If you’re in town for Superbowl Sunday and want to hit the local bars, here are a few cocktail suggestions locals swear by. Whether you’re catching the game in a bar or have tickets for the show, these choices should be in your itinerary anytime you’re hitting native Tampa Bay spots for good cheers and a good buzz.

Splitsville Super Bowl

Served in a literal bowl, this group drink (yes, avoid finishing one by yourself) packs in a full 64 ounces of “liquid poison,” whose ingredients include Snow Queen vodka, Graves grain alcohol, grape Pucker and soda. If you’re feeling adventurous, head down to the bowling alley Splitsville Lanes and get one of this for yourself. Afterwards, come home and make yourself one more.
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Fans of the Arizona Cardinals should enjoy the Cardinal Punch when they serve it during this upcoming Superbowl weekend. The original version of this fruity drink can be made for the kids (no alcohol) while the adults in the household will probably appreciate our alcohol-infused variation.
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While I haven’t heard of an official drink for Steelers fans, there’s little to keep fans from making their own anyway. Of course, fan mixes aren’t always the best, with drinks often ending up concocted with more fervor than actual taste. These two drinks are awesome symbolic cocktails for local Pittsburgh Superbowl parties that you might want to try instead of engaging in another hit-or-miss experimentation.
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During the heat of play on the Steelers vs Cardinals game come next weekend’s SuperBowl Sunday, the last thing you want to do is take time off from watching to mix a new batch of drinks. These cocktails should prove easy enough to put together that you can probably concoct a whole batch while staying glued to the set. If you need the undivided attention, try putting them together during timeouts and commercial breaks.
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With the inauguration over, I think it’s a good time to look at all the Obama cocktails we’ve seen concocted by mixologists all over the country. I first noticed the trend last year during the run-up to the elections and really hit the fan during his victory with almost every other bar we visit having their own version of an Obama drink.

Here are two of our most favorite cocktails mixed in honor of one of the most celebrated presidential candidates in recent memory.
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