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Jim Welborn

302-438-7388

 

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for Great Cocktail recipes!

Bellevue Cocktail

 

The Bellevue is a gentle, fruity drink perfect for summer days. Packed with ice, it’s cool and has a sweet, mild taste. This is a great choice for everyone who loves fruit aromas. The delicate flavor of peach is combined with the zinginess of lemon juice for a true summer drink.

1 1/2 oz of Bourbon

1/2 oz Curacao

1/3 oz Crème de Pêche

2/3 oz Fresh lemon juice

2/3 oz Simple syrup

Ice

 

Glass:

Majon Jar with a straw or DOF

Garnish:

Mint sprig, raspberries, lime wheels

 

Add all of the ingredients with ice into a mixing glass. Stir them using a bar spoon. Strain the cocktail into a glass, add more ice (preferably pebble) and garnish with a mint sprig, raspberries and a lime wheel.

The Sidecar Cocktail

A Summer Refresher!

Sugar

1 1/2 oz VS or VSOP cognac

3/4 oz Cointreau

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

 

Glass:

Coupe or DOF

Garnish:

Orange peel

 

Coat the rim of a cocktail glass with sugar. Add the rest of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and stir. Strain into the cocktail glass and garnish with an orange peel. 

 

Kylo Rye Cocktail

 

A summer sipper!

2 oz rye whiskey

1/4 oz fresh lime juice

Club soda, to top

 

Garnish: 

Lime twis

Rocks

 

Combine the whiskey and juice in a rocks glass with ice.  Top with the club soda.  Garnish with a lime twist.

Please contact us with any questions

 

Jim Welborn

302-438-7388

 

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and visit

 

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for Great Cocktail recipes!

 

 

The Salty Bird

 

You need a cocktail that's cool and refreshing, a drink that transports you to a shaded veranda overlooking the ocean. Sound nice, right? Whether it's a classic margarita, a syrupy sweet mojito, or something much more ambitious, try this delicious cocktail!

3/4 oz. Campari

1 1/2 oz. aged rum

1 1/2 oz. fresh pineapple juice

1/2 oz. fresh lime juice

1/2 oz. simple syrup

pinch of salt

Garnish:

dehydrated pineapple (optional)

Pineapple leaves

Glass:

DOF

 

Combine all ingredients, then shake and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a pinch of salt, dehydrated pineapple and three pineapple leaves weaved onto a toothpick.

Limoncello Collins

 

Need a delicious cocktail that you can almost down in one gulp as the sun beats down and the sweat pours off your brow?  This is it! Make a pitcherful for friends and of course, another for you!

16 ounces limoncello (lemon-flavored liqueur)

12 ounces gin

8 ounces fresh lemon juice

24 paper–thin lemon slices

Ice

16 ounces chilled club soda

8 mint sprigs

 

Glass:

DOF or Collins

Garnish:

Very thin, but intact lemon slices, mint sprigs

 

 

 

In a pitcher, combine the limoncello, gin and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours. Press 3 thin lemon slices against the inside of each of 8 collins glasses. Add ice to the glasses. Stir the limoncello mixture and pour it into the glasses. Stir 2 ounces of club soda into each drink and garnish with a mint sprig.

Watermelon-Tequila Cocktail

When watermelon is in abundance, this is a great way to use it.  A little more sophisticated than a spike watermelon....or is it  YES  lol!

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup granulated sugar

8 cups diced seedless watermelon (1 pound)

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

1 3/4 cups blueberries

3/4 cup lightly packed fresh mint leaves, plus 8 sprigs for garnish

1 1/4 cups silver tequila

Ice

 

Glass:

Tom Collins, DOF or a good ole fashioned crystal plastic drinking glass

Garnish:

Whole blueberries and fresh mint sprigs

 

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a simmer with the sugar and stir over moderate heat until the sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute; let the sugar syrup cool.  In a blender, puree the watermelon until smooth. Set a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl and strain the watermelon juice, pressing gently on the solids to extract as much juice as possible. Discard the pulp.  In a large pitcher, combine the sugar syrup with the lime juice, blueberries and mint leaves. Using a wooden spoon, lightly muddle the blueberries and mint. Add the watermelon juice and tequila. Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.

