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Four Mother's Day Libations Fit For A Queen (Mixed Drink Recipes)

When Mimosas just no longer cut the mustard for your Mom, make sure you check out this list of libations built for a Queen (or King.) Mother’s Day is right around the corner so don’t be that guy or girl who plans to show their Mom some love at the last minute, resulting in a crappy gift and brunch at a packed restaurant. 

Show some class this year, by making a few cocktails to pre-game up before you take Mom somewhere she has never been to eat. Some people love flowers while others love getting liquored up and if your guest of honor sways towards the latter, well then let us help you out with some incredibly easy but amazingly elegant looking and tasting drink recipes. 

The Supreme Plate wishes to say “Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Moms found around the World.” Whether you raised your own or someone else’s children the World appreciates all that you real women have done for us over the years.

To my Mother, I couldn’t have gotten this far without you and hope that I am making ya proud.

Having brunch out or at home with the fam? Order or mix up the Maple Collins – a perfect drink that goes well with any Mother’s Day brunch celebration.

Maple Collins

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Crown Royal Maple

.5 oz. Lemon Juice

1.5 oz. Pineapple Juice

2 dash Angostura Bitters

.5 Simple Syrup

Preparation:

Mix ingredients in a shaker, top with club soda and strain into a Collins glass. Garnish with half an orange slice and a cheery.

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Boodles British Gin

Gin doesn't always get the respect it deserves nowadays. With all of these fancy, colorful and celebrity-endorsed liquors coming out, the juniper berry derived nectar of the Gods somehow seems to fall by the wayside when drinks are being ordered. Boodles British Gin, a classic brand that was a favorite of Winston Churchill’s, stands tall above its competitors merely because of how smooth and mild its flavors are especially when mixed into a classic cocktail. A few years back, Gin was all the rage as people began re-experimenting with classic Martini recipes and other Gin based drinks. But as times changed and people began focusing their attention elsewhere, many brands were left shaking their heads in disbelief at how fast the climate changed in the world of mixology. 

Boodles Gin, a longtime favorite libation base to quite a few of our British friends is not what you would expect it be considering its rather cost friendly price. Mixing up a couple of colorful cocktails yesterday after a long day in the test kitchen we decided two things; 1. Boodles deserves to be our house brand of Gin from here on out and 2. Boodles will have you not leave you with a headache the next morning (that is unless you're a sloppy drinker and you should probably be seeking help elsewhere, not in a bottle.) We took the smooth route and put a slight spin on a few old world classics such as the and had a quite relaxing evening, while plotting the next days debauchery out.

Our favorite drink of the night came simply from pouring 1 part Boodles Gin over ice into a chilled rocks glass, adding 2 parts Ginger Ale & 1 thin slice of Lime. I believe they call that a Gin Gin in certain circles but we ended up calling the “Gin Limey.” A few of those will have you ready for just about anything, so this is where you must make sure to have a designated driver close by, cause you will get hungry eventually.

The end result, get your hands on a few bottles before the weekend arrives and practice the fine art of cocktail making at home. Your friends will love you and appreciate your thoughtfulness.

For More Info Check: Boodle British Gin

Enjoy Responsibly.

"Lemonade Was A Popular Drink And It Still is" (Homemade Strawberry Lemonade Recipe)

The Gifted Unlimited said it best, “Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is…”

Sometimes all you need to brighten up your day is a cold drink, some good conversation and a few quality songs to help pass the time. This Strawberry Lemonade recipe should put a smile on your face and this classic Gangstarr video should put some pep in your step…

Enjoy!

(recipe & Video after the jump)

ROTD: Strawberry Salad Smoothie

Starting off the year on a healthy note never anyone in our book. We promised ourselves that we were going to eat as little processed or pre-prepared food as possible this year, we wanted to put this incredibly healthy recipe up for everyone to try out. This Strawberry Salad Smoothie recipe makes for a gluten-free & vegan beverage that will surely help power you through the morning as well as help cleanse the body of a lot of the artery clogging goodies we consumed throughout the holiday season.

Enjoy.

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Captain Morgan Holiday Punch Recipes

As Hanukkah, Christmas & New Years rapidly approach, having the right libations to serve your guests (should you be having a party) is as crucial as making sure they don’t drive home drunk. Nothing says “we are getting turned up tonight” like a big bowl of perfectly blended and festively colored punch. These two recipes are classics in our kitchen and go a long way with house party guests especially when the temperatures are steadily dropping outside.

