32 Cocktails You Will Fall in Love With for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Whether you have plans or are flying solo, these 32 cocktails (for individuals ages 21+) will bring out the love in anyone. Take a look at the ingredients, stock up on them, and settle in for a fun love day – however you’re celebrating.

1. Love Potion #9

  • Strawberries
  • Vanilla ice cream
  • Vodka (strawberry, vanilla, or unflavored)
  • White crème de cacao liqueur

2. Sweetheart Cocktail

  • Ketel One vodka
  • Rose petal liqueur
  • Cranberry juice
  • Lime juice

3. Bésame Cocktail (Kiss Me Cocktail)

  • Lime wedges
  • Raspberries
  • Agavero liqueur
  • Passion fruit juice
  • Raspberry liqueur

4. Scarlett Kiss

  • Cranberry juice
  • Drambuie

5. Cupid’s Arrow

  • Vodka
  • Blood orange liqueur
  • Orange juice
  • Lemon juice
  • Chopped berries
  • Sugar
  • Lemon-lime soda
  • Chocolate shavings (for garnish)

6. Chocolate Truffle Martini

  • Smirnoff vanilla vodka
  • Godiva white chocolate cream liqueur
  • Cream

7. Passion Cocktail

  • Tequila
  • Cranberry juice
  • Lime juice
  • Brandy-based orange liqueur
  • Lime slices

8. Chocolate Old Fashioned

  • Ballotin original chocolate whiskey
  • Bourbon
  • Orange bitters
  • Chocolate mole bitters

9. Chocolate Covered Strawberry Shooters

  • Chocolate chips
  • Strawberry milk
  • White chocolate liqueur
  • Vodka
  • Strawberries

10. Lovebug Cocktail

  • White cranberry juice
  • Lemon-lime soda
  • Vodka
  • Grenadine

11. Pink Gin and Tonic

  • Pink gin
  • Tonic water
  • Lime juice

12. Cupid’s Panties

  • Tequila rose
  • Godiva white chocolate liqueur
  • Whipped cream

13. Soulmate Martini

  • Bacardi vanilla rum
  • Bacardi jazz rum
  • Black cherry juice
  • Cola

14. Strawberry Champagne Floats

  • Vanilla ice cream
  • Champagne
  • Strawberries
  • Sugar

15. Valentine’s Day Lady Rose

  • Rose syrup
  • Vodka
  • Pink rose petals
  • Rose water
  • Tonic
  • Pink food coloring

16. Cherry-Chocolate Bourbon Soda

  • Cherry soda
  • Taza Mexican chocolate extract
  • Bourbon

17. Sidecar Cocktail

  • Sugar
  • Bourbon or cognac
  • Orange liqueur
  • Lemon juice

18. Hot Toddy

  • Hot water
  • Whiskey or bourbon
  • Honey
  • Lemon juice

19. Pink Mudslide

  • Kahlua or coffee liqueur
  • Vanilla or plain vodka
  • Bailey’s/irish cream liqueur or half and half
  • Strawberries
  • Vanilla ice cream

20. Flame of Love

  • Monkey 47
  • Dry sherry
  • Flamed grapefruit twists

21. Morse Code

  • Bacardi Superior
  • Plantation pineapple rum
  • Lime juice
  • Sugar
  • Strawberry

22. Pink Lady

  • Monkey 47
  • Apple brandy
  • Lemon juice
  • Grenadine
  • Egg white

23. Ginger and Jasmine Cocktail

  • Simple syrup
  • Fresh ginger
  • Jasmine tea
  • Vodka
  • Lemon juice
  • Santa Margherita sparkling rosé

24. Cupid’s Hope

  • Reyka vodka
  • Lemon juice
  • Rosemary syrup
  • Pear juice

25. Kiss From a Rose

  • Greenhook gin
  • Simple syrup
  • St. Germain
  • Angostura bitters
  • Champagne rosé

26. Tie Me Up Tie Me Down

  • Hangar One Buddha’s Hand vodka
  • Rosemary simple syrup
  • Lemon juice

27. Pink French

  • Lemon juice
  • Pomegranate juice
  • Rose water
  • Simple honey syrup
  • Gin
  • Cava

28. La Vie en Rose

  • 619 rose petal vodka
  • Simple syrup
  • Lemon juice
  • St. Germaine
  • Ginger beer

