Three Olives Vodka: Root Beer

I took a day off from writing to enjoy some family togetherness this season. It's so hard for me to find time to spend with my parents, aunt, and brother this time of year that I often get caught up in that, and forget to write, do homework, or show up to work on time. This insert is about the delicious Root Beer vodka from Three Olives.

Oh my great lord is this stuff good. As I said in my last post, I know many people who aren't vodka drinkers. The thought alone makes them quiver. My aunt being one of them. She doesn't like the smell, taste, or usual burn you get from vodka. Unfortunately, she is someone who has had bad experiences with nothing but cheap, awful vodka. So, being the amazing nephew that I am, I induldged her in the awesome that is Three Olives (I know there are higher shelved Vodkas that are probably better, but Three-O is my favorite).

My aunt loves her root beer. She has had every root beer, ginger beer, sarsparilla, and cream soda known to man. She can't go some place without finding and/or buying a new kind of root beer. A friend of mine and I went to Old Town Temecula, California while visiting some old friends. There is a "Root Beer Bar" located on main street. They boast a selection of 1,000 different root beers, including an in house recipe they make themselves. My aunt flipped when I brought back 30 kinds.

The point I'm trying to make is my Aunt is somebody who loves Root Beer. When I had her try this vodka, she loved it. She liked the smell, she liked the taste, and she didn't mind the mild burn at all. She didn't even seem to notice.

Smell: The aroma permeates right out of the bottle once you open it. It seems to me that the colder the bottle, the stronger the root beer scent. I haven't quite been able to put my finger on the brand of root beer it smells like, but right now I'm leaning more towards Barq's.

Taste: The chest burn is very minimal in the root beer flavor. The root beer taste is dead on with Barq's but the smell is misleading. It works well in alot of cocktails and mixes, ,but my favorite is this stuff on the rocks. Throwing some ice into a scotch glass (I also use the Boris Vodka Glass [google it]).

My rating:★★★★

Recipes: This is another flavor I haven't been able to tamper around with. I thought I was onto something by adding it to ginger ale or 7-up the day I bought it, but found out these were already recipes that Three Olives had come up with themselves. Of the 6 recipes I know of, I will give you the four I've tried so far.

Rock Star Root Beer
1 oz. Three Olives Root Beer Vodka
1 oz. Three Olives Vanilla Vodka
4 oz. Ginger Ale
Mix in a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a Cherry

Brotherly Love
2 oz. Three Olives Root Beer Vodka
4 oz. Lemon-Lime Soda Mix in a glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a Lime Wedge

Root Beer Floatini
1 ½ oz. Three Olives Root Beer Vodka
½ Amaretto Liqueur
Shake hard over ice and strain into martini glass.
Float a melon-ball size scoop of vanilla ice cream
in the center.

British Car Bomb
1 oz. Three Olives Root Beer Vodka
½ pint of ale
Drop glass of Three Olives Root Beer vodka
into ½ pint of ale. Chug away

Three Olives Vodka!

I understand that there are plenty of people in this world that are not fans of vodka. Whether it's because they had a bad night of drinking cheap vodka, they had a bad night of drinking great vodka, or they just don't appreciate the burning taste of it. I have a few friends that shutter at just the thought of vodka, the way I shutter at the thought of tequila. However, I like, nay LOVE, vodka. I don't consider myself a vodka connoisseur in the least. There are many, many vodkas I have tried, and many more I have not. I have, however, decidedly become a giant peddler, self-announced promoter of Three Olives© vodka. The company produces 17 flavored vodkas, the 18th being classic vodka. I have tried each and every flavor of these vodkas, with the exception of one. The tomato flavor. I just recently saw it in the store (finally) yesterday afternoon. I didn't grab it however. I believe that in order to try it, I need a great cocktail recipe. I have found one, but since I bought the Triple Shot Espresso and Bubble flavors yesterday (Bubble being a bubble gum flavor) I have to wait a few days before I purchase the tomato.