Enjoy Responsibly.

Privateer’s Punch

Captain Morgan® Black Privateer Punch

(For a Crew of 35)

Ingredients:

1 bottle Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum (750ml)

3 bottles of Red Wine (750ml)

2 Oranges (washed & sliced)

2 Lemons (washed & sliced)      

½ lb Cherries (washed & pitted)

1 liter Pepsi or Coke

Directions: 

Chill all  of the ingredients.

In a large punch bowl, crush the fresh fruit to extract the juices.

Combine all of the liquids and add a large block of ice.

Serve the punch in wine glasses with pieces of fruit.

PORT ROYAL PUNCH (Serves 25)

Ingredients:

Two (2) 46-ounce cans of pineapple juice

3 cups Mango juice

1 bottle of Captain Morgan® Original Spiced Rum (750ml)

4.5 oz of grenadine

3 Oranges (washed, sliced thinly and quartered)

3 cans of Sprite for carbonation

In a punch bowl or large serving vessel, add the above ingredients and stir.

Serve over ice in a punch-glass or the glass of your choosing.

The Captain Black & Ginger

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, ok its not even around the corner anymore, it has rounded that last base and is headed straight for you at this point. The question we must ask is simply, are you ready? Sure everyone thinks that because they have their turkey and ham ready, a few sides they think are up to par for the families partaking in, but what about your libation game? 

Do you have what it takes to satisfy not only yourself when it comes to pouring a drink but can you deliver in making sure that all of your guests are properly quenched and sauced up?  

The Captain Black & Ginger is an easy to consume cocktail, not so pungent so as to have you feeling as if you drank lighter fluid, yet strong enough to keep you well fueled for your evening encounter.

Enjoy Thanksgiving, Responsibly.

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Homemade Mocha Frappe's

Before we fall fully into Fall and have to start bundling up (I know many places across the Nation are already feeling that freeze) we figured we’d celebrate National frappe Day with a little Homemade Mocha Frappe recipe. 

As we all grow older, many of us depend on certain vices to get us through the day and Coffee without a doubt has a strong hold on many of our lives. This refreshing little twist on what we commonly pay $3 to $8 dollars for at a store, can be made at home for next to nothing and will even taste better than that store bought junk, once you perfect how you like it.

Enjoy National Frappe Day!!

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The Supreme Plate Summertime Smoothie

The Supreme Summertime Smoothie -

Ingredients:

1 cup crushed Pineapple (juice included)

1 cup frozen Mango (if using fresh mango, ad ¼ cup)

1 Peach (washed, peeled, pitted and cut into quarters)

2 heaping scoops of Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (any brand you prefer)

¼ - ½ cup of Club Soda

a few dashes of Honey

1 Cinnamon stick

1 cup of Ice

Directions:

Place all the ingredients into the Vitamix blender, secure the lid and place a hand over the top.

Turn the blender to variable 1 and turn the machine on. Slowly increase the variable to 8, then 10 then high. If the motor sounds as if it stopping or getting caught up by the ice, reduce the speed and let the cubes get broken down or add a bit more Club Soda to smooth out the mixture.

Blend on high for about 45 seconds and pour into chilled Rocks Glasses.

Garnish w/ grated Cinnamon and place the remaining Cinnamon stick in the glass.

If the drink is still too tart for your liking, add a bit more Honey or your favorite sweetener

Enjoy!!!

Recipe Of The Day: Frosty Basil Lemonade

If your going to be outside for any length of time, the number one thing you must remember is to stay hydrated. The intense heat that the entire nation is suffering from, mixed with all of the bad air and humidity is crippling to say the least. The worst part about having to suffer through endless weeks of high temperatures is being inundated with flavorless water to keep the brain functioning. Today being National Lemonade Day, we are going to give everyone a drink they can enjoy to the last drop and we mean everyone whether you’re vegan, on a gluten free diet, Kosher, Halaal or just looking to have something low in cholesterol, this drink is for you.

Simply pour all of the ingredients in the blender and give it a bit of time to work its magic and Voila, you have something that the entire family will enjoy sipping on, whether its after going swimming, right before dinner or even before heading out in the morning to face the blistering heat, this Frosty Basil Lemonade is just the right blend of Earthy freshness and cool refreshing sweetness.