29. Potion D’Amour

  • TYKU black sake
  • Blackberry purée
  • Lillet Blanc

30. Spicy Love Affair

  • Reyka vodka
  • Lemon juice
  • Ginger syrup
  • Pink grapefruit juice

31. It’s a Match

  • Ketel One Citreon vodka
  • Muddled strawberries
  • Basil leaves
  • Jalapeño disk
  • Lemon juice
  • Simple syrup

32. The Smoke Show

  • Casamigos Mezcal
  • Casamigos Blanco tequila
  • Ancho Reyes
  • Lime juice
  • Agave nectar

However you’re spending Valentine’s Day, whether it’s with your significant other, your gal pals, or just yourself, these 32 cocktails will help spice up your holiday. Have fun and drink responsibly!

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Bacardi Spiced Palmer – Labor Day’s Must-Have Cocktail

It’s a party with Bacardi…

Labor Day is a day to be with family and friends and drink and eat incredible foods. Hot dogs, hamburgers, cookouts, desserts, cocktails, you name it. However you celebrate, you’re almost always guaranteed to have a drink in your hand. For my over-21 friends, the Bacardi Spiced Palmer needs to be in your cup.

Bacardi is a rum company that was established in 1862 and features rum that is aged for at least 10 years. The company produced dark, gold, and white rum, which are good for multiple kinds of drinks.

From the website, the recipe is described as: “Inspired by the traditional lemonade and tea combo, the Bacardi Spiced Palmer is the perfect cocktail to sip while you enjoy labor weekend with friends.

I was contacted by a team member at H&S – a brand partnering company that connects with influencers to bring awareness to certain brands. When I got an email to sample Bacardi, I was pumped. A specific recipe I was asked to make was the Bacardi Spiced Palmer. Included in this recipe are Bacardi Spiced (which sells for roughly $13 for the smaller bottle), lemonade, and peach iced tea.

The recipe is simple: 1.5 oz. Bacardi Spiced, 1.5 oz. lemonade, and 1.5 oz. peach iced tea

I tasted it, along with my brother, to see what he thought about the recipe, as well. It was a huge hit for both of us. I can confidently say that this recipe will be a must-have for holidays moving forward. At your average liquor store, there are bottles in two sizes: 750 ml and 1.75 L. The packaging is sleek and is a great addition to any collection you may already have.

Considering the price is so low, there’s really no reason to not try this drink. Adding up all the good factors: low price, great taste, easy to make, etc., I would highly recommend everything about this drink. So, if you’re over 21, find your local liquor store and stock up for the holidays.

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What Your Summertime Go-To Drink Is Based on Your Zodiac Sign

Summer is definitely in full swing, with beautiful sunny days, lots of activities, and hanging out with friends.

Maybe you’re tired of ordering your typical blah drink that you always order when you’re out and about or you just need to switch it up. Either way, your zodiac sign has a thing or two to tell you…

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Order yourself a Strawberry Basil Mojito.

You’re bold, energetic, and adventurous. It’s complimentary flavors are a refreshing thirst quencher while showing off your eagerness to try something new and fun. The next time you’re rocking up to that cute bartender, try this one out.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) 

Ask for a Blackberry Sangria.

You’re practical, reliable, and patient. You appreciate the time it takes to make a good drink. While you’re not crazy about straying away from your normal drink, a sangria has never let you down and who doesn’t love a juicy, delicious blackberry?

Gemini (May 21-June 21) 

Order a Lavender Lemon Drop Martini.

You’re lively, versatile, and eloquent. Very rarely do you ever stick with the same drink, always curious to try something different. Try this next time you’re craving something new. A martini shows that you’re a classy gal while the aromatic lemon and lavender will make you dance with delight!

Cancer (June 21-July 22) 

Cuba Libre is calling your name. 

You’re emotional, cautious, and protective. Change is not your strong suit, but you’ll try something new, just not too different from your normal drink. This classic drink sounds exotic, but is just a twist on the popular rum and coke so you’re not going completely wild.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

The Paloma is so you.

You’re creative, generous, and enthusiastic. On your next lazy afternoon, try this combination grapefruit, lemon-lime soda, and tequila. This drink is definitely a creative combination of flavors, which you totally appreciate while cooling you off as you chill with your pals.

Virgo (August 23-September 22) 

You should order a Bourbon Raspberry Lemonade Slushie.

You’re modest, intelligent, and practical. On your next summer venture with your girlfriends, give this drink a try. The smooth, warming flavors of bourbon mixed with sweet raspberries and tangy lemonade are the perfect combination to show off that you’re a well-rounded person with thoughtful taste.