I would like to take the time on this blog to begin doing a small flavor review of each flavor every other day. I will also include 2-3 drink recipes that I think most people will enjoy. Whether it's a recipe included on Three Olive's website, or one that I came up with at the bar I bartend at, I think you'll enjoy these recipes. I'll start today with the Three Olives Bubble©:

Smell: I have found that personally I am able to ease myself into a vodka if I smell it first (same as most people). The smell is a packed punch of Bazooka Joe-esque aroma, with the slight burning sensation of the vodka. Not too strong, not weak by any means.

Taste: The taste is incredible. You get more of the bubble gum taste than you'd expect from a flavored vodka. The aftertaste it still slightly that of vodka, offset by the light, dissipated bubble gum flavor. You still get the burning in your chest that I, along with many others love. If you happen to burp after wards, it's nothing but a bubble gum taste. One of my co-workers at the bar doesn't find it at all appealing. This is a fun vodka that can work for starting a ladies night out, or just something new for the guys to try.

my rating:★★★★

Recipes: I have not been able to tamper with Bubble at the bar, so the three recipes I'll be entering today, are from Three Olives website and the little booklet attached to the bottle at time of purchase

Bubble 0-7
2 oz Three-O Bubble
4 oz Lemon-Lime Soda
Mix in ice filled glass and garnish with lime wedge

Bubble Bomb (same as Jager bomb or Vegas Bomb)
2 oz Three-O Bubble
4 oz energy drink

Bubble Martini
2 oz Three-O Bubble
1 oz Ginger Ale
1 oz Cranberry Juice
Shake with ice and strain into chilled martini glass.
Garnish with a cherry

Still Failing

It has been almost a year since I started this blog. As I have said before, it was my absolute and sincerest plan to write everyday. This is my 5th post. Good god did that plan blow up.

I'm working on starting a weight loss blog. That way I can write about my exercising, my work out goals, my food intake, that kind of stuff. My goal is to lose around 30-35 pounds by the summer time. It could make my clothes look baggy as shit, and cost me a pretty penny in a new wardrobe. That actually doesn't bother me. What bugs me is looking at all of my old pictures and realizing I was 135 lbs. all through high school, and packed nearly 100 more since graduation. I'm not fat, by any means. I have more muscle than fat, but my face does look chubbier. I also have moobs (man boobs).

The reason I want to lose this much weight is because I want to slim down while I muscle up. My grandma is planning a trip to Orlando for all of us. My brother and I also might stay with my cousin Gary this summer at his place in Daytona. There is a third possible trip being rumored about. My brother and I might stay a week with our other cousin Danny in San Diego. Alot of trips to alot beach places. I can't be the fat guy from the midwest. I'd rather be the skinny, kind-of toned dude, with a hot smile.

So I'll be posting on three blogs total. I have this one my update/satirical attacks on life blog. My creative writing class blog (www.scottieswritingclass.blogspot.com) and my weight loss blog (www.scottiesweightloss.blogspot.com)


Hope something awesome happens at the Candy Store or bar in the next few days, so I can bitch about it to you guys.


Just to prove I'm not super fat, I included this photo

New Candy Store Blog

So apparently in my day-to-day life at the candy store, people feel the need to piss me off further and further. A heads up to all of you shoppers out there, DO NOT TALK TO THE EMPLOYEES UNLESS YOU HAVE A REAL QUESTION. In my candy store we sell a large Jawbreaker. I mean very, very large. It's the size of a softball. Everyday I work, no exaggeration, every single day I work there are always 3 or more people who will always pick it up, come to me, and ask "How do you fit this in your mouth?" or "How do you eat this?" Well, obviously it doesn't fit in your mouth, so stop asking me that. Seriously. The way you "eat" it is easy. You either lick it, or break it with a hammer. That's it. It's seriously that easy, so don't ask me anymore. Also, if I hear one more hot topic regular tell me that they ate one in a day and half, I swear to god I'll slap their pale right off of them.

