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Ready For Green And Blackout Wednesday
The day before Thanksgiving has the honor of being two of the biggest consumption days of the year – are you ready?
While some people are prepping for Thanksgiving Thursday, the big feast and the holiday season afterwards, a significant amount are looking forward to Wednesday. The day before Thanksgiving has become a mini-holiday in its own right. It has become a time of robust celebration, so much it is known as Green Wednesday and Blackout Wednesday. It is a significant consumption day for both marijuana and alcohol imbibers.
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Blackout Wednesday, also known as Drinksgiving, has grown to rival major drinking holidays like New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day in terms of alcohol consumption. And cannabis is not far behind seeing a big spike in dispensary purchases on the same day. As legal cannabis moved across the nation, it caught on and gave options to people who want to “unplug” at the start of the holiday weekend.
Green Wednesday is a cannabis-centric moment the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. In in 2016, the phrase was coined when California cannabis delivery service noticed a significant uptick in orders the week before Thanksgiving. With over 50% of the country having access to legal weed, each year has only gotten bigger!
“Last year’s Green Wednesday had sales 72% higher than the average day. Flower accounted for 39.5% of sales with Vape at 23.7%, pre-rolled at 16.9% and edibles at 10.6%. Pre-rolled showed the biggest increase compared to the week before when it accounted for only 11.9%, so sales on Green Wednesday of pre-rolls specifically, were more than double a normal day.” shares Roy Bingham, Co-Founder and CEO of BDSA, one of the cannabis analytics firms.
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The original partakers start Blackout Wednesday, also known as Drinksgiving or Thanksgiving Eve. They helped make it become a significant cultural phenomenon. This unofficial holiday takes place on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and has gained notoriety as one of the busiest drinking nights of the year. The exact origins of Blackout Wednesday are not precisely documented, but the phenomenon is believed to have started decades before it was named. The term “Drinksgiving” dates back to 2007, while the first Google searches for “Blackout Wednesday” were recorded in 2014.
If you choose to celebrate, be safe, have fun, and have the ingredients for a hangover cure come the morning.
Ready to get your game on with these Super Bowl cocktails?
It is the finale to the football season and a good chunk of the population tunes in to watch the Super Bowl. Alone, with a few friends or a full on party…it is a festive occasions (at least until the 4th quarter in a tight game) and people enjoy a beverage. The Super Bowl is a drinking day for most viewers. As you settle into the 59th annual game, try the best Super Bowl cocktails.
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Creole Bloody Mary
In a nod to the host city New Orleans, a Creole Bloody Mary is the best to pre-func and get right to start watching the game! This is a flavorful way to start the day.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup vodka
- 4-1/2 cups chilled tomato juice
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4-6 dashes Tabasco hot sauce
- Salt and black pepper
- Celery for garnish
Create
- Fill shaker with ice
- Combine vodka, juices, Worcestershire, salt, pepper and hot sauce in shaker
- Strain and pour in a tall glass with ice
- Garnish with celery stick
Super Bowl Julep
The nice thing about the Super Bowl is you can enjoy day drinking. While a Mint Julep is the drink of the Kentucky Derby, it is refreshing enough for morning football drinking. Plus it is good for the throat after all the cheering.
Ingredients
- 4 sprigs of mint
- 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons of water
- 2 oz. bourbon
- Fresh mint sprig, for garnish
Create
- Muddle the mint, the sugar and the water in a cup
- Add the bourbon and stir gently
- Fill a glass to the top with finely crushed ice, add the julep mix and garnish with mint
FYI, an ounce of mint simple syrup can be substituted for the mint/sugar/water mixture
Perfect Stormy
Why not combine the classic beer with the cocktail. Mix it up and enjoy this drink…rich in flavor and filling enough you don’t have too many over the course of the game.
2 oz amber rum
1 oz egg white
1 oz fresh lime juice
¾ oz ginger simple syrup
3 dashes Scrappy’s lime bitters
4 oz light beer
Glass: Highball tumbler/Collins glas
Create
- Dry shake all ingredients except the beer
- Add ice and shake
- Double strain into a collins glass with ice
- Top up with beer
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Gatorade Margarita
Everyone knows hydration is important when plays sports. It is also important for fans, especially if they are celebrating. Gatorade is part of the football culture, dive in with this take on a classic cocktail.
Ingredients
Create
- Mix the sugar and salt in a shallow dish
- Wet the rims of 4 to 6 rocks glasses with water and then dip in the sugar-salt mixture to coat
- Combine the sports drink, limeade concentrate, tequila and blue curacao in a large pitcher and stir
- Fill the rocks glasses with ice
- Pour the margarita into the glass
- Garnish each with an orange slice
Fourth Quarter Rum Countdown
When the fourth quarter hits, it can be a focus time, keep it simple with this classic drink. Quick to prepare, refreshing to drink and the soda is a little caffeine boost after tailgating.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Bacardi Superior rum
- 3 oz cola
- Lime for garnish
Create
- Fill a highball glass with ice
- Pour in a good rum
- Add the chilled cola, stir
- Garnish with lime
Ready to get your game on with these Super Bowl cocktails?
