Get Your Sparks Before They're Gone!

Remember the post from just over a year ago about Sparks?

Well you better get your energy beers and brews while you can... because the folks at the FDA are on the hunt!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/health/policy/14fda.html

I personally used to be a big fan of the Budweiser energy drink (B^e, or something to that extent?), but it was a rare find (much like the elusive Sparks Light with the light blue label). Any other fans of alcohol with a jolt?

From the Industry eNewsletter: Spring Cocktails

Bring on the Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, and some fruity drinks with pretty umbrellas in them! We are so ready for the beautiful NC weather to come out of hibernation...


Couture Cooler Cocktail
Courtesy of Somer Perez, mixologist, The Royalton, New York City.

1 cup whole cherries, pitted and de-stemmed
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
2 ounces simple syrup
2 ounces Bluecoat Gin

In the Vita-Mix Bar Boss, combine the cherries with the lemon juice and simple syrup. Blend on setting No. 1 until puree is smooth and frothy (cherry bits are okay). Pour purée into a mixing glass and add Bluecoat. Shake and strain into a Highball glass filled with ice and garnish with a lemon wedge and a whole cherry.



Mango-Ginger-Habañero Daiquiri
Courtesy of Adam R. Seger, general manager and bar chef, Nacional 27, Chicago.

2 ounces 10 Cane Rum
1 lime, fresh squeezed
3/4 ounce ginger-habañero syrup
3/4 ounce mango puree

Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled 10-ounce Martin glass rimmed with homemade seven-spice* (wet rim of chilled Martini glass with a lime wedge, then dip rim in seven-spice).


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Sparks > Zima

Sparks > Zima?



Apparently so!From the N&O: Zima zeroing out of beverage market

"Distributors are being asked to put the caffeinated alcoholic beverage Sparks on retail store shelves to make up for Zima's absence."By the way, did we mention that Buckhead serves Sparks?

Enjoy!