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Drink Recipes

  

TYPES OF DRINKS

 

Each drink recipe serves one or two unless otherwise indicated.

Brandy===
Between The Sheets
1 ounce brandy
1 ounce Cointreau
1 ounce light rum
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Crushed ice
Fill mixing glass with crushed ice. Add liquid ingredients. Shake and strain 
into a rocks glass filled with ice cubes.

French Connection
2 ounces brandy
1 ounce amaretto
1 splash triple sec
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add brandy and amaretto and stir. Top with a splash of triple sec and serve.

Brandy Alexander
1 1/2 ounce brandy
1 ounce crème de cacao (dark)
1 ounce heavy creme
1 scoop crushed ice
Mix all ingredients in a shaker. Strain mixture into a cocktail glass.



Bour
bon
===
Mint Julep
2 1/2 ounces bourbon
7 sprigs mint
1/2 ounce simple syrup
Place six of the mint sprigs in a Collins glass. Add simple syrup and muddle the sprigs and syrup well. Add 1-1/2 ounce of the Bourbon and stir. Fill glass with ice cubes and add the rest of the Bourbon. Stir well and garnish with an orange slice, a lemon slice, and the final sprig of mint. 
SIMPLE SYRUP: Place 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for five minutes and transfer to a container to cool. Can be refrigerated for up to 6 weeks.


Gin==       
Gin Rickey
1-1/2 ounces gin
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, (juice of 1/2 lime)
6 ounces club soda, (or to fill)
Fill a highball glass with ice. Add gin and lime juice. Fill with club soda and stir. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

M
int Martini
4 ounces gin
1/2 ounce white vermouth
1/2 ounce Peppermint Schnapps
Colored sugar
Candy cane
Ice
Shake contents in martini shaker with ice. Rim glass with lemon juice and dip into colored sugar. Pour in drink mixture. Garnish with candy cane.


Singapore Sling
1/2 Lemon, juice of
1 Teaspoon Powdered sugar
2 Ounce Gin
1/2 Ounce Cherry brandy
Carbonated water (to fill)
Mix and serve! 


Rum==
Blue Hawaii

1 ounce blue Curacao
1/2 ounce dark rum
1/2 ounce light rum
1 ounce orange juice
5 ounces pineapple juice, (or to fill)
3 ounces crushed ice
Pour crushed ice into blender. Add curacao, rum, pineapple juice, and orange juice, and blend until smooth. Pour into beer goblet. Garnish with an orange slice, pineapple chunk, and cherry on a toothpick.


Long Island Iced Tea
1/2 ounce vodka
1/2 ounce gin
1/2 ounce light rum
1/4 ounce tequila
1/2 ounce triple sec
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste
6 ounces cola, or to fill
Cracked ice
Ice cubes
Fill a mixing glass with ice. Add liquors and lemon juice Shake and strain into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Fill with cola. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of mint and serve with a straw and an iced tea spoon.


Hurricane
1 ounce dark rum
1 ounce light rum
1/2 ounce Galliano
2 ounces passion fruit syrup
1/2 ounce orange juice
1 splash Rose's lime juice
1 splash Pineapple juice
Fill a mixing glass with cracked ice. Add rum, galliano, passion fruit syrup, and orange juice. Shake and strain into highball or tall glass filled with ice cubes. Top with a splash of Rose's lime juice and a splash of pineapple juice.


Zombie
1 ounce light rum
1 ounce dark rum
1/2 ounce grenadine
1/2 ounce triple sec
1 ounce apricot brandy
2 ounces orange juice
2 ounces sour mix, bottled
1 splash Rose's Lime Juice
1 dash 151-proof rum
1 lemon slice
Cracked ice
Ice Cubes
Fill a mixing glass with cracked ice. Add light and dark rums, grenadine, triple sec, apricot brandy, orange juice, and sour mix. Shake well and strain into a Collins or highball glass filled with ice cubes. Top with a dash of 151-proof rum and garnish with a lemon slice.


Rum Runner
1/2 ounce light rum
1/2 ounce dark rum
1/2 ounce crème de banana
1/2 ounce blackberry brandy
1/2 ounce grenadine
sour mix
pineapple juice
splash of orange juice
1/2 ounce 151 rum
Ice
Pour light and dark rums, crème de banana, brandy and grenadine into a tall glass. Add sour mix and pineapple juice until the glass is full. Add a splash of orange juice. Pour into another glass with ice; shake. Top with 1/2 ounce of 151 rum.


Scotch===
Godfather
1-1/2 ounces Scotch
1/2 ounce amaretto
Fill a rocks or old fashioned glass with ice. Add scotch and amaretto and stir.

