Drinks

Blood Orange Gose Margarita

May 4, 2017 by rachelle 19 Comments

Blood Orange Gose Margarita is a colorful and festive cocktail using both beer and tequila for a refreshing beverage perfect to celebrate Cinco de Mayo

It’s Margarita Week!

What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo than with a collection of all things margarita! Kate at Hola Jalapeno has rounded up 7 days worth of margarita cocktail recipes and margarita inspired food recipes from food bloggers and influencers from all around the interwebs to bring you everything you could possibly need all in one place. Be sure to swing over to Kate’s Margarita Week page and keep checking back because the list gets updated daily. You won’t want to miss any of these delicious recipes.

My contribution is a Blood Orange Gose Margarita. I was inspired by a Blood Orange Gose beer from Anderson Valley Brewing Company. This beer is tart, fruity, and refreshing and in my opinion a perfect addition to this margarita (and magically delicious on its own).

Happy Margarita Week and have a fun and safe Cinco de Mayo celebration! Cheers!

Blood Orange Gose Margarita

Ingredients

Juice of 1 blood orange about 6 tablespoons
8 ounces silver tequila
4 ounces triple sec
1 can blood orange gose beer
Margarita salt for the rim
Lime and blood orange slices to garnish optional

Instructions

Combine blood orange juice, tequila, and triple sec in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake
Pour some beer in a bowl and margarita salt in another bowl
Dip the rims of two tall pint size glasses into the beer then the salt to coat
Add ice to the glasses, pour tequila mixture over ice, top with remaining beer, garnish with orange and lime slices if using

NOTES:

This recipe made two Blood Orange Gose Margaritas
I didn’t use lime juice because this beer is a sour style gose and it’s a perfect balance to the sweetness of the juice and triple sec
I used Blood Orange Gose from Anderson Valley Brewing Company – I usually stick to North Carolina breweries, but I also happen to really love Anderson Valley and we can actually get it here

White Hot Chocolate with Bourbon Barrel Stout Marshmallows

December 16, 2016 by rachelle 15 Comments

White Hot Chocolate with Bourbon Barrel Stout Marshmallows is an adult version of a classic winter warmer made with white chocolate and beer marshmallows.

Who wants to faceplant into some White Hot Chocolate and Bourbon Barrel Stout Marshmallows?

As a former Assistant Public Defender, I’m always rooting for the underdog. The forgotten and left behind. I rooted for the Sweet Potato and the Sweet Potato Ale and now I advocate for the white chocolate in which to drown your bourbon barrel stout marshmallows.

The winter and holiday season has everyone making some hot chocolate or mocha coffee to warm up with while sitting by the fire in your cozy fuzzy slippers. I’m here to tell you to put that down right now and turn your attention to some White Hot Chocolate.

Starbucks has nothing on this.

White Hot Chocolate with Bourbon Barrel Stout Marshmallows

Ingredients

For the Marshmallows

1 cup cold beer divided
3 packages unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup powdered sugar divided
1 teaspoon cornstarch

For the White Hot Chocolate

2 cups whole milk
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
whipped cream optional

Instructions

For the Marshmallows

Combine 1/2 cup beer and gelatin in the bowl of a stand mixer and set aside
Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 cup corn syrup, salt, and 1/2 cup beer in a small sauce pan
Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves
Increase heat until liquid boils, either heat until temp reaches 240 or boil for two minutes, remove from heat
Lock mixer bowl with gelatin and water into the stand mixer, attach whisk, and turn on low
Slowly stream syrup mixture into gelatin with mixer continuing on low
Increase mixer speed to high and continue whipping until fluffy, about 15 minutes
Add vanilla, whisk another 30 seconds or so
Dust a casserole dish with 1/4 cup powdered sugar to coat, transfer marshmallow mix to dish, leave uncovered overnight - either in refrigerator or on counter
Combine remaining 1/2 cup of powdered sugar with the cornstarch and sprinkle it all over a large cutting board
Turn marshmallow square onto the prepared cutting board and cut into desired shapes, turning each piece to coat in the powdered sugar once cut

For the White Hot Chocolate

Combine milk, vanilla, and white chocolate chips in a small sauce pan and heat on low until chocolate is melted, stir to combine and make smooth
Pour hot chocolate into cups, top with marshmallow and whipped cream, if using

NOTES:

As always, the recipes using beer are intended for adults only. Please do not give alcohol to minors. This recipe in particular does not have all the alcohol cooked out of it, which is a nice showcase of the flavor of this beer, but not appropriate for everyone.
The marshmallows are sticky, but once you coat all sides with powdered sugar they are easier to handle.
This recipe makes two 1 cup servings of White Hot Chocolate and the amount of marshmallows will vary depending how they are cut

Boozy Root Beer Float Popsicles

June 24, 2016 by rachelle 11 Comments

It’s Popsicle Week happy hour!

You didn’t think I would end Popsicle Week without giving you a boozy popsicle, did you? I realize that it may be early in the morning when this post hits the interwebs, but it is Friday and the last day of Popsicle Week. Billy at Wit & Vinegar has hosted this party and you should seriously check out his website because this post almost made me blow beer out my nose.

Speaking of beer, we used some boozy hard root beer in these popsicles. You could substitute some regular root beer, but I don’t know whyyyyyy in tarnation you would want to do that.

I know these boozy root beer popsicles aren’t quite as colorful as these or these, but I’m here to tell you that they’re just as delicious and totally festive for the popsicle party.

And they even get all kind of foamy on top (or bottom?) just they way a root beer float (boozy or otherwise) does!

I couldn’t think of a better way to say good-bye and see you next year Popsicle Week! Cheers, y’all! Have a fantastic weekend!

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Boozy Root Beer Float Popsicles

Ingredients

2-3 cups your favorite vanilla ice cream softened
1 12 ounce bottle of your favorite hard root beer

Instructions

Scoop ice cream into molds about 1/2 - 3/4 full
Slowly pour root beer in over the ice cream, careful not to overflow
Let root beer settle for the foam to go down and slowly add more
Repeat until full - I had a little bit of root beer leftover, which I promptly drank
Cover and insert sticks
Freeze overnight

Creme Brulee Stout Float with Creme Brulee Stout No-Churn Ice Cream

March 17, 2016 by rachelle 52 Comments

Creme Brulee Stout Float with Creme Brulee Stout No-Churn Ice Cream

Yeah, I went there. But it’s St. Patrick’s Day AND it’s my birthday, so I’m allowed to be totally over the top. In fact, I think it’s encouraged and even required to be totally over the top on your birthday. And since it also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day, I decided beer everywhere is a must.

Now, I know that y’all have seen me use this Creme Brulee Stout in those brownies, and I want to be clear that the fine folks at Southern Tier Brewing are not sponsoring this post or compensating me for putting their delicious beer in everything lately. I just love this beer. It’s just that good. Seriously.

Now that we’ve got the legal stuff out of the way, let’s get back to all things me, my birthday, and this float. My friends and fellow home brewers have been making stout floats for as long as we’ve been brewing. I highly recommend it.

I had the idea to make Creme Brulee Stout No-Churn Ice Cream after I made these brownies and this Mint Chocolate Chip No-Churn Ice Cream. It was like all this ice cream and beer ideas were flying around in my head and collided to explode into the Creme Brulee Stout No-Churn Ice Cream.

Of course I couldn’t stop there. Because why wouldn’t I toss it into some beer. But not just any beer – the beer that is the object of my obsession lately – Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout.