3.21.2013

We'll Drink to That: Fresh & Easy - St. Patrick's Day Taste & Tweet

On Thursday, March 14th, our friends at Fresh & Easy hosted a "Taste & Tweet" in celebration of the holy Guinness holiday, St. Patrick's Day!! 

So I had a couple gal pals over - it ain't a party without Kitty Packard, Ch_eekyGirl, and Good in LA - we cranked up the Irish Pub channel on Pandora, and enjoyed some excellent Guinness cocktails -- thereby breaking the cardinal rule, "Thou shalt not drink and tweet!" 

Here’s our delish mix for the evening – we were ready to sample everything and then some! 

Don't mind the call box, we only use it to buzz our landlord, Mr. Furley.

Cocktail #1 – Black Velvet 
What it is: Guinness and Montcadi Cava 
Our notes: Super light and refreshing, especially for a Guinness Cocktail! 
Best Tweet: On the difficulty of floating the Guinness on top of the champagne, “...having never honed my tom cruise "cocktail" skills we are struggling here. how about the rest of you?” @FreshandEasy  Um, YES!!

Cocktail #2 – Black & White 
What it is: Guinness and Hopper Whitman Belgian White Ale 
Our notes: Great flavor, full bodied blend - I could drink these in my sleep. I don't even know what that means, but it's good.
Best Tweet: “Do the Belgians and Irish like each other? Feel like I am building a bridge between nations” - @MrAndrewBradley

Cocktail #3 – Chocolate Guinness 
What it is: Guinness and Underworld Chocolate Stout (we had to substitute with Boatswain Chocolate Stout)
Our notes: Dangerous and dark chocolate-y. I would serve this as a dessert to a hardcore berserker kind of dude (just my type!), like someone who lives in Game of Thrones. 
Best Tweet: “A long time ago, a friend said the reason he liked Guinness was bc it tasted like "a burnt chocolate milkshake." @kristysf 

Special HHT Cocktail #4 – Snakebite! 
What it is: Guinness and Julian Hard Cider (made in SoCal’s Apple capital, Julian, CA).
Our notes: It was good, I was drunk by then. But I do want to note that I think it’s great that Fresh & Easy carries tasty local beers like this! 

Some other fun pics from the evening: 

 
 The fridge was ready to PARTAY!!!! 


 
So was our dinner spread! 


Taking a self portrait (while hoarding three Black & White’s) is serious biz! 

Self-Portrait Result (less boobs!). 

As always, big thanks to the Fresh & Easy team and to Allison Osorio at RL Public Relations!

2 comments:

  1. Ooh, we love the Snakebite cocktail idea! Maybe for next St. Patrick's Day we'll have to work that one in and give you credit as the inventors! ;) Thanks for joining us and to @Ch_eekyGirl for being your 'designated Tweeter' for the evening.

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  2. Excellent, though I think many pubs would beg to differ on the inventor credit - we'll take it though ;)!

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