Enjoy!!

The Vitamix Frosty Basil Lemonade –

Ingredients:

3 cups Cold Water

1 ½ Lemons, (peeled, halved & seeded)

¼ cup Sugar (or other sweetener such as Nectresse)

½ cup Fresh basil Leaves (washed thoroughly)

1 cup Ice Cubes

Chilled Glasses

A few slices of Lemon for Garnish (optional)

Directions:

Place all of your ingredients (in the order listed) your Vitamix blender and secure the lid

Select Variable 1

Turn the Machine on and slowly increase the speed to variable 10 and blend for 1 minute or until the desired consistency has been reached.

Pour over ice into chilled glasses and garnish with Lemon.

Enjoy.

Don Q Gran Anejo, A Must Have.

It is said that, “Aging mellows the Spirit, but never should it become dull.” Don Q Gran Anejo Rum is the epitomy of that very saying, in that its aged 12 years to create the perfect balance between the sweet and dry flavors that just aren’t found in everyday brands of Rum.

Gran Anejo is the kind of Rum, you sip neat or on the rocks and wont feel as if your drinking gasoline. Found at finer spirit distilleries and liquor stores of a grander nature, Don Q Gran Anejo is something you find on your uncles shelf, who just so happens to be a connoisseur of the finer things in life and has that bit of style you tried to imitate in your younger days, Classic all the way around.

Check out their website for more information on this great libation and all of the other incredible flavors they make:  www.DonQ.com

The Razz & Sprite

As August and the lovely heat wave that has decided to grace us with its presence continue to move on ahead towards National Rum Day, we decided to try out a drink that can be made with everyday ingredients that are commonly kept in every kitchen. Using Bacardi® Razz™, a few dashes of Sprite, some Limes and fresh Raspberries, we found that this drink will satisfy the thirst like no other on such a blazing day as the one we are about to experience.

The great thing about this drink is the Lime & Raspberry combo really plays well with the Rum, leaving it not too strong, not too sweet.

Enjoy the Razz & Sprite Responsibly. 

Ingredients:

2 parts Bacardi® Razz™

4 parts Sprite (or other Lemon Lime Soda that you prefer)

Fresh Raspberries (washed thoroughly and dried)

Limes (washed and cut into rounds)

Ice

Directions:

Drop 1 Lime round into the bottom of chilled glass, then fill the glass with ice and add 10 Raspberries.

Pour in the Bacardi Razz and add the Sprite.

Top of with another round or two of Lime and stir well.

Serve to friends and family who can handle their liquor.

Drink of The Day: The Don Q Bootsy Collins

We recently got our Rum Loving hands on some Don Q Cristal Rum and figured lets get to work instantly on testing this baby out. With National Rum Day, quickly approaching we have been promoting drinks that use rum all month and were really excited to try this brand out, as we have heard its mixability and smoothness is incomparable to any other brand on the market. That is a bold statement to make we know, but how many times have you made a mixed drink and all you taste is the overpowering flavor of one ingredient and not enjoyed your libation?

A five-column distillation process (done at an amazingly Clean & Green / energy efficient plant that we will get into further later) is used to create their amazingly smooth, flagship Rum that is aged from 1 – 3 years in American white oak barrels, resulting in an 80 proof Rum that is smoother than silk and refreshing in any and all classic cocktails you can pour up that call for Rum.

We can’t wait to really kick off the weekend with our newfound friend Don Q, to see what kind of adventures we can really get into and really report back to you on Monday.

Today we had to run with a recipe they provided us entitled The Don Q Bootsy Collins, fitting to say the least in our opinion.

Check out the recipe and more on their website:

            Don Q Premium Puerto Rican Rum

Ingredients:

1 oz  Don Q Limon

¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice

1 oz  Don Q Cristal (premium Rum)

½ oz Cinnamon Syrup (recipe to follow)

½ oz Elderflower Liqueur

a dash of Club Soda

1 Lemon Peel, washed and cut into strips or peeled to create twists

Directions:

For the Cinnamon Syrup, dissolve one part sugar and one part hot water, add 4 to 5 Cinnamon sticks and let it sit over night.

In a drink mixer, pour both Rums, Lemon Juice, Liqueur, Syrup and Ice, cover and shake until the mixer is ice cold to the touch.

