Posts tagged: cocktail

15 New Year’s Eve Recipes to Ring in the New Year Like a BOSS

Now that the Christmas season is officially over, it's time to focus on all that New Year, New Me stuff. While other peeps are thinking about diets and how they can improve themselves in the coming year, we've got our eyes on the REAL prize... How to ring in the new year like a freakin' BOSS. There's no sense in making big plans for the new year if you are properly celebrating it's arrival, right? For us, it's all about DECADENCE. All the food, drink and more food that we want to double-down on before we feel the need to cleanse the holiday weight gain in January (you know, that diet that generally only lasts one week?). Check out our ultimate list of indulgent recipes from drinks to apps to desserts and even a burger made with beer cheese sauce and whiskey... Because why the F not? You can only say goodbye to 2016 once, so let's send that year out the right way.

Gingerbread Spice Cocktail - Sauce + Style

Cheesy Bacon-Stuffed Mushrooms - Sauce + Style Ultimate Hot Chocolate Bar - Sauce + Style

The Perfect Antipasti Platter - Sauce + Style

Peach and Vanilla Champagne Jello Shots - That’s So Michelle

Sugar Cone Party Horns - Hungry Happenings

Glitter Champagne Bottles - Camp Makery

Double-Stuffed Oreo Jello Shots - A Beautiful Mess

Jameson Whiskey Blue Cheeseburger with Guinness Cheese Sauce + Crispy Onions - Half Baked Harvest

Chipotle Beer Shrimp Quesadillas with Spicy Guac - How Sweet It Is

One-Pan Baked Champagne Cream Sauce Fettucine with Truffle Oil - Half Baked Harvest

Crispy Beer Chicken with a Creamy Beer Mushroom Gravy - Cafe Delites

Drunken Cherry Galettes - The Brewer and the Baker

Boozy Truffles - Table for Two

Boozy Gummy Bear Cupcakes - Sweet Tooth Happy New Year, piggy peeps! We'll catch y'all on the flip side.

11 Classy (and Healthy) Cocktails to Kick Off a New Year and New You

Y'all know we can't roll into a New Year without a whole set of cocktails to survive these first super intense weeks. Now that everyone's resolutions have been made, people are extra pumped and motivated to stick to them, making it a pretty busy season for us the moment we get back to the office. We aren't REALLY encouraging that whole "diet" thing, because it's all about balance. What's more balanced than a healthy cocktail? The booze evens ya out and the healthy fruit juices and other goodies in there will diminish the calorie count so you don't feel quite as guilty. Here's a roundup of our top fav classy and healthy cocktails that'll keep you fresh in the New Year. There are some old favorites and some new classics serving up just about every libation out there (aka there's something for everyone on this killer list). Cheers, piggy peeps!

Grilled Pineapple Bourbon Smash - Sauce + Style

Mango Mojito - Sauce + Style

Strawberry Rhubarb Margarita - Sauce + Style

Blueberry Mint Fizz - Waiting on Martha

Refreshing Watermelon Margarita - Sugar and Charm

Chamomile Honey and Whiskey Cocktail - A Cozy Kitchen

Blood Orange Margarita - With Salt & Wit

Cherry Blueberry Apple Sangria - The Roasted Root

Grapefruit Salty Dog - The Cookie Rookie

Blueberry Maple Mojito - Healthy Recipe Ecstasy So the only question is, which one of these delicious cocktails are you going to bust out at your next happy hour first??

9 Valentine’s Day Cocktails To Get All Swoon-y Over

You either love or you hate Valentine's Day. You might be a romantic at heart, or the idea of the holiday just brings to mind too much candy and overdone nonsense. Either way, when that day full of hearts and flowers and candies rolls around, you can't help but have it on the brain. That's why we are serving up 9 Valentine’s Day Cocktails To Get All Swoon-y Over. Even if you happen to dislike the holiday, you can drink your bitterness away with something delicious. See? There's an upside to practically everything, isn't there? Generally that upside involves some sort of booze, but we aren't ones to judge over here. In this round up you are going to find a variety of cocktails to fall in love with. There's everything from strong to sweet to fruity! You can toast another year past with your significant other or you can toast your general single awesomeness. Who says Valentine's Day is only for the lovers out there? ;) Happy drinking!

Singapore Sling - Casa Veneracion

Spiced Pomegranate Cocktail - Honestly Yum

Dirty Shirley - Stir & Scribble

Sparkling Strawberry Rose Sangria - Brooklyn Supper

Sweetie Martini - Inspired by Charm

Valentine Moscato Float - The Taylor House

Valentine’s Day Cocktail - Honestly Yum

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cordial Cocktail - The Slow Roasted Italian

Strawberries & Champagne Margarita - Pizzazzerie The only question is.... will you be sharing with your boo, or keeping all the cocktail deliciousness to yourself?? We're thinking option B sounds pretty darn good.

