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Summer cocktail parties

Andrew — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:37:36 +0000

Summer cocktail parties. They are certainly popular at the moment. And we must admit the weather has helped out with long warm balmy evenings. Cocktails out on the decking last night for a client’s 40th birthday. We also did a corporate summer quiz and cocktails night in Great Bowden on Friday night. Yes, you’re right – we weren’t the quiz bit!

Many Grasshopper cocktails were served in Harborough at 40th party

And that’s in addition to the joint 40th party we ran with a full team of 4 at Kibworth Rugby Club, serving cocktails to 140 guests. It seems the fantastically minty chocolatey Grasshopper is a firm favourite : liquid Aero is how most people describe it. However the Nigella Lawson Green apple Martini which we make with Gin also has many converts.

However with last night’s party we also served up lots of our classic 2 mocktails – alcohol free cocktails : the Merry Berry Cherry and the China Blue.

Party host with a cocktail shaker boy - summer cocktails at your home

So what’s next in the experimental world of the Cocktail Shaker Boys? Well, we’re interested in developing an idea to provide cold shots to guests on arrival. However we need some portable way of transporting glasses in something freezing. Anyone got any ideas? info@cocktailshakerboys.co.uk if you have.

Cocktail glass hire – Leicestershire

Andrew — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:16:20 +0000

For cocktail glass hire in South Leicestershire – contact the Cocktail Shaker Boys. We are now able to offer a great range of cocktail glasses to help you with your special party or event.

We have access to an elegant range of Martini glasses, champagne flutes, superb Sling glasses and plain old Highballs. You’re welcome to hire our glassware even if you’re not commissioning us to make cocktails for you.

Market Harborough cocktail glasses for hire

We can support large parties and you can even rent some cocktail glasses for say a dinner party for 12. We’ll deliver them for you too (there may be an additional charge – depending where you are.)

For more details about cocktail glass hire in South Leicestershire, contact us fun@cocktailshakerboys.co.uk . We’ll help if we can!

And we know you want to know what the drinks are featured in the picture on the left. We are a cocktail making tips site after all, so here goes. From left ;

- Jacaranda afternoon (in the Martini glass)

- Merry Berry Cherry (in the Highball) our top mocktail at the moment

- Blue Lagoon but again a non-alcoholic version of this popular classic

- The Ottoman – a great alternative to the Kir Royale.

So get yourself some glasses, remember to book the sunshine, mix yourself some stunning drinks and be happy.

New cocktails to be developed

Andrew — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:52:58 +0000

New cocktails to be developed by the Cocktail Shaker Boys. We’ve taken delivery of our latest batch of Monin syrups.

Let's make some new cocktails then

We’re planning on developing some fantastic new cocktails based around these unusual syrup flavours. They do something like 65 flavours and we’ve noticed a few coffee shops use them to make flavoured coffee.

We bought Ginger, Green Apple, Butterscotch, Lavender, more Green Apple, Cherry, Raspberry, Rose and Blue Curacao (non-alcoholic.)

We’re already using Monin Green Apple Syrup in the highly popular Green Apple Martini.

We use Rose in the in-house developed Belly Dancer, which has been compared to liquid Turkish Delight.

Stand by for some new cocktail recipes featuring these products, and we’ll post them on Twitter too. In the meantime we’re off to engage in a little liquid alchemy !

Cocktail Shaker Boys and social networking

Andrew — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:36:25 +0000

Cocktail Shaker Boys and social networking. Well we all have to move with the times don’t we ? People often ask us where else we appear and whether they can see more about us.

Cocktail Shaker Boys can be found on many of the social networking sites

Well the truth is that we’re putting ourselves about a bit on the social networking sites. We’re already on Twitter, so if you tweet and want to connect follow us at http://twitter.com/CocktlShkrBoys .

We’ve also created a profile on Facebook, which has pictures and even video clips of some of the stuff we’ve been up to. You do need a Facebook account though in order to be able to access this. But if you’re an avid Facebooker, just key in Cocktail Shaker Boys in the search field and you’ll find the pics. You can add us ‘a friend’ and that way you will have access to all our info.

Finally we’re also now starting to post videos to YouTube – again under the name of Cocktail Shaker Boys. Honestly ! All this social networking is keeping us away from developing new cocktails – which isn’t such good news. So better get back to the bar ! See you soon, and enjoy yourself !

