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  • Cool Out With Some Sangria This Weekend #drinks #sangria

    I looooooove white wine, not really a fan of red. Especially red, dry wine. BUT, this particular sangria recipe with red wine, a friend shared with me and I love it.

    BLACKBERRY SANGRIA

    Get your favorite red wine. I prefer a Red (Rose) Moscato. Pour it in a large pitcher and add a healthy dose of blackberry syrup (not pancake syrup, unless you like that taste!) along with real blackberries, apple slices, blood orange slices, and a few grapes or peach slices and let it sit in your fridge for at least 2 hours so that all the flavors can marry and serve to you and your guests and watch it disappear in about an hour!

    This is one of my favorite sangria recipies and I hope that you will love it too!

     

    Enjoy!

    Send me your pictures of your Sangria on Twitter – @CompleteBeauty

    Stay Beautiful! 🙂

  • Cheers to the Freekin Weekend!!! #drinks #martinis

    Welcome to the start of your weekend! For me its the start of my work week! But since most of America is gearing up to relax with friends or party it up. I wanted to suggest a drink to try while you are out and about.

    Its summertime, and if you are looking for something strong and sweet, go for a Watermelon Martini.

    There’s tons of different ways that you can make this, it all comes down to your preference.

    For the person who prefers to use real fruit in their martini, pour 2 shots of Grey Goose, 1/2 oz of pureed watermelon with the juice, and a splash of grenadine into a glass filled with ice and then cover and shake to make sure its all mixed together and strain your drink into a martini glass.

    For the person who would like their martini a bit sweeter but still strong, pour 1.5 shots of Grey Goose Vodka, 1/2 oz of watermelon Schnapps, and a splash of watermelon Pucker into a glass filled with ice, shake, strain into a martini glass and enjoy!

    Also, if you are serving this drink up for parties or you just want to make your drink look really good for those instagram flicks, add a slice or watermelon to the side of the glass!

    Let me know if you made this drink!

    and Follow me on Twitter and Instagram – @CompleteBeauty

    Until next post…

    Stay beautiful! 🙂

     

  • Tea for Tuesday – Texas Iced Tea

    Texas Iced Tea

    Best in a highball glass

    • 1 oz Tequila
    • fill glass with Iced Tea

    Build over ice and stir and garnish with a lemon or lime slice or wedge

  • Qream by Pharell Williams

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    New drink by Pharell Williams called Qream. Flavors come in peach and strawberry. He says it tastes good especially if you bake with it, something I’m going to try soon.

    Check out this twit pic from Mary J. Blige of Her and Pharell enjoying it with some Ciroc.

  • Tea for Tuesday – Bacardi South Beach Iced Tea

    Bacardi South Beach Iced Tea

    Best in a collins glass

    • 3/4 part Spiced Rum
    • 3/4 part Citrus-Flavored Rum
    • 3/4 part Light Rum
    • 3 parts Sour Mix
    • 1 Part Cola

    Build over Ice and stir

  • Tea for Tuesday! – 3 Mile Long Island Iced Tea

    3 Mile Long Island Tea

    Best in a Collins Glass

    • 1/2 oz Gin
    • 1/2 oz Light Rum
    • 1/2 oz Tequila
    • 1/2 oz Vodka
    • 1/2 oz Triple Sec
    • 1/2 oz Melon Liqueur
    • Splash of Sour Mix
    • Splash of cola

    Mix with ice

  • Tea for Tuesday! – Apple Iced Tea

    Apple Iced Tea

    Best in a Highball Glass

    • 2oz Sour Apple Schnapps
    • Fill glass with Iced Tea

    Build over ice and stir

    Garnish with mint and apple or lemon slices

  • Great Summer Drinks!

    Not sure what drinks to have at your summer party? Check out this list of favorites and try some of these refreshing drinks!

    SHOW ME THE MONKEY!

    -FROM STEVE S. – CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE!

    HOW STEVE ENJOYS THIS DRINK – “By the pool or with friends in the backyard”

    WHAT’S IN IT AND HOW TO MAKE

    45ml Monkey Shoulder Triple Malt Whisky

    15ml Drambuie

    80ml apple juice

    4 fresh mint leaves

    Glass: Highball

    Method: Shake all ingredients together and double strain into an ice-filled highball

    Garnish: Banana slice and mint leaf

    MOJITO RECIPE – A CUBAN CLASSIC

    -FROM Kieran Bailey. – SUGAR LOUNGE IN MANLY, AU – LIKE THEM ON FACEBOOK!

    Kieran SAYS THE BEST WAY TO ENJOY THIS DRINK IS TO – “Sit back, relax and enjoy… at Sugar Lounge, Manly

    The Beach Bar at Sugar seamlessly morphs from a beachside cafe by day, to an ambient cocktail lounge by night.”






