Thirsty Thursday!-Week 4-The Hollywood

It's Thirsty Thursday again! I love this day of the week. It's Thursday for you guys, but it is actually Thirsty Thursday on Wednesday at my house. The drink is the "Hollywood". Sounds fancy huh? Here's the ingredients: 

• 1.5 oz of vodka
• 1 oz of raspberry liquor (Sidebar: I used raspberry schnapps type liquor. The lady at the store said to buy Chambord, but we don't necessarily have that money at the moment, so I went cheap)
• 2.5-3 oz of pineapple juice (Sidebar2: The recipes online will tell you to just add a dash of pineapple juice, but in my mind; that's a shot not a drink. So I added more. Do it to your preference.)

I rate the drinks on a scale of 1-5.

1= terrible

2= bad

3= okay

4= good

5= awesome

We judge them on five categories: appearance, overall taste, consistency, amount of alcohol, and frequency (meaning would you buy a second round at a bar). 

Meet your judges:

• This is my best friend! 
• She loved this drink. 
• Her rating: 4.2
• Recommend? "Yes, to someone that wants a free fruity alcoholic drink." 
• Quote: "Yum... I love pineapple. 

• My hubby!
• This drink was not for him. 
• His rating: 3.2 
• Recommend? "Yes, to mothers."
• Quote: "It's got too much alcohol for something so fruity."

• First off, don't judge how I look. We just got back from the gym and my hair be lookin' all sorts o'crazy! And that's my funny face, not my normal one... I think. 
• I thought this drink was "MEH..."
• My Rating: 3.7
• Recommend? "I really don't think I would on this one."
• Quote: "I thought it was okay. I didn't really enjoy it all that much. So... Meh... I guess I didn't like it." 

I hope you all are like Ashley, and like this drink. Just because it wasn't for me, doesn't make it a bad drink. I don't really have that great of taste when it comes to mixed drinks. Give me cowboy koolaid anyday! ;-) 

Sincerely, 

Kylee

Thirsty Thursday!-Week 3- Blue Hawaiian

---- Blue Hawaiian ----

Blue Hawaiian 

Online Recipe: 

• 1 oz. light rum
• 1 oz. blue curacao
• 2 oz. Pineapple Juice
• 1 oz. cream of coconut 

What I put in mine:

• 1 oz. coconut rum
• 1 oz. blue curacao
• 2 oz. pineapple juice 
• Just a dash of cream of coconut

Ingredients (including brands):

Dole pineapple/orange/banana juice

Blue Curacao 

Cruzan Rum

Coco Real Cream of Coconut

Captain Morgan Coconut Rum

I put a new ranking system in place to better judge these drinks.  I hope this system helps you determine if you want to try it or not. We also have 3 additional judges, they call themselves THE MEN.

1= Terrible 

2= Bad

3= Okay

4= Good

5= Great!

There are 5 judging categories: 

1) Appearance:  How does the drink look? Does it look appetizing? Just by looking at it, would you order it at a bar? 

2) Taste: How well do the flavors blend? Is your first reaction "yum"? Does it taste good? 

3) Consistency: Is there anything that doesn't sit right with your mind while drinking? Is there anything funky about the consistency? 

4) Amount of Alcohol: Does it need more/less? Is there an appropriate amount of alcohol? 

5) Frequency: Would you drink more than one in one sitting?

And finally I asked myself and "THE MEN" if they would recommend the drink. 

Meet the judges and their scores: 

Jacob: He's my wonderful husband. :) 

His overall score: 4.2

Quote: "It needs more alcohol."

Recommend?: Yes, to a woman. 

Ben: He's our great friend. Smart man, that one. ;)

His overall score: 4

Quote: "It's fruity." 

Recommend?: No

Josh: My brother-in-law

His overall score: 4.2

Quote: "Tastes like Cabo."

Recommend?: Yes, to a woman or a man on vacation. 

My overall score: 4.4

Quote: "I would recommend this to someone that doesn't drink often. It's fruity and you can barely taste the alcohol."

Recommend?: Yes 

I hope you enjoy!

Sincerely, 

Kylee

Thirsty Thursday- Week 2- Lynchberg Lemonade

Lynchberg Lemonade 

• 1 Part Jack Daniels 
• 2 part Lemonade 

I completely realize there are a million and a half ways to make this drink. I chose to make it the easiest way possible. That's for 2 reasons: I'm lazy and I always get stuck acting as bartender, so the easier the better! 

My review: THIS DRINK IS AWESOME! It's a hard lemonade, so therefore, it reminds me of a grandmother's poker match.  This is an awesome summer drink. It's 104 degrees here, so anything to help cool us off is welcome. It's probably my new favorite summer drink. 

Enjoy!

Sincerely, 

Kylee