Blue Sparkling Star

Ingredients:

2 ounces Orange Infused Vodka
2 ounces Blue Curacao
Champagne

Instructions:

Rim two champagne glasses with blue sugar
Pour one ounce orange infused vodka into each of the prepared champagne glasses.
Pour one ounce Blue Curacao into each of the prepared champagne glasses.
Top each glass with champagne.

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George Harrison - Ding Dong Ding Dong

 

7Up New Year's Sparkle

Ingredients:

1 ounce prosecco sparkling wine
1 -8 oz. sparkling cranberry juice
1 1/2 cups 7UPⓇ
1 cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup frozen cranberries

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher; gently stir
Chill for 20 minutes in refrigerator before serving.
Serve garnished with frozen cranberries and a mint leaf.

Happy New Year!

Goodbye 2020

 Goodbye and good riddance to the year 2020 and what a year it has been.

Joey Dee and the Starliters
Peppermint Twist

 

Peppermint Twist

Ingredients:

1 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
1 oz. Coffee Liqueur
1 oz. Creme de Cacao (Dark)
No garnish

Instructions:
Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.

Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

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Gene Autry

 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph's Red Nose

Ingredients:

Ice 
Whiskey
Waters Zeros, Cranberry, Raspberry
Cranberries and Cranberry Juice

Directions:

Pour 1.5 oz. whiskey over ice
Fill glass with sparkling water
Splash with cranberry juice
Stir and garnish with cranberries

I Believe in Father Christmas

 Greg Lake and Ian Anderson

Candy Cane #2

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
1/2 oz. Creme de Cacao
Cream/Half & Half or Milk
Splash of Grenadine
Garnish: Peppermint Candy Cane

Instructions:

Pour Peppermint Schnapps and white Creme de Cacao into a glass filled with ice.  Fill it with cream or milk.  Add the splash of grenadine.

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O Come all ye faithful

 King's College, Cambridge 

Christmas Martini

Ingredients:

3 oz. Gin

1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth

1 tsp. Peppermint Schnapps

Instructions:

Shake with cracked ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.

Garnish with a candy cane.

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Blackmore's Night

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 

 Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem

Cool Yule Martini

Ingredients:

3 oz. Vodka

1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth

1 tsp. Peppermint Schnapps

Instructions:

Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with a candy cane.

barnonedrinks/c/cool-yule-martini

Mountain - Mississippi Queen

 RIP Leslie West

bestclassicbands/leslie-west-obituary-mountain-12-23-20/

Peppermint Pattie

Ingredients:

1 oz. Creme de Cacao (White)

1 oz. Creme de Menthe (White)

No garnish

Instructions:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.

Shake and strain into a cordial glass.

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The Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas

 

Maple Eggnog

Ingredients:

4 cups Eggnog
4 oz. Maple Syrup
Garnish: Nutmeg sprinkles

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a pitcher and serve.

Good Cocktails - Maple Eggnog Mixed Drink Recipe

Winter Solstice

Will You See The ‘Christmas Star’ On The Solstice? 

Why 2020’s Longest Night Of The Year Is Unique

 forbes/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/12/20/a-christmas-star-on-the-solstice

Darlene Love

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

 White Christmas

Candy Cane

Ingredients:

1/2 oz. Grenadine

1 oz. Peppermint Schnapps

No garnish

Instructions:

In layers, pour the grenadine first then the peppermint schnapps on top.

goodcocktails/recipes

Angels We Have Heard On High

 Sixpence None The Richer

Cranberry Spice

Ingredients:

1 oz. Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur

1/2 oz. Wine (Cabernet Sauvignon)
1/2 oz. Chambord Raspberry Liqueur
2 oz. Cranberry Juice

Instructions

Shake well with ice and strain into a martini glass.
Use 3 cranberries for garnish on the rim of the glass.