 

Pour the cocktail into tall ice-filled glasses. Garnish with the mint sprigs and serve.

2 oz. Bootlegger Vodka

1/2 oz. lime juice

3/4 oz. pineapple juice

1/2 oz. ginger syrup

splash of spiced rum

 

Glass:

DOF

Garnish:

Lime slice if desired and a lime salt rim

 

Combine the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and stir. Strain into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a splash of savory spiced rum. 

Mexican Mule

Here's a Cocktail with some Spice and a little Kick to it!

Pineapple Mango Dark Rum Cocktail

A simple yet exotic cooler mixes pureed mango, golden rum, and pineapple juice into a tropical treat.

2 1/2 small ripe mangoes, peeled and cubed (about 2 cups), plus 1/2 mango cut into slices with skin, for garnish

4 ounces best-quality golden rum

4 cups fresh pineapple juice (from a 4 1/2-pound pineapple)

 

Garnish:

Fresh tropical fruit, such as dragon fruit and star fruit

Glass:

DOF or Hurricane


Puree mangoes, rum, and 1/2 cup water in a blender. Pour 2 ounces puree into each of six 12-ounce glasses. Fill glasses with ice, and top off with pineapple juice. Garnish with tropical fruit.

Frozen Sangria Margarita

 

This boozy slush combines your two favorite cocktails into one.

For the Sangria Swirl

1 cup red wine

Juice of 1 orange

Juice of 1 lime

2 cups ice

 

For the Margarita Swirl

1 can frozen limeade concentrate

2 shots tequila

2 cups ice

 

Glass:

Tom Collins, Hurricane or DOF

Garnish:

Lime and orange slices 

 

 

Blend sangria mixture. Transfer mixture to the freezer while you blend margarita mixture.  Rinse blender and blend margarita mixture.  On a small plate combine sugar and salt. Run a wedge of lime around the rim of a glass and dip in sugar and salt. Alternate layers of sangria and margarita.  Garnish with lime and orange slices and serve.

The Firecracker

Watermelon, Lime and Cucumber Cocktail

 

Light Bright and (re)Fresh(ing)!

4 oz Prairie Cucumber Vodka

4 (1-inch) cubes of seedless watermelon

2 limes, diced

2 oz simple syrup (Boil 1/4 cup water and sugar just until sugar dissolves. Add 1/4 cup ice to cool - refrigerate leftovers)

 

Glass:

DOF

Garnish:

Lime Rim (equal amounts salt and sugar combined with some fresh grated lime)

2 Watermelon Slices

2 cucumber slices

2 small mint sprigs

 

Combine vodka, watermelon and lime in a cocktail shaker. Muddle all ingredients well. Add simple syrup, fill with ice, cover and shake until ice cold.  Rim the glasses with a cut lime and dip in the lime rim mixture.

Fill the glasses with ice and strain the ingredients from the shaker into the glasses.  Garnish with a watermelon slice, a cucumber slice and a mint sprig.

 

Recipe Notes

No Cucumber Vodka? No problem.  Simply add a couple of slices to cucumber to the watermelon and lime and muddle them together; use regular vodka of your choosing. Enjoy!

 

The Gator Cocktail

 

This cocktail has a much more enjoyable bite!

1 1/2 ounces Midori Melon Liqueur

1/2 ounce Coconut Rum

Pineapple Juice

 

Glass:

DOF or Tall tumbler

Garnish:

Eadible flowers or skewered melon balls 

 

Fill a tall glass with ice, pour in alcohol, fill the rest of the way with pineapple juice, mix, garnish and enjoy!

Raspberry Hot Shot

 

Who doesn't want a hot shot in their mouth!

1 oz of Malibu Original Rum

1.2 oz of lemon juice

1/2 oz of 2imple syrup (1 part water, 1 part sugar, boiled and chilled)

3 raspberries

2 drops Red Hot sauce

 

Glass:

Shot

 

Mull the raspberries in a shaker. Add all the ingredients into shaker, fill with ice.

Shake until cold and strain into a chilled shot glass.

Swizzle Me Timbers

 

Moonshine ain’t just for Pappy anymore. White whiskey, colloquially known as moonshine, is popping up everywhere, from trendy restaurants to four star dessert menus.

