Breaking the Bourbon Trail Part 2 - Cocktails and Carry-Ons, Ep. 12

Viva Las Vegas Part 2 - Cocktails & Carry-ons Episode 15

* First trips to Vegas * Diana Cocktail - Vegas Vesper * Favorite hotels * Favorite games * Sphere * Shows in Vegas * Valley of Fire * Hoover Dam * Carli make a drink from her last trip? * Tickets to clubs for college spring breakers * Movies set in Vegas

Viva Las Vegas Part 1 - Cocktails & Carry-ons Episode. 14

Viva Las Vegas * First trips to Vegas * Diana Cocktail - Vegas Vesper * Favorite hotels * Favorite games * Sphere * Shows in Vegas * Valley of Fire * Hoover Dam * Carli make a drink from her last trip? * Tickets to clubs for college spring breakers * Movies set in Vegas

Taking on the Tailgate - Cocktails & Carry-Ons, Ep. 13

Episode 13 - Taking on the Tailgate - Bloody Mary, Mimosa, Twisted Tea We talk about our favorite tailgating experiences while mixing up some of our favorite pre-game drinks. Carli experiments with some suspicious ingredients to make her favorite Bloody Marys. (Spoiler alert - we all survived.) Diana sweetens things up with some sparkly Mimosas and tries a crowd-sourced recipe for Twisted Tea.   Bloody Mary Ingredients * 4 oz Mr & Mrs T® Original Bloody Mary Mix * 1 oz Vodka * 1 cup ice * Celery stalk * Green olives Preparation * Pour vodka over ice in a tall glass * Add bloody mary mix * Stir and then add celery stalk and olives to garnish Mimosa Ingredients * Champagne or Prosecco * Orange Juice Preparation * Pour Champagne or Prosecco in a champagne flute * Add a splash of Orange Juice Twisted Tea Ingredients * Deep Eddy Lemon Vodka * Sweet Tea * Torani Syrups in fruit flavors for variations Preparation * Add ice to a glass.  * Fill halfway with Sweet Tea * Add one shot of Deep Eddy Lemon Vodka. Adjust to taste.  * Add flavored syrups as desired. * For a variation, use Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka and Lemonade.

Breaking the Bourbon Trail Part 2 - Cocktails and Carry-Ons, Ep. 12

Episode 12 - Breaking the Bourbon Trail, Part II - Burnt Sugar Old Fashioned It’s back to the Bourbon Trail as Carli serves up a Burnt Sugar Old Fashioned while we discuss how to plan a Bourbon Trail Trip. We also share some memories while debating whether to pedal wagon or not to pedal wagon and the races of the Triple Crown.  Distilleries * Castle and Key * Buffalo Trace * Woodford Reserve * Rabbit Hole * Angels Envy * Four Roses * Whistle Pig Burnt Sugar Old Fashioned

Breaking the Bourbon Trail Part One - Cocktails and Carry-Ons, Episode 11

Episode 11 - Breaking the Bourbon Trail, Part I - St. Elmo Old Fashioned and WR Classic Old Fashioned Carli and Diana head to Kentucky to explore the distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. We start off with the ready-to-pour St. Elmo Old Fashioned and see how it compares to the hand-crafted Woodford Reserve Classic Old Fashioned.    Distilleries * Woodford Reserve * Maker’s Mark * Bulleit * Castle and Key * Buffalo Trace * Rabbit Hole Woodford Reserve (WR) Classic Old Fashioned Ingredients * 2 oz WR Kentucky Straight Bourbon * .5 oz Demerara Simple Syrup * 3 dashes WR Aromatic Bitters * 2 dashes WR Orange Bitters * Orange Peel * Luxardo Maraschino Cherries Preparation * Add ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.  * Stir for 30 - 40 seconds.  * Strain into a serving glass.  * Garnish with a lightly expressed orange peel and a luxardo maraschino cherry.