Created by Dominik Chrzaszcz

 barnonedrinks/c/cranberry-spice

 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Judy Garland

Peppermint Stick

Ingredients:

1 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
1 1/2 oz. Creme de Cacao (White)
1 oz. Cream (Half & Half)
Garnish: Peppermint Candy Cane

Instructions:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a chilled champagne flute.

goodcocktails/recipes/mixed_drink

TGIF

Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

 

Frosty Noggin

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Rum (Light)
3/4 oz. Creme de Menthe (Light)
3 oz. Eggnog
2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
3 drops of Creme de Menthe (Green)
Garnish: Whipped Cream

Instructions:

Blend all ingredients except the green Creme de Menthe.

Pour mixture into a highball glass. 

                                                 Garnish with whipped cream.

                                                 Add a few drops of green Creme de Menthe on top.

goodcocktails/recipes/mixed_drink

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - The Crystals

Bailey's Peppermint Cream

Ingredients:

2 oz. Bailey's with hint of Mint Chocolate
4 oz. Hot Chocolate
Whipped Cream
Candy (Candy Cane)

Instructions:

Crush candy cane with the back of a spoon
Combine hot chocolate and Bailey's by pouring into a coffee mug.
Top with a dollop of whipped cream and sprinkle crushed candy on top.
Garnish with a mint leaf.

barnonedrinks/drinks/b/baileys-peppermint-cream

Bailey's

Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

 

Mountain Stream

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Aquavit
3/4 oz. Vodka
3/4 oz. lime juice
7-Up Soda

Instructions:

Shake everything except 7-Up with ice.
Strain into cocktail glass.
Fill with 7-Up (Lemon-Lime Soda)

drinksmixer.com

John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

 

bing/videos/war+is+over

Hot Gin Toddy

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Empress 1908 Gin 
.75 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 oz. hot water
1 tsp sugar 

Instructions:

Build all ingredients in a wine goblet, brandy snifter, or glass mug. 
Stir well.  Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

townandcountrymag/hot-cocktail-recipes

The Stone Poneys - December Dream

 

Dream Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Brandy
3/4 oz. Triple Sec
Splash Anisette
No garnish

Instructions:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.  

Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

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Christmas Time Is Here Again - The Beatles

 

 

Mint Martini

Ingredients:

1 oz. Creme De Menthe

2 oz. Gin

3 Leaves Mint

In a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin and Creme de Menthe.  Stir well. 

Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with mint leaves. Best served in a cocktail glass.

Mint Martini Recipe (haveacocktail.com)

Happy Friday!!

Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time

 

Gin and Tonic Supreme

Ingredients:

2 oz. Gin
Tonic Water
Slice of Lime for garnish

Directions:
Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add gin and fill with tonic water.
Garnish with a lime slice and serve.

completecocktails/GinandTonicSupreme

Let's Turkey Trot - Little Eva

 Happy Thanksgiving!

Apple-Ginger (Non-alcoholic)

 

Ingredients:

1. 1/4 cup Ginger Syrup, recipe below
   4 1/2 cups sparkling apple cider
   6 cinnamon sticks
   6 pieces crystallized ginger

Directions:

1. Place 2 tablespoons ginger syrup in each of six glasses.
2. Fill glasses with ice cubes, pour in cider, and stir to combine. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and fresh ginger, and serve.  Serves 6.

1. Ginger Syrup

2 cups sugar
1 six-inch piece fresh ginger, finely diced

1. Place sugar, ginger, and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil.
2. Reduce to a simmer, and cook about 1 hour, until ginger flavor is quite strong. Let cool; strain before using. Store in an airtight container, refrigerated, up to a week.

Makes 2 cups.

To make it spiked, simply stir in a shot of whiskey or Absolute's new Apple-Ginger Vodka.

