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B. Smith's general manager Thomas Townsend shows how to make election themed drinks


Mixing it up with the candidates

by Courtney Beard
Oct 15, 2008


Obama Bahama Mama

Mixings

-Mount Gay Rum
-Apricot Liqueur
-Blue Curacao
-Banana Liqueur
-Splash of dark rum
-Fruit Juice mixture of Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice and Grenadine

 
Recipe courtesy: Thomas Townsend, B. Smith's Restaurant


McCain Mount Gay Mojito

Mixings

-Lime
-Mint
-Mount Gay Rum
-Simple Syrup


Recipe courtesy: Thomas Townsend, B. Smith's Restaurant


WASHINGTON --Are you wondering what to do while enjoying the last few weeks of the presidential campaign? Candidate-inspired cocktails are all the rage.

As drink creator Thomas Townsend explained, there are two new ways to keep the conversation going and your guests entertained: by serving a McCain Mount Gay Mojito or an Obama Bahama Mama.

Townsend is general manager of B. Smith’s restaurant on Capitol Hill. And he said the customers can’t wait to drink up. But what are the people drinking more of --  McCain or Obama? As the election draws closer, Townsend is doing his own unofficial polling.

“We started out being pretty much straight down the line [with both candidates] but over time we have become very pro-Obama here,” Townsend said.

So whether you’re leaning to the right or left this election season, check the boxes on the right to see your grocery list.