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Your drink is a Boozy Dreamsicle Shake.

You’re romantic, sociable, and easy going. The next time you’re chilling out on a sunny day, this should be your go-to. You will completely fall in love with this delicious and creamy drink that is perfect for cooling off on those warmer summer days.

Scorpio  (October 23-November 21) 

Your go-to should be a Zombie. 

You’re powerful, exciting, and determined. Every time you go out, it’s an adventure! When you’re checking out that new rooftop bar that just opened, try this out. This rum and absinthe drink is not for the weak and you know that! A Zombie is a perfect drink to sip on, as it’s just as powerful as you are.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) 

You should ask for the Scarlet Starlet.

You’re optimistic, honest, and philosophical. This thoughtful drink combines smooth whiskey flavors with fruit and floral hibiscus, perfect for those summer days when you’re relaxing on a patio.

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Your drink is the Salty Dog.

You’re practical, patient, and humorous. The next time you’re out on a relaxing, summer afternoon, sip on this. This simple drink combines grapefruit juice and vodka with a salt rimmed glass, ingredients found at any bar and proving to be a total summertime win.

Aquarius  (January 20-February 18)

Try the Horse’s Neck.

You’re friendly, loyal, and original. This classic cocktail combines brandy, bitters, and ginger ale with a lemon twist. After all, you have a flare for sticking to timeless things, summertime drinks included!

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

You should order a Cucumber Basil Gin Gimlet. 

You are imaginative, sensitive, and intuitive. When you and your friends are out for a boozy brunch, order this. This drink provides a thoughtful and refreshing spin to a classic drink, making it the perfect cocktail to sip on while you mingle in the sunshine.

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7 Delicious Mocktails to Enjoy During Dry January

Dry January is a challenge to not drink any alcohol for the entire month of January. Whether you don’t drink at all or are taking part in the challenge for the first time, there are mocktails you can have that will still make you feel like you’re celebrating.

Roy Rogers

Ingredients:

  • Grenadine
  • Cola
  • Maraschino cherries

Lime Rickey

Ingredients:

  • Lime juice
  • Simple syrup
  • Seltzer
  • Lime wedges

Virgin Mary

Ingredients

  • Tomato juice
  • Lemon juice
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • Celery salt
  • Pepper
  • Hot sauce
  • Celery
  • Pickle spear

Sweet Sunrise

Ingredients:

  • Orange juice
  • Grenadine
  • Orange slice

Baby Bellini

Ingredients:

  • Peach nectar
  • Sparkling cider
  • Peach slice

Designated Appletini

Ingredients:

  • Apple juice
  • Simple syrup
  • Lemon juice
  • Sugar
  • Apple slice

Sparkling Peach Sunrise

Ingredients:

  • Peach juice
  • Grenadine
  • Lemon-lime soda

Even if you’ve already broken the Dry January rule, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t try these drinks. Throw a COVID-19 approved party, buy some great board games, and serve these drinks for friends.

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7 drinking games guaranteed to get you SH*T FACED!

Drinking Games

Bite The Bag

A paper bag is placed on the floor open. Everyone takes turns bending down and biting the bag, but the only catch is that your feet are the only thing allowed to touch the floor. After each person is done the bag is cut about 1 inch.

If you fail to bite the bag you must shotgun a beer.

Watch Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIoXdh5u4To

 

How the Grinch stole Christmas drinking game 

I get it Christmas is over but would it kill you to play a game? Take a drink whenever something is rhymed with “Who.??

If you hear a clearly made-up word, take a shot of a combination of two liquors you have never mixed together before.

Whenever the Grinch’s face twists into a hideous deformed version of a smile, grimace, or frown, take a drink.

Drink each time a song starts, and keep drinking for the duration of the song.

Everyone has to take a shot once they get drunk enough that they stop feeling sorry for Max the dog.

People Share The Best Way To Split The Bill When Out With Super Rich Friends

When you go out with friends to eat or grab drinks, one of the most awkward and uncomfortable things to deal with has to be when the check comes. Especially, when you’re out with friends who are just a bit richer than you. You often times feel the need to cover the check in order to make yourself feel as though you’re not as broke as people think you are. But, other times, you think your wealthier friends should grab this round. It does leave a bit of confusion to some: what is the right protocol when going out with your wealthy friends?  Does everyone pay just for their own meal and drinks or is the entire bill split evenly. Well, what if I order just a salad? Should I have to pay for some of your steaks. I didn’t eat it! Lucky for us, the people of the Internet have blessed us with tips on how to overcome this uncomfortable issue especially when everyone is wealthy, expect for yourself.

