I Get the Blues when Snakebit {Snakebite Beer Cocktail}

Labor Day is supposed to be an end to summer.

Dear thermometer on the porch,
Didn't you get that memo?
No?
That's ok.  It gives me an excuse to squeeze in one last summer of booze drink.

I discovered this equal mixture of hard cider and lager at the most perfect place to discover a new beer...a pizza joint.

I had many a Snakebite during Pint and a Half Night at Pizza by Stout--which no longer exists due to the 05/22/11 EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, MO.


Snakebite isn't as harsh as the name leads you to believe.  The sweetness of the cider (in this case I used Redd's Apple Ale because I wanted to try it) cuts the bitterness of the lager.

Maybe it's called Snakebite because you feel like you've been bitten by a snake the next day?

A snakebite with a roast beef po'boy may be even better than one with pizza.

Know what else goes with a Snakebite?
The blues.

I mean how else ya gonna feel when snakebit?

Tab Benoit at Dosey Doe's in The Woodlands, TX.  We caught the show while on vacation this summer.

Snakebite (beer cocktail)
Pour equal parts hard cider and lager into a glass.
Drink.  Drink more.

All the booze I enjoyed this summer...

Some pizza...

In the past...

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Winding Down {Kentucky Iced Tea}

Even though we'll *enjoy* summer temps until October, summer is winding down.  School starts next week.

Back in June I declared this summer The Summer of Booze and Seafood.  I always commit fully to what I set out to do.

So this summer of booze and seafood...I've totally been enjoying it.

 

Long Island Iced Tea. Of course I've heard of it.  Had it even.
Kentucky Iced Tea not so much.

At a pool party, my sister-in-law's brother talked it up.
I had to have it.  I mean, I love iced tea!

Only...ummm...just like Long Island Iced Tea...there's no tea.
I figured bourbon.  But I also thought maybe, just maybe.
Kentucky.  Southern.  Iced Tea.
For realz this time.
Nope.

This requires a lot of ingredients, but it's worth it.

Print It!

Kentucky Iced Tea
Makes 2 drinks

1 oz bourbon
1/2 oz gin
1 oz white rum
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz tequila
1 oz lime juice
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
4 oz cola

Mix or shake all of the ingredients except the cola.  Add ice to two glasses and pour in the mixture.  Add cola to each glass.


More drinks...

In the past...

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