It is the finale to the football season and a good chunk of the population tunes in to watch the Super Bowl. Alone, with a few friends or a full on party…it is a festive occasions (at least until the 4th quarter in a tight game) and people enjoy a beverage. The Super Bowl is a drinking day for most viewers. As you settle into the 59th annual game, try the best Super Bowl cocktails.
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Creole Bloody Mary
In a nod to the host city New Orleans, a Creole Bloody Mary is the best to pre-func and get right to start watching the game! This is a flavorful way to start the day.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup vodka
- 4-1/2 cups chilled tomato juice
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4-6 dashes Tabasco hot sauce
- Salt and black pepper
- Celery for garnish
Create
- Fill shaker with ice
- Combine vodka, juices, Worcestershire, salt, pepper and hot sauce in shaker
- Strain and pour in a tall glass with ice
- Garnish with celery stick
Super Bowl Julep
The nice thing about the Super Bowl is you can enjoy day drinking. While a Mint Julep is the drink of the Kentucky Derby, it is refreshing enough for morning football drinking. Plus it is good for the throat after all the cheering.
Ingredients
- 4 sprigs of mint
- 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons of water
- 2 oz. bourbon
- Fresh mint sprig, for garnish
Create
- Muddle the mint, the sugar and the water in a cup
- Add the bourbon and stir gently
- Fill a glass to the top with finely crushed ice, add the julep mix and garnish with mint
FYI, an ounce of mint simple syrup can be substituted for the mint/sugar/water mixture
Perfect Stormy
Why not combine the classic beer with the cocktail. Mix it up and enjoy this drink…rich in flavor and filling enough you don’t have too many over the course of the game.
2 oz amber rum
1 oz egg white
1 oz fresh lime juice
¾ oz ginger simple syrup
3 dashes Scrappy’s lime bitters
4 oz light beer
Glass: Highball tumbler/Collins glas
Create
- Dry shake all ingredients except the beer
- Add ice and shake
- Double strain into a collins glass with ice
- Top up with beer
RELATED: Rainy Weather Cocktails
Gatorade Margarita
Everyone knows hydration is important when plays sports. It is also important for fans, especially if they are celebrating. Gatorade is part of the football culture, dive in with this take on a classic cocktail.
Ingredients
Create
- Mix the sugar and salt in a shallow dish
- Wet the rims of 4 to 6 rocks glasses with water and then dip in the sugar-salt mixture to coat
- Combine the sports drink, limeade concentrate, tequila and blue curacao in a large pitcher and stir
- Fill the rocks glasses with ice
- Pour the margarita into the glass
- Garnish each with an orange slice
Fourth Quarter Rum Countdown
When the fourth quarter hits, it can be a focus time, keep it simple with this classic drink. Quick to prepare, refreshing to drink and the soda is a little caffeine boost after tailgating.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Bacardi Superior rum
- 3 oz cola
- Lime for garnish
Create
- Fill a highball glass with ice
- Pour in a good rum
- Add the chilled cola, stir
- Garnish with lime
The Super Bowl followed by Mardi Gras – New Orleans is definitely the city of the moment – but will marijuana be in the mix?
They have the Super Bowl followed by the weeks long celebration of Mardi Gras. Folks are everywhere with open alcohol containers and you might catch a whiff of a green plant. As the party city of the country, what about New Orleans and marijuana? The commitment to imbibe is so strong, it took the threat of losing federal highways funds before they raised the minimum drinking age to 21. Securing the position of the last state to pass the legalization. While cannabis will definitely be at both marquee events this month, the city and state have a complicated with the plant.
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While recreational cannabis is illegal, New Orleans still hosts various cannabis-related events, such as the Big Easy Vibe Fest, which highlights the growing interest in cannabis culture and industry. Medical marijuana is legal and the city and state have embraced it. Also, being the Big Easy, there are illegal “cannabis” trucks which really sell heavy CBD. Scratch the surface, and you will find it all over.
In the early 20th century, New Orleans was at the forefront of marijuana prohibition in the United States. The city’s first ordinance banning marijuana was enacted in 1923, following a wave of public concern over its perceived dangers. This period, often referred to as the “marijuana menace,” was marked by police raids and arrests of users and sellers, with those caught being dubbed “muggleheads” by the press and law enforcement24. The state of Louisiana soon followed with its own prohibition laws, solidifying marijuana’s illegal status.
Fast-forward to 2016, when New Orleans took a significant step towards decriminalizing marijuana possession. Ordinance 31,148, signed into law by Mayor Mitch Landrieu, allowed for the issuance of summonses instead of arrests for marijuana possession, reducing penalties to modest fines1. This move was part of a broader trend across the U.S. to reevaluate marijuana laws, reflecting changing public attitudes towards the drug.
Currently, the only legal way to purchase and consume marijuana in New Orleans is through the state’s medical marijuana program. Patients must obtain a recommendation from a licensed healthcare provider to access cannabis products from approved dispensaries3. Louisiana also offers reciprocity for out-of-state medical marijuana patients, allowing them to purchase cannabis while visiting the city
The current political environment in the state doesn’t seem to eager to legalize something already used by a significant portion of the public. But for now, everyone in town for party will have plenty of access.
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