Hot Sugar Toddy

(Photo: Sugar Island Rum)

1.2 oz. Sugar Island spice rum
1 oz. Fresh lemon juice
.25 oz. Honey
3.25 oz. Hot water
Garnish with three cloves and lemon zest


In a mixing glass, combine rum, lemon juice and hot water. Slowly add the honey, stirring to combine.
Pour the toddy into a mug.  Pierce the lemon zest with the cloves and float the studded lemon in the mixture.

(observer.com)

Peppermint Twist Shots

(Photo: Smirnoff)

Peppermint Twist


1.5 oz. Smirnoff Peppermint Twist

Candy Cane for rim

Coat rim with crushed candy cane. Shake spirit over ice and strain into a chilled shot glass.

Winter Wonder

Winter Wonder by Ciroc Ultra-Premium Vodka

(Ciroc Ultra Premium Vodka)

1 oz. Ciroc Vodka
2 oz. Eggnog
1/4 oz. Godiva white chocolate liqueur
1/4 oz. Peppermint Schnapps


Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass.


Observer.com holiday cocktail recipes for Christmas & New Years

Help From an Elf

Photo:  Camus VSOP
 

Ingredients:

2 oz. Camus VSOP Elegance Cognac
4 oz. Half & half
1 oz. Simple Syrup
1/4 oz. Vanilla extract
Garnish with Brown Sugar and Nutmeg

Directions:

Rim a chilled martini glass with brown sugar and set aside.  Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and then strain into garnished martini glass.  Top with nutmeg and serve. 


(observer.com)

Merry Christmas!

 

 

  

Santa's Sip

(Photo: Bonfire)

2 oz. Bonfire Cinnamon Beach whiskey
1 oz. Mint schnapps
Garnish with a mint sprig and cinnamon stick

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.  Shake and strain into a glass with ice and garnish.

(observer.com)

Candy Cane

Ingredients:

3/4 oz SKYY Berry vodka
3/4 oz Peppermint Schnapps
3/4 oz white Crème de Cacao
1/4 oz grenadine
1 candy cane
half and half
soda water

Instructions:
1. Pour the vodka, Peppermint Schnapps, white Creme de Cacao and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake well.
3. Pour into a cocktail glass rimmed with crushed peppermint candy.
4. Fill with half and half.
5. Top with a splash of soda water.
6. Garnish with a candy cane and serve.

Via cocktails.about.com

Caramel pumpkin pie-tini

Caramel pumpkin pie-tini recipe
Makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
1-1/2 ounces milk
1-1/2 ounces vanilla vodka
1-1/2 ounces Bailey's Crème Caramel
1-1/2 ounce spiced pumpkin liqueur
Cinnamon stick for garnish
Whipped cream for garnish





Directions:

1. Dip the rim of a martini glass in water and then dip in graham cracker crumbs.

2. Combine milk, vodka, crème caramel, and pumpkin liqueur in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into prepared martini glass.

3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and a dollop of whipped cream.

http://www.sheknows.com/holidays-and-seasons/articles/812030/creative-thanksgiving-cocktails

Happy Thanksgiving!

Apple Pie Cocktail

 

Who doesn’t love apple pie? Be sure to use a good quality cider for the best result.

 If you’re fortunate enough to live in an area featuring apple orchards, maybe you can plan to do a little leaf-peeping, harvest-season multitasking, and make this with local fresh-pressed cider. It doesn’t get any better than that.

Makes 2 cocktails

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces bourbon
• 12 ounces apple cider
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pinch ground cloves
• Pinch ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Combine bourbon, apple cider, lemon juice, spices, and vanilla extract with ice; shake vigorously.

Preparation:

Fill two rocks glasses with ice. Strain bourbon mixture over. Garnish with apple slice, if desired.
(plumdeluxe.com)

Cinnamon Spiced Bourbon

Honey bourbon is, as its name suggests, bourbon infused with honey. Some popular brands to try are Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, and Jack Daniels. The flavor is subtle, warmly sweet, and surprisingly complex, often lingering with afternotes of vanilla, oak, and spice. It’s nice as a sipping bourbon, but I love what it does for cocktails like this one.

