Monday, October 4, 2010

BEERMOSA, enough said.

Pete and I took a vacation to my family's cabin in Big Bear, CA and attempted to leave the cabin for only the most important of reasons...

... kick ass mountain biking from the door step

and talking the dogs on walks.

Otherwise, this was our plan...



While this made for an incredibly relaxing trip, the food and beverage consumption required some... creativity.

Personally I am not a big fan of Corona. So when you find yourself on vacation, it is 10:30 am and life hands you a few Coronas (or your mom leaves them in the fridge) the only natural thing to do is... make BEERMOSAs!!!


Easy steps to making your own Beermosa:
~1/2 Carona
~1/2 OJ
Stir with juice from a lime wedge
(the bamboo martini glass are a bonus, but not completely necessary...)

Another of our favorites was modeled after the German Radler, a mix of beer and lemonade.
I think ours is much better!!!


~2/5's Firestone Double Barrel Ale (or similar, Sierra Nevada works well too)
~2/5's Trader Joe's Pomegranate Limeade
~1/5 Trader Joe's Sparkling Lime Mineral Water

Having a difficult time telling our drinks apart, Pete came up with a clever glass identification system that, I must admit, is pretty kick ass - Lime wedge carvings!!!

Here we see an alligator and the letter "E" 

... a pine tree. 

All you need is a lime, a knife, some creativity and a bit of patience. The possibilities are endless!!! We are thinking that this is going to be the next "big thing." We might be going big with this one...

Hey,... it is the off season right?