Rob Roy
1-1/2 ounces Scotch
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
STRAIGHT UP: Fill a mixing glass with cracked ice. Add Scotch and sweet vermouth. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry. ON THE ROCKS: Fill a rocks glass with ice cubes. Add Scotch and sweet vermouth and stir. Garnish with a cherry.

Rusty Nail
1 ounce Scotch
1 ounce Drambuie
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add scotch and Drambuie and stir.


Vodka
===

Creamsicle
1/2 ounce vodka
1/2 ounce Triple Sec, or Cointreau
1/2 ounce orange juice
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
Add all ingredients in blender and blend at high speed until smooth, about 30 seconds. Serve with straw in dessert or cocktail glass. Tastes just like a Dreamsicle!

Salty Dog
1-1/2 ounces vodka
5 ounces grapefruit juice, or to fill
Margarita salt
Ice cubes
Rim a highball glass with margarita salt or other coarse-ground salt. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Add vodka and grapefruit juice and stir.


Spicy Bloody Mary
1-1/2 ounces vodka
3 ounces tomato juice
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1-3 dashes Tabasco sauce, or to taste
1 pinch celery salt, or to taste
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 stalk celery
1 lime wedge
ice cubes
cracked ice
Combine liquid ingredients and seasonings in a mixing glass. Shake with cracked ice and strain into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Garnish with celery stalk and wedge of lime.  Omit vodka for a Virgin Mary

Whiskey===
Whiskey Sour
1 lemon, Juiced
1/2 teaspoon powdered sugar
2 ounces blended whiskey
Cracked ice
Fill a mixing glass with cracked ice. Add lemon juice, whiskey, and sugar.  Shake and strain into a sour glass filled with ice cubes. Garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry.


Irish Creme
1 Cup light cream
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1-2/3 cups whiskey
1 teaspoon instant coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
Combine all in blender. Blend on high speed for 30 seconds, bottle tightly and refrigerate (will keep for two months if cool). Makes 36 oz


Old Fashioned
2 ounces blended whiskey
2 dashes bitters
1 teaspoon water
1 teaspoon sugar
ice cubes
1 lemon twist
1 orange slice
1 maraschino cherry
Pour bitters and water into an old fashioned glass. Add sugar and muddle well with a bar spoon or teaspoon. Add whiskey and stir. Add ice cubes. Twist a lemon peel over the drink and drop into glass. Garnish with an orange slice and cherry.

Punches and More===
Holiday Eggnog

1 qt. prepared dairy eggnog
12 ounce blended whiskey
1 3/2 ounce rum
Mix all ingredients in a large punch bowl.  Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg if desired

Sunny Holiday Punch
46 ounces can pineapple juice, chilled
28 ounces bottle mineral water or club soda, chilled
6 ounces can frozen orange juice concentrate
1 each lemon or lime, thinly sliced
2 cups fresh or frozen berries
750 milliliters champagne, chilled
Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl. Garnish as desired.
Serves 10-12

Brandied Spice Coffee

1/3 cup ground coffee
1/2 Teaspoon brandy extract
1-1/2 3 inch cinnamon sticks
1/4 Teaspoon whole cloves
1/4 Teaspoon whole all spice
Place coffee in blender or processor. With processor ruining, add extract.  Stop and scrape the sides. Process 10 seconds longer. Place in container and mix in spices. Store in fridge.

Irish Coffee

1 ounce Irish whiskey
1 cup of coffee
Sugar
Whipped cream
Pour the liquor into a steamed glass or cup rimmed with sugar. Fill within 1/2 inch from the top with strong, hot coffee. Cover surface to brim with chilled whipped cream.

Fresh Blender Lemonade
2 lemons, white pith removed
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup simple syrup, recipe in directions
1-1/2 cups crushed ice
FOR EACH SERVING: Place 2 lemons, simple syrup, and water in a blender with top on and blend at medium speed until lemons are liquefied. Add ice and blend on high until pureed (3 to 4 minutes). Serve in a tall glass with a straw and iced tea spoon and garnish with a lemon wheel. Recipe can be adjusted to your personal preferences for sweetness or tartness. SIMPLE SYRUP: Place 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for five minutes and transfer to a container to cool. Can be refrigerated for up to 6 weeks

Pineapple Mint Punch
2 Quart sweet cider
2 Quart gingerale
1 can pineapple juice, (46 oz)
1 can frozen limeade
1 orange, sliced thin
1 lemon, sliced thin
3 sprigs crushed mint
Mix cider, pineapple juice and limeade together. Add sliced orange, sliced lemon and crushed mint. Add gingerale just before serving.
Serves 25+

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