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Alea Hawaiian Cocktail

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Alea Hawaiian Cocktail

By Erin

Alea Hawaiian Cocktail --the perfect tropical cocktail to beat the heat so you can chill out and take a sip of paradise!

Chill out and take yourself to paradise by sipping the delicious Alea Hawaiian Cocktail. This super yummy gin based drink, garnished with dragon fruit and mint from Melissa’s Produce will have you enjoying a bit of paradise in no time. This is the perfect drink to sup on these hot summer nights! So who wants one? 😉

Cocktail Yield; 1 8 oz glass Prep Time: 3 min
Total Time: 3 min

Ingredients:

1 oz Purple Violet Liqueur

1 oz Wild Berry Liqueur
1 oz Gin
3 oz Grape Juice

2 oz Sprite
1 tsp. Simple syrup

Dragon fruit and mint as garnish

Directions:
Fill your glass with ice.
In a bar shaker, add the berry liqueur, gin, grape juice and simple syrup. Shake to combine it all up.
Add the sprite on top of the berry liquor mixture.
Top with Violet liqueur.
Garnish and enjoy.

Welcome to Paradise! Enjoy!

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Darren’s Restaurant Partners Up with The Macallan for Special Dinner on March 16th! #DarrensMB

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Darren’s Restaurant Partners Up with Macallan for Special Dinner on March 16th!

By Erin

On Monday, March 16th, Darren’s Restaurant is hosting a special 5 course dinner featuring the Macallan Brand of Scotch. If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know this isn’t my first time at Darren’s. This past summer, I was introduced to this gem of a place located in beautiful Manhattan Beach, just steps away from the beach. The food at Darren’s is beyond amazing, and they also are very Gluten Free friendly! Be sure to check that out as well in: Gluten Free Fine Dining at Darren’s in Manhattan Beach! I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek of this very special event happening on March 16th, so come take a look at what’s in store! If you are not able to attend this event, as I believe it has already sold out, I still highly recommend checking this place out and also giving The Macallan a try!

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This exclusive dinner event, slated for next Tuesday, March 16th at 7pm, will feature a personalized and guided tasting which will introduce guests to The Macallan brand of single malt Scotch and starts off with a nice welcoming cocktail, like the one below.

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First, we were welcomed with the “Welcome Cocktail,” which was the Manhattan Boulevardier, made with Cutty Sark “Prohibition,” Campari, blood orange juice and Noilly Prat. I loved this drink. The blood orange gave it just enough of a fruity taste for my liking. I love anything blood orange, so there is no surprise really that I loved this drink.

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Our first course, that went along with the “Welcome Cocktail,” (as well as a head start on The Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak, pictured here) was a Pulled Duck Fried Spring Roll, stuffed with Bartlette Pear Agave Grain Mustard Sauce. The Spring Roll was popping with flavor and it paired very well with the cocktail as well as with the 10 year old fine oak. I’ve never thought much of Scotch before, but I actually liked this one. It was pretty smooth and wasn’t too strong. This was my 2nd favorite scotch we tried over the course of the evening.

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