If you invite then you shall pay:

 I recently watched all the episodes of “House of Cards” about wealthy people like the fictional “Raymond Tusk – multi Billionaire” …I found the portrayals very realistic for a change. Their lives are not so different from ordinary middle-class folks. Most don’t drive Lamborghinis, etc. How do I know about rich people? Well, here in Monaco, that is pretty much the only kind of people around: Wealthy people who have moved here and bought a small apartment for a few million Euros…Why? Mainly because their tax savings exceed the apartment costs usually by a wide margin. So most make a million a year or more. I also know a lot of new millionaires from Silicon Valley who live in tax havens like this. They can veer in either direction — big newly rich show-offs who got their lifestyle clues from old movies, or more usually, humble, low-profile guys.

Thus, to answer the question, this is the real “protocol” that usually applies: The person who has invited the other person for lunch at a restaurant pays. Cash or credit card. They don’t have special staff around just to pay bills. I used to always pay the restaurant & bar bill for a prize-winning journalist friend from high school whom I perceived as not having too much dough. Then, years ago, he said “I don’t need you to treat me all the time so we should split the bill from now on.” And that’s what we did after that. Then there was my stock broker and a few others who MADE MONEY from me: They ALWAYS pick up the checks. I never do. I think that is how it works with most wealthy people. If they work for me I pick up the checks. I once had lunch with a guy who must have expected me to pay. I would have — except that he ordered crazy expensive wine at $200 a bottle. When the outrageous “La Addition” arrived, I was not shy & said, “Hey, I invited you, but you can cover the $400 for the wine you ordered.” He actually gave me an argument and claimed to have forgotten his wallet. That was the last time I ever saw that deadbeat schnorrer (i.e. moocher) or wanted to see him.
If invited to dine at somebody’s home, we all bring wine or flowers — usually. That’s what you should do whether wealthy or not. It’s just good manners.

If you go to dinner with someone much wealthier than you are, it is good form to say “Let me pay for my share!” Your host will almost always say “No, you are my guest.” But don’t order the most expensive things on the menu or $200 wine if you expect them to pay. When a consulting client and I go to lunch or dinner & he asks me PT type questions, he pays. If it is purely social & I invited him, I pay. Sometimes we split. No special rule.

If we are looking at it from a roaring 20’s, The Great Gatsby perspective:

“The very wealthy, especially old wealth or “old money” as it’s sometimes called, have a set of protocols as second nature to them as splitting the bill is to us. The ones I have glimpsed are as follows: They have an arrangement with the establishment, whether it’s an exclusive restaurant or Harrods. At the restaurant there is no bill. It is just handled.” 

It’s best when there is no fuss or drama over the check:

“I’m not super wealthy, myself, but I have friends who are. And my answer is a little counterintuitive. They usually pay. But it’s not because they’re rich – or, at least, not directly so. It’s that they reach a point where money isn’t a big deal, so they don’t like to waste time and energy on these issues. I.e. “Let’s get the damn thing paid, and let’s get out of here.” Or, by the same token, it’s totally OK if someone else wants to grab the check quickly and without fuss or drama. Just as long as it’s not a Thing. “

When dinner is similar to a business meeting:

“I eat out almost every day. Often twice a day. It’s either that we trade off: I buy one time, the person that I’m meeting with will buy the next. Or…If it’s someone that’s not as well off, even if they are asking for mentoring/advice, I pick the restaurant that I want to meet at, so I almost always pay.”

Or you find the really rich guy with too much pride to take you to dinner.

“Hell No. What kind of cheapskate do you want to be seen as? I figure that I make $2,000 per hour in passive income so as long as dinner for 4 or 8 or 12 isn’t $2,000, I figure it is no big deal. I have my own table at restaurants that I frequent. I have a saying “My table, my rules”. I almost never let anyone who is my guest at my table pay for dinner. I have allowed a few notable exceptions when the person invited me to dinner and they insist for whatever reason. I never split a check, I haven’t done that in 30 years.”

21 Reasons To Date A Girl Who Drinks Beer

Most guys assume that when you bring around your girl, everything’s gotta be censored: no gross shit and no crude shit. Unless, of course, your girl is a beer drinking gal: a chick who gets down with a brew, can hang.