Cocktails at office party

Andrew — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:06:54 +0000

Cocktails at the office Christmas party. A new format for the Cocktail Shaker Boys and a great time had by all. We were commissioned to run an interactive cocktail making workshop at offices up at the Point yesterday. We ran this late afternoon, and then the client team got their taxis into town for their Xmas night out.

Cocktails in the office - only at Christmas !

We got the team making a cocktail each, and then they marked each of the 10 drinks made. We’ll update you on the final league table in the more detailed article you can find by clicking on the link below http://www.cocktailshakerboys.co.uk/index.php/home/latest-news/christmas-office-party-with-cocktails/

The 10 we made were the Tequila Sunrise, Pina Colada, Grasshopper, Green Apple Martini, Brandy Alexander, B52, Belly Dancer, Sicilian Kiss, Long Island Iced Tea and Mojito. So some old classics combined with some of the new kids on the block.

And Rob Webb said of the cocktail event he commissioned “Thanks so much for the event yesterday – it was absolutely fantastic and a very good start to a most enjoyable evening.”

We look forward to working with other organisations over the coming months.

Cocktails at the Angel – Market Harborough

Andrew — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:08:52 +0000

Perhaps a slight hangover for some members of the Market Harborough Breakfast Club this morning, judging by the number of pre-dinner cocktails they knocked back last night ! But still we had a great night serving cocktails to the guests at the Angel Hotel in Harborough.

Party goers with Kir Royales - Christmas at the Angel Hotel

We served Grasshopper (one of our favourites as you know), the classic green apple martini, Tequila Sunrise and Kir Royale. Plus we offered our in-house developed mocktail the Pacific Sunrise for the drivers. Not that there appeared to be many of them. More details follow here http://www.cocktailshakerboys.co.uk/index.php/home/latest-news/christmas-cocktails-a-bit-of-an-office-party/

And we’re even going to try adding a short movie too of some of the action ! Though we’re having some technical issues with this at the moment.

Food companies – product development with cocktails

Andrew — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:24:52 +0000

Cocktail Shaker Boys also can help you develop new flavours and cocktail ideas. Not only do we make the established cocktails that we all know and love, but we also like getting our R&D lab coats on and developing new flavours and mixed drinks. We work with food companies to develop products and markets.

Corporate event pre-dinner cocktails – Getting the evening going !

Andrew — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:26:23 +0000

Corporate event pre-dinner cocktails can and are provided by the Cocktail Shaker Boys – of Market Harborough. We recently supplied cocktails at a top Leicestershire hotel for a big corporate client. 250 guests drank around 700 cocktails before they went in for their gala dinner.

Andrew Seaward of Cocktail Shaker Boys and Esther of client EPB toasting a successful night

Cocktail Shaker Boys of Market Harborough

Andrew — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:55:09 +0000

Cocktail Shaker Boys of Market Harborough can provide cocktails at your forthcoming party, special event, anniversary or corporate do. On this website you will find a host of ideas, tips and just simple articles on some of the more interesting spirits and liqueurs which are available to you when party planning.

We love making cocktails, and if you’re here we guess you love drinking them.

We also welcome questions, suggestions and comments. There will be a small scale marketing campaign in Harborough over the coming months too, so we hope you see our name about. We’ve been on Harborough FM with Moley discussing how to make stunning cocktails at home. We’re hoping to be on again in December talking about Christmas cocktails. There has also been a short write up in the Harborough Mail and a piece in the high quality WOW magazine. To read more about the 3 main services on offer follow this link http://www.cocktailshakerboys.co.uk/index.php/about/

So whether your event is in Market Harborough, Lutterworth, Northampton, Melton Mowbray, Oadby, Loughborough, Leicester, Great Bowden, Kibworth, Oakham, Uppingham, Rutland, Melton Mowbray, Birmingham or Coventry we have the cocktails plus the know-how !

January 2010 update - Cocktail Shaker Boys business has expanded significantly over the last few months. We now run cocktail parties at corporate events and functions for groups of up to 250 guests. We also run events and can support you with your wedding reception cocktails or special party in London, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Northampton, Derby, Nottingham, Cambridge, Sutton Coldfield and Coventry.