Almost Famous Blood Mary

If you ever have the chance visit Milwaukee for the weekend, and have some time to spare on Sunday morning you will more than likely find yourself at a local bar/restaurant eating brunch. In addition to the eating you will also find yourself drinking. Correct I said it, day drinking, and no that doesn’t mean you have a problem 🙂

If you like Bloody Mary’s “Bloody’s”  this city is the one for you! We take our drinking very serious here, and that can also be said about our Bloody Mary’s. I’m not just taking tomato juice some celery salt and a dash of hot sauce. The Bloody’s around Milwaukee are truly gourmet. From the house made flavored vodkas, to the blue cheese stuffed  olives, and the plethora of toppings. These Sunday morning drinks can in them selves be a full meal.

Having lived in Milwaukee for the last 7 years I can say that I have been around the block when it comes to sampling Bloody’s in the city.  I know I may be impartial to one, (Alex, my boyfriend used to bar-tend here) but I truly believe The Wicked Hop serves the best Bloody Mary in the city. Since I have the inside scoop on the recipe I would like to share it with you so you can have this drink any day of the week! (This is not the exact recipe that the Wicked Hop uses, but I believe it comes very close)

Here is a shot of Lambeau trying to help me gather all my ingredients… That last all of 7 seconds

Here are all the ingredient you will need. I know it may look like over kill, but you probably have most ,if not all of these thing in your fridge already.

Recipe ( Makes 4 12oz Serving)

• 5 Cups V-8
• 1 Cup Vodka (Please don’t use your Grey Goose for this recipe. Flishmans or Smirnoff will do just fine)
• 1 Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
• 1/2 Tablespoon Horseradish
• 11/2 Tablespoon A-1 steak sauce
• 11/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire
• 4 Dash’s of Celery Salt
• Hot Sauce to Taste

Directions.

Place 1 cup of V8 , Dijon, horseradish, A-1, celery salt, hot sauce, and Worcestershire  into a martini shaker ( I find this the best way to mix the ingredients thoroughly) and shake shake shake. Add this mixture to the rest of the V8 and Vodka,  stir to combine. Serve in tall glasses filled with ice and a straw. For the finishing touch top with my list of must have fixings below!

In addition to this recipe you also need some good Fixings to turn this into a real meal. The Wicked Hop serves their Bloody’s with string cheese whips,  blue cheese stuffed olive, beef stick, pickled mushroom, baby dill pickle, jumbo shrimp, lemon, and lime wedges.

For my version I like to change it up a little bit. I prefer

Must Have Fixings

1) String cheese whips

2) Beef stick

3) Pickle

4) Celery stalk

5) Lemon and lime

This is hands down the best Bloody Mary in Milwaukee! Thank god I live within walking distance!