She can do a funnel, a shotgun, a keg stand, a beer slide, and win at beer pong or flip cup on any given day. Basically, 11 out of 10 of the guys will approve:

  1. She’s a cheap date: no $15.00 martinis here.
  2. She’d rather go to a sports bar than a stuffy club…
  3. She calls ‘vodka sodas’ skinny bitches
  4. Because that’s who orders them.
  5. She knows the difference between lager, wheat, ale, stout, pilsner, IPA…
  6. And even if she doesn’t, she’s at least tried ‘em all.
  7. She’s never gonna hand over her warm butt…(you know, the end of a beer that’s warm and flat)…
  8. Because she always finishes her beer.
  9. She knows how to open a beer with something other than a bottle opener.
  10. You can have burping contests with her.
  11. If you piss the bed…NBD.
  12. She’s done it before.
  13. Plus, she knows that it’s mostly beer…not piss.
  14. If you pick up the phone and say Wassssssssup
  15. It won’t piss her off.
  16. She will watch the Premier League and call it footie, not soccer.
  17. If she’s drinking a margarita, it’s got an upside down Corona in it.
  18. Munich is on her list of places she needs to go.
  19. When you wake up with a massive hangover, she’ll hand you a cold one…
  20. And when your girlfriend hands you a cold beer at 11am…
  21. That is when you know you’ve won in life.

What Your Alcoholic Beverage Of Choice Says About You

Every time you head out to the bar with your friends and order a drink, you’re making a decision not only about the type of beverage you’d like to drink but about the type of person you really are. We all value different tastes, effects, and eventual outcomes when we imbibe, and the alcohol you prefer is essentially a metaphorical representation of your personality.

We all love our alcoholic agency, and making the decision to drink is second only to deciding what to drink. Our forefathers fought for our right to choose, and what better way to honor their sacrifice than to get drunk on freedom? That’s clearly what America is really about.

Red Wine

You’re a little snobbish, or you have an ethnically influenced investment in drinking wine with every meal. You probably haven’t actually gotten drunk off your beverage of choice in several decades.

Mainstream Beer

You’re a broke college student, a middle-aged man, or a high school student trying beer for the first time.

Scotch

You’re incredibly suave, and miles above the rest of us in class, taste, and tolerance. But unlike whiskey drinkers, you probably aren’t aware of how cool you really are.

Gin

You enjoy Gatsby-themed costume parties and the subtle taste of Christmas trees. Oh, and you consider yourself a higher class of human than all those vodka-loving lightweights who can’t handle a real martini.

Craft/Microbrewed Beer

You like the way the frothy carbonation collects in your ironic mustache, or you’re on a beer-tolerant health kick. Tons of brand-name beers actually contain high fructose corn syrup, but most craft breweries leave this out. You are well of this important distinction.

Champagne

You’re super fancy, or you’re just a huge fan of bubbles (like that fish from Finding Nemo).

Tequila

You’re trying to put as much distance between your sober self and drunken self as humanly possible. Seriously, why does tequila always equal a personality transplant? Absolutely no one makes good decisions drunk on tequila.

Vodka

You’ve deluded yourself into believing that vodka is a calorie-free alternative to beer (it isn’t).

White Wine

If you’re pairing it with your dinner, then you’re probably either super classy or at a wine tasting festival. If you’re enjoying it with ice cubes and a box of tissues, then you’re a middle-aged suburban mom watching a romantic comedy.

Rum

You value freedom, anarchy, and a healthy tolerance for coconut-flavored drinks. Or you’re in denial that the summer doesn’t actually last all year. Alternatively, you’re on a resort vacation somewhere in the tropics and there are no Rum-free options available.

Whiskey

If it isn’t St. Patrick’s Day, well…you’re just that hardcore.

Sugary Cocktails

You’re out for your 21st birthday enjoying your fishbowl, or you’re too scared to try hard liquor without something sweet to mask the taste.

Malt Liquor

…in a brown paper bag. I think this one speaks for itself.

Absinthe

You’re a big Ernest Hemingway fan, but unfortunately, big game hunting isn’t really an option and you aren’t much of a writer. To honor your favorite author, you’ve decided to imbibe a gentlemanly beverage, and no, you won’t be batting an eyelash when they inevitably pump your stomach. Grace under pressure, after all.

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