Happy New Year

 

New Year's Absolution

Ingredients:

2 barspoon Honey
1 fluid ounce La Fe Parisienne Absinthe
1 fluid ounce Apple Juice (Cloudy and unsweetened)
Top up with Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

How to make:

Stir honey with absinthe in base of shaker until honey dissolves.
Add apple juice, shake with ice and strain into ice filled glass. 
Top with ginger ale and stir.

diffordsguide/en-au/cocktails/recipe/new-years-absolution

Electric Smurf

Ingredients:

3 cl Malibu Coconut Rum
3 cl Blue Curacao Liqueur
Pineapple Juice
Sprite

Mixture:

Pour Malibu and Blue Curacao over ice in a hurricane glass.
Fill the glass with equal parts Pineapple Juice and Sprite.
Stir and serve.

drinksecrets/drinks/electric-smurf/

Polar Bear Shot

Ingredients:

3/4 ounce White Creme de Cacao
3/4 ounce Peppermint Schnapps
(or white creme de menthe)

Instructions:

Add Creme de Cacao and Peppermint Schnapps to a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a chilled 2 oz. shot glass.

tammileetips/polar-bear-shot-recipe/

Mrs. Claus' Wildside Punch

Johner Images/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images

 

• 3 cups blanco tequila

• 3 cups X-Rated Fusion Liqueur

• 3 cups pomegranate juice

• 3 cups cranberry juice

• Lime twists, for garnish

• Gather the ingredients:

• Combine the ingredients in a punch bowl and stir well.

• Serve the punch in ice-filled glasses, garnishing each with a lime twist.

• Enjoy.  

  Merry Christmas
• Source: The Spruce Eats Christmas Drinks
  

Blackmore's Night - Christmas Eve

 

Very Cherry Christmas drink

Ingredients:

2 ounces Cherry Vodka
1/2 ounce Baileys
1/2 ounce Chocolate Liqueur
Splash of Cream
Chocolate Syrup

Instructions:

Fill a shaker with ice.
Pour in the vodka, Baileys, chocolate liqueur, and cream.
Shake well until chilled.
Optionally, drizzle a chilled martini glass with chocolate syrup.
Strain the mixture from the shaker into the glass.
Garnish with cherries on the skewer.

mixthatdrink.com/very-cherry-christmas/

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

 The Crystals

Blisstletoe

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Absolute Vodka

1 part Orange Juice
Splash of Blue Curacao

Instructions:

Combine first two ingredients over ice in a highball glass.
Add a splash of Blue Curacao
Garnish with an orange slice and lime peel.

CREDIT: Absolut Vodka

Pie Jesu - Sarah Brightman

 

Bourbon Eggnog

Ingredients:

4–5-ounce eggnog

1 ounce bourbon

Ground Nutmeg Garnish

Instructions:

Add eggnog to a chilled glass, top with bourbon. 

Stir together. Garnish with ground nutmeg.  Enjoy!

tammileetips/bourbon-eggnog-recipe/

Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells

 

Winterberry Cocktail

Ingredients:

4 ounces cranberry juice
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon of agave nectar
One 3-inch strip orange zest plus more
4 ounces Mandarin vodka, optional
2 ounces elderflower liqueur, optional
3 ounces ginger beer or ginger ale

Directions:

Combine the cranberry juice, lime juice, agave and orange zest in a cocktail shaker.  Add the vodka and elderflower liqueur if using, and two cups of ice, then shake for 10 seconds. Strain into two or four - 6 ounce martini glasses and finish each with ginger beer and an orange twist.

 foodnetwork/recipes/food-network-kitchen/winterberry-cocktail

Dig that crazy Santa Claus

Ralph Marterie and Orchestra (Lola Dee, vocal)

Homemade Peppermint Vodka

Ingredients:

16-ounce vodka (any brand)

4-5 peppermint candies

Instructions:

Pour the vodka in the jar (as many as you want to make)

Place 3- 4 peppermint candies into the vodka

Seal the jar and leave overnight to make a refreshing homemade peppermint vodka. 

tammileetips/peppermint-vodka/

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

 

Cranberry-Aperol Spritz

Ingredients:

12 oz. Aperol
12 oz. Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Juice of 1/2 ounce
20 oz. Prosecco
Ice

Fresh cranberries, orange slices and rosemary sprigs

Directions:

Step 1- In a pitcher, combine Aperol, cranberry juice, and orange juice. 
Pour in Prosecco and stir to combine.
Step 2- Fill wine glasses with ice and pour in spritz.
Top each with cranberries, an orange slice, and a rosemary sprig.

delish/cooking/recipe-ideas/cranberry-aperol-spritz-recipe/

Fairytale of New York
The Pogues (featuring Kirsty MacColl)

Amaretto Eggnog

Ingredients:

1 - 2 oz. Amaretto

6 - 8 oz. Eggnog

Instructions:

Add ice to a glass, pour in eggnog and amaretto. 

