September 2013: Let’s Get Social!

CEATUS Case Study of the Month

Ask the experts

Q Do I really need Facebook for my practice?

A Facebook is an excellent way to connect with your patients. However, if your practice focuses mostly on patients who typically receive one high-end treatment, then Facebook is not as important for you as it is for practices whose patients receive multiple treatments in recurring visits to the office.

Game On!

32 NFL-team-inspired cocktails to kick off the football season!

Arizona Cardinals Sunrise

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces 1800 Tequila
• 1/2 ounce Rose’s lime juice
• 4 ounces orange juice
• Grenadine
• Jalapeño and blood orange for garnish

1. Pour grenadine in chilled glass (if using ice, make sure some settles at bottom of glass)
2. Add tequila, orange juice, and lime juice into shaker with ice, and shake thoroughly.
3. Pour over ice and grenadine.
4. Add jalapeño and sliced blood orange. Spicy!

Atlanta Falcons on My Mind

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Four Roses Bourbon
• 1/2 ounce Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur
• 1 1/2 ounces peach nectar (Looza brand)
• 2-3 dashes of Bitter Truth Celery Bitters
• Basil

1. Place 4 medium-sized fresh basil leaves in a shaker and muddle well.
2. Add the liquids.
3. Add ice and shake vigorously to chill and blend the flavors.
4. Strain into an ice-filled short glass and garnish with a fresh sprig of basil and two thin straws.

The Baltimore Raven

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce vodka
• 1 ounce rum
• 1 ounce blue curaçao
• 1/2 ounces Chambord

1. Pour the vodka, rum and blue curaçao into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.
3. Slowly pour the Chambord over the back of a bar spoon so it floats on top.

Chicago Buffalo Bill

Ingredients:

In short rocks glass over ice:

• 2-3 ounces apple juice
• 2-3 ounces (equal part) bourbon

1. Stir and enjoy!

Carolina Panthers Sweet Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Sweet Carolina Sweet Tea Vodka
• 2 ounces lemonade

1. Mix equal parts and enjoy!

Da Bears-tini

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts Kahlua
• 1 1/2 parts Stoli Vodka
• Splash of coffee or espresso

1. Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
2. Serve in a martini glass and garnish with a twist of lemon.

Cincinnati Bengal Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 1 dash Maraschino
• 3 drops absinthe
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 2 ounces Old Tom Gin

1. Combine all of the ingredients into a shaker glass packed with ice.
2. Stir until very cold and strain into a wine glass (port glass if you have one).

Cleveland Buster Brown

Ingredients:

• 1/2 ounce bourbon
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• Splash of simple syrup
• Lemon twist for garnish

1. Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
2. Shake until cold and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with the lemon twist.

The Dallas Cowboy Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Milagro Silver Tequila
• 1/2 ounce blue curaçao
• 1/4 ounce Grand Marnier
• 1/2 ounce of lime juice
• 1 1/2 ounces ginger ale

1. Add all ingredients together, shake and strain.
2. Top off with ginger ale.

Denver Broncos Orange Crush

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Absolut Citron
• 1 ounce Dekuyper Triple Sec
• 1 ounce orange Juice
• Lots of crushed ice

1. Mix equal parts and serve!

Detroit Lions Paw

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Southern Comfort liqueur
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• 1 ounce raspberry wine

1. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake the Southern Comfort liqueur, pineapple juice, and raspberry wine until well blended.
2. Strain into a martini glass.

Green Bay Packers – The Pack

Ingredients:

• Simple syrup
• Splash of club soda
• 2 dashes of orange bitters
• 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
• 2 ounces Glenfiddich 12

1. Pour over ice, stir with bar spoon for about 20 seconds.
2. Throw in a garnish of fresh orange peel for an extra point.

Houston Texans Bee Sting

Ingredients:

• For honey syrup:
  • 1 ounce honey
  • 1/2 ounce hot water
• For the cocktail:
  • 1 jalapeño slice, about 1/2 inch thick
  • 1 1/2 ounces reposado tequila
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 3/4 ounce honey syrup
  • Garnish: jalapeño slice and lemon twist

1. Stir honey and hot water together to make honey syrup.
2. Muddle jalapeño in the shaker gently.
3. Add tequila, lemon juice, and honey syrup. Fill shaker with ice and shake for 15 seconds.
4. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish. Serve straight up.

Indianapolis Colts Dreamy Blues

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces white creme de cacao
• 1 1/2 ounces blue curaçao

1. Pour the creme de cacao into a well-chilled cocktail glass.
2. Float the blue curaçao on top.

Jacksonville Jaguar

Ingredients:

• 1 part vodka
• 3 parts Sprite® soda
• 1 part banana syrup

1. Mix in a highball glass. Add ice if desired.

Kansas City Chiefs Ice Water

Ingredients:

• 3/4 ounce gin
• 3/4 ounce vodka
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 7-Up soda

1. Pour gin, vodka and lime juice over ice in a highball glass.
2. Fill with 7-up, and serve.

Miami Dolphins Mojito

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces rum
• 1 ounce lime juice or 3 to 4 lime wedges
• 8 to 10 mint leaves
• Simple syrup
• Club soda

1. Place mint leaves, limes and simple syrup into a glass and muddle.
2. Add ice and rum.
3. Top off with club soda and shake.
4. Garnish with mint leaves and limes.