    WHAT’S IN IT AND HOW TO MAKE

    60ml Inner Circle Red Rum

    3 spoons raw sugar

    3 lime wedges

    12 mint leaves

    splash of soda (10ml)

    Glass: Highball

    Method

    Place the sugar, limes and mint leaves into the highball glass, using a muddler or small rolling pin and crush to a paste. Add the Inner Circle rum and a splash of soda, then fill the glass with crushed ice. Now, violently smash the ingredients in the glass with a long spoon. Refresh with crushed ice to present well and add a mint sprig to finish and aromatise the drink.

    Tips:

    • Inner Circle Red is premium rum made from molasses; it has the perfect balance when combining with the flavours of the Manly Mojito.
    • Crushed ice is a necessity in a lot of new and classic cocktails.
    • Smashing the Mojito dilutes and marries the flavours. It is essential in bringing out the best in this drink.

    MONTEITHS APPLE CIDER

    -FROM CAMILLA – FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER!

    HOW CAMILLA ENJOYS THIS DRINK – “A picnic in the park is an ideal location!”

    WHAT’S IN IT AND HOW TO MAKE

    Straight from the bottle, just add a glass with ice!









    BOMBAY SAPPHIRE COLLINS

    -FROM LISA

    HOW LISA ENJOYS THIS DRINK – “Enjoy with friends at an outdoor lunch or BBQ, it is so simple to make that your friends will be amazed.”

    WHAT’S IN IT AND HOW TO MAKE

    You only need four ingredients to make a BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Collins – Bombay Sapphire Gin, lemon juice, sugar and soda water – and you may already have most, if not all of them, at home. Whether you’re entertaining a few close friends or hosting a party, this summer is a great opportunity to impress your guests with the drink making skills they never knew you had!




    HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® COLLINS
    Glass – Collins or highball glass

    Ingredients:
    45ml BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin
    freshly squeezed juice from 1/2 a lemon
    2 heaped tsps Caster sugar (super fine sugar)
    soda water
    1 fresh lemon wedge

    Method:
    Add the lemon juice, caster sugar and BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin to the glass. Stir to dissolve the sugar then fill glass with ice.
    Top with soda water and stir once.
    Garnish with one lemon wedge.

    DNA DRINKS!

    -FROM ABBY AND ADRIENNE – DNA ENERGY DRINK – LIKE THEM ON FACEBOOK!

    HOW TO ENJOY THESE DRINKS: “Most of the time I enjoy drinking these cocktails by the beach or at poolside with a cooler of DNA CITRUS and some Champagne, giving me a revitalizing energy. However, these drinks are great for parties too!”

    CHECK OUT A FEW RECIPES THAT THEY SUBMITTED:







  • “Wine-ing” and Relaxing After a Long Week

    Peach Sangria with Frozen Rasberries

     

    Well, its been a long week. A long LONG week for me. I don’t work Monday through Friday like most people and for me, Today my weekend begins. How am I spending today? In order to stop my whining about the long week, with some WINE of course!

    There is nothing like a good glass of wine to sit down with and relax with my thoughts. I’m actually sipping as I write this post. The weather is nice, not hot, not cool, just right and my reisling is cool and crisp and sweet because I made it into my favorite drink – PEACH SANGRIA!

    I figure I’d share the recipe, its pretty standard, but I added a few elements that I found online.

    This recipe is enough for a serving size of 4.

  • 2 (375 ml) bottles Riesling wine
  • 1/2 cup peach schnapps
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 ripe peaches, cut into wedges or 1 1/2 use half a jar of preserved peach slices
  • 1/2 orange, sliced
  • 1/2 lemon, sliced

    • Combine all of the ingredients, be careful not to make a mess as the fruit may cause the pitcher to overflow.

    Chill the sangria overnight for more flavor OR

    Add ice just before you serve it

    and get into your most relaxing chair or position on the couch and relax with a good book or the remote.

     

    ENJOY!

     

  • Happy Hour: GUMBALL MARTINI (Yaay its the WEEKEND!!!)

     

    For most people, Friday is the end of a work week and the beginning of a break from the 9 -5 grind. For me, its just a mini break in the evening that I can spend reflecting and having fun with friends either staying in or going out. Of course we like to do it with drinks and here’s one that I’m going to be mixing up this weekend for the crew. My drink of choice for this weekend is the GUMBALL MARTINI!

    Here is the recipe!

    2 Parts Gin

    1Part Vodka

    1/2 Part Southern Comfort

    1/4 Part Dry Vermouth

    Add a gumball to it for fun!

     

    Have a Great Weekend! 🙂