Stir together. Garnish with nutmeg if desired.

Easy Amaretto Eggnog Cocktail Recipe - Tammilee Tips

Happy Hanukkah

 

Go Now - The Moody Blues

 

Negroni

Ingredients:

1 ounce of gin

1 ounce of Campari

1 ounce of sweet vermouth

Fill an old-fashioned glass with ice cubes.  Pour gin, Campari, and sweet red vermouth into the glass. Stir the drink.

restaurantware/blog/post/the-10-most-popular-cocktails/

John Lennon - Happy Xmas

 

Sake Breezer

Ingredients:

2 oz. TY KU Sake

4 slices of cucumber

Instructions:

Shake sake and 4 cucumber slices hard with ice and strain into a cocktail glass over ice. 

Garnish with fresh cucumber slices. 

CREDIT- TY KU Asian Liqueur

barnonedrinks/drinks/s/sake-breezer

December - Collective Soul

 

Adult Hot Chocolate

 

Ingredients:

2 ounces peppermint schnapps

6 - 8 ounces hot chocolate

(prepared according to package directions)

whipped cream, for garnish and to taste.

Directions:

In a warm mug or Irish coffee glass, add peppermint schnapps.  Add the hot chocolate to the peppermint schnapps and stir well. Top with the whipped cream and garnish with chocolate.  Serve.

recipereader/recipe/adult-hot-chocolate

How Do I Make You - Linda Ronstadt

 

Double Razz Grape Martini

Ingredients:

1 oz. Grape Schnapps
1/2 oz. Raspberry Schnapps
1/4 oz. Raspberry Vodka
Splash Lemon Lime Soda

Directions:

Shake grape schnapps, raspberry schnapps and raspberry vodka with ice in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and top with a splash of lemon-lime soda.

completecocktails/Drinks/DoubleRazzGrapeMartini

The Dandy Warhols - Autumn Carnival

 

Sparkling Apple Bourbon

Ingredients:

3 oz. Apple Cider
1.5 oz. bourbon
Apples
Spindrift Lemon

Directions:

Pour cider and bourbon over ice.
Top with spindrift lemon
Garnish with apple slice.

simplemost/8-apple-cider-based-cocktails

Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
Jay & The Techniques

Apple Fall Spritz

Ingredients:

Ice as needed.
2 apple slices
1 fresh sage leaf    
3 ounces dry hard apple cider
2 ounces Aperol
Splash of club soda

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice.  Nestle apple and sage in a glass.
Pour hard cider and Aperol into glass, then top with club soda.

allrecipes/apple-fall-spritz-recipe

Little Eva - Let's Turkey Trot

 

Bourbon-Cranberry Cocktail

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh cranberries
1 cup orange juice
1/3 cup sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
1 liter (about 4 cups Bourbon)
Orange peels for garnish

Directions:

Combine the cranberries, orange juice sugar and cinnamon sticks in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.  Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves and cranberries start to pop, about 5 minutes.  Let cool completely then combine with the bourbon in a pitcher.

To serve, pour into glasses over ice and garnish with an orange peel.

foodnetwork/recipes/nancy-fuller/bourbon-cranberry-cocktail

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Fall Sangria

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups apple juice, divided.
1/4 cup honey
Ice 
2 cups dry white or rose wine.
1 cup pomegranate juice
1/2 cups pomegranate seeds, plus more for garnish
2 Lady apples, thinly sliced into rounds, plus more for garnish.

Directions:

Bring 1/4 cup apple juice to a simmer in a small saucepan, Stir in honey until dissolved. Fill a large pitcher halfway with ice, then pour the juice mixture over it. Add wine, 1 cup apple juice, pomegranate juice, pomegranate seeds and apple slices. Stir to combine. Serve in glasses garnished with more pomegranate seeds and apple slices.

marthastewart/fall-sangria

T. Rex - Jeepster

 

Apple Brandy and Cider

Ingredients:

1/2 cup fresh apple cider 

4 ounces (1/2 cup) apple brandy (preferably Applejack)

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) dry vermouth

A few dashes bitters. 