Makes 2 cocktails

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce cinnamon simple syrup (recipe below)
• 4 ounces honey bourbon
• 1-1/2 ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce ginger liqueur

For cinnamon simple syrup:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 4 cinnamon sticks

Preparation:
To make cinnamon simple syrup combine 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water with 4 cinnamon sticks in a small saucepan. Bring to boil; let boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. Store in refrigerator.
Combine bourbon, lemon juice, cinnamon syrup, and ginger liqueur in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
Fill two rocks glasses with ice and strain bourbon mixture over. Garnish with cinnamon sticks if desired.     (plumdeluxe.com)

Midnight Ghost

Ingredients

• 1 ½ parts Malibu Black Rum
• 1 part vanilla simple syrup
• 1 part cream
• 1 part lemon-lime soda

Instructions

Shake ingredients in a shaker filled with ice,
Then strain into a martini glass.

*For vanilla simple syrup, add a few drops vanilla extract to a mixture of one part sugar and one part water

courtesy Malibu Black Rum

Read more: Midnight Ghost http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/drink_recipes/midnight-ghost/#ixzz3kuZWk5qj
 

Bobbing for Apples

Ingredients
1 cup of ice cubes
2 fluid ounces Southern Comfort liqueur
1/4 cup of apple cider, or as needed.

Directions
Fill highball glass with ice.
Pour in Southern Comfort
Fill the rest of the glass with apple cider.
Stir before serving.

Recipe by Lindsay
"Southern Comfort and apple cider make a tasty fall drink that calms the nerves."     (allrecipes.com)

Candy Bar Cocktail

Combine:

1 part of coconut rum
1/2 part light rum
1 part Kahlua liqueur
1/2 part dark Crème de Cacao.



Enjoy in a chilled martini glass



(justmarriedrealestate.com)

Big Apple Caramel-Tini

(justmarriedrealestate.com)


 
2 parts Pucker Sour Apple Schnapps
1 part DeKuyper Buttershots
2 parts vodka (regular or vanilla)

Garnish with sugar around the rim, a drizzle of caramel, and a slice of apple
Shake it up with some ice cubes, strain and enjoy.

Very Peary Breeze

Ingredients:
2 oz. Pear Vodka
2 oz. Apple Juice
2 oz. Cranberry Juice

Directions:

Fill a highball glass to the rim with ice cubes.  Pour the vodka over ice, and top off with apple and cranberry juices.
Garnish with a lime wedge.

(Food.com)

Bittersweet Summer's End

 

1 cup Sauza Silver 100% Agave Tequila
3 cups grapefruit soda
1/2 cup lime juice
Grapefruit wedges (optional)

Pour tequila into pitcher with ice. 
Fill with grapefruit soda.
Squeeze juice of lime and garnish with grapefruit wedge (optional).

Enjoy!


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/colleen-mullaney/10-labor-day-cocktails

Cherry Slice

Grey Goose has been serving it’s Honey Deuce Cocktail at the US Open since 2006, and in honor of the their new vodka flavor, Cherry Noir, Grey Goose will be serving the Cherry Slice as well. Choices!

Ingredients

• 2 parts GREY GOOSE Cherry Noir Flavored Vodka
• ¾ part fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• ¾ part simple syrup
• Club soda

Instructions

Add GREY GOOSE Cherry Noir Flavored Vodka, fresh-squeezed lemon juice and simple syrup to a tall glass filled with ice, and top with club soda. Stir gently, and present with a cherry. 

 

 

Courtesy Grey Goose Vodka

Read more: Cherry Slice - Drink of the Week http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/drink_recipes/cherry-slice/#ixzz3kuWJaDN9
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Electric Lemonade

1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup sparkling mineral water
Dash ginger ale
2-3 cups ice
1 cup vodka
Frozen vodka or sparkling mineral water
Mint sprigs and lemon slices for garnish

Chill 4 chilling glasses in the freezer.  Combine lemon juice, sugar, mint, mineral water, ginger ale, and ice in a blender. Slowly blend until thick.
Remove the four glasses from the freezer and pour the jigger (1/4 cup) vodka into each.  Top with frozen lemonade mixture.



http://www.recipe.com/electric-lemonade/

Colorado Cooler

© Tina Rupp

Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey is a distinctive small-batch whiskey made in Denver from 100 percent malted barley. The flavor is malty and slightly vanilla-y.

