On New Year's Eve, my wife and I hosted a major shindig at our shack. We had around 24 or so with kids, so it made our family room seem like a college party....very stuffy, lots of noise, and dang good drinks served by none other that moi. I had two jobs that night - DJ and Bartender. I went to go stockpile our liquor supply for the evening after deciding on the two official cocktails of the evening. I decided to make two types of martinis. One is called Hot Apple Pie martini, and the other is called Caramel Apple Martini. I found the recipes on a site that the almighty Today show recommended. Check it out yourself at http://www.4cocktails.com/. Very cool site. Anyway, I went to go get liquor...lots of it. I knew that if I was going to feed these drinks to my guests that night, I had to try the recipes out. So, I made the hot apple pie. Not bad...way too cinnamony for my taste though. I would not want to drink three in one sitting. The caramel apple martini was very tasty. I had two of those at say 4:30. That was enough to get me drowsy!
Guests started to arrive around 6 and we were off and running. We had tons of appetizers, great music as chosen by me (mostly 80's stuff), and me behind the bar. I not only made the caramel apple martini (which turned out to be a big hit), but I made one of my favorites for a buddy of mine called "The Old Blue Eyes;" a martini made in the spirit of Frank Sinatra himself. You mix dry vermouth in a shaker of ice, strain out the vermouth leaving its residue on the ice cubes, pour in the gin (or vodka to be proper), shake and strain into a martini glass, set in two garlic stuffed olives, and present to drinker. Now, that's a fine drink there. So, needless to say, it was a great time. We had the kids downstairs watching movies via a computer projector up on a white bed sheet....it covered half our basement wall! The basement was a disaster at the end of the night as it was occupied by six very rambunctious kids...all different ages and with varied skills of respecting someone else's stuff...pisses me off.
Anyway... A good time was had by our guests. Oh, too many little BBQ soaked smokies do not sit well with a few martinis at all. I do not recommend that combo at all. On a lighter note, we were entertained by a game called "Would You Rather?" For example, would you rather pick a booger from someone's nostril or smell their weeklong, unwashed toes? Something like that. We watched the ball drop (well, most did...I was on the computer queing up Def Leppard!) and then most went home. We had overnight guests as my bud E and his wife stayed the next morning to watch the Badgers play the Outback Bowl...which sucked! So, next year if you want to come for the party, let me know, I will talk to my bouncer and have him put you on the VIP list. Cuz, not everyone gets in...sheesh. Well, unless they bring a bottle with them. More later...
Guests started to arrive around 6 and we were off and running. We had tons of appetizers, great music as chosen by me (mostly 80's stuff), and me behind the bar. I not only made the caramel apple martini (which turned out to be a big hit), but I made one of my favorites for a buddy of mine called "The Old Blue Eyes;" a martini made in the spirit of Frank Sinatra himself. You mix dry vermouth in a shaker of ice, strain out the vermouth leaving its residue on the ice cubes, pour in the gin (or vodka to be proper), shake and strain into a martini glass, set in two garlic stuffed olives, and present to drinker. Now, that's a fine drink there. So, needless to say, it was a great time. We had the kids downstairs watching movies via a computer projector up on a white bed sheet....it covered half our basement wall! The basement was a disaster at the end of the night as it was occupied by six very rambunctious kids...all different ages and with varied skills of respecting someone else's stuff...pisses me off.
Anyway... A good time was had by our guests. Oh, too many little BBQ soaked smokies do not sit well with a few martinis at all. I do not recommend that combo at all. On a lighter note, we were entertained by a game called "Would You Rather?" For example, would you rather pick a booger from someone's nostril or smell their weeklong, unwashed toes? Something like that. We watched the ball drop (well, most did...I was on the computer queing up Def Leppard!) and then most went home. We had overnight guests as my bud E and his wife stayed the next morning to watch the Badgers play the Outback Bowl...which sucked! So, next year if you want to come for the party, let me know, I will talk to my bouncer and have him put you on the VIP list. Cuz, not everyone gets in...sheesh. Well, unless they bring a bottle with them. More later...
No comments:
Post a Comment