Orange twists for garnish, 

Directions:

Combine apple cider with apple brandy, dry vermouth, and bitters.
Divide between 2 ice-filled glasses, and garnish each with an orange twist.

marthastewart/apple-brandy-and-cider

Happy Veteran's Day

 

Classic Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 oz. Brandy

1 1/2 tsp. Curacao

1 1/2 tsp. Maraschino Liqueur

1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

Instructions:

Prepare an old-fashioned glass by rubbing a slice of lemon around the rim and dipping it into powdered sugar. Shake with ice and strain ingredients into the prepared glass.

https://www.barnonedrinks/drinks/c/classic-cocktail

Autumn Harvest Latte

Ingredients:

1/4 oz. Monin Hazelnut Syrup
1/4 oz. Monin Caramel Syrup

1 shot Espresso
Fill with steamed milk

Instructions:

Combine ingredients except milk in serving cup
Stir and set aside
Steam milk in pitcher 
Pour steamed milk into serving cup stirring gently.
Garnish

monin/us/autumn-harvest-latte

I Call Your Name

 The Beatles

The Mamas and the Papas

Autumn Wood

Ingredients:

Ice Cubes
1 part Absolut Vodka
1/2-part Yellow Chartreuse
1 whole Maraschino Berry

How to make:

Fill a mixing glass with ice cubes. Add all ingredients.
Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. 
Garnish with a maraschino berry.

absolutdrinks/en/drinks/autumn-wood/

The Eagles - Witchy Woman

 

Black Magic Woman

 Santana

Fleetwood Mac

Sweet Poison Cocktail

Ethan Calabrese

Ingredients:

1 oz. light rum
2 oz. coconut rum
1 oz. Blue Curacao
1 handful of ice
pineapple juice
pineapple wedge (for garnish)

Directions:

Combine both rums and blue curacao in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake, then pour into a cocktail glass.
Fill the rest of the glass with pineapple juice. 
Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

delish/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/sweet-poison-cocktail/

Happy Haloween!!

Cream - World of Pain

 

Pumpkin Pie Martini

Ingredients:

1 1/2 parts Absolut Vanilla 

1 tablespoon Cinnamon Syrup

1 part Milk

2 tablespoons Pumpkin Puree

Fill a shaker with ice cubes.

Instructions:

Add all ingredients. 

Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.

absolutdrinks/en/drinks/pumpkin-pie-martini/

The Kinks - Autumn Almanac

 

Cidertini

Ingredients:

1 oz. Vodka

1 oz. Green Apple Vodka

1 oz. Cold Apple Cider

Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.

Shake well and strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with a cinnamon stick and sip to feel like your fanciest self.

familyapp/fall-cocktails-are-all-treat-no-trick/

Curved Air - Back Street Luv

 

Jolly Rancher

Ingredients:

1-ounce green apple vodka
1 ounce peach schnapps
4 ounces cranberry juice
orange wedge for garnish

Steps to make it.

Gather the ingredients.
Garnish with an orange wedge.  Serve and enjoy.
Pour the vodka and peach schnapps into a highball glass filled with ice.
Top with cranberry juice and pour.

thespruceeats/jolly-rancher-vodka-cocktail

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Lucky Man

 

Lucky 13

1 1/2 parts Sauza Blue Silver Tequila
1/4-part Dekuyper Pomegranate Liqueur
1/4-part Orange Liqueur
3 parts pomegranate juice
1-part coconut water
1/2 lemon juice
1/4 tbsp. sugar to rim glasses.
1 lime wedge garnish
Pomegranate seeds

Preparation:  

Rim your glass by running a lime wedge around the rim and dipping it in sugar.
In a shaker filled with ice, combine pomegranate juice, coconut water, tequila, liquors and lemon juice. 
Shake and pour into prepared glass. Garnish with a lime wedge and 13 fresh pomegranate seeds.

delish/friday-13-cocktails/

 

Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles

 

Malibu Sunset

Ingredients

Ice cubes
Pineapple - orange juice
Malibu Coconut Rum
Grenadine
Maraschino cherries
Pineapple and/or orange slices (for garnishing)

