Bartending Service Cambridge Style: A bartending service with a theme…

It’s time for that party or special event in Cambridge you’ve been planning for so long. That classy James Bond bachelor party with scotch, whiskey, and other ruggedly masculine drinks. Perhaps with a few high-end cigars and some red velvet smoking jackets included.

 

 

 

 

 

Or for the ladies, perhaps it’s time for your bridal shower. It’s time to drink girly, fruity drinks that fizz against your tongue and match the color scheme of your décor.

 

Or maybe you’re planning a tango-dancing competition, with high profile guests sitting at fancy tables that line the dance floor. For this night of passion, you’d need a theme with a little bit of spice, a hint of seduction, and a taste that is south of the border.

 

 

 

Whatever the theme may be, you’ll want to hire a bartender in Cambridge from Beverage Events bartending service, we are the best choice in Cambridge since 2005. And not just to match the theme of your dreams, but to take it one step further, beyond what you could have imagined. When you hire a Cambridge bartending service to create cocktail menus especially for you, you’ll enhance your 007 night of intrigue with some classically prepared cocktails in glassware sophisticated enough to compliment your smoking jacket. With flavors rugged enough to match your cigar.

For that bridal shower, sip on pink martinis and manhattans that make you feel like you’re a star on Sex and the City. Or, for that tango event, enjoy a range of spicy margaritas. Add a portable glow bar, and we’ll send it to any location in Cambridge to enhance the bartending experience.

10 Valentine’s Day Recipes You Can Drink – Part 1

 

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Beverage Events has put together a list of some beautiful and refreshing mix drinks for your Valentine’s Day party or that special someone. When crafting drinks for this special holiday, you want to appeal to as many of the five senses as possible in order to create a cocktail that is original, delicious, and memorable. Getting your Valentine’s Day drink to appeal to the sense of hearing? Well that’s where having a clever name for your concoction comes into play so feel free to change any we have here if you are feeling creative!

 

 

 

1.    Raspberry Chocolate Kiss Martini

 

Who, but Martha Stewart, would know more about how to make something spectacular for every holiday imaginable? This tasty kiss is a wonderful desert in a glass from the queen of cooking herself.

 

Yield Serves 1

 

Ingredients

 

• 1/4 cup Mint-Infused Simple Syrup, plus more for rim
• 3 chocolate cookies, finely crushed, such as Nabisco Famous Wafers
• 10 raspberries
• 1/4 cup vodka
• 2 tablespoons cranberry juice
• Ice cubes

 

Directions

 

1. Fill a shallow dish with enough simple syrup to just cover the bottom. Place crushed cookies into another shallow dish. Invert a martini glass into simple syrup and then immediately into crushed cookies to coat the rim of the glass.
2. Place raspberries in a cocktail shaker; crush with a muddler. Add simple syrup and muddle again. Add vodka and cranberry juice; fill shaker with ice. Shake well until chilled. Strain into prepared martini glass. Serve immediately.

 

 

 

2.    Valentine’s Day Rasmopolitan

 

This fruity cocktail combines raspberry with the traditional flavors of a cosmopolitan. Made famous by the show Sex and the City, the Cosmo has become one of the most popular drinks around and a favorite of the ladies. Here’s how you can jazz it up for Valentine’s day.

 

• Yield Makes 1 cocktail

 

Ingredients

 

• 1 ounce citrus-flavored vodka
• 1 ounce raspberry-flavored vodka
• 1/2 ounce Chambord
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 tablespoon Simple Syrup
• 2 tablespoons cranberry juice (splash)
• Raspberries for garnish

 

Directions

 

1. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add vodkas, Chambord, lime juice, simple syrup, and cranberry juice. Shake or stir until well chilled. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with raspberries; serve

 

 

 

3.   Cupid’s Kir Royale

 

Perhaps the most classic Valentine’s Day recipe for any party is Cupid’s Kir Royale. The combination of champagne and Chambord is a nice twist on the traditional toast cocktail of choice. Add a twist of lemon if you like or some rose petals to your serving tray for an added touch.

 

Ingredients

 

• 4 tablespoons Chambord
• 1/4 cup fresh raspberries
• 1 bottle moderately priced French Champagne, chilled

 

Directions

 

1.    Place 4 Champagne flutes in the freezer for 15 minutes.

2.    Remove and add 1 tablespoon of the Chambord to each flute and a few raspberries.

3.     Fill each flute to the top with Champagne and serve immediately.

 

 

 

 

4. Pomegranate-Champagne Punch          

                                                                       

Another Valentine’s Day recipe Martha Stewart enjoys sipping on while cooking up a storm in the kitchen or perhaps filing her taxes. This one is very simple and great for entertaining large groups in a classy way. Believed to be one of the world’s first cultivated fruits beginning around 3500 BC, pomegranate juice is full of antioxidants to help your body fight disease and stay healthy. POM Wonderful Juice is our favorite brand and can be found in most grocery stores. This drink is a crowd pleaser!!

 

Ingredients

 

• 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
• 1 cup pear nectar
• 1/4 cup orange-flavored liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
• 1 bottle (750 ml) Champagne

 

Directions

 

1. In a large pitcher, combine pomegranate juice, pear nectar, and orange-flavored liqueur. Slowly add Champagne. Serve over ice.

 

 

 

5. Valentine Lemon Drop Martini

 

The lemon drop is a delicious favorite signature drink for many summer weddings and many other celebrations. Who says you can’t have a summer drink in February though? Add a gummy heart and serve this one up to your sweetheart or your fellow single friends!!

 

 

Yield

• 1 martini

 

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce triple sec
• 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
• 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 4 -5 ice cubes
• superfine sugar, for the martini glass rim
• 1 large gummy heart on a bar stirrer
• lemon twist

 

Directions

 

1. Chill martini glasses in freezer for at least 10 minutes prior to serving.
2. Place Vodka, Triple Sec, lemon juice and sugar into a cocktail shaker with 4-5 ice cubes and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
3 Run the lemon twist around the edge of the chilled martini glass and dunk in a small amount of sugar for a coated rim.
4 Pour the strained martini into the chilled glasses add the gummy heart and serve.

 

 

 

 

Do you have more Valentine’s Day drinks to share? Tell us in the comments!

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