2 oz It's Five Moonshine Whiskey

3/4 oz lemon juice

1/2 oz simple syrup (2:1 ratio)

1/4 oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

4 1/4 inch cucumber wheels, 1 reserved for garnish

6-8 mint leaves, plus sprig for garnish

Small pinch of salt

 

Glass:

Tome Collins

Garnish:

Cucumber wheel

 

In mixing glass, firmly muddle cucumber wheels with small pinch of salt. Smack the mint (to bring the oils to the surface of the leaf) and add it to the mixing glass along with the whiskey, lemon, sugar, and liqueur. Fill with ice and firmly shake for 20 seconds. Fine strain into a collins glass filled with crushed ice. Insert your bar spoon into glass and give the drink a brief swizzle to frost the outside of the glass. Garnish with remaining cucumber wheel and mint sprig. Add a straw to prevent the avalanche of crushed ice from tumbling all over you and ruining your shirt.

Rum Rambler

 

After a couple of these delicious and refreshing cocktails, you might find yourself "rambling", but it's ok....just make sure whoever's ear you have is sympathetic one LOL!

1/2 oz. rum

1/2 oz. dark rum

1/2 oz. white rum

1/2 oz. triple sec

1/2 oz. vodka

1/2 oz. pineapple juice

1-1/2 oz. sour mix

7UP®, fill to the top

 

Glass:

Rocks

Garnish:

Pineapple wedge and leaves threaded on a toothpick

 

Combine all but 7UP® with ice and shake well.  Strain and add ice. Fill to the top with 7UP®.

 

Grapefruit Ranch Water

 

Sorta sweet, sorta tangy and definitely peppery!  This delicious refreshing cocktail may have you sweating a little but just think of how good it will be to feel the afternoon breezes wafting over you cooling you down and making you say ahhhh!

1/3 c fresh pink grapefruit juice

3 tbsp simple syrup

1 1/2 oz Spiced Tequila

Sparkling Water

Garnish:

Pink grapefruit wedges, cilantro sprigs, and sliced jalapeño

Glass:

DOF or for fun, Mason jars!

 

 

Spread salt on a flat plate. Dip the rim of a 12-ounce glass in the grapefruit juice and then in the salt.  Fill glass with ice and top with grapefruit juice, simple syrup, and tequila; stir to combine.  Top with sparkling water and garnish with grapefruit wedges, cilantro sprigs, and sliced jalapeño.

 

Maison Martini

 

Summer Martinis are the best!  Just look at this one...I can hardly wait for cocktail hour...or do we have to?  LOL

1 1/2 oz Absolut Elyx vodka

1/2 oz St. Germain.75 oz fresh lemon juice

1/2 oz lemongrass syrup*

1/2 oz pineapple juice

 

Glass:

Martini

Garnish:

Mint leaf

 

*For the lemongrass syrup, wash and chop 6-8 stalks of lemongrass. Add to one quart of simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water fully dissolved). Place all in a blender. Blend until lemongrass is finely chopped. Leave to stand for an hour, then strain out solids. Keep refrigerated.

 

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Double strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a single mint leaf.

In the Ivy

I wonder if that would be "poison" ivy?  or your poison as in "what's yours"? I think the later. Delicious, fruity and refreshing.  The perfect combination for a summer cocktail!

2 oz orange blossom-infused vodka

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

3/4 oz summer berry-riesling puree

 

Glass:

DOF

Garnish:

small flowers or a lemon wheel

 

Begin with a rapid infusion of orange blossom and vodka using a thermal whip container (if you don't have a thermal whip container, the standard infusion process can be used) or use an orange flavored vodka. Add the lemon juice to the infused vodka and pour over crushed ice. Top the cocktail with a puree of summer berries and riesling. Garnish with an edible orchid or lemon wheel

Maple Whisky Collins

 

Ahhhhh!  May I have another please!

1 1/2 oz. Crown Royal Maple Finished

1/2 oz. lemon juice

1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice

1/2 oz. simple syrup

1 oz. club soda

 

Glass:

 Highball Glass

Garnish:

Orange wheel

 

Add all the ingredients except the club soda to a shaker with ice.