To all of the customers who would like our gummy candy, keep this in mind. I don't have a problem getting it out of the jars for you, but it is GUMMY candy, GUM-ME. NOT GOOMY! I hate it more than anything when people ask me for half a pound of goomy bears. You sound like an idiot. I want to meet the guy who started calling them goomy. I want to kill that guy. Maybe it's because there's a company that specializes in gummy candy, called "Gummi", but wouldn't you still assume it's called gummy?

Stop walking up to me and asking if there are bags for the candy. There are baskets literally right next to the store's doors. If you don't see them when you walk in, I'm sorry. However, when you see other people walking around the store with a basket and you still ask me, I've just decided I hate you.

To all of my customers who ask me for something and I politely say (as I always do) "I'm sorry, we're all out of it" DO NOT respond with "Why?". You understand that we're because other people got there first right? You also understand that it's not funny to blame me for the item being out. If we had it in the back, I would have put it out when it started to get low on the shelves. Don't demand that I get it in as soon as possible. I don't make the stuff. I order it. When you order large quantities of an item, from an out of state distributor, it's going to take awhile to get there. Just because you asked for it doesn't mean I'm getting it in just for you the next day. If you want it sooner than 2-3 weeks (depending on our carriers) then order it on-line yourself. It's not hard.

If you ask me for an old ass candybar or hard candy from 1965, there's an 8/10 shot that it isn't made anymore. Mars Bars, Marathon Bars, Milkshake Bars, and 7up Bars are just a few of those on a huge list of "extinct" candy. Again, if you ask me for one of many extinct candies many things happen. See below for true happenings.

"Do you have any *insert extinct candy*?". "I'm sorry, they're out of production"

"Why?". "Because they don't make them anymore"

"Do you have any in the back?". "No, because they don't make them"

"I thought for sure you'd have them". "If it was still being made, we would"

"Well I know that". "Then why did you ask me?"



For those teenagers who come in and continuously ask me for "Pretzel Chewy Gooey's", stay the fuck out of my store. I know they aren't real and you come in once a month (all 15 of you) in 15 minute intervals. I'm honestly ready to stab you. Give it up. You aren't funny, and you'll never kiss a girl.



Epic weekend beer bong for your enjoyment

Why I hate half of the people that visit my store...

This is a brief letter to all of those people who have either visited or plan on visiting my candy store.


Dear Madame's and Sirs:

It is not funny to walk into my candy store and utter the following phrases:

"I feel like a kid in a candy store"
"Oh My god, I died and went to heaven"
"It's like Willy Wonka in here"
"I would get so fat if I worked in here"
and
"I hope you guys have a good dental plan".

As previously stated it's not funny. In fact, you sound like a jackass and no one wants that for you, especially you. If you are one of those people who likes to pick things up and "look" with your hands, please place that candy back in it's spot, not three inches from where it is supposed to be. If you grab something and decide it's not what you want to eat, again, please place it back in it's respective spot. Pucker powder tubes are not "pure sugar" so stop denying your children the want for them. They are composed of only 20% sugar. So that 34 inch tube of pucker powder your child desires so badly, still has less sugar in it than a mini pixy stick, which is pure sugar. Yeah, that's true.

For our older crowd, I could care less about the olden days, especially when your story about the "good old days" is so long, that I feel that I'm growing out of mine. I also don't care that pieces of licorice are 25 cents, but they used to be 5 cents when you were a kid. Cars used to be $300 dollars when you were that age, but I bet you didn't bitch at the car dealer when you bought your Buick LeSabre. Also, they are called "Fizzies" not "Fizzles" or "Fizzards". Charleston Chews are delicious, I agree. The story of how they got their name is on the back of the box, so I don't need or want to hear your story of how you think or "know" they got their name.