Add ice to a glass followed by the juice and Malibu rum.  Give it a good stir.
Drizzle in the grenadine (use however much you like!) 
Garnish with cherries, pineapple and orange slices.

averiecooks/malibu-sunset/

Donna Summer - On the Radio

 

Daquiri

Ingredients:

white rum
lime juice
sugar syrup
ice cubes

Instructions:

In a cocktail shaker, combine two measures of white rum, one measure of lime juice and half a measure of sugar syrup with ice cubes. 
Shake, strain and serve in a martini or coupe glass. 

msn/en-us/foodanddrink/cocktails/

The Selecter - On My Radio

 

Joni Mitchell - You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio

 

Pink Lemonade

Ingredients

2 cups ice

3/4 cup vodka

1/3 cup lime juice

1/2 cup cranberry juice

1/4 cup Malibu Rum

1.25-quart Lemonade (Sprite)

Instructions:

Combine all of the ingredients in a large pitcher filled with ice, adding the soda last. 

Serve immediately.

cafedelites/pink-vodka-lemonade/

Fall Beginnings

Ingredients: 

1 1/2-ounce Bourbon (Basil Hayden)
1/2-ounce Pimm's
1 oz. Tea (black)
1/2-ounce simple syrup
6 leaves Mint
Club soda to fill
Orange peel, for garnish
Garnish: Orange and mint

Directions:

Muddle mint and simple syrup in the bottom of a highball glass.
Fill with crushed ice and add bourbon, Pimm's, and cold black tea.
Fill with club soda and stir well.
Garnish with an orange twist and more mint.

completecocktails/Drinks/FallBeginnings

The Honeycombs - Have I the right?

 

Berry Campari

Ingredients:

1 oz. Campari

1 oz. Cranberry Juice

1/2 oz. Orange Juice

Directions:

Shake Campari, cranberry juice and orange juice with ice in a cocktail shaker.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an orange twist.

completecocktails/Drinks/BerryCampari

Sally's Summer Cooler

Ingredients:

3 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
1 oz. Lime Juice
Club Soda
Slice of lime 

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice. 

Add peppermint schnapps and lime juice.

then fill with club soda.

Stir gently and garnish with lime.

completecocktails/Drinks/SallysSummerCooler

Rum Sunset

Ingredients:

12 oz. orange juice
3 oz. light rum
2 tbsp. grenadine
lime slices for garnish

Directions:

Step 1
Combine orange juice and rum. Set aside 1/3 of the mixture.

Step 2 
Pour 2/3 of the orange juice mixture into 2 ice filled glasses. Set aside.

Step 3
Mix reserved orange juice with rum and 2 tbsp. of grenadine.
Slowly pour into each glass so it settles on the bottom creating an ombre effect.

Step 4
Garnish with lime slices.

delish/rum-sunset-drink-recipes/

Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur

 

Midnight Summer

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Cachaca (Boca Loca)
3/4 oz. Coffee Liqueur (Kahlua)
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Agave Nectar

Directions:

Shake all ingredients well with ice in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.

completecocktails/Drinks/MidnightSummer

The Sandals 

Theme from The Endless Summer

Endless Summer

Ingredients:

1 ounce gin, (preferably City of London)
3/4 ounce Campari
3/4 ounce Dolin Sweet Vermouth
1 ounce pineapple juice

Directions:

In a large shaking tin, add all ingredients. Add ice, and shake well.
Fine strain into a Collins glass over ice. 

punchdrink/recipes/endless-summer/

RIP Robbie Robertson

 The Band - Chest Fever

Somewhere down the crazy river

Rebecca's Rockin Vodka

Ingredients:

1/2-ounce fluid can frozen raspberry lemondade concentrate.

12 fluid ounces vodka

1 lime

Directions:

In a gallon pitcher prepare the lemonade concentrate according to package instructions, replacing one can of water with the vodka. Squeeze juice from one lime into mixture. Pour over ice and serve.

allrecipes.com/recipe/rebeccas-rockin-vodka-lemonade/

King's Summer Cup

Ingredients:

1 oz. Ginger Liqueur (The King's Ginger)
3 oz. Cranberry Juice
3 oz. Lemonade
Lemon slices
Strawberry sliced.

