Chimney Fire

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Amaretto
4 oz. Hot Cider
Cinnamon

Instructions

Pour ingredients into an Irish Coffee glass or mug.
Stir.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.

sofakingdrunk.com

Fancy Whiskey

Ingredients

2 oz. Whiskey
Splash of Triple Sec
Dash of Bitters
1/4 tsp Sugar
Garnish: Lemon Twist

Instructions

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

Salty Dog drink recipe

Ingredients

5 oz. Grapefruit Juice
1.5 oz. Vodka (or Gin)
Ice cubes
Salt

Instructions

Rim a highball glass with margarita salt or coarse ground salt.
Fill the glass with ice cubes. Add vodka and grapefruit juice and stir.

(idrink.com)

Year of the Dog

Happy Chinese New Year

When is the last time Ash Wednesday fell on Valentine's Day?

Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday last fell on the same day in 1945, according to USAToday.com.

Oddly, Easter Sunday will also be on the same day as another much less solemn "holiday" this year - April 1 or April Fool's Day. 

Ash Wednesday always falls between Feb. 4 and March 10. 

(www.nj.com)

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Valentini

Happy Valentine's Day

Courtesy of Absolut Vodka and Hiram Walker.

Ingredients

2 parts Absolut Vodka
1 part Hiram Walker Pomegranate Schnapps
1 part Hiram Walker Amaretto
1/4 part Lime Juice

Instructions

Shake and strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lime wedge.

Read more: Valentini - Vodka Cocktail Drink Recipe http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/drink

The Pretty Reckless - Mad Love

Flirtini Martini

Ingredients

2 ounces Vodka
1 ounce Pineapple Juice
1/4 ounce Chambord
Maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with a maraschino cherry. Serves 1.
                                                                                                 (onemartini.com)

Dedicated to the One I Love

Lake Street Dive

The Mamas and The Papas

       

                                                             

The Shirelles

Love Buzz

Absolut 

Ingredients

1 1/2 Absolut Original
1/2 oz. Crème de Cacao
1 oz. Raspberry puree
1 part espresso

Instructions

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add 1 1/2 oz. Absolut Original, 1/2 oz. Crème de Cacao, 1 oz. Raspberry puree, and part room-temperature espresso. 
Shake all ingredients and strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with chocolate raspberry tuile.

cosmopolitan.com

Mardi Grape

2 ounces SKYY Infusions Grape
2 ounces Grapefruit Juice
2 ounces Grape Juice
1/2 ounce Club Soda
Red and Green Grapes Garnish

Place SKYY Infusions Grape and juices in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend.
Strain into a tall glass over fresh ice. Top with club soda. Garnish with red and green grapes on a cocktail pick or toothpick.

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Mardi Gras cocktails

Happy Fat Tuesday.

Warm Bourbon Cider

Anson Smart

Give warm apple cider a kick with bourbon. (Yields 20)

Ingredients

1 gallon fresh apple cider
5 tsp ground cinnamon
2 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 1/2 tsp ground ginger
3 c bourbon (see tip)

Directions

In a stockpot, heat apple cider, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
When mixture is hot but not boiling, remove from heat and add bourbon. Stir to distribute spices and divide cider among 20 mugs.

Tips & Techniques

We used Jim Beam; one 1.75-liter bottle yields enough liquor for both this recipe and the Tropical Bourbon Punch.

countryliving.com

Liquid Gold

Ingredients

1 oz. Cream
0.5 oz. White Crème de Cacao
0.5 oz. Galliano
1 oz. Vodka



Directions

Fill a shaker half full with ice cubes. Pour all ingredients into shaker and shake well.
Strain drink into a cocktail glass.

Themes including this drink:

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Drink Recipes Olympic Themed Drink Recipes

 idrink.com

Minnesota Slammer

Cheers to Super Bowl Sunday with the Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots playing in Minnesota.

Ingredients

2 oz. Cherry Brandy
2 oz. Peach Schnapps
2 oz. DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker Schnapps
2 oz. Sweet & Sour Mix
4 - 8 oz. Sprite soda (lemon-lime)

Layer the cherry brandy, peach schnapps and apple schnapps in a large hurricane glass.
Add sour mix on top, fill the remainder with Sprite soda and serve.

(drinksmixer)

Winter - The Rolling Stones

Snowball

The Snowball Cocktail sounds like it ought to be a winter treat, but it's actually a chilly, blended drink that's terrific for summertime.

Ingredients

3 oz. 1921 Tequila Cream Liqueur
3 drops of Vanilla Extract
crushed ice
1 oz. evaporated skim milk
1/2 oz. Kahula
Cinnamon powder
Cinnamon stick





Pour all the ingredients - except the cinnamon powder into a blender.
Blend for about ten seconds.
Pour it into a wine glass or brandy snifter.
Sprinkle cinnamon powder on top and stick the cinnamon stick down in the glass for garnish.

mixthatdrink.com

Groundhog Day

Punksutawney Phil has seen his shadow.  Six more weeks of winter.

Sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist:

Fill a double old-fashioned cocktail glass with ice. Pour the vermouth, stir twist of lemon over the glass.  Serve with the lemon twist as garnish.

In the movie, at first Phil orders a Jim Beam, ice, water and then to impress Rita when knowing she will order a vermouth on the rocks with a twist, he orders that too and tells her "It always makes me think of Rome, the way the sun hits the buildings in the afternoon."

Rita:  Well, what should we drink to
Phil:   To the groundhog.
Rita:   I always drink to world peace