Shake well.  Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top with club soda.  Garnish with an orange wheel

1 1/2 oz  jalapeño-infused tequila

2 oz of watermelon purée (purée pieces of watermelon in blender)

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

3/4 oz simple syrup

 

Glass:

Stemmed water goblet or short hurricane

Garnish:

Lime wedge or wheel

 

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a glass, garnish with lime, and serve.

Frida

Spicy tequila and watermelon!  What could be bad?

1 1/2 oz Grey Goose Citron vodka

1/2 oz raspberry syrup

1/2 oz St. Germain liqueur

1 1/2 oz sparkling wine

1/4 oz lime juice

 

Glass:

coupe, dof, red wine glass

Garnish:

nasturtium leaves (available at your grocer) and or raspberries

 

Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a wine glass. Garnish with frozen raspberries and float nasturtium leaves

Water Lilies

 

The Monet of cocktails.  As pretty as it is delicious to drink

Wild Card

 

Having a Poker Face may be a little easier after one or two of these Summery delicious cocktails!

1 oz Del Maguey 'Vida' mezcal

1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao

1 oz pineapple juice

1/2 oz yuzu juice

1/4 oz ginger juice

1/2 oz raspberry syrup

Hefeweizen beer

Raspberries

 

Glass:

Tom Collins

Garnish:

Raspberries

 

Pour into a shaker filled with ice all the ingredients except for the beer shake and strain into an ice filled highball glass. Top with hefeweizen beer and garnish with 3 skewered frozen raspberries (resting across rim) and a  straw.

2 oz Vodka

1 oz fresh cucumber puree

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

3/4 oz sesame simple syrup*

1 lemon balm leaf

 

Glass:

Martini, Coupe

Garnish:

 

*Sesame simple syrup is made by toasting sesame seeds until golden brown then added to equal parts sugar and hot water making sure all the sugar has dissolved. Strain to remove all seeds before serving.

 

Slap lemon balm to release essence. Add cucumber puree, lemon and sesame syrup to cocktail shaker. Add vodka and shake vigorously. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with fresh cucumber.

Cucomber

A delicious and refreshing cocktail for after beachcombing the beach!

Please contact us with any questions

 

Jim Welborn

302-438-7388

 

JimWelbornBarServices@gmail.com

 

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Blue Havaiyee

Think of swaying palm trees, white powdery sands, pink conk shells and ukulele music....This cocktail will help you get there!

 

1 1/2 oz white rum 

1 oz Blue Curaçao 

1/2 oz pineapple juice

1 oz coconut cream

1 strawberry

 

Glass:

Tom Collins or Hurricane

Garnish:

Sliced and skewered strawberries, whipped cream (optional)

 

Place all ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, and shake vigorously. Pour into highball glass over crushed iced. Float whipped cream and add 1 sliced strawberry for garnish.

Cantaloupe Margarita

 

With cantaloupes and other melons just now really coming into season and tasting great, it's time make delicious fruity cocktails.  As the expression goes, "When life gives you lemons"......well, in this case, cantaloupes! Just sweet enough with that freshness of ripe fruit and enhanced with a few other ingredients to make a summer refreshing cocktail.

1 1/2 oz 100% agave tequila

1/2 oz brandy

3 1/2 oz cantaloupe juice method below

3/4 oz lime juice

Ice

 

Glass:

DOF or Margarita

Garnish:

Lime wheel and mint sprig

 

In a blender blend about 1 cup of diced cantaloupe until smooth. Strain through a mesh strainer to remove pulp.  Combine cantaloupe, tequila, brandy, and lime juice in a shaker to combine. Strain and pour over ice.

American Smash

To have just one would be totally unpatriotic!

2 oz Auchentoshan American Oak Scotch whisky

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

1/2 oz honey syrup (1 part honey, 2 parts water)

4–5 mint leaves

 

Glass:

Mason Jar

Garnish:

Mint leaves

 

Combine the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a Mason jar filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

 

2 oz Gin or Vodka

3/4 oz of Vermouth

3/4 oz of Olive Brine

 

Beac Sand: Cracked black pepper and sea salt

Glass:

Martini or Coupe

Garnsh:

Sardine stuffed Castelvetrano olive or an anchovie roll up

 

Dampen the rim of the glass with olive brine, rimm the glass in the beach sand mixture.  Add all ingredients except for the olives or sardine to a mixing glass with ice.  Stir for 30 seconds or until ice cold.  Strain into a chilled coupe.  Garnish with a skewer of sardine-stuffed olives or rolled up anchovie.