Directions:

Add ice and lemon slices to a highball glass.
Add cranberry juice, The King's Ginger liqueur and lemonade and stir gently.
Top with strawberry slices.

completecocktails/Drinks/KingsSummerCup

Happy Friday

Summer Gin Fizz

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Gin (Beefeater)
2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Club Soda
Slice of grapefruit

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add gin and grapefruit juice and stir.
Fill with club soda and garnish with a grapefruit slice.

completecocktails/Drinks/SummerGinFizz

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

 

The Summer Fling

Ingredients:

2 oz. Junipero Gin
4 oz. Tonic Water
4 kiwi berries, halved
1/2 tsp pink peppercorns

Combine gin and kiwi berries in a glass and muddle lightly.
Fill with ice and top with tonic water.  Sprinkle in peppercorns.
Stir gently.  Garnish with more kiwi berries and/or edible flowers.

The Sundays - Summertime

 

Beach Blossom Rum Cocktail

The Beach Blossom is a tropical rum cocktail made with guava, pineapple and coconut.

Ingredients:

2 ounces White Rum
1 1/2 ounces Lemon Juice 
3/4 ounce Cream of Coconut
1/2-ounce Guava Syrup

1/2-ounce Pineapple juice

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill it 3/4 with ice.

Shake until chilled, then strain the cocktail into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. 

Garnish with pineapple leaves and an edible flower (if desired).

Beach Blossom - a Tropical Rum Cocktail for Summer - Moody Mixologist

Save Your Heart For Me

 Gary Lewis and the Playboys

Summertime Mango Drink

Ingredients:

2 mangoes, cut into cubes.
1 cup ice cubes
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 2/3 cups milk

Directions:

Combine mangoes, ice cubes, vanilla extract, and sugar in a blender.
Pour in milk.  Blend until liquified.

allrecipes/recipe/summertime-mango-drink/

Green Dublin Apple Cocktail

Ingredients:

2 ounces Irish Whiskey
1 oz. sour apple schnapps
2 ounces white cranberry juice
Apple slice, for garnish

Steps to make it:

Gather the ingredients.
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a fresh apple slice. Serve and enjoy.

thespruceeats/green-dublin-apple-cocktail-recipe

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Steve Winwood - Higher Love

 

Hot Apple Xante

Ingredients:

1 1/2 parts Xante Liqueur
3 parts Apple Cider
1 stick Cinnamon

Instructions:

Heat the freshly pressed apple juice together with the cinnamon stick. 
Add Xante Liqueur before serving.
Garnish with a cinnamon stick. 

CREDIT: Xante Liqueur

barnonedrinks/drinks/h/hot-apple-xante

Al Green - Love and Happiness

 

Jack Honey Lemonade

Ingredients:

1 part Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey

3 parts Lemonade

Mixing Instructions:

Combine ingredients in a tall glass over ice and garnish with a cherry.

Nashville lifestyles/drink-of-the-month-marchs-jack-honey-lemonade/

Iggy Pop - I am a Passenger

 

Cruzan Hot Toddy

Ingredients:

1 part Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum
1 tsp. Honey
1 piece Lemon peel

Instructions:

Prepare a mug by rinsing it with boiling water and pouring the water out.

Add the sugar, honey or lemon peel, pour in an ounce of hot water and stir until the sweetener has dissolved. 

Add Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum and top off with more boiling water. 

CREDIT: Cruzan Rum

Happy Friday

Close to you

 The Carpenters

Rumer

Queen Bee

Ingredients:

1 oz. Honey Vodka
1 oz. tbsp. Triple Sec - orange liqueur
1 tbsp. Lime Juice
3 slices of cucumber
2 dashes of Angostura bitters

Directions:

Muddle the cucumber slices and lime juice in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
Add ice, honey vodka, triple sec and bitters and shake vigorously.  
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a cucumber slice.

completecocktails/Drinks/QueenBee

My Little Red Book

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach

Manfred Mann

Love

RIP Burt Bacharach

 Anyone who ever had a heart
Dionne Warwick

What the world needs now
Jackie DeShannon

I say a little prayer.

Aretha Franklin

Winter Paloma

Ingredients:

2 parts Hornitos Plata Tequila
1 part Grapefruit-Sage Syrup (See editor's note)
1 part Lime Juice
3 dashes grapefruit bitters
1 part soda, to top   
20 Sage leaves

Add all ingredients except water and sage leaves to a shaking tin.
Add ice and shake until chilled.
Strain over ice into a Collins glass.
Top with soda and garnish with a sprig of fresh Sage.

punchdrink/recipes/winter-paloma/