Happy New Year

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces brandy
3/4 ounce ruby port
3/4 ounce orange juice
4 ounces champagne

How to make it:

Gather the ingredients
Pour the brandy, port and orange juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake well.  Strain into a champagne flute. Top with champagne.
Serve and enjoy.

thespruceeats/happy-new-year-cocktail-recipe

Little River Band - Lady

 

Kentucky Mulled Cider #2

 Ingredients:

1 cup(s) Makers Mark Bourbon
4 cups Apple Cider 
1 slice lemon rind
6 cloves 
1/2 tsp. Allspice ground
2 sticks cinnamon

Instructions:

Heat to boiling then serve.

barnonedrinks/drinks/k/kentucky-mulled-cider

The Bells of St. Mary's

 Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans

Belles of St. Mary's

Ingredients:

1 oz. Brandy Apricot

1/2 oz. Gin

1 oz. Triple Sec

2 tsp. Lemon Juice

How to make it:

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker.

Add ice and shake well.

Strain into a cocktail glass.

drinknation/drink/belles-of-st-marys

The Little Drummer Boy

Harry Simeone Chorale

Christmas Poinsettia Punch

Ingredients:

48 fluid ounces of cranberry juice, chilled

1 liter club soda, chilled

1 bottle of orange flavored vodka, chilled

1 bottle of champagne or more to taste

1/2 cup of fresh cranberries

Directions:

Combine cranberry juice, club soda, vodka, champagne, and cranberries in a punch bowl.

allrecipes/recipe/christmas-poinsettia-punch/

The Carpenters - Merry Christmas, Darling

 

Blackmore's Night - Christmas Eve

 

Merry Melon Tini

Drink Type: Martini    

Ingredients:

1 part Absolut Vodka 

1-part DeKuyper Pucker Watermelon Schnapps

Splash Sweet and Sour mix

Instructions:

Pour into a martini glass.

CREDIT: 4cocktails.com

barnonedrinks/drinks/m/merry-melon-tini

The Pretenders - 2000 Miles

 

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Darlene Love

Gingerbread Martini

Ingredients:

1 shot vanilla vodka
1 shot hazelnut liqueur (like Frangelico)
1/2 shot of butterscotch schnapps
Ice cubes
4 ounces ginger beer
1 dash dark rum
gingerbread man cookie for garnish

Directions:

Combine vodka, liqueur and schnapps in an ice filled shaker. Shake to chill.
Strain the mixture in an ice filled glass.
Top cocktail with ginger beer, Pour the dark rum over the back of a spoon to float it over the ginger beer layer.
Garnish the drink with a gingerbread man cookie.

Alternately crush gingerbread cookies along with some granulated sugar.  Use the crumbs to rim a cocktail or martini glass.

cdkitchen/recipes/Gingerbread-Martini

Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells

Winter Solstice

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Tahoe Vodka
0.50 Cointreau
0.50 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon 
Club Soda
1 Mint Leaf
1 Raspberry

Directions:

Shake all ingredients over ice.
Top with Club Soda
Garnish with mint leaf tucked in raspberry.

tahoebluevodka/recipes/winter-solstice/

The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

 

Spirited Cocoa

In a saucepan combine 2 tbs. cocoa with 3 tbs. of milk or cream for each mug.  Add sugar, if necessary to taste and heat through till all are dissolved.

Add as much milk as needed to make one or more mugs of cocoa, plus 2 oz. Amaretto or Saronno per mug. Heat but do not boil. Remove from heat and beat briskly for 20 seconds with whisk or beater.

Pour into mugs then froth with whipped cream.  Garnish with cocoa or chocolate curls.

Mele Kalikimaka

Bing Crosby with The Andrew Sisters

Mele Kalikimaka Martini

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. SKYY Infusions Pineapple vodka
3 oz. Eggnog
1 splash Coconut Cream
Nutmeg
Cinnamon

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass.
Top with sprinkle of nutmeg and cinnamon and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

barnonedrinks/drinks/m/mele-kalikimaka-martini

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

 

Mayhem Martini

Ingredients:

2 ounces Cockspur Fine Rum

1/2-ounce Triple Sec

1/2-ounce Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

Instructions:

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.

Shake and strain into a martini glass and garnish with an orange twist.

CREDIT: Cockspur Rum

barnonedrinks/drinks/m/mayhem-martini

Happy Friday!

