Tag Archive: Flavored Rim

  • halloween-happy-hour
  • Up the Boos for your Halloween Happy Hour!
  • Not sure what to serve at your Halloween party or just need a quick pre-game cocktail before Halloween Happy Hour? These 5 Halloween cocktails will have you full of boos and ready to party! 1. Pumpkin-Tini You can't go wrong with this classic recipe, and with just 5 minutes of prep, it's a sna...
  • Fri Oct 31st
    Tara Shinn
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  • pixie-stick-syrup-blog
  • How to make pixie syrup for cocktails
  • Everyone knows that candy is the best part of Halloween- now you can turn it into a cocktail! This simple pixie syrup recipe is easy to make and can be made into cocktails, martinis or shooters for your big Halloween bash! 1. Sort your pixies You can choose to make whatever colors you want, bu...
  • Thu Oct 9th
    Tara Shinn
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  • top-5-home-bar-tools
  • Top 5 tools every home bar should have
  • Whether your experimenting with new cocktail trends or just love a good Martini, having the right tools (and knowing how to use them!) in your home bar makes crafting a great cocktail about a zillion times easier. Worried about breaking the bank? Fret not- you should be able to pick up everything on...
  • Thu Sep 18th
    Tara Shinn
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  • herbal-sugars
  • How to make herbal sugars for rimming
  •   We all know how a cinnamon sugar rim can take a fresh apple-tini to a new level- so why stop there? Using dried herbs to make herbal sugars is super easy, and will take classics to a whole new level! Let get started:   Add a few pinches of dried herb to a mortar (or spice gr...
  • Thu Aug 7th
    Tara Shinn
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  • How to dry fresh herbs
  • Growing a cocktail garden: Part 3- Drying Herbs
  • You cocktail garden should be in full bloom at this point (refer to How to Grow A Cocktail Garden: Part 1 or 2 to catch up!), but what if you have more herbs than you can use or give away? Simple- dry them! Dried herbs fresh from the garden have way more flavor than anything you can buy in the store...
  • Fri Jul 18th
    Tara Shinn
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  • planting-a-cocktail-garden
  • Growing a Cocktail Garden: Part 2
  • Now that your soil is prepped and your seedling are starting to grow (See Growing a Cocktail Garden: Part 1), it's time to start the most important part: Planting! I know it sounds easy enough, but there are a few factors that you will want to take into consideration when planting:   1. ...
  • Fri May 16th
    Tara Shinn
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  • Growing-a-cocktail-garden-part-1
  • Growing a cocktail Garden: Part 1
  • Summer cocktails require fresh ingredients, and you can't get any fresher than plucking them from your own backyard, so why not spend a little time now (and save a lot of money later!), by planting your very own cocktail garden!   Step 1: Find your Zone It is imperative to find out wha...
  • Fri Apr 18th
    Tara Shinn
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  • How to dress up your lemondrop martini with lemon garnishes
  • Dress up your Lemondrop!
  • Spring is officially here, and for us that  means sun, fun and lemondrop martinis! There are dozens of lemondrop recipes out there for you to choose from, but after some searching we realized that it isn't quite the recipe the makes a lemondrop so enticing- it's the garnish! Whether you use one of ...
  • Fri Mar 21st
    Tara Shinn
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  • Make your own Crème de Cacao for Valentine’s Day!
  • Valentine's Day is fast approaching and for the ladies that usually means 1 thing= chocolate. Whether you're single, or celebrating a relationship chocolate is bound to be all over the place, including cocktails. Unfortunately most crème de cacao, or chocolate liqueurs, are cheap and sugary unless...
  • Fri Feb 7th
    Tara Shinn
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  • L.A.X.
  • Clique Vodka has landed in L.A.! Celebrate our arrival with an L.A.X. cocktail!...
  • Tue Jan 14th
    Tara Shinn
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  • Tips and tricks on how to make Holiday Vodka Infusions
  • Tips, tricks and recipes for making holiday vodka infusions!
  • Making your own infused vodka for the Holidays is not only a fabulous way of creating unique cocktails for your holiday gathering, but also makes a great gift too! By following a few simple rules, you can make sure that your holiday vodka infusions come out full of flavor and have a long shelf life!...
  • Fri Dec 13th
    Tara Shinn
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  • ObamaCare
  • Check back soon, we are still trying to figure out how to make this cocktail work........
  • Thu Nov 21st
    Primo
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  • blog
  • This is a Mandatory Cocktail We Cant Figure Out
  • It's been 6 weeks since the Affordable Care Act (or ObamaCare) was initiated on Oct. 1st, and let's face it- the rollout wasn't too smooth. With a constantly crashing website and Americans receiving cancellation notices from their insurers for not meeting all the requirements of the new law, Preside...
  • Thu Nov 21st
    Tara Shinn
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  • Smokey Eyed Mary
  • The smoked rim on this cocktail brings a new twist and a lot of flavor to this classic cocktail...
  • Sat Jul 6th
    Tara Shinn
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  • greyhound
  • Take a mental vacation with a Greyhound Station
  • With spring fast approaching, I can't help but get a little excited for all the concerts, festivals, and trips I'll be taking this year. This weekend while I research all the lineups to my favorite annual festivals, I'll be sipping on the deliciously bubbly citrus cocktail, which always reminds me o...
  • Fri Mar 1st
    Tara Shinn
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  • Worth The Wait
  • A remarkable cocktail is always Worth The Wait
  • For all the single people out there today, I have the perfect cocktail that is sweet, tangy and bubbly. It does take a bit of prep work, so if your in the mood for a new exciting project, try making a Worth The Wait: Stir 1 cup of sugar into 1 cup of chopped ripe strawberries, cover and let r...
  • Thu Feb 14th
    Tara Shinn
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  • Smokey Eyed Mary
  • Warm up today with a:
  • There's nothing quite like a spicy cocktail to warm you up when it's cold outside- and it's COLD out there. Luckily I always  have some tomato juice around in the winter, for those days when your toes are still frozen after a long day at work. Kick off your shoes as soon as you get home today, and ...
  • Fri Jan 25th
    Tara Shinn
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  • hazelnuttruff
  • A Sweet Retreat
  • This truly decadent dessert martini was created to liquefy one of my favorite chocolate candies, and even though it doesn't come wrapped in gold foil, just one is truly a guilty pleasure all by itself.  Rimmed with chocolate fudge and crushed hazelnuts, this amazing liquid dessert is the perfect wa...
  • Fri Dec 14th
    Tara Shinn
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  • xmasdrinks
  • Specialty Holiday Cocktails
  • Today in Pittsburgh, Clique Vodka was featured on the morning show Pittsburgh Today Live! On that show, our lead Mixologist Tara Shinn showed viewers how to create some delicious holiday cocktails. You can view the segment HERE! Below are the two cocktails featured on that segment. Now you can ma...
  • Tue Dec 11th
    Pat Hanavan
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