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Thanksgiving Spice

Thanksgiving Spice

2 oz. Brandy
4 oz. Apple Cider
½ oz. Aperol®
1 oz. Cranberry Juice

In a shaker with ice mix all ingredients well.  Strain over ice in a tall glass with apple slices and garnish with an apple slice.

(drinksmixer.com)

Apple, Ginger and Cranberry Vodka

Apple, Ginger and Cranberry Vodka Cocktail
 

This drink sounds so delicious that I just had to post it.  Good for Autumn also. 

Ingredients:

2 cups (500 ml) apple juice (use the cloudy type)
2 cups (500 ml) cranberry juice
100 ml Vodka (roughly equivalent to 3 ounces)
2 cups (500 ml) ginger ale
Ice, to serve

Method:

Place the apple juice, cranberry juice and vodka in a blender and whizz until pale, pink and frothy.  Pour into a large serving jug, add the ginger ale and a good handful of ice.

The original recipe is at What Katy Ate.

(whatkatyate.com)
(savvyinsanfrancisco)
(riverbender)

Apple Martini

Apple Martini

More drinks for Fall.

Apple Martini (original recipe makes 1 serving)

1 fluid ounce apple schnapps

1 fluid ounce vodka
1 fluid ounce apple juice
 
Directions:

In a cocktail shaker full of ice, combine apple schnapps, vodka and apple juice.  Mix well.

Pour into glasses and garnish with a slice of Granny Smith apple.

(allrecipes.com)

Martian Martini

This is the easy recipe for a Martian Martini which should taste out of this world. 

1 oz. Midori liqueur
2 oz. Gin

Combine gin and midori in a cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake and strain into a cocktail/marinti glass.  As simple as that.

(drinksmixer.com)

Apple Manhattan recipe

2 oz. Maker’s Mark® bourbon whiskey

1 oz. Berentzen’s® apple liqueur

Stir the whiskey and liqueur in a mixing glass with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with a slice of apple, and serve.

Read more: Apple Manhattan recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink7377.html#ixzz2kbD0d1Tw

Manhattan Skyscraper recipe

The legend behind this drink revolves around the young artist Simone Weingarnter and her time spent in the bars in Manhattan, NYC. Apparently her favorite cocktail was, of course, the Manhattan but she found that it produced too much appetite when drunk during the day. She wanted a Manhattan, but something she could sit on for a while without the hunger and the quick heating of the classic Manhattan. This was her solution, a tall Manhattan with a ginger ale throw that by association became the Manhattan Skyscraper.

1 1/2 oz. bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
3-8 oz. dry ginger ale
1 fresh orange peel
1 cocktail cherry
 

Fill glass with 3/4 ice. Run orange peel around rim. Pour bourbon then red vermouth in the glass over the ice then stir. Twist peel into glass, then spike the twisted peel and cherry on a tooth pick and throw into glass. Pour ginger ale according to taste/glass size. Stir, then pull the garnish back up so it sits on top of the ice.

Read more: Manhattan Skyscraper recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink1c5d759.html#ixzz2kbDXpa7s

Dark and Stormy

The official Dark 'n Stormy uses only Gosling's black rum.  If you don't have Goslings, use a dark rum.

Ingredients-
- ice
- 1/4 lime cut into two thick slices, one for garnish, one to squeeze over the ice (optional)
- 2 ounces Goslings Black Seal Bermuda black rum
- 4 ounces ginger beer (Gosling's makes one just for this purpose)

METHOD

Fill a highball glass with ice.  If using lime, squeeze a slice over the ice.  Add the rum.
Add the ginger beer and place a slice of lime on the rim of the glass for a garnish.

Yield- Makes 1 drink

(simplyrecipes.com)

An icy rescue

This is so cute!  I found this the other day on MSN under MUST-SEE PHOTO.

 

MUST-SEE PHOTO

 
An icy rescue

An exhausted & freezing owl clings to the front of a canoe after being rescued by a surprised paddler from the cold waters of a lake in Finland.

Nov. 7, 2013: Pentti Taskinen was paddling on Lake Tuusula when he spotted something strange moving in the water. As he drew closer, he was shocked to discover an exhausted Northern Hawk Owl struggling to keep its head above water. Pentti lifted the bird out of the water and lay it on the front of his canoe as he paddled back to shore. When he got to dry ground, he headed to a nearby museum, where the owl was wrapped in a coat and placed in a cardboard box next to the stove. One of the museum guides took it home and, once it had recovered, released it back into the wild.

 

http://photos.msn.com/slideshow/news/must-see-november-2013/23yz3pw8

 

 

Fall in Tennessee

Fall in Tennessee

2 oz. Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey
4 oz. Apple Cider
Cinnamon stick
Apple slices

In a shaker with ice, add Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey and cider.  Shake well. 
Strain into highball glass and garnish with apple slices and cinnamon stick.

Jackdaniels.com