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# VD day cocktails served up in the name of love
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/vd-day-cocktails-served-up-in-the-name-of-love/
- Published: 2005-02-11T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:12:36.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Love is in the air this week and, boy, doesn’t it stink to high heaven? OK, so with Valentine’s Day looming your Imbiber freely admits to being jaded … mainly because I’ve just been jilted by a gal-pal who simply could not get comfortable with the notion that for me, excessive alcohol consumption isn’t the debilitating affliction it may appear to be. On the contrary, it’s an exciting, lucrative CAREER, albeit one that has exacted a heavy toll on my liver and bank account. So I’ll be drinking at home alone on V-Day, but for those lucky enough to be getting lucky Monday night, below are two cocktail recipes sure to help set hearts afire.

The first, “The Beer-tini,” is adapted from a recipe I stumbled upon at a hotel bar in Bisbee, Ariz., and combines the crisp freshness of beer with the fashionable fruitiness of flavored vodka. Believe it or not, the pairing works quite nicely — not something I’d add to my regular cocktail regimen, mind you, but certainly an interesting new wrinkle. Next up is the “Cham-Cham Cosmo” which is, with champagne, Triple Sec and Chambord in the mix, sweeter than your very first kiss. And no need to thank me for the tips, lovebirds, I’m simply doing my job: THE BEER-TINI 1.5 oz. Stoli Ohranj 1oz. orange juice 1.5 oz. draft domestic beer 2 fresh orange wedges 1 orange slice Chill a martini glass. Combine Stoli Ohranj and orange juice in an ice-filled shaker. Pour beer into the martini glass and squeeze wedges of orange into beer. Add strained vodka. Garnish with orange slice.

CHAM CHAM COSMO Half-shot Chambord liqueur One-and-one-quarter shot citrus vodka Half-shot shot triple sec One shot cranberry juice An eighth of a shot of freshly squeezed lime juice Top with Piper Heidsieck Rose Sauvage champagne Shake first five ingredients with ice and strain into a champagne flute. (E-mail questions, comments or suggestions for the Imbiber to)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 11, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)