin

1 part Dry Vermouth

Lemon Twist

 

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.  Stir to chill.  Strain into a chilled martini glass.  Garnish with lemon twist.

 

While I love a hint of absinthe flavor, I don’t like it to overpower a drink.  Rather than add a dash of Pernod risking a bit too much I washed the ice in the mixing glass with Pernod and then strained it out.  The Dubarry is rather interesting, possibly even bizarre.  Just when I think the Pernod will overtake the cocktail it fades into resistance and that is a rather difficult feat for a spirit over the likes of absinthe!  There is this particular melting vanilla butteriness in the cocktail that I like.   The Dubarry is not my favorite classic cocktail by far.  I can’t even say I could consume an entire one, but halving the portions to a smaller cocktail might make it just the hint of different a palate needs for a sense of the past once in a while.  It’s good, but different.  A diversion from the usual; a little like Bulldog Gin.

 

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