I'm putting the final touches on my planning for the 2011 season...

Figured out which game is for roommate reunion/camping trip...

Got the kids in the shade with our new tickets...

Dialed in lodging and got a dog-sitter...

But I'm most excited about my contribution to our tailgate this year - Drinking with the Enemy

Every game this year, I'll be making a signature cocktail for the group based on our opponent and its starting to look pretty sweet.  Maybe a little bourbon heavy (Is that really a weakness?) but spanning a nice range of colors and taste profiles.

I'll post the list today and then I'm going to shoot for a running series that includes recipies and me doing my practice mix and volume production for each week.  I've tried to include some drinks I never heard of so I'm not 100% sold on any of them and am more than willing to accept suggestions - you try coming up with a drink for the Sycamores...

Wish me luck...

2011 Tailgate Cocktail Menu

Indiana St Sycamores - Blue Drink - basically no better time to drink the blue kool-ade than now, supposed to be a jolly rancher in a glass

Alabama Crimson Tide - Alabama Slammer - only no-brainer on the list

E. Michigan Eagles - Eagle Eye - passion fruity deliciousness

Iowa Hawkeys - BlackHawk - could taste like dirt, hard to know at this point

Purdue Boilermakers - Boiler UP - boilermakers were too easy, plus I needed something with Jaeger in it

Illinois Illini - Orange Champagne Punch - so smooth it drinks itself

Nebraska Cornhuskers - Cornhusker Deluxe - Grain alcohol, bourbon & Tabasco... Man I hate these guys