Cry Baby

Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters - 1963

Janice Joplin - 1970

Thai Spring Mojito

Spring is here! In honor of this beautiful season, here's a low calorie cocktail inspired by Thai flavors perfect for this time of year.

Ingredients:

1 ounce White Rum (or Vodka)
1 tsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Water
1 pinch fresh ginger, peeled, grated
3 medium Thai basil leaves
3 mint leaves
Juice of half a lime
Club soda

Instructions:

In the bottom of a Collins or mixing glass, muddle the sugar, water, herbs and lime juice.  Pour in rum and stir. Top with crushed ice and club soda. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Absolut Mint Chocolate Martini

Ingredients:

1 1/3 parts Absolut Vodka
2/3 parts White Chocolate Liqueur
1 Dash Crème De Menthe, White
1 Whole Chocolate

How to mix:

Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
Add all ingredients.
Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with a chocolate.

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RIP: Scott Walker

The Walker Brothers

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Hania Rani

Esja

Pink Frost

With all the strawberries popping up, we thought it was time for a cool treat using this seasonal fruit.  This dessert cocktail will be a refreshing addition to any Spring day.  It's like a white-chocolate-covered strawberry.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. dark Rum
1 1/2 oz. white Chocolate Liqueur
3 strawberries
3 oz. half and half

Instructions:

At the bottom of your cocktail shaker, muddle the strawberries with the liqueur.
Pour in your other ingredients and add ice. Shake vigorously for at least 20 seconds.
Serve in a chilled cocktail glass.

Optional:  Rim glass with white chocolate.

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The Electric Prunes

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night

Spring Fever

Ingredients:

1 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin
1/2 oz. Aperol
1/4 oz. Elderflower Liquor
1/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Splash of Grapefruit Juice
Ice
Champagne

Instructions:

In a shaker with ice combine all ingredients except champagne.
Shake well and strain in Rocks glass over ice. Top with champagne.
Garnish with Lemon peel.

Courtesy Bombay Sapphire Gin

Read more: Spring Fever - Drink of the Week http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/drink_recipes/bombay-sapphire-spring-fever/#ixzz5irik1RVP

RIP Dick Dale

The Chieftans & Sting

Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)

The Irish Sour

Ingredients:

2 oz. Jameson Whiskey
1 oz. McGuinness Melon Liqueur
3 oz. Club Soda

Instructions:

Combine in Boston shaker with ice and shake.
Garnish with lime slice

thekitchenmagpie/the-irish-sour

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

U2

Sweetest Thing

Absolut Spiced Pear Mojito

Ingredients:

2 part(s) Absolut Pears Vodka
2 part(s) Apple Juice
1 part(s) Cinnamon Syrup
1 part Lime Juice
8 leaf (leaves) Mint

Instructions:

Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
Add all ingredients.
Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with crushed ice.

CREDIT:  

Absolut Drinks

Chi Coltrane

Thunder and Lightning

Tangerine Martini

Ingredients:

3 oz. fresh Tangerine Juice
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
1 tsp. Orange flavored liqueur
4-5 ice balls

Directions:

Start by throwing in 3-4 ice balls into your favorite martini shaker.
Pour the vodka, tangerine juice, and orange liqueur on top.
Seal and shake vigorously.  Pour into a martini glass and enjoy.

Happy Friday!!

Elise LeGrow

You Never Can Tell

A Chuck Berry cover.

Orange Fizz

Ingredients:

2 oz. Gin
2 tbsp. Lemon Juice
2 tsp. Triple Sec
1 1/2 tsp. Simple Syrup
2 dashes Orange Bitters
1 splash Orange Juice
3-5 oz. Soda Water

Add the gin, lemon juice, triple sec, simple syrup and orange bitters to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes.  Shake well, and strain into a sour glass.  Fill with soda, and top with orange juice.  Garnish with a slice of orange, and serve.

Read more: Orange Fizz recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink9839.html#ixzz5XhktLabz

The Psychedelic Furs

Heartbreak Beat

Atlas

Ingredients:

4 cl Vodka

2 cl Blue Curacao Liqueur

       Cranberry Juice

1 splash Orange Juice

Mixture:

Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake and strain into a highball glass.  Serve.

drinksecrets/drinks/atlas

Fat Tuesday Iced Tea

Happy Mardi Gras!

Ingredients:

2 oz. Skyy Infusions Citrus Vodka
1 oz. Lemonade
3 oz. Iced Tea (sweet)

Ingredients:

Combine all ingredients over ice into a highball glass.
Garnish with a lemon wedge.

CREDIT:

SKYY Vodka

INXS

The One Thing

Aussie Slinger

Ingredients:

4.5 cl Vodka
1 dash Angostura Bitter
6 cl Lemon Juice
       Lemonade
3 cl Grenadine Syrup

Mixture:

Fill a highball glass half filled with crushed ice.  Pour all the ingredients into the glass and complete with lemonade. Garnish with a split orange slice, lemon slice and maraschino cherry.  Serve.

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The Rascals

Sueno

Melon Royale

Ingredients:

1/2 oz. Melon Liqueur
Champagne

No garnish

Instructions:

Pour melon liqueur into a champagne flute.
Fill it with champagne.

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