Gaudete (Medieval Christmas Carol)

 

College of Clare College Cambridge and London Cello Orchestra

Steeleye Span

Nutty Angel

Ingredients:

1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Hazelnut Liqueur
1 oz. Irish Cream
1/2 oz. Creme de Cacao (dark)
Garnish: Nutmeg sprinkles

Instructions:

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

goodcocktails/recipes/mixed_drinks

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - The Crystals

 

Coffee Nudge

Recipe:

3/4 oz. dark creme de cacao
3/4 oz. Kahlua
1/2-ounce Brandy
6-8 ounces hot coffee
Whipped Cream

In order, pour the ingredients into a mug.
Top with whipped cream.

mixthatdrink/coffee-nudge/

Mazzy Star - Flowers in December

 

Dempsey Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 oz. Gin

1 oz. Apple Brandy

Splash Anisette

Splash Grenadine

No Garnish

Instructions:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.

Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

goodcocktails/recipes/mixed_drink

RIP Christine McVie

Fleetwood Mac 

Hold Me

Everywhere 

You Make Loving Fun 

Royal Cider Grog

Drink Type:  Hot Drink

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Crown Royal 

8 Cups Apple Cider

Cinamon Stick

Instructions:

Mix whiskey and apple cider in a large pot and heat until warm.

Pour into 8 heat-proof mugs. Garnish each mug with a cinnamon stick.

barnonedrinks/drinks/r/royal-cider-grog

Happy Friday!!

Remembering Irene Cara

 "What a Feeling" from Flashdance

Cranberry Mule

Ingredients:

2 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Vodka
1/4 c. Lime Juice
3 oz. Ginger Beer
1 handful of fresh or frozen cranberries

Directions:

Combine cranberry juice, vodka, and lime in a glass filled with ice.
Top with ginger beer, whole cranberries, and garnish with a lime wedge.

delish/cooking/recipes/cranberry-mules-recipe/

Poe - Hello

 

Kentucky Mulled Cider

Drink Type: Hot Drink

Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz. Maker's Mark Bourbon
5 parts Apple Cider
1 dash Allspice

Instructions:

In a footed mug, add Maker's Mark.
Fill mug with the Maker's Mark and dash of Allspice
Garnish with a tall cinnamon stick and a lemon slice.

CREDIT:  4Cocktails.com

barnonedrinks/drinks/k/kentucky-mulled-cider

Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant

 

Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Let's Turkey Trot 
Little Eva

Hot Apple Pie

Ingredients:

2 oz. Tuaca liqueur
1/2 cup hot apple cider 
Whipped cream and cinnamon stick for garnish

Directions:

Pour the Tuaca in an Irish coffee glass.
Fill with hot apple cider.
Top with whipped cream and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Hot Apple Pie Recipe – Advanced Mixology

The Beatles - Not a second time

 

The Pretenders cover

Autumn Mist

Ingredients:

4 oz. boiling water
2 oz. Grand Marnier
1 Tea Bag
Lemon Twist

Instructions:

Pour boiling water into a medium to large brandy snifter.
Add Grand Marnier. Run the lemon twist around the glass rim, then drop into liquid.
Place the tea bag into snifter.  Serve.

CREDIT- Autumn Brown

barnonedrinks/drinks/a/autumn-mist

Veterans Day

 

Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans- living or dead - but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.

Veterans Day occurs on November 11 every year in the United States in honor of the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 that signaled the end of World War 1, known as Armistice Day.

Veterans Day Facts - Data, Populations & Background - HISTORY

Love Hurts

 Nazareth (1974)

Amy Lee and Dave Stewart (2022)

Two of many covers.

RIP Dan McCafferty of Nazareth.

The Wrench

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Vodka (New Amsterdam) 
1 oz. Orange Juice 
1 oz. Grenadine
Ginger Ale

Directions:

Add vodka, orange juice, and grenadine to a highball glass full of ice.
Fill with ginger ale.
Garnish with a wedge of blood orange.

completecocktails/Drinks/TheWrench

Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater

 

Purple People Eater Recipe

Ingredients:

1 oz. Grape Schnapps

1 oz. White Rum (Cruzan)

Lemon-Lime Soda

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice. 

Add grape schnapps and rum and fill with lemon-lime soda.

completecocktails/Drinks/PurplePeopleEater

Monster Mash - Mad Monster Party

 

Absolut Wicked Witch of the East

Ingredients:

Absolut Mandarin Vodka

1 oz. Triple Sec

1 oz. Lime Juice

1 splash Orange Juice

1 splash Cranberry Juice

Instructions:

Shake and strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a slice of orange.

