Monday, July 27, 2009
The Monkey Gland

Ingredients For The Monkey Gland
- Gin
- Orange juice
- Grenadine
- Absinthe
- Orange slice (garnish)
- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz orange juice
- 1/4 oz grenadine
- A dash of absinthe
- Swirl a dash of absinthe in a chilled cocktail glass to coat it,then dump the excess liqueur
- Pour other ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes
- Shake well
- Strain into a cocktail glass
- Garnish
- Serve

Labels: Gin cocktails
The Black Martini


Ingredients For The Black Martini
- Gin or vodka
- Blackberry brandy
- Lemon twist (garnish)
- 3 1/2 oz gin or vodka
- 1/2 blackberry brandy
- Pour the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice
- Shake well
- Strain into a cocktail glass or on the rocks in a old fashioned glass
- Garnish
- Serve

Labels: Gin cocktails, Vodka cocktails
Sunday, July 26, 2009
The Cherry Limeade

Ingredients For The Cherry Limeade
- Cherry
- Club soda
- Lime
- Sugar syrup
- Cherry juice
- 1 cherry
- 4 oz club soda
- 1 lime
- 1 tbsp sugar syrup
- 1 tsp cherry juice
- Partially fill a soda Glass with ice cubes
- Add 1 tbsp of sugar
- Add juice of 1 whole lime in the glass
- Fill the glass with club soda and stir
- Add 2 tsp of cherry juice and stir
- Toss the squeezed lime for the effect
- Garnish with cherry
- Serve

Labels: non-alchoholic
The Apple Martini

Ingredients For The Apple Martini
- Vodka
- Green apple schnapps
- 2 oz vodka
- 1 oz green apple schnapps
- Pour all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes
- Shake well
- Strain into a cocktail glass
- Serve

Labels: Classic cocktail, easy cocktails
Saturday, July 25, 2009
The Strawberry Lemonade

Ingredients For The Strawberry Lemonade
- Lemon juice (fresh)
- Strawberries
- Sugar
- Lemon zest
- Cold water
- 2 cups squeezed fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup fresh sliced strawberries
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- Zest of 2 lemon
- 5 cups of cold water
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice in a 1/2 gallon pitcher
- Set aside
- Now place strawberries and cold water in a blender
- Blend for several seconds
- Sieve strawberry puree through a mesh strainer in a large bowl and add to fresh lemon juice
- In a medium saucepan, make simple syrup by adding sugar ,lemon zest and 1/2 cup water.
- Heat on medium and simmer for 5 minutes
- Completely cool it
- Now add it to the lemon strawberry juice
- Sir well
- Serve

Labels: non-alchoholic
The Banana Punch

This recipe is non alcoholic.This recipe has the perfect sweetness for a sweet tongue.A great drink to host at parties.
Ingredients For The Banana Punch
- Bananas
- Lemonade(frozen)
- Water
- Orange juice
- Honey
- Ginger ale
- 6 bananas
- 2 cups frozen lemonade
- 6 cups of water
- 16 oz can frozen orange juice
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 quart ginger ale
- In a blender slice bananas.
- Add lemonade and mix for 20 seconds.
- Pour into a large bowl.
- Now stir in , orange juice,water,and honey.
- Pour into containers and freeze.
- Place frozen mix in a punch bowl.
- Pour ginger ale over.
- Serve.

Labels: non-alchoholic
Friday, July 24, 2009
The Cape Codder

Ingredients For The Cape Codder
- Cranberry juice
- Vodka
- Lime wedge (garnish)
- 3 oz cranberry juice
- 2 oz vodka
- Pour all the ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.
- Stir well
- Squeeze the lime juice in the drink.
- Drop the lime wedge in the glass.
- Serve

Labels: easy cocktails, Vodka cocktails
Gin And Tonic
Ingredients For Gin And Tonic
- Gin
- Tonic water
- Lime wedge (garnish)
- 2 oz gin
- 5 oz tonic water
- Pour all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice
- Stir well
- Garnish
- Serve

Labels: easy cocktails, Gin cocktails
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Hot Toddy

Ingredients For The Hot Toddy
- Brandy,Whiskey or Rum
- Honey
- Lemon
- Tea bag
- Hot water
- Lemon slice (garnish)
- cinnamon stick (garnish)
- 1 oz Brandy.Whiskey or Rum
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/4 lemon
- 1 tea bag
- 1 cup hot water
- Coat the bottom of the mug or a Irish coffee glass with honey.
- Add liquor and the juice of 1/4 lemon.
- On the other side heat water and add tea bag to make tea
- Pour the steaming tea in the glass and stir
- Garnish with cinnamon stick and lemon slice
- Serve

Labels: brandy cocktails, Rum cocktail, whiskey cocktails
The Rum Runner

Ingredients For The Rum Runner
- Orange juice
- Blackberry brandy
- Creme de banane
- Gold rum
- Dash of grenadine
- 4 oz orange juice
- 1/2 oz blackberry brandy
- 1/2 oz creme de banane
- 1 1/2 oz gold rum
- Pour all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Shake well
- Strain into a hurricane glass
- Serve

Labels: Rum cocktail
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Cuba Libre

Ingredients For The Cuba Libre
- Lime
- Light rum
- Cola
- 1/2 oz lime
- 2 oz light rum
- 4 oz cola
- Squeeze the juice of a half lime in a Collins glass
- Drop the lime in the glass
- Add ice cubes
- Pour the remaining ingredients in the glass
- Stir well
- Serve