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Cranberry Mimosas

Ingredients:

1 lime halved
2 tbsp. sugar
1 c. sweetened cranberry juice
1 bottle champagne
12 fresh cranberries
4 small sprigs of fresh rosemary

Directions:

Rime champagne flutes with lime and dip in sugar.
Pour 1/4 cup cranberry into glass and top with champagne.
Use a toothpick to poke a hole in cranberries.
Thread rosemary skewer through cranberries and garnish mimosas.

delish/cranberry-mimosas-recipe

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Op 8 No. 3 Autumn

 

Fall Punch

Ingredients:

1 2-oz. container Pear Nectar

2 c. Spiced Rum

1 c. Fresh Lemon Juice

1 tbsp. Bitters

2 12 oz. bottles Ginger Beer

Pears, very thinly sliced

Directions

In a pitcher, stir together pear nectar, spiced rum, lemon juice, and bitters.
Stir in ginger beer.
Line glasses with pear slices and fill with ice.
Pour pear punch over ice.

goodhousekeeping/party-ideas/fall-punch-recipe

Steve Miller Band 
Abracadabra

Cover:  Eagles of  Death Metal

Abacadabra+Death+Eagles+

Peachbreeze

Ingredients:

3 cl Vodka
3 cl Peach Schnapps
Grapefruit Juice
Cranberry Juice

Mixture:

Fill a Highball glass with ice.
Pour ingredients over the ice.
Serve.

drinksecrets.com/drinks/peachbreeze

TGIF!

Bob Welch with Christine McVie
Sentimental Lady

Cover:

Medicine+Sentimental+Lady

Tootsy Pop

This sounds more like a good summer drink.

Ingredients:

4 cl Peach Schnapps
2 cl Midori Melon Liqueur
9 cl Orange Juice

Mixture:

First pour orange juice into the glass.
Then add the Peach Schnapps.  Finally pour Midori down the side of the glass, so it forms a layer of green at the bottom. Serve.

                                        

drinksecrets/drinks/tootsy-pop

R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World

 

The Red Witch

Ingredients:

1 part UV Cherry Vodka

2 parts Champagne

Instructions:

Stir and serve in a champagne flute.

Garnish with a cherry.

drinkoftheweek/drink_recipes/the-red-witch

Happy Friday the 13th!

Len Barry - 1-2-3

RIP: Len Barry

High Fashion

Ingredients:

2 oz. Plymouth Gin
1.25 oz. Elderflower Liqueur
1.25 Grapefruit Juice
2 dashes rhubarb bitters
Grapefruit peel (for garnish)

Instructions:

Build ingredients in a rocks glass over ice and stir together.

From Grain at Playa Provisions in Playa Del Rey, CA

townandcountrymag/leisure/drinks/fall-cocktails

COURTESY OF PLAYA PROVISIONS

 Cowboy Junkies
Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)

Blue Moon - The Marcels

 

Blue Moon Martini

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Blue Curacao
1 1/2 oz. Gin

Instructions:

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with a twist of lemon (or lime).
Best served in a cocktail glass.

haveacocktail/blue-moon-martini

Happy Halloween

 

Getty Images

DENVER (KDVR) — It seems like quite the combination: A full blue moon on Halloween before clocks get turned back for Daylight Saving Time. It will all happen this weekend!

So, is the moon actually going to be blue? According to NASA, it won’t.

But why is it called the blue moon? NASA says a blue moon is special because it is the “extra” moon in a season with four full moons. Since the 1940s, the term “blue moon” has also been used for the second full moon in a calendar month.

The next blue moon will not happen again until Aug. 22, 2021, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

Not only will the full blue moon be happening on Halloween, the night will end with Daylight Saving Time.

Clocks will be adjusted back one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 1. 

https://kdvr.com/news/trending/full-blue-moon-on-halloween-before-daylight-saving-time/

"The last time that a full moon was seen in all U.S. time zones on Halloween was 1944, according to the Farmers' Almanac. The next time we’ll see an equally spooky Halloween full moon is 2039, so plan your werewolf costumes accordingly."