Ingredients:

1 ounce chilled Club Soda
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
3/4 ounce Simple Syrup
2 ounces Malt Whiskey
(preferably Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey)
Ice
2 dashes of celery bitters (optional)
4 cherries (preferably Rainier, pitted
plus 1 cherry for garnish



In a cocktail shaker, muddle the 4 pitted cherries, Add ice and all of the remaining ingredients except the club soda and garnish.  Shake well.  Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass, stir in the club soda and garnish with a cherry.

Limoncello Collins

Tina Rupp

Ingredients

16 ounces limoncello (lemon-flavored liqueur)
12 ounces Gin
8 ounces fresh lemon juice
24-paper thin lemon slices
Ice
16 ounces chilled club soda
8 mint sprigs

In a pitcher, combine the limoncello, gin and lemon juice.  Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.  Press 3 thin lemon slices against the inside of each of 8 Collins glasses.  Add ice to the glasses.  Stir the limoncello mixture and pour it into the glasses.  Stir 2 ounces of club soda into each drink and garnish with a mint sprig.

Hatfields, Los Angeles

The Collins was most likely named after 19th-century bartender John Collins of London's Limmer's Hote.  The Tom Collins was originally made with Old Tom, a sweet style of gin that's extremely hard to find today.

Purple Haze #3

1/2 oz. Rum
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Chambord Raspberry Liqueur
1 oz. Sweet and Sour mix
7-Up Soda

Add liquors to an ice filled margarita glass.  Add sour mix, top with 7-Up, and serve.

(drinksmixer.com)

I omitted the Tequila.

White Rabbit

Ingredients:

3 oz. Stoli Vanilla Vodka
3 oz. Vanilla Liqueur
1 oz. Milk
Ice

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice, add in the vodka, liqueur and milk.  Shake and serve.



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Peach Fuzzies

Howard L. Puckett
 

Serve these festive peach fuzzies at an early afternoon barbecue.  Frozen pink lemonade concentrate gives the drink its color and its sweet-tart flavor base.  Add vodka, water and ripe peaches for extra sweetness, then process with crushed ice.
Makes 10 cups.

Ingredients

1 (12-ounce) can frozen pink lemonade concentrate, slightly thawed and divided.
3/4 cup vodka, divided
3/4 cup water, divided
4 cups peeled and cubed fresh, ripe peaches (about 6 large), divided
Crushed ice


Preparation

Process half quantities of first 4 ingredients in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.  Fill blender with ice to 5-cup level, and process until smooth.  Pour into a  pitcher.  Repeat procedure with remaining ingredients.  Garnish, if desired.

Ashley Strickland,
Coastal Living

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Surf Spritzer

The Surf Spritzer Cocktail Recipe:

1-1/4 parts Grey Goose L'Orange Vodka
3/4 part Aperol
3/4 part Liller Blanc
1 part Orange Juice
1 part Tonic water (or Seltzer)

1.  Add first four ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and shake vigorously.
2.  Strain into a highball glass filled with ice, and top with soda.
3.  Present with an orange slice.

The Surf Spritzer Cocktail is made using Grey Goose L'Orange Vodka, Aperol Bitters, Lillet Blanc, Orange Juice, Tonic Water. 

Sources:
cocktailatlas.com

cocktailsdrinkrecipes.com

La Federation

• 80 ml/2.5 oz Grey Goose Vodka
• 7/4ml/.25 oz Grand Marnier /Cointreau
• 104 ml/3.5 oz Ginger Ale
• Champagne or other French sparkling wine, such as Crémant de Bourgogne

 

 

Combine vodka and orange liqueur in a mixing glass, over ice. Stir well. Add ginger ale, swirl, and strain into cocktail glass. Top with sparkling wine, garnish with a mint leaf.

 

Copyright © 2015 The Alcohol Professor

 

Happy Bastille Day!

 

Kir Royale

Ingredients:

1 oz. Creme de cassis
Champagne
Garnish: Lemon twist or blackberry

Pour Creme de cassis with Champagne. 
Garnish with lemon twist.  

(CocktailTimes.com)

Lemon Icetini

1/2 oz. Bacardi Limon Rum
1/2 oz. triple sec
1 oz. lemonade
1 oz. Sierra Mist Soda


Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes. 
Stir well.  Strain into a cocktail glass over crushed ice, and serve.

