Tailgating before the big game is easily one of the best parts of sports season. You get to park near the stadium, fire up the portable grill, play music, and hang out with hundreds of other fans. But if your cooler setup is messy, tailgating can get frustrating real fast.
We have all seen someone struggle at a tailgate because they packed three heavy cases of bottles, extra bags of mixer juices, and cups that blew away in the wind. By the time game time comes around, half their stuff is broken or lost in the parking lot.
The trick to a great tailgate is keeping your pack list as short as possible. The less stuff you bring, the easier it is to pack up when it is time to head inside the stadium gates.
When it comes to drinks, canned beverages are the undisputed champ of game day. Cans do not break on concrete parking lots, they stay cold in ice water, and they compress down flat in the trash bag when you finish them.
A fantastic option for game day is Vodkade Orange Original. It gives you a delicious mandarin orange flavor mixed with real vodka at 5% ABV. Since it comes in slim 12 fl oz cans, you can easily stack twice as many drinks into your cooler compared to bulky bottles.
Here are four simple steps to build the ultimate game day cooler:
Layer your ice properly. Put a layer of ice at the very bottom, line up your cans side-by-side, and then dump more ice on top. Make sure the ice gets down into all the cracks between the cans.
Keep drinks separate from food. Keep your meat and sandwiches in one cooler and your drinks in another. People open the drink cooler every ten minutes, which lets all the cold air out. You do not want your food warming up while people grab drinks.
Choose flat drinks over super fizzy ones. Tailgating involves standing up, walking around, playing cornhole, and cheering loud. Heavy carbonated drinks can make you feel full and sluggish before the game even starts. A non-carbonated orange vodka canned cocktail goes down smooth and keeps you feeling great.
Pack a heavy duty trash bag. Tie it right to your cooler handle so nobody leaves empty cans sitting around your parking spot.
With a clean setup and simple canned drinks ready to go, you can spend less time managing your tailgate and more time enjoying game day with your crew.