Strain into a chilled, ice-filled Collins glass and top off with a dash of Club Soda.

Garnish with Lemon Peel & serve with a straw or Swizzle Stick.

Limón Y Iced Tea

Say it with us, “Simplicity is key.” Not every libation needs 30 ingredients, many of which you have never heard of, nor want to buy to let go to waste until your next party, that’s just a sin. The Limón & Ice Tea cocktail is the kind of drink your Grandmother would call a Summertime delight and your friends would devour by the jug if they hung around our offices. 

Quick, easy, delicious and thirst quenching, this drink is perfect for the heat wave the Nation is expected to experience over the next week.

Enjoy Responsibly.

Ingredients:

2 parts Bacardi® Limón

4 parts Freshly made Iced Tea

Directions:

Fill a chilled glass with ice.

Squeeze 2 Lemon wedges into the glass.

Pour Bacardi® Limón then the Iced Tea over the ice and stir until combined.

Enjoy.

Enter The Dragon

Seeing as how Bruce Lee was one of THE BADDEST MEN to ever grace the face of this planet and we are currently in the year of the Dragon, we figured, part 2 of today’s Rum inspired extravaganza would feature a simple cocktail, you won’t get laughed out of the bar for ordering; the Enter The Dragon, which features Bacardi’s® undeniably delicious Dragon Berry flavored Rum doing the tango of tangos with some good old fashioned Ginger Ale. A drink to keep you on point and not sloppy is what you need when the temperatures begin to skyrocket in these last few weeks of Summer.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

3 parts Bacardi® Dragon Berry flavored Rum

1 part Ginger Ale

Cubed Ice

Chilled Rocks Glass

1 Lime (washed, cut in half then again into wedges for a garnish)

Directions:

Put as much ice as you desire in a chilled Rocks Glass.

Pour Bacardi® and Ginger Ale over the ice.

Stir with a straw or swizzle stick.

Garnish w/ a Lime wedge.

The Perfect Way To End Any Day: The Original Cuba Libre

The Perfect Way To End Any Day: The Original Cuba Libre

Ingredients:

2 oz Light Bacardi Rum®

The Juice from ½  of a Lime

Coca Cola®

Directions:

Ok here comes the hardest part of it all.

Pour the Lime juice into a chilled highball glass over ice cubes

Add Rum, fill w/ Coca Cola® until your content with the ratio, stir with a straw or swizzle stick

Serve to a good friend, repeat as many times as needed throughout the evening.

Make a few toasts and enjoy the good times.

2day is National Tequila Day... Check out the TSP Tequila Supreme

This here holiday needs no lengthy introduction as to why it exists or the benefits of partaking in it, it simply is a great day and must be celebrated. Just what are we speaking of you ask? Well today Ladies & Gents, just so happens to be National Tequila Day and with that we must kick a few classic recipes out to our readers as well as a new Libation recipe to get the days events pushing along as planned.

Enjoy!!!

Ingredients:

4 oz Tequila (whatever brand you choose, we suggest Patron or Don Julio)

2 oz Lemon Juice

2 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 ½ tsp Honey

4 dashes Bitters (found in almost every liquor and grocery store)

Crushed Ice

Lemons (washed thoroughly and cut into slices for garnishing)

*Drink Mixer w/ strainer

2 Martini Glasses Chilled

Directions:

Combine tequila, lemon juice and sweet vermouth, honey and bitters in a clean drink mixer / shaker (a previously used one will give this drink an odd flavor, make sure to wash it if you have made other drinks previously to making this cocktail.)

Add ice, cover and shake until the outside of the mixer is cold.

Strain into 2 martini glasses; garnish with lemon twists.

ROTD: National Mint Julep Day 2012

Today is National Mint Julep Day. Pour up a few cold libations, invite some friends over to relax and wax nostalgia about great memories and future plans for creating more of the same. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 oz Bourbon Whisky (Preferably Makers Mark)

8 Sprigs of Mint

1 tsp fine Sugar

Drink Mixer w/ Lid

Shaved Ice

Instructions:

Wash the Mint thoroughly and remove any stems that may be attached.

Place the Mint and Sugar with a dash of water in a drink mixer.

Add Shaved Ice & Bourbon, cover with lid and shake until outside is cold & frosted.

Pour into a Rocks Glass and garnish with a fresh sprig of Mint.