Credit: Absolut Vodka

barnonedrinks/drinks/a/absolut-wicked-witch-of-the-east

Happy Halloween

Cream - Strange Brew

 

Strange Brew

Ingredients:

1 oz. Vodka

1 oz. Orange Juice

1 oz. Mountain Dew

Instructions:

Mix with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

CREDIT: David Basham

barnonedrinks/drinks/s/strange-brew

Donovan - Season of the Witch

 

Twenty Thousand Leagues

Ingredients:

2 Dashes Orange Bitters

1 1/2 oz. Gin

1 oz. Dry Vermouth

1 tsp. Pernod Absinthe

Instructions:

In a mixing glass half filled with crushed ice, combine all of the ingredients.

Stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass.

barnonedrinks/drinks/t/twenty-thousand-leagues

Happy Friday

Absolut Wisteria-tini

Ingredients:

2 parts Absolut Apeach Vodka

1 part Lychee Juice

Instructions:

Pour ingredients over ice into a cocktail shaker. 

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with a peach wedge and candied ginger.

ABSOLUT Wisteria-tini Drink Recipe - Cocktail (barnonedrinks.com)

barnonedrinks/drinks/a/absolut-wisteria-tini

Love - Andmoreagain

 

Tender Knob

Image: Liquour.com/Tim Nusog

Ingredients:

1 slice Organic Granny Smith or Fuji Apple (1/8-inch wide)
1 1/2 ounces Knob Creek bourbon
2 ounces hard apple cider  
3/4 ounce agave nectar 1 pinch cinnamon
Garnish: Apple slice

Steps:

In a shaker, muddle the apple slice
Add the bourbon, apple cider, agave nectar and cinnamon to a shaker filled with ice.
Shake until well-chilled.
Strain into a double old-fashioned glass filled with fresh ice, then garnish with an apple slice.

liquor/recipes/the-tender-knob/

Live - All Over You

 

Orchard on the Moor

Ingredients:

.75 oz. Glenglassaugh "Torfa"
.75 oz. Lairds Bottled in Bond Applejack
.5 oz. real Grenadine
1 barspoon bitter orange aperitif (Campari)
.25 oz. lemon juice
.25 oz. lime juice
3 aromatic bitters  

Instructions:

Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. 
Shake until well chilled and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with Morello cherry.

culturecheesemag/orchard-on-the-moor

Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band

 Happy Birthday John Lennon

Buttershots Slide

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Butterscotch Schnapps (DeKuyper Buttershots)
3/4 oz. Coffee Liqueur (Kahlua or Kamora)
3/4 oz. Irish Cream (Bailey's)
Hot Coffee
Whipped Cream

Directions:

Add butterscotch schnapps, coffee liqueur and Irish Cream to a coffee glass. 
Fill with hot coffee and stir. Top with whipped cream.

completecocktails/Drinks/ButtershotsSlide

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Autumn's Child

Fair and Warmer Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Rum

3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth

1/2 tsp. Triple Sec

Instructions:

Stir and strain into a cocktail glass.

barnonedrinks/drinks/f/fair-and-warmer-cocktail

Evanescence - October

 

German Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum

3/4 oz. White Creme de Cacao

1/4 oz. Frangelico Hazelnut Liqueur

1 Splash half and half

Whipped Cream

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass.  Shake and strain over ice into an old-fashioned glass.  Garnish with four squirts of canned whipped cream (about 3/4 inches high) at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock positions.

drinksmixer/drink297

Happy Oktoberfest

Chad & Jeremy - A Summer Song

 

Apple Crush

Ingredients:

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

Dash of Lime Juice

Club Soda

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.

Add apple schnapps and lime juice and fill with club soda.

completecocktails/Drinks/AppleCrush

Pink Floyd - Run

 

New Amsterdam Coco Breeze

Ingredients:

1 1/2-ounce Coconut Vodka (New Amsterdam)

Pineapple Juice

Wedge of pineapple

Directions:

Shake coconut vodka and pineapple juice with ice in a cocktail shaker.

Strain into a highball glass full of ice. 

Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

completecocktails/Drinks/NewAmsterdamCocoBreeze

Autumn Rickey

Ingredients

2 lime wheels
1 1/2 ounces bourbon
1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
1/2-ounce Grade B Maple Syrup
Club soda, chilled on top.

