In honor of the recent DVD release of Knocked Up, Universal sponsored a National Knocked Up Night at local bar parties around the country, complete with special cocktails created for the event. (No reports were released on the actual number of party-goers who got knocked up, or how many were influenced by the drinks to do some knocking.)

Here's a couple for you to try this weekend while you watch the DVD, looking for the quotes I pulled for the Seth Rogen movies post. (TheBachelorGuy.com and Universal are not responsible for any pregnancies resulting from too many Knocked Up Martinis.)





Knocked Up Martini
2 oz of Tall Blond vodka
1 oz of pomegranate flavored liquor
Splash of sour
Splash of cranberry
1 cherry, sliced in half

Add all contents in shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with two cherry halves in the bottom of the glass.


For the non-alcoholic drinker...
The Ben Stone Sour
1 can of Kaboom Tropi_cool Energy Juice
4 oz Orange Juice
1 lime
Club Soda

Mix one can Tropi_cool with the orange juice and the juice from
the lime. Pour over ice, and top with club soda.
* Variations: use sour mix (4 ounces) instead of lime juice. Or use
7-Up instead of club soda. And a shot or so of vodka couldn't hurt.

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This Sunday ushers in the official start of fall, and because it's another excuse to celebrate, I have a cocktail you can use to toast the change of seasons.

It's called the Fall Classic from Grey Goose. In keeping with the flavors of autumn, the drink calls for ingredients like dark malt beer and La Poire, Grey Goose's super-premium Anjou pear-flavored vodka. Perfect for taking along when she wants to go "watch the leaves turn colors".

Fall Classic
1 1/2 parts Grey Goose La Poire
1/2 part Crème de banana (substitute Galliano or triple sec)
1/2 part simple syrup
Pinch of Clove
Pinch of Cinnamon
Pinch of Nutmeg
4 parts dark malt beer
Pear slice for garnish

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the first six ingredients. Shake well until condensation forms. Strain into a Pilsner glass filled with ice, top with beer and garnish with pear slice.

For more recipes go to www.greygoose.com

This Sunday, September 16th,is Mexico's Independence Day. Which means it's a great excuse to drink tequila. In recognition of the holiday, Tequila Herradura is featuring the Three Amigos con Herradura as its drink of the month. Who are we toargue? Line 'em up.

Three Amigos is an authentic Mexican drink that reflects the three colors of the Mexican flag – green, white and red. It also represents the traditional style of enjoying tequila – straight. (Sorry margarita fans.) Three Amigos con Herradura consists of a shot glass of fresh lime juice, a shot glass of Tequila Herradura and a shot glass of flavorful sangrita, all sipped (yes sipped... they don't shoot it), separately, one sip at a time each. Salud!

THREE AMIGOS CON HERRADURA
2 oz Tequila Herradura Silver
2 oz sangrita
2 oz lime juice

Serve separately in tall shot glasses to create the colors of the Mexican flag.

There are liquors you have on your home bar because they are cocktail staples (vodka, gin, rum, tequila), and then there are liquors you have because they're interesting and unusual. Those are the ones you take out to pour when you finally persuade that tall, blonde sales rep back to your place for a drink. She won't be impressed by your top-shelf vodka. You need to give her something unique. Something with an exotic taste and an upscale pedigree. Mix her a drink with Navan.

A creation from the House of Grand Marnier, Navan is a liquor made with French cognacs and all-natural, hand-selected black vanilla from Madagascar, the most expensive spice after saffron. (The perfect story to tell your date as you mix her drink.)

The vanilla not only gives the liquor a unique taste, with notes of butterscotch and honey, but also smoothes out the cognac, making it extremely drinkable whether you drink it straight up. Or use it to give a new twist to your usual cocktails, like mixing equal parts of Navan and vodka with a little simple syrup and some fresh lime juice for a Vanilla Martini.

If you're looking to go truly unique, here are some recipes from Navan that'll show her your a guy who does things a little out of the ordinary.

FIRE & ICE
2 oz Navan
2 oz Pineapple sorbet
1 oz Dark rum
2 oz Coconut milk foam
1 tsp Sugar
Vanilla bean for garnish

Add ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Add vanilla bean garnish.


FRENCH PRESS
2 oz Navan
1 cup Espresso
1 oz Hennessy Privilege
Espresso beans for garnish

Add ingredients to a shaker with ice. ...More

The sun is setting earlier. Football season has finally started. And Labor Day has passed. But we've got a couple of weeks left until the Autumnal Equinox and it's still hot as hell out there. So as far as I'm concerned it's still summer.

Here are three cocktails courtesy of thebar.com that you can serve at the last remaining pool-side parties until the leaves start falling.

DJ’S DELIGHT
3/4 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila
3/4 oz melon liqueur
1 oz pineapple juice

Add Don Julio Blanco Tequila, melon liqueur, and pineapple juice in ice-filled rocks glass and stir.

TANQUERAY ROUGE
1 1/4 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
1 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz pomegranate juice
1 spiral lemon peel

Add Tanqueray London Dry Gin, simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, and pomegranate juice in a shaker. Shake with ice and strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon peel spiral.

TOP SHELF LONG ISLAND
1/4 oz Cîroc Vodka
1/4 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila
1/4 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
1/4 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
1 splash sweet & sour mix
1 oz cola

Add Cîroc Vodka, Don Julio Blanco Tequila, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, Tanqueray London Dry Gin, Grand Marnier, sweet & sour mix, and cola. Shake with ice and pour into tall glass.

For more drink recipes head over to thebar.com