Happy 31st Birthday Diet Coke

 Today in 1982 Diet Coke was first introduced to the world. Happy Birthday to the soda that keeps fat people thinking they are eating healthier day after day…

The Ginger Julep '68 Fastback

Sometimes all it takes is a bit of classic understated elegance to complete a look. Standing around holding some toxic color cocktail when you're a stand-up individual just doesn't always work. This libation culminates so exquisitely because of the high grade ingredients used and the simplicity in which it is created. Add this recipe to your arsenal of straightforward yet effective cocktails.

The Ginger Julep ’68 Fastback

Ingredients:

1 .5 oz. Bulleit Bourbon

.5 oz. Organic Brown Sugar

¼ oz.  Peeled Minced Fresh Ginger

1.5 oz. Soda Water

1 Lemon or Lime Twist

Preparation:

Muddle the ginger and brown sugar together until all of the sugar is moistened and nearly dissolved.

Add a dash of soda to finish dissolving the sugar, stir in your Bourbon.

Finish with ice, soda to taste and a lemon or lime twist.

Ice Cream Soda, All Grown up.

Summertime hits and everyone goes into slim & trim mode trying to get themselves looking right before the end of the season arrives. Usually people realize its too damn hot to be running around and working out, so they give up and go back to trying to staying cool while drinking lots of cold libations to stay fueled up.

A great treat that can be made at home for a fraction of the cost of what you find them for at stores is the always classic “Ice Cream Soda” not to be confused with the Rootbeer Float.

Today June 30^th, is National Ice Cream Soda Day.

Take a few moments, take yourself back your childhood and make a few of these for yourself and the kids.

If the Ice Cream Soda is going to be for yourself, kick it up a notch with a few dashes of flavored rum such as Bacardi Dragon Berry or any one of the million flavors offered up by Malibu.

Either way, enjoy this drink today, tomorrow and over the weekend when the temperatures are expected to reach 100. 

Whatever you choose to do, do it responsibly.