About to head out for a big night and then suddenly realise you’ve been to the same club every Saturday for the past couple of months? Feeling fed up of drinking the same drinks and seeing the same faces? The bar and club scene blues happen to all of us. But one of the best cures is simply to get a change of scenery and have a drink or two somewhere else! Leave your comfort zone, leave your city, and leave your friends behind! It’s time you had a vacation, and one that is perfect for combining with your love of bars and clubs. Why not take to the high seas for a couple of days on a food and drinks cruise instead? You’re guaranteed to find some of the best new bars in town!
“A Cruise? For Me?”
Cruises have a reputation for being full of silver haired middle aged types, but actually with modern cruising that couldn’t be further from the truth! Young people are increasingly seeing cruises as a great way to see the world and explore multiple countries without having to pack a backpack, sleep in dirty youth hostels, and do international travel the hard way! And if you’re a wine or cocktail lover, then you’ll definitely be left pleasantly surprised by the world of cruising; cruise liners usually have several different bars with a really varied wine selection and some of the longest cocktail menus you’ve ever seen. Even more excitingly, with many cruise liners, once you’re on your ship all of your food and booze is free! Pick an all-inclusive cruise ship and make the most of the experience, sampling a wide selection of the wine list and the cocktail menu and having some of the best night’s out you’ve had for a long time. With a holiday like this, those bar scene blues will quickly become a thing of the past!
Create Some Cruise Liner Cocktail Favourites
Can’t afford to book yourself an all-inclusive international cruise? Wondering how you’ve even going to pay for a couple of beers on Saturday night? Don’t worry; you’re not alone there either! But you could inject new life into your Saturday night routine by borrowing some inspiration from the modern cruise liners and create some cruise ship cocktail favourites from the comfort of your own living room instead. Here are a couple of fantastic recipes guaranteed to get your night started with a bang:
The Cruiser
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Place a generous scoop of ice into your cocktail shaker. Pour in the vodka, coconut rum, and peach schnapps then stir gently. Add a generous glug of pineapple juice and orange juices, followed by a smaller dash of cranberry juice, then shake vigorously. Strain into a tall glass and embellish with an orange slice. This potent and refreshing cocktail tastes like exotic holidays, and is perfect for starting any night off with a bang!
Magnificent Mango Daiquiri
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This is one of the most time-consuming cocktails you can make, but the results really are worth the effort! First you need to make a sugar syrup: you do this by combining caster sugar with water and boiling on a high heat. When this combination has a syrupy consistency, refrigerate until it’s cold. Once it’s cold add the sugar syrup, the chopped mangoes, the lemon juice, the vodka and the rum to a blender. Blend all of the ingredients until you have a smooth consistency. Now it’s time to add your ice: pop this into the blender and blend again, until you have a slushy lumpy consistency. Pour your cocktails into martini glasses and these delicious Caribbean inspired cocktails and ready to serve.
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