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/10/30/weekend-we-have-halloween-blue-moon-full-moon-and-daylight-saving-time-ends/6084891002/

 I Walked with a Zombie
Roky Erickson & The Aliens

R.E.M cover

Zombie (2)

 

Ingredients:

1 oz. light rum
1 oz. gold rum

1 oz. dark rum
1 tsp 151 proof rum
1/2 oz. apricot brandy
2 oz. orange juice
1 oz. pineapple juice
1 oz. lime juice
1 tsp. sugar

Instructions:

In a blender, combine all ingredients except 151 crushed ice. 
Blend at a high speed until smooth and pour into a Collins glass.
Float the 151 rum on top and garnish with orange slice and cherry.

drinkoftheweek/drink_recipes/zombie-2

Li'l Red Riding Hood
Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs

 

Hot Pumpkin

 Ingredients:

1 oz. Hiram Walker Pumpkin Spice
1/2 oz. Coffee Liqueur
Hot Coffee
Garnish Whipped Cream

Instructions:

Pour the Pumpkin Spice liqueur and coffee liqueur into an Irish coffee mug.
Fill it with hot coffee.

goodcocktails/recipes/mixed_drink

Happy Friday!

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles

RIP Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker wrote Mr. Bojangles which has been covered by Harry Nilsson, Neil Diamond, John Denver, Sammy Davis Jr., Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bob Dylan, Brenda Lee, Harry Belafonte, Nina Simone, Whitney Houston, Robbie Williams, to name just a few.

Gin Fizz

Ingredients:

4.5 cl Gin
Soda Water 
1 tsp. Granulated Sugar

Mixture:

Pour gin and sugar into a highball glass.
Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
Add crushed ice and complete with soda water.

Concrete Blonde - Joey

 

Pall Mall

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
1/2 oz. White Creme de Cacao

Instructions:

Stir in an old fashioned glass over ice cubes.

barnonedrinks/drinks/p/pall-mall

Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man

 RIP Spencer Davis

Toffee Apple

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Belvedere Citrus Vodka
2 oz. Pressed Apple Juice
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Toffee Syrup

Steps to make it:

In a cocktail shaker, combine all the ingredients with ice.  Shake well.  Strain into a cocktail glass.  Garnish with an apple slice.

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thespruceeats/belvedere-toffee-apple-recipe

Happy Friday!!

The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina

 

The Porch Sipper

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Smirnoff Sorbet Light Summer Strawberry
3 oz. Diet Citrus Soda

Pour into a glass over ice.
Garnish with a squeeze of lemon.

Best served in a beer mug.

haveacocktail/the-porch-sipper

Stop Your Sobbing

 The Kinks

The Pretenders

Gin Sling

Ingredients:

2.5 cl Dry Gin
Sugar Cube(s)
10 cl Sparkling Water 
Grated Nutmeg

Mixture:

Dissolve sugar cube using water.
Pour it into a highball glass filled with ice.
Add gin and sprinkle nutmeg over it.

                                                 Garnish with a lemon slice.

drinksecrets/drinks/gin-sling

Seven Rooms of Gloom

 The Four Tops (original)

Blondie

Pat Benatar

Red Apple Martini

 

Ingredients:

2 oz. Vodka or Apple Vodka
1 oz. Apple Juice
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
Splash of Grenadine
Garnish: Apple Slice (Optional)

Instructions:

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

goodcocktails/recipes/mixed_drink

Happy Friday!!

Heart - These Dreams

 

Heather 81

Welcome autumn with this honeyed cocktail from Grey Goose Vodka. The honey comb garnish is beautiful and delicious. If you want to play with flavors, try blackberry honey, lavender honey, or another floral honey for a more intense taste. 

Photo and recipe courtesy of Grey Goose Vodka.

Ingredients:

2 parts Grey Goose Vodka
1/4 parts honey
1/2 part hot water
6 mint leaves, plus more mint leaves for garnish
1/2 part Drambuie

Instructions:

In a cocktail shaker combines honey, hot water and 6 mint leaves and muddle well.
Add ice, vodka and Drambuie.  Shake well and strain into rocks glass with ice.
Garnish with mint leaves and piece of honeycomb.

drinkoftheweek/drink_recipes/heather-81

RIP Eddie Van Halen

 Letterman - 1984 Panama

Love Walks In

Gin Breeze

Ingredients:

4.5 cl Gin
3 cl Triple Sec Liqueur
Ginger Ale

Mixture:

Pour liquors into a Collins glass filled with ice.
Stir.  Fill with Ginger Ale.
Garnish with half an orange slice. Serve.

drinksecrets/drinks/gin-breeze

The Band

 The Weight (with The Staple Singers)

Chest Fever

New Amsterdam Mule

Ingredients:

2 oz. New Amsterdam Vodka
0.5 oz. Simple Syrup
0.5 oz. lime juice
3 oz. ginger beer

Directions:

Add ingredients into a mule mug filled with ice and stir together to combine and chill.  Garnish with lime and mint.

National Vodka Day

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Norah Jones - Don't Know Why

 

Harvest Spiced Cider Drink

Ingredients:

2 oz. Bacardi Gold
2 oz. Apple Cider
1 1/2 oz. Pumpkin Cider Puree
1 dash(es) Clove 

Instructions:

Combine in a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously.
Strain into a tumbler filled with ice. 
Garnish with a large orange peel.

barnonedrinks/drinks/h/harvest-spiced-cider

Lullaby of the Leaves

 There are so many versions of this.

The Ventures

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa

Ella Fitzgerald

Autumn-Tini

The Autumn-Tini cocktail recipe is a mix of fall flavors in a wonderful drink.  Made from Cruzan Rum, hazelnut liqueur, and pear nectar and served in a chilled cocktail glass rimmed with traditional fall spices.

Ingredients:

1 oz. White Rum
1/2 oz. Hazelnut Liqueur (DeKuyper Hazelnut Bliss)
1 1/2 oz. Pear Juice (or pear nectar)
Sugar to rim glass
Cinnamon to rim glass
Cayenne Pepper to rim glass
Orange peel for garnish

Directions:

Wet the rim of  a cocktail glass, then dip into a mix of cinnamon, cayenne pepper and sugar to coat the rim.  Shake rum and hazelnut liqueur and pear nectar with ice, then strain into the glass.

Garnish with an orange twist.

completecocktails/Drinks/AutumnTini

The Moody Blues - Question

 

Smurf o Tonic

Ingredients:

2 cl Blue Curacao
4 cl Gin
1 Lime wedge
Tonic Water (Fill to Top)

Pour the gin, Blue Curaco and tonic water into a highball glass half filled with ice cubes.
Stir well.  Garnish with the lime wedge. If you want, you can add the blue curacao after stirring the drink.
Best served in a highball glass. 

haveacocktail/smurf-o-tonic

The Smashing Pumpkins - Autumn Nocturne

 

Autumn Fizz

 

Ingredients:

2 oz. Alibi Gin
.25 oz. lemon juice
Agave Nectar, to taste
Sparkling apple cider
Garnish with thyme and apple

Instructions:

Pour gin in shaker, add lemon juice and agave nectar, shake, and then pour into a highball glass and top with sparkling cider  Garnish with fresh thyme and an apple slice.

townandcountrymag/leisure/drinks/fall-cocktails

Surf's Up

 

Ingredients:

1/2 oz. Creme de Banane

1/2 oz. White Creme de Cacao

5 oz. Pineapple Juice

1 oz. Light Cream

Instructions:

Blend with 1/2 cup of ice until smooth and pour into a parfait glass. 

Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

barnonedrinks/drinks/s/surfs-up

Didn't I Blow Your Mind

The Delfonics (Original)

Todd Rundgren and Daryl Hall

Surfer On Acid

 Ingredients:

1 oz. Coconut Rum
1 ounce ​Jägermeister
1 oz. Pineapple Juice

Steps to make it:

Gather the ingredients
Pour all into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake well into an Old Fashioned glass,
Serve and Enjoy,

thespruceeats/surfer-on-acid-cocktail

The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat

 

Beachcomber Classic

 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Beachcomber Spiced Rum

3 oz. Cola

Instructions:

Serve over ice.  Garnish with Lime.

barnonedrinks/drinks/b/beachcomber-classic

Happy Friday!!