Saturday Sipper: Bubbly Anchor

Happy Saturday! Here's the second "Saturday Sipper" :)

In April 2009, about 8 months after George and I got married, we took our honeymoon to Jost Van Dyke, a lovely little island in the British Virgin Islands. We had an absolute blast!

Our days were filled with warm sunshine, beach bars, relaxing time together, lots of Scrabble, and lots of cocktails. If you've ever been to the Caribbean, you may have heard of a delicious libation called the 'Painkiller'.

The Soggy Dollar on Jost Van Dyke claims to have the Original Painkiller, and George and I ended up there most afternoons for 1...or 4 of them. This yummy drink was made from dark rum, cream of coconut, pineapple and orange juice, topped with fresh nutmeg.

So. Good.

I did try and create this myself a couple times last summer. It was good, dangerously good. But with all that juice, I knew it had to be packed with calories.

I realized one of the reasons I liked the drink so much was because of the nutmeg. The smell and taste of it helped bring back those fun memories being in the Caribbean with George. Around the same time when I was trying to think of a new 'healthier' cocktail a bit reminiscent of the Painkiller, my husband and I had also discovered Sailor Jerry's spiced rum.

So I started with that, and here is what I came up with.

Bubbly Anchor
1.5 oz Sailor Jerry's Spiced Rum
Plain Seltzer
Orange Juice
Freshly grated nutmeg

Fill a large glass with ice, add 1.5oz of Sailor Jerry's Rum (or more or less!), fill with seltzer, splash of OJ, top with freshly grated nutmeg...and really use the freshly grated, it tastes so much better!

This has about 115 calories

Cheers!

Saturday Sipper: Sour Chocolate Raspberries

Welcome to the first 'Saturday Sipper' blogpost! I hope to bring you a fun new drink every saturday for your enjoyment! 

A few months ago, while perusing the flavored vodka selection at a local liquor store, something amazing caught my eye...Stoli Chocolat Razberi vodka!

There is a picture of a raspberry dripping with chocolate on the bottle, now who wouldn't want to drink that?!

At first I was at a loss for what to drink it with. Do I just go for it and drink it on the rocks? Make a white russian with it? (Btw...if you have some extra cals to spare, I think that would be amazing!) Mix it with soda water?

My first attempt was mixing it with vanilla seltzer. It was good, but sort of just ok. But I wanted to make something more yummy with it. It's sort of a weird flavor to match something with. Then I got on a kick with some other flavored vodkas, like Chocolate Whipped, Cucumber and Marshmallow, and sort of forgot about the bottle of Stoli Chocolat Razberri. Until today. Well last night, I like my vodka but not in the morning...not before a double barre session anyway.

Here is what I came up with!

Sour Chocolate Raspberries

1.5 oz Stoli Chocolat Razberi
Juice from a quarter of a lime
Juice from a quarter of a lemon (or you can use either a lime or a lemon!)
1 tsp brown sugar (or white sugar, or agave syrup)

*Approximately 120 calories

Fill a shaker with ice and shake it up! Strain into a martini glass OR in a glass with ice and fill with soda water. This should also be enough for to shooters if you please.

This recipe is much more tart than sweet. If you like things sweeter, you could substitute the lemon and lime juice for limeade or lemonade (I love Simply!), or you could add more sugar. The soda water also helps to cut some of the tartness :)


I hope you have a wonderful saturday! Cheers!!