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Drink of the Week /South African Creamy Delight

As we all sit back and enjoy the 2010 World Cup let’s not forget the 18,000 volunteers who make sure each match runs with precision and professionalism. Over 70,000 South Africans applied to help, showing their extreme enthusiasm for the historic tournament. This weeks drink of the week is dedicated to all of them.

South African Creamy Delight

Ingredients :

1 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Amarula Cream Liqueur
2 oz. Irish Cream ( Bailey’s)
2 oz. Amaretto ( Disaronno) 
1 oz. Kahlua

Directions :

Fill high ball glass with ice.
Pour ingredients so the vodka is First & the Kahlua is Last

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Glamour Gal

The Drink of the Week is dedicated to all you gals out there whipping up the cocktails before seeing Sex in the City 2.

2 oz. SKYY Vodka®
0.5 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz. Simple Syrup or 1 tsp. sugar
Drop of Crème de cassis

Rim a crystallized Swarovski martini glass with Crème de cassis and sugar*. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into the martini glass. Finish the cocktail with a drop of Crème de cassis on top.

*To rim the martini glass, first dip rim of glass in a shallow dish filled with Crème de cassis and immediately place rim in another shallow dish with sugar, rotating the glass to ensure the whole rim is covered.

Sex in the City 2 Cocktails

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Hobnob's Drink of the Week

Mother’s Day Blackberry Champagne Cocktail

No Mother's Day brunch is complete without a champagne cocktail! This blackberry champagne cocktail is beautiful and brightly colored, with fresh blackberries lending the purple hue. No matter what you serve, this refreshing cocktail will look great next to it.

Blackberry Champagne Cocktail

3/4 oz. blackberry simple syrup (recipe below)
1-1.5 oz. gin (depending on how strong Mom likes her drinks)
Sparkling wine
Fresh blackberries for garnish

Put two blackberries in a champagne flute. Pour in blackberry simple syrup and gin, then carefully top off with sparkling wine.

Blackberry Simple Syrup

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 basket of blackberries

Bring all ingredients to a boil. S

train into a container, pressing the blackberries to push juice through the stainer.