Spiced Passion Cocktail for Valentine's day

Spiced Passion

Lovers unite over the love fest we call Valentine’s Day, a day of spending time with your special one.

To get you in the mood Mix ‘n’ Twist has put together a sensation tingling, inhibition losing, desire increasing, love potion to massage in and oil up your nights.

Why not caress together these beautiful ingredients to treat your lover to some hot passion. 

To produce this cocktail we’ve brought together Latin passion in the form of Rum, some strawberries and chocolate as aphrodisiacs and chillies to spark the fire!

Here’s what you’ll need:

Glassware: Martini glass

White Rum: 20ml

Fraise (Strawberry liqueur): 20ml

White chocolate liqueur: 20ml

Rose syrup with water: 5ml/25ml  

4 Fresh strawberries

1 Fresh chilli

Garnish: Chocolate covered strawberry, Rose petal

 Firstly muddle (mush into a pulp) the strawberries, then quarter and de-seed the chilli (we don’t want to burn their mouth off) add to mixing glass along with the strawberries. Mix water and Rose syrup and pour in followed by the Rum, Fraise and white chocolate liqueur.

Meanwhile melt some milk chocolate and get ready to dip the strawberry.

Finally shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass, dip the strawberry into the melted chocolate and push onto the side of the glass, place the petal on the surface and serve with a kiss x

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Burns night cocktail-The Scot’s Tipple

For an event near Burns night for a Scottish birthday party Mix ‘n’ Twist couldn't resist concocting a Scottish inspired tipple.

Robert Burns was a famous Scottish poet and lyricist in the 18^th century and to celebrate his contributions on his birthday (25^th January) Scots will come together and for traditional drink, food and telling of stories and poems.This poem was made famous by Robert Burns and is now used to give thanks before a burns night meal:  

 The Selkirk Grace

Some hae meat and canna eat,

And some wad eat that want it;

But we hae meat, and we can eat,

And sae let the Lord be thankit.

But we’re more focused on the drinks, with all the tradition surrounding this event we wanted to use some very Scottish ingredients, one of which being Iron Brew…can’t get much more Scottish than that! (Side fact: Scotland is one of the only countries in the world that doesn't have a Coke-a-Cola product as their highest selling soft drink…you guessed it, Iron Brew is #1).

What you’ll need

Tumbler glass

Scotch whisky

Drambuie

Iron Brew

Honey

Lemon

Rosemary

Garnish: Rosemary sprig

Hope you've got your Scottish to English translator handy

Add aw th' ingredients tae th' bostin glass an' gie it a wee shake wi' ice, 'en poor intea th' auld fashioned glass ower crushed ice, finally top up wi' Iron Brew an' add a bonnie wee rosemary sprig.

Optional serving suggestion of Haggis.

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Winter Warmer Cocktail

Winter Warmer

With the short days and long cold winter nights we are in dire need of a pick-me-up! So to warm your cockles Mix ‘n’ Twist has put together a Winter Warmer cocktail…served warm to melt away the winter chills.

Picture this…Sat on a comfy couch surrounded by a pile of covers in a log cabin, with an open burning fire, a warm drink in hand, you take a smell and a steamy mix of warming aromas enter your body and heat your senses.

All you need is:

A cappuccino cup

Amaretto: 15ml

Kahlua: 15ml

Baileys: 15ml

Vodka: 10ml

Real hot chocolate: 125ml

Garnish: Flamed chocolate sprinkles & cinnamon sticks

Location: A snug relaxing drinking spot

 

Firstly start with the 
real hot chocolate, melt a full bar of chocolate with milk into a bowl on top of a boiling saucepan, stirring regularly. 

 As it’s melting, start pouring the other ingredients into a glass.

 

Once steaming but not boiling add the alcohol, take of the heat and pour into a preheated cup.

 Then sprinkle the chocolate over the cup through a flame (a lighter will do) and place in the cinnamon sticks. Finally sit down, relax and enjoy! 

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Curry and Cocktails?

Curry and Cocktails?….yes!

Curry is one of the nation’s favourite dishes; the love for curry in Britain is legendary.

Traditionally when thinking of drink that goes with curry larger popes into mind, some may even suggest wine but we say cocktails are now the way forward. After being asks to develop a cocktail menu to complement curry dishes for a birthday party, Mix ‘n’ Twist got very excited and set to work on an innovative curry matching menu. 

To complement the spice in curry the cocktails needed to be fruity, refreshing and sweet to cool the taste buds  and match the curry.

-Cucumber & Mint Martini

-Pina Colada

-Watermelon Martini 

-Mango Mojito

-Honey Iced Tea

-Pineapple & Cardamom Margarita

The bar was set up as a fresh fruit feast, with juicy and sweet liquid delights for all the guests to enjoy. The cocktails when down a treat and perfectly matched the curry dishes being served...all round excellent night.

