I'M GOING TO
THINK OF YOU.
>> Fiona: THE MAN WHO'S
EVERYBODY'S FRIEND IS GOING
TO SHOW UP WITH ALL THE FUN
ADULT BEVERAGES, NICK FROM
IS HERE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU BRING?
>> YES.
VODKA.
>> Fiona: YOU JUST ROLL ON
UP WITH ALL T BOTTLES.
>> Mike: WHOLE NEW MEANING
TO THE WORD LEFTOVERS.
>> Fiona: YES, BECAUSE WE
ARE MAKING DRINKS TODAY THAT
ARE BASED OFF OF STUFF
TABLE.
>> TWO OUT OF THE THREE
DRINKS WE ARE.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN APPLE
PIE, YOU TAKE THE GUTS OF AN
APPLE PIE AND DO IT OR JUST
USE A FILLING AND WE'RE
CRANBERRY SAUCE.
>> Mike: I'VE PUT THAT ON A
A COCKTAIL.
>> IT'S A GREAT COCKTAIL.
RIGHT HERE.
THESE ARE THE DRINKS.
WE MADE THE PECAN PRALINE
MARTINI EARLIER AND THIS IS
THE CRANBERRY.
>> UH-HUH.
A LIME CELLO WHICH IS A
VODKA.
LET'S START WITH YOU, MIKE.
TOP THE CRANBERRY SAUCE, GO
AHEAD AND POP THE JUG THERE,
>> Mike: OKAY.
>> AND DO A SQUEEZE OF THAT
BLOOD ORANGE IN THERE, TOO.
DON'T FORGET THE VODKA AND
THE SIMPLE SYRUP.
YOU CAN USE ANYTHING REALLY
ON THE TABLE AND MAKE
>> Fiona: INTERESTING.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAME UP
WITH THIS IDEA, RIGHT?
IT DOESN'T TASTE GOOD, JUST
COUNT VODKA.
>> I DO SIX COUNTS OF THAT,
THAT'S JUST SIMPLE SYRUP AND
THEN DO A FOUR COUNT OF THE
TEXAS VODKA.
>> Mike: ONE, TWO, THREE --
WHAT NUMBER WAS I ON?
OH, FOUR.
>> Fiona: ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR.
>> Mike: IT DOES SMELL GOOD
WITH THE CRANBERRY ALREADY.
>> Fiona: SHAKE THAT UP.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
HOLIDAY DRINK.
>> Fiona: SIMPLE YET
EFFECTIVE.
>> IT IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
>> Fiona: ALL RIGHT.
>> WHILE MIKE'S DOING THAT,
MIKE GO AHEAD AND USE THE
STRAINER THERE, BECAUSE
THERE ARE CHUNKS IN THERE
THERE.
>> Mike: THIS ONE?
>> USE THE SHORT ONE.
>> Mike: THE PRETTY GLASS.
>> THE PRETTY GLASS.
THE.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO
BE AN APPLE PIE.
THIS IS THE FILLING OF AN
APPLE PIE, GO AHEAD AND DO A
COUPLE SCOOPS OF THAT IN
THERE AND MUDDLE IT UP
BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALL CHUNKED
UP FOR YOU ALREADY.
AGAIN YOU'RE GOING TO BUTT A
LITTLE LIT OF -- LITTLE BIT
OF SIMPLE SYRUP.
TEXAS PRIDE VODKA, WE
HANDCRAFT THAT OVER ON
ARTISAN ALAMO DOWN ON EIGHTH
STREET.
>> Mike: THAT'S PRETTY
TASETY.
>> Fiona: YOU WANT TO
MUDDLE?
LET ME TASTE THIS.
YOUR DISTILLERY.
>> MY TASTING ROOM IS
BASICALLY THE SHOWROOM OF MY
DISTILLERY ITSELF.
I REALLY WANTED TO HANDCRAFT
VODKA BECAUSE A LOT OF
VODKAS AREN'T REALLY
HANDCRAFTED ANY MORE.
I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT VODKAS,
ONE IS CORN BASED WHICH IS
MADE WITH THE TEXAS PRIDE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
>> Fiona: IT'S THE ONLY ONE
IN THE WORLD, RIGHT?
>> I TAKE THE PAD OF THE
PRICKLY PAIR ACCESS ROAD
CUSS AND -- PAIR ACCESS ROA
-- PEA
>> Mike: HOW MANY IN HERE?
>> GO AHEAD AND DO A FOUR COUNT.
AND THEN JUST HOWEVER MUCH YOU
WANT ON THE VODKA.
Mike: HEY, FIONA.
YOU'RE UP TO BAT
>> WHAT COUNT WAS THAT?
I THINK YOU NEED LITTLE MORE.
THERE YOU GO.
>> Mike: WHAT WOULDN'T YOU USE
STUFFING?
TURKEY.
>> TURKEY.
NO.
>> SO ON THE APPLE PIE, I DO A
LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE OF CARAMEL
THERE.
AND THEN STICK THAT ON THERE.
THAT JUST KEEPS THE CHUNKS OUT.
I HAVE LITERALLY DONE PECAN PIE,
CHERRY PIE, APPLE PIE.
WE HAVE THE APPLE PIE ON OUR
MENU AT THE DISTILLERY.
>> Mike: ANY KIND OF FRUIT YOU
CAN LET IT SIT IN THERE ON THAT.
TASTE THAT ONE.
>> Fiona: I'M ON IT.
>> Mike: AND THEY LOOK REALLY
FESTIVE TOO.
AND THEY'RE FALL COLORS.
>> Fiona: THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
>> SO ONE THING IS A SPIN-OFF OF
A LIME CELLO.
THIS TAKES A COUPLE OF DAYS TO
MAKE.
IT'S SUGAR, WATER, LIME, AND
SPIKED VODKA.
AND SO I TAKE TWO CUPS OF SUGAR
AND MIX IT WITH TWO CUPS OF
WATER.
AND I'M GOING TO SQUEEZE IN
THREE LIMES.
NOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS REALLY
HAS TO SIT AND FERMENT -- NOT
FERMENT BUT LITERALLY INFUSE FOR
A LONG TIME.
>> Fiona: AND HOW LONG IS IT
INFUSED FOR?
>> ABOUT THREE DAYS.
>> Mike: DOES IT GET BETTER
>> YEP.
>> Mike: IF YOU WERE TO LET IT
GO FOR A MONTH?
>> AFTER FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, THAT
PRETTY MUCH STOPS.
THAT'S THE FINISHED PRODUCT,
ACTUALLY.
WHY DON'T YOU TRY THAT?
THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
IT'S SUGAR, WATER, AND LIME.
AND THEN POUR IT INTO ANOTHER
BOTTLE ABO HALFWAY.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
SPIKED VODKA.
THIS IS MY CACTUS VODKA.
>> Mike: OH, WOW!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Fiona: I WAS JUST ABOUT TO
OKAY.
NOW I KNOW.
>> Mike: WHAT?
>> ONE THING ABOUT THIS IS YOU
TAKE THIS --
>> Fiona: THAT'S GOOD!
>> THE SUGAR RIGHT NOW IS
SETTLING AND THE LIME.
BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, IT'S