Martinis

Fail Whale Martini

Those of you on Twitter will understand the prolific Fail Whale that tells us that Twitter is overloaded.  For those of you not on Twitter, get to it and sign up here!  Drink this martini while you’re setting up your profile.  You may be much more charming and intelligent.

This martini is featured in [...]

Candied Bacon Martinis

Mmm…bacon.
Thanks to primermagazine.com for the suggestion on this artery clogging, liver pickling glass of goodness.

Photo from LATimes.com

This martini is featured in our January e-newsletter, The Gibson.  If you don’t receive The Gibson, click here to sign up!
Ingredients:

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger vodka (top shelf)
1 ounce Applejack brandy or apple-flavored liqueur
1/2 ounce amaretto liqueur
1/2 ounces good-quality [...]

Cinnamon Fig Martini- Christmas Cheer!

This martini was featured in our December e-newsletter, The Gibson.  If you don’t receive The Gibson, click here to sign up!

Many of the Christmas and holiday martinis that I found sounded very sweet and thick.  This one, however, is a perfect marriage of class and elegance to add to a holiday night.
Ingredients:

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) [...]

Pumpkin Pie Martini

This martini was featured in our November e-newsletter, The Gibson.  If you don’t receive The Gibson, click here to sign up!

Before Thanksgiving dinner I made these martinis for our party.  Let me just say that I am not an amateur drinker and these are POTENT (yet outrageously delicious).  You might want to limit yourself to [...]

Fun Friday Fodder on Facebook

Yes, we just alliterated.
If you have not become a fan of Gibson Design Management on Facebook yet, hurry up!  Today I am writing about a great gift app that we added to the page called “Send a Martini!”.  Through this gift app, you can send any of your Facebook friends a martini (there are currently [...]

Happy National Martini Day!

In case you have not yet noticed, we like martinis around here…a lot.  I believe that my forefathers enjoyed a martini or two during prohibition when a martini–the Gibson–was named after us.  While some of us prefer the dirty variety and others like our drinks a little frutier, we are all raising a glass to [...]

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

In honor of Cinco de Mayo - how about a Cosmoquila Martini to celebrate tonight!

Cosmoquila Martini
Ingredients:

2 oz Casa Noble Tequila Crystal
1 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Shake ingredients over ice, then strain into a cocktail glass.
Enjoy!

Aspen Martini

Time to try this month’s martini from The Gibson, our monthly eNewsletter…please email Kay Alessi to receive The Gibson.  Let us know what you think about the Aspen Martini.

Ingredients:

½ oz Starbucks
½ oz Grand Marnier
½ oz Frangelico
½ oz Baileys
Ice
Whipped Cream for garnish

Preparation:
1.     Combine Starbucks, Grand Marier, Frangelico and Baileys together over ice in a cocktail shaker
2.     [...]