Labels: easy cocktails, Rum cocktail
The Godfather

Ingredients For The Godfather
- Scotch
- Amaretto
- 1 1/2 oz scotch
- 1/2 oz amaretto
Preparation
- Build the ingredients in a old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes
- Stir well
- Serve
Serving Glass

Labels: on the rocks, scotch cocktails
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The Daiquiri

Ingredients For The Daiquiri
- Light rum
- Lime juice
- Sugar syrup
- Lemon slice (garnish)
- 1 1/2 oz light rum
- 3/4 lime juice
- 1/4 oz sugar syrup
- Pour all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes
- Shake well
- Strain into a cocktail glass
- Garnish with a lemon slice
- Serve

Labels: easy cocktails, Rum cocktail
The Bacardi Cocktail

Ingredients For The Bacardi Cocktail
- Bacardi light rum
- Lemon or lime juice
- Grenadine
- 1 3/4 oz Bacardi light rum
- 3/4 oz lemon or lime juice
- 1/4 oz grenadine
- Pour all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes
- Shake well
- Strain into a cocktail glass

Labels: Classic cocktail, Rum cocktail
Monday, July 20, 2009
Essential Garnishes

These are the Essential Garnishes and the basic garnishes to make a Perfect cocktail
- Lemons
- Lime
- Oranges
- Celery
- Olives
- Cherry
- Strawberry
- Cocktail onions
- Whipped Cream
- Mint leaves
- Sugar
- Salt
- Nutmeg

Labels: tips
Tips For Shaking Cocktails

Here Is How
- Place ice cubes in a shaker as it will cool the shaker and the liquid that will be in the shaker.
- Use 5-6 ice cubes in one drink.
- While making two drinks use less ice to make room in the shaker.
- Do not overfill the shaker and give room for the ingredients to move around.
- Shake most ingredients vigorously till the count of ten
- Shake to a rhythm .Hum a tune to make it best.
- Shake frozen or blended drinks with crushed ice.
- Do not add fruit to the shaker.Instead add it after the drink is strained
- Shake drinks longer and harder that have many ingredients or ingredients that do not mix well such as eggs or cream.
Labels: tips
Sunday, July 19, 2009
The Smoky Martini

Ingredients For The Smoky Martini
- Gin
- Scotch
- Lemon twist
- 2 1/2 oz gin
- A dash of scotch
- Pour all ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice
- Stir well
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
- Garnish
- Serve

Labels: easy cocktails, Gin cocktails
The Irish Coffee

Ingredients For The Irish Coffee
- Strong hot coffee
- Irish whiskey
- Brown sugar
- Whipped cream
- 2 1/2 oz strong hot coffee
- 1 1/2 oz Irish whiskey
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 oz whipped cream
- Pour the coffee,whiskey and sugar in a mug or a Irish coffee glass.
- Stir well
- Float the cream on top
- Serve

Labels: whiskey cocktails
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Lemon Drop

Ingredients For The Lemon Drop
- Vodka
- Lemon juice
- Sugar syrup
- Lemon slice (garnish)
- 1 1/2 oz vodka
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 1 tsp sugar syrup
- Pour all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice cubes
- Shake well
- Strain into a cocktail glass
- Serve
Serving Glass

Labels: easy cocktails, Vodka cocktails
The Whiskey Sour

Ingredients For The Whiskey Sour
- Whiskey
- Lemon juice
- Sugar syrup
- Cherry or lemon slice for garnish
- 1 1/2 oz whiskey
- 1 1/2 oz lemon juice
- 3/4 oz sugar syrup
- Pour all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice
- Shake well
- Strain into a chilled sour glass
- Garnish
- Serve

Labels: whiskey cocktails
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The Screwdriver

Looking for some vitamin C ,this one is just for you .It is a very refreshing drink and very good for hot summer days.
Ingredients For The Screwdriver
- Vodka
- Orange juice
- Orange slice (garnish)
- 2 oz vodka
- 5 oz orange juice
Labels: easy cocktails
The Greentini

Ingredients For The Greentini
- Vodka
- Melon liqueur
- Lime wedge(garnish)
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1 1/2 oz melon liqueur
- Pour all ingredients in a cocktail shaker
- Shake well
- Strain into a chill cocktail glass
- Garnish with lemon wedge
- Serve

Labels: easy cocktails, Vodka cocktails
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Diamond Martini

Ingredients For The Diamond Martini
- Dry vermouth
- Premium grain vodka ,frozen
- Lemon wedge
- Only a dash of dry vermouth
- 1/2 a cup premium grain vodka
Preparation
- First chill a cocktail glass
- Pour the dry vermouth and the vodka in the glass
- Twist the lemon wedge over the drink
- Now run the lemon wedge over the glass
- Serve

Labels: Vodka cocktails
The Peach Margarita

Ingredients For The Peach Margarita
- tequila
- Triple sec
- Peach schnapps
- Lime juice
- A piece of peach for garnish
- Ice
- 1 skinned fresh medium peach
- 1 1/2 oz tequila
- 1/4 oz triple sec
- 1/4 oz lime juice
- 1/4 oz peach schnapps
- 1 cup ice
- Pour all the ingredients in a blender
- Blend until smooth
- Pour all ingredients in a chilled margarita glass
- Serve

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Labels: Classic cocktail
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