
The Super Bowl and parties go together like baseball and performance enhancers. Sure, you can have one without the other, but it's a helluva lot more interesting when you combine them.
And for this year's Big Game, some of the top spirits companies have whipped together some cocktails you can use to take the edge off the pressure of having bet next month's salary on the over under.
From
1800 Tequila, we've got the Manning Margarita, the Who Dat Nation Lemonade, and the Sun Life Stadium Sunrise. (Too bad. I would have liked to see what they'd have come up with had it stayed "Land Shark" Stadium for another month.)
Rooting for the Colts to give Manning another ring? Mix up a Blue Stampede from
Tequila Herradura. Multiply the recipe by 8 for a perfect punch to use for the Manning drinking game. Every time one of Peyton's commercials or Eli's blank stare are shown... or either is referred to as "One of Archie's Boys," take a drink. Guaranteed you'll be passed out by halftime.
If you're cheering on the black and gold to bring the Lombardi Trophy to the Big Easy, celebrate with a Who Dat? Hurricane from Southern Comfort. And you can send fellow Saints fans a clip of the "Black & Gold Who Dat?" anthem by going to
SouthernComfort.com/neworleans. Which is much funnier the more Hurricanes you've consumed.
Manning Margarita
2 oz. 1800 Silver Tequila
1 oz. Grand Marnier
1 oz. fresh lime juice
Shake over ice or blend, garnish with a lime
Who Dat Nation Lemonade
2 oz 1800 Silver Tequila
1 oz Triple
Sec
1/2 oz 7-Up
Sweet and Sour Mix
Combine with ice and stir, garnish with lemon slices
The Sun Life Stadium Sunrise
2 oz 1800 Silver Tequila
2 oz orange juice
Splash grenadine
Combine tequila and oj with ice and stir. Add grenadine for the “sunrise” effect
Herradura Blue Stampede
1 1/2 ounces Herradura Blanco
2 ounces fresh lime juice
1 ounce agave nectar
1/2 ounce Blue Curacao
Shake with ice and strain into rocks glass with ice
(For a punchbowl-ful, multiply all ingredients by 8.)
Who Dat? Hurricane
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1 1/2 oz sweet and sour mix
1 1/2 oz orange juice
1 1/2 oz pineapple juice
Splash of grenadine