15 Fall Cocktails to Keep Your Tailgating Spirits High (and Extra Boozy)

The first week of football is wrapping up and we couldn't be more excited. We are sad to see the end of summer so clearly, but all that football and tailgating amazingness in front of us is comforting our souls hardcore right about now. You know we are allllll about that tailgating food, but we also want to make sure we have the drinks part covered for y'all too. What's a tailgate party without some booze anyway? So we're bringing you these 15 fall cocktails to keep your tailgating spirits high (and extra boozy). These cocktails have all that apple and pumpkin goodness you start craving the moment September 1st rolls around, plus some extra odds and ends cocktails to give you a break once you start wearing yourself on everything apple and pumpkin. One of our favorite manly drinks below (pictured above) is Smoked Bourbon with Candied Bacon. Our smokers are running well into fall, low and slow, so we take advantage of that smoke by bottling it up with some bourbon. Top it with a slice of candied bacon and all the dudes out there basically melt as soon as they see it. It's also the perfect consolation prize if someone's team loses. As long as you give them one of these, you can mock them all you want.

DIY Brunch Bloody Mary Bar - Sauce + Style Apple Cider Margaritas - How Sweet It Is

Mulled Apple Cider Sangria - A Night Owl Bourbon Caramel Milkshake - Sauce + Style

Pumpkin and Apple Cider Fizz - Kitchen Konfidence Fresh Cranberry Margaritas - Cookie + Kate

Bourbon Apple Cider - Set the Table Cranberry Apple Cider Cocktail - Jelly Toast

Pumpkin Spice Whisky Cocktail - Dishing Up The Dirt Mexican Pumpkin Punch - We Are Not Martha But Can’t We Try?

Apple Pie Bourbon Shots - Delish

Apple, Pumpkin Beer Cocktails - Cooking and Beer Pumpkin Old Fashioned - Saveur

Punch A La Taylor - Saveur Smoked Bourbon with Candied Bacon - Sauce + Style Cheers, y'all!

15 Fresh Fruit Cocktails That'll Upgrade Your Summer Happy Hour

Heyyyyyy there friends! Here at Pig of the Month BBQ, you know we love our boozy breaks, especially when we're tending to those tasty meats on the grill. Those flames get HOT so we need a constant blur of cocktails to keep us cool and refreshed while we are hard at work during those backyard BBQ's. Every summer we look forward to packing our giant cocktail glasses with as much fresh fruit as we possibly can. There's no better time to take advantage of what's in season, and considering how much easier it is to make a cocktail versus baking or cooking with fresh fruit, we're alllllll over it. This week's roundup features the fruitiest cocktails around, perfect for adding to your happy hour lineup or even to just kick back with on a lazy Sunday afternoon. From mango to berries, watermelon to peaches, you get the best of all your fav summer fruits with this giant list of 15 killer cocktails. You might as well try them on so you can become a grill master AND master mixologist this summer. You've got big dreams, and we totally respect that. Stock up on the booze, because you know your friends and family will be knocking down your door the moment you start Snapchatting your mad cocktail skills.

Berry-licious Ice Tea Red Sangria - Culinary Hill Mango Mojito - Sauce + Style

Strawberry Rhubarb Margarita - Sauce + Style Rose Sangria - How Sweet It Is Fresh Fruit Ice Cubes - Sauce + Style

Blueberry Margaritas - Gimme Some Oven Strawberry Mojito Punch - Sauce + Style

Mango Margaritas - Minimalist Baker Watermelon Crush - Sauce + Style

Strawberry Bottomed Pineapple Margaritas - How Sweet It Is Bourbon Peach Basil Smash - Girl in the Little Red Kitchen

Blackberry Pineapple Smash - What’s Gaby Cooking Cardamom Berry Smash - Today’s Nest

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA[/caption] Kiwi Caipirinha - Evil Chef Mom Blackberry-Mint Julep - Food & Wine Time to raise that glass, friends. Cheers!

Grilled Pineapple Bourbon Smash

You all know we LOVE to get our grill on in the summer. There's only a few precious month's of grilling and boozing to make the most of before the cold weather sets in. As much as we still love those fall months (can you say 'tailgating heaven'?), we kind of wish we could grill all year round.

So when those warm temps hit, it's all about grilling all the things. We grill our meats, our veggies, our desserts and now, even our cocktails. Grilled pineapple is already one of our fav summer treats, so why not throw it in with some bourbon so you have something delicious to sip on while you're working hard over that hot grill? There's no reason not to, obviously.

These bourbon smash cocktails are packed with grilled pineapple so they are almost like a sangria with all that chunky fruit in there. Of course, instead of wine there's a ton o' bourbon - right up our alley for cocktail hour. Keeping those summer vibes going and working our grills as hard as possible is all we BBQ-loving peeps know how to do, after all. Cheers to the summer!

INSTRUCTIONS: In the bottom of a double old fashioned glass, muddle grilled pineapple with lime juice.

Pour in bourbon and stir. Fill glass with crushed ice and top with soda water. Stir once more to combine. Serve.

Recipe & photos by Meghan Bassett

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