Steps:

Fill a highball glass with ice and add the lime wheels.
Add the maple syrup, lime juice, and bourbon, and then top with club soda.
Stir briefly to combine.

liquor/recipes/autumn-rickey

 

The Summer Sunset

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. tequila
1-ounce dry vermouth
1/2-ounce triple sec
3 dashes orange bitters
Small orange wheel and twist, for garnish

Directions:

Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass.
Strain into a coupe over one large ice cube.
Garnish and enjoy.

vinepair/cocktail-recipe/the-summer-sunset-recipe/ 

Summer Sunrise

Ingredients:

2 parts Orange Juice

1 part Lemon Juice

1 part Grenadine
Soda Water
Wedge of lemon

Directions:

Fill a rocks glass with ice.
Add lemon juice, orange juice and grenadine.
Top off with soda water.
Garnish with lemon.

nj.com/drinks/2014/08

Neil Young - Harvest Moon

 

Harvest Moon Cocktail

One version
Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz. Pomegranate Vodka (Smirnoff)
1/4 oz. Amaretto (Disaronno)
2 oz. Grape Juice (red)
1/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1 wedge Lime

Directions:

Shake vodka, amaretto almond liqueur, grape juice and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with a lime wedge.

completecocktails/Drinks/HarvestMoon

 The Harvest Moon 2022

When Is the Harvest Moon 2022? (timeanddate.com)

The 2020 Harvest Moon over Yokkaichi City, Japan. The Japanese tradition of observing the Harvest Moon is called Tsukimi.

©iStockphoto.com/petesphotography

The Harvest Moon may look red when it rises. This is because the Full Moon rises at sunset, and refraction causes more of the red sunlight to come through at that time, giving the Moon a red tint.

September's full moon peaked on Saturday (Sept. 10) but did appear fully illuminated to casual observers in the day before and after its lunar show. It also marked the Harvest Moon of 2022, since this full moon was closest to the September equinox on Sept. 22 that will mark the changing seasons on Earth. 

"Many cultures hold festivals connected with the Harvest Moon," NASA officials wrote on Twitter. "For example, those celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival share mooncakes."

Getty photographers around the world snapped amazing views of the 2022 Harvest Moon, including images from New York City, Spain and Tokyo, Japan.

msn/techandscience/harvest-moon-2022-septembers-full-moon-thrills-stargazers-around-the-world-photos

The Doors - Summer's Almost Gone

 

Sun Breeze

Ingredients:

2 oz. Malibu Sunshine (Coconut Citrus Rum)
Grapefruit Juice (pink)
Wedge of Grapefruit

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add Malibu Sunshine Coconut Citrus Rum
Fill with Pink Grapefruit Juice.
Garnish with a wedge of pink grapefruit.

completecocktails/Drinks/SunBreeze

James Taylor - September Grass

 

Summer Fridays

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. vodka
3/4 oz. key lime juice
2 ounces coconut milk
3/4 oz. simple syrup
Garnish: cilantro sprigs

Steps:

Add the vodka, coconut milk, simple syrup and key lime juice into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.  Strain into a chilled rocks glass over ice.  Garnish with 2 sprigs of cilantro.

Summer Fridays Cocktail Recipe (liquor.com)

The Shangri las - Remember Walking in the Sand

 

Jameson Julep

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey

1/4 parts Simple Syrup

4 sprigs mint

1 dash water

Instructions:

Muddle three mint sprigs and simple syrup in a highball glass or julep cup.

Add Jameson and stir. Fill the glass with crushed ice, stir and garnish with fresh berries and mint.

barnonedrinks/drinks/j/jameson-julep

CREDIT: Jameson's Whiskey

Absolut Chill

Ingredients:

1 part Vanilla Vodka 

1 part Cranberry Juice

2 dashes Grapefruit Juice

Instructions.

Build over Collins glass.

Garnish with ice. 