Mix 'n' Twist Bartending love a new cocktail challenge, so invite so to enhance your night!  

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Bonfire night cocktail

Bonfire night cocktail – "Firework Inferno"

BBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bonfires, fireworks, Guy Forks, toffee apples and now cocktails!

Mix ‘n’ Twist has fused together some explosive ingredients to bring to you the “firework inferno” cocktail. This toffee apple tasting tipple will excite your taste buds and wow your eyes!

Warning: 

Please stand 5 metres back once cocktail is made (extra long straw or skills required)

Name: Firework Inferno

Glassware: Hurricane Cocktail Glass

Ingredients:

Apple Vodka: 25 ml

Spiced rum: 25ml

Toffee or caramel syrup: 12.5ml

Pomegranate juice: 50ml

Pineapple juice: 30ml

Pomegranate seed ice cubes: 9  

Gold leaf

Sugar Syrup: 5ml

Cinder Toffee: 3g

Bonfire lolly (optional)

Garnish: Pomegranate Wheel and Popping candy and yes…Fireworks!

Method: Ice up the cocktail glass with normal and pomegranate ice cubes. Pour Apple vodka, spiced rum, pomegranate juice and toffee syrup in a mixing glass and small tears of gold leaf then shake with ice. Pour the shaken ingredients over the iced cocktail glass. Crumble the cinder toffee onto the drink. Then add the pineapple and sugar syrup to a mixing glass and shake vigorously with until frothy (about 12 secs) then pour into glass producing a foamy head. Add pomegranate wheel and sprinkle the popping candy on top (add optional bonfire lolly for dipping), queue sound effects, light fireworks and serve…stand back! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDcUQj2Y624

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Halloween Cocktail

Pumpkin Swamp Cocktail

Halloween is nearly upon us, a time for ghosts and ghouls, trick or treating, costume parties and of course…cocktails! So to help you turn up the fear factor at your Halloween party fright night, Mix ‘n’ Twist has concocted this spine chilling, fear inducing “Gore-tail”. Don’t let the gruesome look frighten you, this monstrous delight will amaze and terrify your friends.

Name: Pumpkin Swamp

Glassware: Cocktail Glass

Ingredients:

Navy rum (Pirates favourite tipple): 50ml

Ginger syrup (Equal parts sugar and water with sliced fresh ginger, boiled for 15 minutes): 12.5ml

Black treacle: 1 tea spoon

Apple juice: 60ml

Homemade honey pumpkin puree (microwave scrapings of inner pumpkin for 3-5 minutes, add tea spoon of honey and push through a sieve to produce a puree): 1 tea spoon

Egg white and green food colouring (whisked and layered on top)

Garnish: Circle cutting of a pumpkin with scary face carving

Method:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dOm85GXYk&feature=youtu.be

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The perfect corporate event

Planning the perfect corporate event

There is a lot of pressure involved when starting to organise a corporate event. Whether it’s a party to bring employees together and help team building, a new product launch or to impress clients and demonstrate the excellence of your company, product or brand is has to be right. Mix ‘n’ Twist offers some tips on setting up and delivering a successful, stress reduced corporate event that will set you apart from the standard.

Start early

Events always take longer than expected to set up, with unexpected hiccups arising costing more time. Start with a list of EVERYTHING. Get all the elements of the event in detail and have a plan B for everything in case something does go wrong. Ensure that venues, entertainers, caterers and bartenders are all booked well in advance. Invite all attendees in good time and send reminders as the event gets closer. The earlier you start the less stress you will encounter.

Tailor the corporate event to your needs

If you’re having a Christmas party or celebrating new premises you will need to focus on different things in comparison to a product launch. Once you have identified the message you want to portray as a business and what results you want to achieve from the event you can move on with a goal in mind whether it’s impressing potential and existing clients or bringing a workforce together to tighten team bonds.

Pick a theme

It’s important to choose a concept for the event. This will give the event a flow and will make it easier for people to pick up and take away your message. The theme should be consistent throughout the event from the food and drink to the decorations to games and prizes all focused around a particular idea. For example Mix ‘n’ Twist recently created a Team GB cocktail to show support for the British athletes in the Olympics and Paralympics.

Provide a unique experience

You do not want to bore your guests so make sure you have provided not just sufficient entertainment and activities but also gone the extra mile so that people will be talking about the event for weeks to come. Competitions are a great way to engage guests; Mix ‘n’ Twist has had great success with “Create Your Own Cocktail” competitions, people love getting behind the bar and shaking their own drinks. Flair bartenders are another excellent way to show off and add extra style and value to the event.

Enjoy the night

Once you have got all your organising and preparation done, when all the guests have arrived and the party is in full swing...go enjoy it! People like to see other people having fun so go mingle, network and maybe even grab a cocktail!

Mix ‘n’ Twist Bartending can provide a unique corporate event package that will deliver an outstanding occasion within your budget.

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