Strawberry Daiquri

1/2 oz. Strawberry Schnapps
1 oz. Light Rum
1 oz. lime juice
1 tsp. powdered sugar
1 oz. strawberries


Add ingredients with a bit of ice in a blender. Blend and then strain into a cocktail glass.  Garnish with a strawberry.

Star Spangled Spritzer

A refreshing summer cocktail made with grenadine, orange juice/pineapple juice, white wine or ginger ale garnished with a star shaped slice of watermelon. Cheers!

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons (2 ounces) Grenadine
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) Orange Juice/Pineapple Juice blend
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) Sparkling White Wine or Ginger Ale
Slice of watermelon for garnish

Instructions:

1. Pour Grenadine, OJ/Pineapple juice and white wine or ginger ale into glass.
2. Slice a piece of watermelon and cut out with a small star shaped cookie cutter to garnish your glass.
Serve immediately.

Serves 1.
Author: Jennifer @ Celebrating Every Day Life with Jennifer Carroll.

Happy Fourth of July!

Long Summer Night

1 1/2 oz. Southern Comfort ®Peach Liqueur
1 1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1 1/2 oz. Sweet & Sour Mix
Mountain Dew ®Citrus Soda

Pour the Southern Comfort, triple sec and sour mix over ice in a glass. Fill with Mountain Dew, stir and serve.

Read more: Long Summer Night recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink170.html#ixzz3aKhvPhN4

Happy Summer!!

Midnight Sun

2 oz. Finlandia ®vodka
1 oz. Cointreau®orange liqueur
1 oz. Apricot Brandy
1 oz. Grenandine syrup
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

Pour the vodka, Cointreau, Apricot Brandy, Grenandine and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes.  Shake well, and strain into a champagne saucer or small wine glass. 

Garnish with a maraschino cherry, and serve.

 

 

Read more: Midnight Sun recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink9683.html#ixzz3JIgyuk9R

Night Skies Over London

1 oz. Gin
1 oz. LBV Port
1/4 oz. Lime Juice
1 tsp. Sloe Gin
2 oz. Lemonade

Serve in an old-fashioned glass half-filled with broken ice.

Read more: Night Skies Over London recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink6047.html#ixzz3aKjiIW5W

Classique Long Island

Similar to a Long Island Iced Tea, but it's made with Chambord, a French liqueur.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup blueberries
1 oz. Chambord
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz. Tequila
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Sour Mix

Muddle blueberries, then add Chambord, Vodka, Gin, Rum and Triple Sec into a tin and shake.  Pour into a glass over ice, and top with sour mix.

Belmont Jewel

Saturday, June 6, 2015 the horses will gather at Belmont Park in Long Island to race the third leg of the Triple Crown: the Belmont Stakes.  Surrounding them will be 90,000 fans, giant hats and countless commemorative glasses filled with the Belmont Jewel, the official drink of the race. 

In past years, the official drink has been the Belmont Breeze, but for reasons unkonwn it was converted to the Jewel in 2011.

The two are both bourbon cocktails, though the Breeze features orange and cranberry juices, plus a splash of sherry.  

The Jewel is a bit stronger.  It requires:

1.5 ounces of Bourbon (The race track recommonds Knobs Creek, but use what you like)
2 ounces of lemonade
1 ounce of promegranate juice.

Shake that all together with ice, pour it into a rocks glass and garnish with a cherry or lemon.  May your bets be lucky, and if they're not may you have enough Belmont Jewels to be in a good mood anyhow.

(newsweek.com)

Rum This Town

Ingredients

2 oz. Sailor Jerry Rum
1/2 oz. orange juice
3/4 oz. mango juice
3/4 oz. cranberry juice
1/2 oz grenadine

Directions

Add rum, orange juice, mango juice and cranberry juice to a tin, and shake.  Pour into a highball glass over crushed ice, and top with grenadine.

(TimeOut New York)

Bright and Rainy

A refreshing take on the Dark and Stormy for Spring.

Author: Malgosia Ip (honestcooking.com)
Recipe Type: Cocktail

Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Gin
0.5 oz. Peach Schnapps
0.25 oz. Lime Juice
3 oz. Ginger Beer/Ginger Ale

Stir all ingredients in a rocks glass.  Enjoy.

