Saturday, June 30, 2018

Steppenwolf - Rock Me



Frozen Spiced Cherry Colada

© CompleteCocktails.com

Ingredients:

1 oz. Cherry Schnapps (Pucker)
1 oz. White Rum
Pina Colada Mix
1 cube-ice crushed
Highball Glass

Directions:

Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Pour into a highball glass and serve.

Friday, June 29, 2018

Blondie - Pretty Baby



Rum and Pineapple

2 oz. White Rum
5 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 pinch Nutmeg
Method: Prepare in a shaker.

1.  Measure a highball glass full of crushed ice into a cocktail shaker.
2.  Add ingredients and shake well.
3.  Pour back into glass and grate some nutmeg on top.
4.  Garnish with a cherry or pineapple chunk if desired.

mybestcocktails-Rum-And-Pineapple

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Strawberry Letter 23

Original- written and performed by - Shuggie Otis


Hit cover - The Brothers Johnson  - 1977

Beach Bum

Ingredients:

1 3/4 oz. Vodka
1/4 oz. Pear Vodka
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1/2 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
1 dash Grenadine

How to make it:

Add all the ingredients except the grenadine into a shaker with ice and shake.
Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
Top with the grenadine
Garnish with fresh mint.

liquor.com/recipes/beach-bum

Friday, June 22, 2018

Laura Nyro - Eli's Coming



                                                         Hit cover by Three Dog Night


Untitled

Greg DuPree


Ingredients:

4 ounces Iced Tea (such as Lipton Unsweetened)
4 ounces Lemonade
2 ounces (4 tbsp.) Bourbon
1 1/2 ounce Peach Liqueur
2 Peach slices
2 Lemon slices
Garnish:  Lemon slice, Mint sprig




How to make it:
In a measuring cup or mixing glass, combine iced tea, lemonade, bourbon and peach liqueur and stir to blend.  Pour into a tall Collins glass filled with ice, peach slices and two lemon slices.  Serve immediately.  Garnish if desired.

myrecipes.com

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Summer Solstice

Alexandra Grablewski
1 1/2 oz. Belvedere Pink Grapefruit Vodka
1 oz. fresh orange juice
3/4 oz. Aperol
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
Pink grapefruit wheel for garnish.
1/2 oz. simple syrup
1 oz. Ruby Red Grapefruit juice, strained

Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
Top with ice and shake vigorously.
Strain into a bucket glass filled with fresh ice.
Garnish with the grapefruit wheel.

thedailymeal/summer-solstice-cocktail-recipe

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Shocking Blue - Venus


                                                                  cover - Bananarama




Touch of Venus


Ingredients:

3 oz. White Wine
1 oz. Limoncello
1/2 tsp. Amaretto
1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
Lemon spiral: garnish

Preparation:

Add liquids to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for five seconds and strain into a large wine goblet.  Place lemon spiral garnish on top.

hgtv.com/touch-of-venus-cocktail

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Ruby Baby

Ruby Baby written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

Dion and the Belmonts

                                             Bjork and Trio Gudmundar Ingolfssonar - 1990

Originally recorded by The Drifters

Belmont Breeze

Blake DeGroff
1 1/2 oz. Bourbon Whiskey
1/2 oz. Medium Sherry
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. simple syrup
Splash of orange juice
Splash of cranberry juice
5 mint leaves
Mint sprig and orange zest for garnish

In a cocktail shaker, shake all the ingredients with ice.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a fresh mint sprig and an orange peel.

belmont-breeze-cocktail

Go Justify!

Friday, June 8, 2018

The Easy Beats - Friday On My Mind

There are covers by Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and lots of others.


Guitar Ensemble - All Saints Anglican School


Vanderbilt

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Cognac
1 oz. Cherry Brandy
1 tsp. sugar syrup
1 dash bitters (Angostura, Campari, Amer Picon…)

Pour into an old-fashioned glass filled with broken ice,
Add a twist of lemon and serve.
Serve in "Old Fashioned Glass".  Garnish: Cherry (optional)

1001cocktails-vanderbilt

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Pina Colada

Ethan Calabrese

Ingredients:

4 oz. spiced rum
4 oz. coconut milk
1/3 c. fresh pineapple chunks
Splash pineapple juice
1 c. ice
2 maraschino cherries

Directions:

Add rum, coconut milk, pineapple chunks and juice to a blender with ice.
Blend until smooth.
Pour into 2 glasses.
Garnish each glass with a pineapple chunk and a maraschino cherry.



delish/pina-colada

The Go Gos - Vacation