Minnesota Vikings Purple Slurpee

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce blue curaçao liqueur
• 1 ounce creme de bananes
• 1 ounce grenadine syrup
• 2 ounces club soda

1. Pour the blue curaçao and the creme de banane in a tall glass.
2. Blend ice, soda and grenadine and mix in the glass. Change amounts of ice and soda to liking.

New England Patriots Sidecar

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce light rum
• 1/2 ounce brandy
• 1/2 ounce triple sec
• 1/2 ounce lime juice

1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake well.
3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

New Orleans Saints Fizz

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce cream
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar, to taste
• 2-3 drops orange flower water
• Seltzer

1. Combine everything except seltzer in a cocktail shaker. Tradition dictates that the drink be shaken very hard for at least one and preferably two full minutes with ice.
2. Strain into a chilled Collins glass and add an ounce or two of chilled seltzer, to taste.

The Absolut Jolly New York Giants

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Absolut Ruby Red Vodka
• 1/2 part Maraska Maraschino Liqueur
• 1/4 ounce pomegranate juice
• 1/2 part lemon juice

1. Shake and strain into a martini glass over a brandied cherry, or over ice into a rocks glass.

New York Jets Appletini

Ingredients:

• 1/3 ounce dry vermouth
• 1/3 ounce sweet vermouth
• 1 ½ ounces vodka
• 2 ½ ounces apple juice
• Apple slice for garnish

1. Fill martini glass with ice to chill.
2. Fill mixing tin half way with ice.
3. Add vermouth, vodka and apple juice.
4. Discard ice from martini glass and fill glass with mixture.
5. Garnish with apple slice.

Oakland Raiders Brewsky Sangria

Ingredients:

• 2 Bartlett pears, peeled and chopped
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• Four 12-ounce bottles lager, chilled
• 1 cup triple sec
• Ice
• 2 Bosc pears, sliced, for garnish

1. In a food processor, combine the Bartlett pears with 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice and process to a puree.
2. Slowly pour the beer into a pitcher. Stir in the remaining 1 cup of lemon juice, the triple sec and the pear puree.
3. Fill pint glasses halfway with ice.
4. Add the sangria and garnish with the Bosc pear slices.

The Philadelphia Eagle Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 3/4 ounce creme de violette
• 1 ounce lemon
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 egg white

1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake well.
3. Strain into a wine glass.

Pittsburgh Steelers Black and Gold

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Blavod Vodka
• 1 ounce Goldschläger Cinnamon Schnapps

1. Pour the Blavod into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake well.
3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
4. Top with Goldschläger.

Saint Louis Rams Mule

Ingredients:

• 3⁄4 ounce bourbon
• 3⁄4 ounce Laird’s Applejack
• 3⁄4 ounce lemon juice
• 1⁄2 ounce Campari
• 1⁄2 ounce triple sec, Cointreau

1. Combine with ice, shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

San Diego Chargers Electric Blue Margarita

Ingredients:

• 1½ ounces gold tequila
• 1½ ounces fresh lime juice
• ½ ounce blue curaçao
• ¾ ounce agave nectar

1. Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.

San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush

Ingredients:

• 1/2 ounce Goldschläger cinnamon schnapps
• 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 3 ounces chilled brut sparkling wine
• 1 to 2 dashes Angostura bitters

1. Pour schnapps and lemon juice into a coupe glass, then top with sparkling wine and bitters

Seattle Seahawks Slammer

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce triple sec
• 3/4 ounce lime juice
• Dash of Pernod (or other anise-flavored liqueur)
• Dash of green crème de menthe

1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
2. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Berried Treasure

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces New Amsterdam Red Berry Vodka
• 3/4 ounce lemonade
• 3/4 ounce white creme de cacao
• Lemon peel for garnish

1. Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake well.
3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
4. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Tennessee Titans Firecracker

Ingredients:

• 1¼ ounces vodka
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 1 ¼ ounces blue curaçao
• ¾ ounce grenadine
• Splash of simple syrup

1. To make simple syrup, mix equal parts hot water and sugar until sugar is dissolved.
2. Pour grenadine into bottom of an empty Collins glass.
3. Add ice.
4. Gently pour curaçao over grenadine.
5. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine vodka, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
6. Strain over curaçao and serve with straw on the side, so guests can place straw into glass and see the layers explode.

Washington Redskins Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 part crown royal
• 1 part apple pucker
• 1 part cranberry juice

1. Combine Ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.