Watermelon Cooler

1 cup Svedka Vodka Stars & Stripes
1 cup seedless watermelon juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup simple syrup
Pinch of salt
Splash of soda


Combine all ingredients except soda into a shaker set.
Shake and strain into a Collins glass.
Add ice and top with soda.
Garnish with watermelons and cherries.

Scotch Sour

Brian Macdonald/Photodisc/Getty Images

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces Scotch Whiskey
3/4 ounce Lemon Juice

Preparation:

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake well.
Strain into an old fashioned glass filled with ice.



http://cocktails.about.com/od/whiskeyrecipes/r/scotch_sour.htm

The Wall

The Wall drink is made from orange vodka (aka Absolut Mandrin), Passoa and cider, and served in a highball glass.

                                       The Wall Ingredients:

1 oz. Orange Vodka (Absolut Mandarin)
1 oz. Passoã
Apple Cider
Garnish:  Red Maraschino cherry, orange slice
Glass:  Highball

The Wall Instructions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add the vodka, Passoa and fill with apple cider.
Garnish with a maraschino cherry and orange slice.

(Spiritdrinks)

Bourbini

Bourbini

This cocktail, created by bar manager Jacquelyn Zykan at Doc Crow's Southern Smokehouse and Raw Bar in Louisville, KY, makes even a dark spirit like bourbon approachable thanks to the addition of peach flavors and sparkling wine.

1 oz. Heaven Hill 6-year bourbon
2 dashes peach bitters
.5 oz. Mathilde Peche peach liqueur
Sparkling wine

Shake ingredients with ice, strain into flute, top with sparkling wine, and garnish with mint sprig.

 

Courtesy of Doc Crow's

Lemon Ginger "Tulep"

Try a Lemon Ginger "Tulep" if you're celebrating the Kentucky Derby at home this year.
Makes one serving

3 Tablespoons ginger simple syrup (recipe follows)
6 to 8 fresh mint leaves, plus a sprig for garnish
1 cup lemon iced tea, “Pure Leaf” recommended
cold club soda
candied ginger, for garnish
Ginger Simple Syrup (makes 1½ cups)
½ cup fresh ginger, thinly sliced
½ cup sugar
1½ cups water

Simple Syrup: In a saucepan, combine ginger, sugar and water and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove pan from heat and cool. Strain the syrup and refrigerate syrup. Good up to one week.

In an old-fashioned glass, muddle ginger simple syrup with mint leaves. Add ice and iced tea; stir well.
Top with a splash of club soda and garnish with a slice of candied ginger and a sprig of mint.

To make a cocktail, add 1½ ounces Kentucky bourbon before adding the tea.

Source: Adapted recipe from Gail Simmons’, “Top Chef” judge and Food & Wine Magazine contributor.
Photo Courtesy: Pure Leaf Iced Tea

Bourbon Smash

Laurey W. Glenn / Food Styling: Norman King 

Ingredients:

6 fresh or frozen raspberries, thawed
1 tablespoon sugar
1 small lime wedge
3 to 4 mint or basil leaves
Crushed ice
1/4 cup bourbon

Preparation:
Place raspberries, sugar, lime wedge and mint or basil leaves in a chilled 10 ounce tumbler. Gently press raspberry mixture against sides of cup with a cocktail muddler or back of a spoon to release flavors.  Fill glass with crushed ice and bourbon; stir well. Serve immediately with a cocktail straw.

Southern Living

April Shower

April Shower

1 ounce Brandy (or Cognac)
2 ounces Orange Juice
1 ounce Benedictine
Club Soda – approximately 3 ounces
2 Cherries Garnish

Build in highball glass over fresh ice.
Top with club soda.
Stir.
Garnish with cherries.

(intoxicologist.net)

Beggar's Banquet

2 Angostura Bitters dashes
.25 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
.75 oz. Maple Syrup
2 oz. Maker's Mark Bourbon
Old Speckled Hen Beer
Garnish: 1 Orange Half Wheel
Glass: Highball

Add all the ingredients, except the beer to a shaker filled with ice.
Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.
Top with beer and garnish with an orange half-wheel.

 (Liquor.com)