beer

So, the thing that sucks about writing a blog about things that you make is that when you don’t make anything, you have nothing to blog about! D’oh!

I haven’t been baking anything and despite enduring quite a few days in the past two weeks that have totally been worthy of adult beverage drinking, I haven’t been doing any of that either. I have, however, been doing a lot of laundry. How one man can create so many loads of laundry in the span of a week I will never understand.

Anywho, despite my utter lack of shaking, baking OR partying lately I do have a tasty drink recipe that I wanted to share in time for Cinco de Mayo….

Beer Margaritas! Or as I like to call them – BeerGaritas.

Let me preface this by saying (quite emphatically) that I despise beer. It’s just gross. Even on the rare occasion that I can find a beer that doesn’t make me want to scrub my tongue with a Brillo pad I do not enjoy drinking the stuff.

Brillo Pad logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

HOWEVER, I absolutely loved these beer Margaritas!

Beer Margaritas (link will take you to the original recipe!)

Ingredients

1 (12 fl oz) can frozen limeade concentrate
12 fl oz tequila
12 fl oz water
12 fl oz beer (I used Corona)
ice
1 lime, cut into wedges (optional)
salt (optional)

Mexican Beer: Corona 6-Pack (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Directions

Pour limeade, tequila, water and beer into a large pitcher. Stir until well blended and limeade is melted (you may want to strain the pulp out, depending on preference). Adjust with additional water if needed. Add ice. Rim margarita glass with salt and garnish with lime wedges.

No, it’s not some kind of adult playground game. It’s a cocktail! I stumbled upon this gem while poking around on my favorite recipe site – Allrecipes.com.

If you Google “Hop Skip and Go Naked recipe” you will most likely find a bunch of recipes that involve a combination of beer, vodka and lemonade (ew?). You might also find a cookie recipe or two. Cookies are good, but this drink is better!

Simple ingredients – cherry vodka, Triple Sec, cranberry juice and grenadine. Tastes just like Hawaiian Punch.

Hawaiian Punch Fruit Juicy Red (Photo credit: Like_the_Grand_Canyon)

It is SO good that it’s quite easy to knock back a few, kind of forgetting the vodka part, until suddenly… you’re drunk! Thus, I have renamed this drink Hawaiian Punch Drunk. It’s a much more suitable moniker, and removes any connections to that hillbilly beer/lemonade concoction. Whatever you call it though, you should definitely try it – especially if you live in my neck of the woods where it’s going to be 80 degrees tomorrow!