Art Eddy III

Next week is Valentine’s Day. You might have the roses and gifts locked down already, but what about dinner and drinks? Making dinner for your lady is very romantic. So make her one of her favorite meals and try one of these two cocktails to enjoy during dinner.

The first is the “Hibiscus Punch”, which is bound to make any Valentine’s get-together a little less sour and a little more sweet. Made with Smirnoff No. 21, this is a quality recipe that won’t break the bank! The “Secret Admirer” is the perfect cocktail to serve up for your date night, which features Smirnoff’s most popular flavor, Smirnoff Raspberry.

Hibiscus Crush

16 ounces Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka (2 cups)

1/2 cup dried hibiscus flowers

1 cups water

1/2 cup sugar

1 ounce triple sec

32 ounces lemon lime soda

1 lemon- sliced

1 lime-sliced

1 orange- sliced

4 cups crushed ice

Place hibiscus, water and sugar in a small pot to simmer over the stove for 5 minutes.  Once sugar is dissolved, set aside to cool. Strain. Place vodka, triple sec, soda and sliced citrus in a punch bowl or beverage container. Add hibiscus infusion. Stir. Right before quests arrive add 4 cups crushed ice.

Secret Admirer

4 ounces Smirnoff Raspberry

1.5 ounces Chartreuse

6 fresh raspberries

Place all ingredients in shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into two vintage martini glasses. Garnish with fresh raspberries. You could sugar the rim for extra sweetness.

We are getting ready for Super Sunday. If you are looking to have people over to watch the game we got you covered. Here are two cocktail recipes and tasty food recipe. Make sure you hit the store for the items below and pick up some Crown Royal and Captain Morgan. Xpage

Royal Cherry Water Ice

1.5 oz. Crown Royal Deluxe

3 oz. Cherry Juice

Splash of Grenadine

Top with Club Soda

Royal Dynasty

1.5 oz. Crown Royal Vanilla

Top with Ginger Beer

Squeeze of Fresh Lime Juice

Garnish with Lime Wedge

Captain’s Wing Glaze (serves 10-12)

12 oz. Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum

1 tsp. Chili Powder
6 oz. Brown Sugar
2 tbsp. Butter
Pinch of Cayenne Pepper
Pinch of Salt

There is going to be an emotional ad this Sunday. Budweiser, no stranger to the Super Bowl stage, is proud to turn the spotlight on its employees, who together over the past 30 years have helped provide over 79 million cans of clean drinking water in response to natural disasters as part of the Anheuser-Busch emergency water program.

Set to Skylar Grey’s rendition of the iconic song “Stand by Me,” custom recorded and performed just for Budweiser, the commercial takes viewers into Budweiser’s Cartersville, Georgia brewery (home of the emergency water program) and features Kevin Fahrenkrog, General Manager of the brewery and an Anheuser-Busch employee for nearly 30 years.

On the heels of the 30^th anniversary of the company’s emergency water program, Anheuser-Busch is also announcing a long term commitment for natural disaster relief by adding its Ft. Collins, Colorado brewery to the emergency water program by the end of the year. Adding a second brewery to can and deliver safe, drinking water will increase the speed of response when natural disasters hit.