The Beatles

Cucumber-Basil Collins

Ingredients:

5 basil leaves
1/2 oz. simple syrup
Juice of 1 lime
2 oz. cucumber-infused gin*
club soda

Instructions:

Muddle the basil leaves and simple syrup in the bottom of a Collins glass.
Pour in the lime juice and the gin and stir, then add some crushed ice.
Top with club soda. Garnish with a cucumber slice or sprig of basil.

*Cucumber-Infused Gin


*Ingredients:

1 cup London Dry Gin
1/2 a large cucumber (Washed and sliced)-

Directions:

Place the cucumber slices in a glass jar and pour in the gin.  Seal the jar and shake.
Let it steep for three days. Once the mixture has the desired flavor, strain out the cucumber slices and pour the infusion into a bottle. Store as you would any other spirit.

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Elton John - Rocket Man

Something positive

Well done SpaceX and Nasa, beautiful launch

Atlantic Sun

Ingredients:

2/3 oz. Vodka
2/3 oz. Southern Comfort®

2/3 oz. Monin Passion Fruit®

2 oz. Sweet and Sour Mix
2 dashes Club Soda

Instructions:

Shake ingredients and pour into a highball glass.
Float the soda and garnish with an orange slice.

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The Fixx - Red Skies

Bat Bite

The Bat Bite is a red shot made from Bacardi rum, raspberry liqueur and cranberry juice, and served in a chilled shot glass.

Ingredients:

1 oz. White rum (Bacardi Superior)
1/4 oz. Chambord Raspberry Liqueur
1/4 oz. Cranberry Juice
Glass:  Shot glass

Directions:

Shake rum, raspberry liqueur and cranberry juice with ice in a cocktail shaker.  Strain into a chilled shot glass.

completecocktails/Drinks/BatBite

Love Is Blue (1968)

Paul Mauriet
Love Is Blue (live)

Aquatini

The Aquatini is a blue cocktail made from Pucker Island Punch Schnapps, lemon vodka and sour mix, and served in a chilled cocktail glass.

Ingredients:

1 oz. Pucker Island Punch Schanpps
1 oz. Citrus Vodka
1 splash Sour Mix

Directions:

Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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Memorial Day

Killing Joke - Millenium

Prince - 1999

Fog Cutter

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Light Rum
1/2 oz. Brandy
1/2 oz. Gin
1 1/2 oz. Orange Juice
1 oz. Lime Juice
1 tsp. Orgeat Syrup
1 tsp. Sherry

Instructions:

Mix everything except the sherry in shaker with ice.
Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice.
Float the Sherry on top.

drinkoftheweek/drink_recipes/fogcutter

Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe

Spring a Sling

The Spring a Sling is a fruity red cocktail made from vodka, cranberry syrup, lemon juice, apple juice, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and ginger beer and served over ice in a Collins glass.

Ingredients:

1 oz. Vodka (Bols)
1/3 oz. Cranberry Syrup
2/3 oz. Lemon Juice
1 oz. Apple Juice
Ginger Beer
2 Strawberries
2 Blackberries
2 Raspberries

Directions:

Muddle the cherries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
Add the remaining ingredients, except ginger beer,
and shake well with ice.
Strain into a Collins or highball glass full of ice.
Garnish with a strawberry, raspberry and blackberry.

completecocktails/Drinks/SpringaSling

The Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride

Crantini

The Crantini - also known as Cranberry Martini

Ingredients:

2 1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice

Method:  Prepare in a shaker

Recipe:

Pour premium vodka and cranberry juice (100% pure juice)
into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Stir well.
Strain into a chilled glass.
Garnish by dropping cranberries in glass.

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Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest

Berry Blue Tonic

The Berry Blue Tonic drink recipe is a blue colored cocktail made from Burnett's blueberry vodka, blue curacao, tonic water and lime, and served over ice in a rocks glass.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Blueberry Vodka (Burnett's)
1/2 oz. Blue Curacao
Tonic Water
2 Lime wedges



Fill a rocks glass with ice
Add blueberry vodka and blue curacao
Fill with tonic water
Stir gently and garnish with lime wedges.

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Long Tall Sally & Tutti Fruiti

RIP Little Richard

Appletini

The Appletini is a green cocktail made from Pucker Sour Apple Schnapps, vodka and sour mix, and served in a chilled cocktail glass.

Ingredients:

1 oz. Apple Schnapps (Pucker Apple Sour)
1 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Sour Mix

Directions:

Shake sour apple schnapps, vodka and sour mix with ice in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

completecocktails/Drinks/Appletini

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

The first time I heard this I thought they were singing fun, fun, fun, on the autobahn

RIP Florian Schneider

Saturday Morning

:

1 oz. Cabana Cachaca
1/2 oz. Half and Half Cream
1/2 oz. Chocolate Milk
1 oz. Simple Syrup (Cacao)

Instructions:

Pour this mixture over a wide mouthed cup 2/3 full with corn flakes and Cabana soaked cranberry raisins.

Credit: Cabana Cachaca

Pipeline - The Chantays

Malibu Splash

Ingredients:

2 parts MalibuⓇ Rum
2 parts Coconut Cream
1 Lemon
1 Lime
1 dash Sugar

Instructions:

Muddle lemon and lime and shake with ice and serve in a rocks glass.

CREDIT: Malibu

La Bamba

Richie Valens (1958)

Trini Lopez (1963)

Los Lobos (1987)

Acapulco

Ingredients:

3 cl White Rum
3 cl Tequila
6 cl Pineapple Juice
6 cl Grapefruit Juice

Mixture:

Put ice in a tumbler glass.
Pour rum and tequila into the glass.
Top with the juices, serve.

drinksecrets.com/drinks/acapulco

Cinco de Mayo Day

It Ain't Me Babe

The Turtles

Johnny Cash and June Carter

Peachy Green

Ingredients:

4.5 cl Peach Schnapps
4.5 cl Midori Melon Liqueur
4.5 cl Orange Juice
7-Up

Mixture:

Pour Midori, peach schnapps and orange juice into a cocktail shaker 1/3 filled with ice.
Shake and pour into a highball glass. Complete with 7-Up. Garnish with an orange slice.

drinksecrets.com/drinks/peachy-green

The Spencer Davis Group
Gimme Some Lovin'

Burgundy Spring Punch

Ingredients:

1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Blackberry Liqueur (Joseph Cartron)
3 Raspberries
Club Soda to fill

Directions:

Muddle raspberries in a cocktail shaker.
Add vodka, blackberry liqueur and a small amount of ice.
Shake well.
Strain into a highball glass full of ice then top with club soda.

completecocktails/Drinks/BurgundySpringPunch