drinks for guys – Mikey’s Kitchen

I’m woefully behind on some posting, but wanted to pay homage to the fact that around Super Bowl, the fine folks from Weber Shandwick sent me a really cool case of Bud Light Platinum to try. But I don’t mean a case of beer. I mean four bottles of beer in a hard case that looked like an important brief case. Or like something that might carry a million one dollar bills. Anyway, the beer was (is) delicious….it’s a bit different than regular Bud Light–smooth and yet a bit stronger. It’s triple filtered so it’s got that “clean taste” that beer companies like to talk about. And my kid loves bringing that case to Trader Joe’s every Saturday–I have no idea why, maybe he expects to fill it up with more Bud Light Platinum?

Also, these fine folks (I’m not buttering up my publicist friends too much) sent me the new Bud Light Lime-A-Rita. It’s an 8 oz. can of margarita-flavored malt beverage with a twist of Bud Light Lime. If you like margaritas, and especially if you like beer too, this is the perfect summer cocktail for you. It’s potent for a canned beverage, and mighty tasty. And that lime and/or margarita taste is just perfect for summer cookouts. And with Memorial Day in the rear view mirror, it’s time for summer cocktails indeed. Cheers!

Let me preface this by saying I’m not big on liquor or mixed drinks. I like beer and I like wine, and sometimes a bloody Mary. But it might be difficult for me to tell you how one vodka or rum tastes over another. That said, when I received a bottle of a new product called Veev to try, I was intrigued. VeeV is a new liquor created by two brothers, and it’s made with one of the recently discovered superfruits, the acai (pronounced a-SIGH-ee) berry. The literature touts acai as the new pomegranate.

So over Labor Day weekend, when it was blazing hot outside, my wife and I decided to give VeeV and some of the recipes they included a try. We made the mojito and the “superfruit sangria.” The mojito was delicious–not too sweet and the kind of drink you have on a hot day in which you can’t even tell there is alcohol in it. That is a good thing and a bad thing, if you know what I mean. The sangria was made with red wine, cranberry juice and pomengranate juice, and it was refreshing too, but somehow not as tasty as the mojito. The materials included several more recipes including “skinny acai lemonade,” an “acai cosmo” and a “ginger fizz.” In other words, VeeV can be used as a substitute for many other clear liquors such as gin, vodka or tequila.

Being a superfruit beverage, there are no doubt claims about the benefits of the acai berry. Of course, assuming you will drink a lot of VeeV and receive a lot of health benefits might be misleading–however, VeeV probably does have a leg up on many other liquors in that regard. And hey, the bottom line is, it tastes really good–and there is still some summer and then Indian summer left to enjoy it on a hot day.

Check out www.veevlife.com for more information or availability where you live.

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Bud Light Lime-a-Rita (and Bud Light Platinum)

Product review: VeeV

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