CREDIT: Absolut Vodka

Sweet Tea Vodka Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz. Coconut Rum

1/2 oz. Peach Schnapps
3 oz. Orange Juice
3 oz. Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz. Grenadine

Add all ingredients (except Grenadine) to a parfait glass half filled with ice cubes.
Top with Grenadine. Garnish with a fresh slice of peach, and serve.

haveacocktail/heat-wave 

Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days

 

Stone Temple Pilots

Absolut Frozen Bridge

Ingredients:

1 1/3 Peach Vodka (Absolut Apeach)
2-3 Tbsp. Mango (pureed)
1 dash Grenadine 
1/2 cup crushed ice

Instructions:

Blend the mango, Absolut Apeach and ice in a mixer until smooth.
Pour into a chilled champagne flute and add the grenadine on top.
Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

spiritdrinks/cocktails/AbsolutFrozenBridge

 Martha and the Vandellas

Dancing in the Street

David Bowie and Mick Jagger

Bacardi Lime & Soda

Ingredients:

2 parts Bacardi Lime Flavored Rum
4 parts Soda
Lime Wheel

Directions:

Pour ingredients over ice.
Garnish with a lime wheel.

Courtesy of Bacardi

marieclaire/summer-cocktail-recipes/

Happy Friday!!

The First Class - Beach Baby

 

Ice Pop

Ingredients:

2 oz. Raspberry Vodka (Burnett's Blue Raspberry)
Lemon-Lime Soda
lemon-peel, for garnish

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add blue raspberry vodka and fill with lemon-lime soda.
Garnish with a lemon twist.

completecocktails/Drinks/IcePop

RIP Olivia Newton-John

 Magic

Lava Flow

Photo: Chelsea Lupkin

Ingredients:

2 oz. light rum
2 oz. coconut rum
1/2 c. frozen strawberries
2 bananas sliced into 1/2 coins 
4 oz. Coconut cream
2 c. ice
fresh pineapple for garnish

Directions:

In a blender, combine light rum, coconut rum and strawberries and blend until smooth.

The mixture should be very thick. Divide the mixture between glasses. 

Rinse the blender, then blend the bananas, coconut cream, pineapple juice and ice till smooth.

Pour mixture into glasses very slowly to see the lava effect. Garnish with fresh pineapple.

delish/cooking/recipe-ideas/lava-flow-recipe/

 The Girl from Ipanema

Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz

Brazilian Limeade

• 4 large limes use fresh limes only
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 6 cup cold water
• 8 oz cachaça

• Cut the limes in half, juice them, and place the juice in a separate bowl.
• Chop up the juiced limes (including the skin), add water and blend in a blender for 10-15 seconds until most of the large chunks are gone.
• Strain through a fine mesh strainer.
• Pour the blended mixture back in the blender with the reserved lime juice, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and cacacha and blend again.
• Pour and serve over ice.

sugarandcloth/spiked-brazilian-limeade

Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin

 

Seaside Citrus Cocktail

Ingredients:

2 oz. Clamato Tomato Cocktail
1 1/2 oz. Orange Vodka
Lemon-Lime Soda to fill
1 slice lime for garnish
2 slices orange
2 slices lemon

Directions:

Muddle orange and lemon slices and Clamato in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. 
Add orange vodka and ice and shake vigorously. 
Strain into a highball glass full of ice and fill with 7-Up, Sprite or other lemon-lime soda.
Garnish with lime slices.

completecocktails/Drinks/SeasideCitrusCocktail

Frozen Summer Slush

Ingredients:

2 cups white sugar
7 cups water
4 tea bags
2 cups boiling water
1 12 fluid oz can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 12 fluid oz can frozen orange juice concentrate
2 cups gin

Directions:

Put 7 cups of water in large saucepan, heat on high until boiling.
Add sugar and stir until dissolved; set aside to cool. 
Place tea bags in two cups of boiling water. Let steep until desired strength.
In a large bowl, mix together sugar, water tea lemonade & orange juice concentrates.
Stir in gin.  Place in freezer container and freeze overnight. 
To serve, place several scoops into a tall glass and fill with any carbonated beverage.
Preferably a clear carbonated beverage.  Vodka may be used instead of gin.

allrecipes/recipe/frozen-summer-slush/

The Tornadoes - Summertime

 

Coconut Toastie

Ingredients:

1 oz. White Rum

5 tbsp. Ice Cream

1/4 oz Whipped Cream

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients (except coconut) in an electric blender and blend at low speed for a short length of time. Pour into a chilled champagne flute and garnish with shredded coconut. 

barnonedrinks/drinks/c/coconut-toastie

Hiram Walker - Peach Tea

Ingredients:

2 parts Hiram Walker Peach Schnapps

1 part Lemon Juice

4 parts Iced Tea (freshly brewed)

Instructions:

Add all ingredients to a Collins glass over ice.

Garnish with a lemon wedge.

CREDIT - Hiram Walker

barnonedrinks/drinks/h/hiram-walker---peach-tea

Happy Friday!!