Hump Day Happy Hour: Franciscaner Weissebier

For all you beer lovers out there, this is a MUST try! Although I don’t know how to pronounce the actual name of this beer, my adorable nephew calls it “Fat Monk” because of the picture on the bottle.  This is a really smooth, light (in flavor, unfortunately not in calories), wheat beer, but who cares about calories when you’ve had a rough day and need a great drink!

Here’s the best way to drink it:

  1. Grab a glass.
  2. Pour the beer into the glass until there’s about an inch of beer left in the bottom of the bottle.
  3. Grab an orange slice and squeeze it into the beer.
  4. Pour the rest of the beer into the glass (there is some type of yeast at the bottom of this beer that has a lot of yummy flavor).
  5. Drink and enjoy!

Hump Day Happy Hour: Powell Panty Dropper

So here’s the story of today’s Hump Day Happy Hour…my husband and I have some friends that were getting married and wanted to have a signature drink at their wedding.  After the decision was made on which drink they would be having, the next thing that needed to be decided was the name.  Their last name is Powell.  So for the majority of the wedding guests this drink was called the Powelltini, but for the close-knit-friend-crew we started calling these the Powell Panty Droppers because they just go down like water, like pink lemonade, like BUTTUH! And because they can get you in trouble because of said BUTTAH-like qualities.  Go forth, but beware…

1 part Citron Vodka
1 part frozen lemonade
1 part water
Splash of Chambord

    Hump Day Happy Hour: Rum Punch (you in the face!)

    In keeping with the tradition of pining away for vacations and warmer weather, here’s a Hump Day Happy Hour dedicated to the memory of my vacation to Ambergris Caye, Belize…

    • 2 cups of Rum
    • 2 liters of Ginger Ale
    • 1 quart Fruit Punch
    • 1 quart Orange Juice
    • splash of Lemon Juice

    Mix together and enjoy over ice!

    WARNING:Too much of this punch and it will literally “punch” you in the face…

    Hump Day Happy Hour: Michelada

    While I pine away for my next Mexico vacation, I’ll bring a little Mexico vacation to me and all of you!  My husband and I had many of these while in Zihuatanejo.

    ak-hdhh michelada

    Rim your glass with salt. Fill each glass halfway with ice, then about one-third full with lime juice, 2 shots of tequila and top off each with beer.

    Hump Day Happy Hour: New Year’s Sparkler!

    This is going to be your last Hump Day Happy Hour for 2009…better make it a good one! Here is a sure fire way to ring in your new year with a BANG!

    der-nye hdhh

    Mix a shot of passion fruit vodka with 2 shots of pomegrante juice, fill the remainder of your glass with champagne and garnish with fresh raspberries… mmm mmmm good.

    The Anti-Happy Hour

    Ok, let’s say you had one too many cocktails at Hump Day Happy Hour and you need a remedy STAT.  I have found a simple concoction that will take the edge off of that hangover.

    der-hangover

    Mix halfsies Gatorade and 7UP.

    The Gatorade will recharge you and the bubbles will help the tum tum.

    Hump Day Happy Hour: The Dirty Thirty

    A husband of a Tipsy Girl turned the BIG 3-0 this past week, so OF COURSE in true tipsy style we had to make sure he rang in his 30s the tipsy way. We created a shot we called The Dirty Thirty with miscellaneous items that we had on hand. It turned out to taste like a jolly rancher and produced the intoxifying result that we were looking for.

    Mix equal parts Monster Energy Drink and Smirnoff Ice Watermelon with a shot of Vodka in a highball glass.

    Hump Day Happy Hour: Merry Christmas Punch

    We all know that the holidays really translates into a really good excuse to get yo’ drank  on with close family and friends, right?  So here’s another option for spiking the punchbowl.

    Ingredients:

    1. 1 bottle raspberry vodka
    2. 72 ounces cranberry juice
    3. 1/2 bottle Absolut vodka
    4. 1 can Sprite soda

    Directions:

    Pour all ingredients (chilled beforehand) into a large container or punch bowl filled with ice.   I think some of these Green Ice Lites would be a great substitution for ice cubes, just sayin’.  Allow to chill.  Serve in punch cups or tall glasses.  Maybe something like these would be fun!

    Hump Day Happy Hour: White Christmas Punch

    It’s that time to start getting fancy with our cocktails (somewhat)!

    Now I know lots of people CRINGE when they hear eggnog (I personally love it). White Christmas Punch is a really nice alternative to mix up for guests who are not extremely fond of just straight Eggnog.

    cr-hdhh nog

    Ingredients:

    • 4 oz eggnog
    • 1/2 oz white chocolate liqueur
    • 1 oz Southern Comfort
    • edible gold flakes or chocolate flakes for garnish

    Prep:

    1. Build the ingredients in to snifter glass and stir lightly.
    2. Sprinkle gold or chocolate flakes on top.

    You can make this on a much larger scale by pouring larger quantities (be generous with the Southern Comfort!) into a large punch bowl.

    Hump Day Happy Hour: Sangria Surprise

    Tonight when you are whipping up your Nachos, burritos, and tacos who knows,  How it usually goes, it goes Whoooah I love sangria wine! Errr…that was a litle Jerry Jeff Walker for ya.  Don’t have time to do some fruit soaked sangria?  Take a short cut, see above.

    I love that sangria wine
    Love to drink it with ole friends of mine
    Whoooah I love sangria wine
    Whoooah I love sangria wine
    Whoooah I love sangria wine
    Whoooah I love sangria wine