Parents, please control your children in my store. Yes it is a fun place, and yes I enjoy helping you. I also like when little kids smile in here. However, I don't like when they stick wrapped candy in their mouth, spit it on the floor, and you put it back in the jar or refuse to pay for it. If you didn't want to pay 65 cents for that sucker, you should have been watching your 5 year old to make sure he/she didn't jam it in there mouth. Don't bring your kids in here, and tell them they can't have candy. It not only makes me want to give them a free piece (just to piss you off) but I hate the sound of children crying. It's annoying. Stop telling them they can't touch anything. You sound like a NAZI. This is a fun store with fun people, not a military zone where we sell radioactive bars of lead. It's candy for christ's sake, let them touch (but make sure they put it back in it's place)

For the teenagers. I'd like to start off saying that I hate you. I really hate you. If my kids ever turn out to be the way you are, I'll kick them in the crotch repeatedly. On top of stealing the cheapest candy in the store. You do other stupid things, like never putting it back. You move things around. It's a jack in the box, stop playing with it. It does the same thing and you laugh everytime. "Pop Goes the Weasel" and then the clown comes out! HAHAHAHA. You are retarded. I have no idea how much of any given candy is in a pound, so don't ask me anymore and don't tell me that I'm fired because I don't know. If I asked you how many times 7 went into 200, you'd have to think about it. So as far as I'm concerned, we're even.

To all patrons of my store, stop breaking candy inside the wrapper. No one wants to buy broken candy bars or broken bubblegum cigars. Stop ripping up the cotton candy and stop squeezing it. It's real, no need to pull it apart or smash it. Again, no one will buy it if you do that. No, the tattoo pens and sunglasses are not edible. Remember when I said no one wants you to sound like a jackass, especially you? That's what you come off as when you ask me if you can eat the sunglasses or lick the ink from the tattoo pen off your arm.

Yes, the Jelly Belly's are $8.95/lb. I'm sure that seems expensive to you. In reality, given our selection and our awesome customer skills by giving you the choice of which beans you want, it's pretty cheap. Also, of all the places that Jelly Belly distributes to in the United States, we're the second cheapest in the midwest.

Please do not ever come into my store and break any of these rules. It would be much appreciated by me and my fellow employees. Not only will you save face, but you'll earn respect. Always remember that a little respect goes a long way.

Respectfully,

Scottie D. Adams

Starting Over Freshy Fresh

Wow, so alot has been going on. I started this blog up in January, and my plan was to update just about every other day. I failed miserably. This is my first post in almost 3 1/2 months. Needless to say, I really screwed the pooch on that plan. SO, I am starting over fresh. I now have the time to try and update this more frequently, so it should be alot easier for me.

I'll give you guys a quick rundown of what I've been doing since my older posts, which I deleted due to an overwhelming lamness factor.

I broke up with my girlfriend Chelsi.
I got back together with Chelsi lol
I started Poker nights every Thursday (which is now more sporatic than often, due to friends)
I have started camping with the boy scouts again finally
Jeff (Best friend) got engaged to my old friend Melissa (super fun)
The 2009 Red Sox season is officially underway
I have had many fish die (RIP Lyle, Talbot, Felix, Linus, and Bernie)
I have taken on a new betta fish (Emerson) and an aquarium snail (Whitman)
I have manically increased my PEZ collection to well over 400
I have excitedly enhanced my music collection (ask me to recommend a band)
I have just about doubled my iPod business, and the money is finally rolling in
I have settled on a new tattoo (To Be Great, Is To Be Misunderstood)
I have decided that nothing is cooler than a blank hoody.
I have bought more sunglasses in the past week, than in my life
I bought two pairs of chucks (awesome!)
and finally
I have started pumping iron and working out. I have lost 15 lbs in fat, and gained 20 in muscle

So that's been the exciting stuff (or just stuff) that has been going on. The things I am looking forward to, is a much shorter list.

I start sand volleyball this Wednesday at the bar
I leave for Cali for a much needed Vaca with my best friend Lindsey, to visit my oldest friend
I start as assistant manager at our Candy Store's new location once it opens
I plan on swimming a ton this summer (my little brother's lifeguarding again)
My family is planning a trip to visit more family in August. That's right Mitch, be ready.

I guess this post is just a quick update, and the next will actually be writing. I hope you're all doing well!

Scottie