 

White sardines, readily available generally in the refrigerated section of your grocer, are milder, less fishy and definitely less salty than their brown counterparts in cans or jars.

Sardine Martini

Get ready for a mouthwatering, mouth puckering, out of this world, blow your mind martini......and it only takes one additional ingredient added to a classic Martini...the not so lowly Sardine!

Fleur de Guadeloupe

 

A little bit of French Mex!

Floral notes and Spicy tones!

1 1/2 oz Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum

1/2 oz elderflower syrup

3/4 oz lime juice

1 dash Moroccan Bitters

1/2 oz Cruzan Black Strap Rum

1 bottle good quality ginger beer

1 sprig mint

 

Glass:

Tom Collins, stemless wine glass, beer glass

Garnish:

Fresh mint sprig

 

Combine Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, elderflower syrup, lime juice, and bitters in a shaker. Add one ice cube and quickly shake to incorporate all ingredients. Pour into a glass with crushed ice, top with ginger beer, and float Cruzan Black Strap Rum on top. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Tequila Sunset

 

Vibrant colors and flavors in this cocktail make it perfect for watching the sun set, or anytime really!

4 fresh blackberries

1/2 oz simple syrup

1 oz Tequila

3/4 oz Ancho Reyes.

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

4 single basil leaves

 

Glass:

DOF

Garnish:

Fresh blacberries, basil leaves and or lime wheel

 

Muddle blackberries with simple syrup. Add other ingredients and shake well. Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with pic'd blackberries and basil leaves or a lime wheel

Il Palio

With just a little planning, your guests will be impressed with the presentation and the flavor of this unique cocktail!

Orange bitters

3/4 oz  Campari

2 parts water

 

Glass:

DOF

Garnish:

Orange twist

 

Several hours before serving, mix together Campari and water and freeze in a square ice mold. When frozen, make the cocktail: Place 2 Campari ice cubes in rocks glass. Pour all ingredients over ice cubes and garnish with a wide orange twist. Stir the drink to start the ice melting.

 

2 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Chambord

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz demerara syrup

5 muddled blackberries

6 mint leaves

 

Glass:

Julep cup, double old fashioned or Tom Collins

Garnish:

Mint leaves and black raspberries and a straw

 

Mix all ingredients in a shaker and pour over crushed ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a blackberry.

Blackberry Mint Julep

 

I bet Scarlett O'Hara would have never fainted if she knew this cocktail was being served!

Dos Alas

 

Translation:  Two Wings!

Cooling and Invigorating all at the same time.  After a couple of these delicious cocktails, you may feel like you are ready for flight!

2 oz Bacardi Superior Rum
1 oz coconut water
1/2 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz chipotle syrup*

 

Glass:

Martini

Garnish: slice of coconut meat and or small red pepper

 

*To make the chipotle syrup, combine the following in a pan, bring to a boil, and double strain:  2 cups sugar1 cup waterSteep 3 largely chopped chipotles in the hot syrup to taste (10 or 15 minutes)

Combine all, shake over ice, and strain into glass. Garnish with a piece of coconut or red pepper.

Strawberry Crush

Remember growing up with all those delicious CRUSH flavors of soda?  Well this will take you back to a simpler time then, but at the same time reminding  you that you have the "adult" version sitting in front of you!

1 1/2 oz vodka

1 oz sour mix*

3 bar spoons good quality strawberry jam

2-3 dashes rhubarb bitters

Dry Prosecco

 

Glass:

Coupe, Martini or D.O.F

Garnish:

Lemon and lime twists or a slice of strawberry

 

In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients. Shake with ice, double strain, pour into a coupe (preferably a 5 oz). Top with a dry Prosecco and finish with a lemon and lime twist.

 

*Sour mix is a combination of half an ounce of simple syrup, a quarter ounce of lemon, and a quarter ounce of lime 

Grapefruit Radler

 

The term “radler” came about in the 1920s when a Bavarian tavern owner lengthened his beer supply by adding lemonade, and named it the “radler” (or cyclist) after the bicycling customers he was trying to serve.

1/2 cup chilled sparkling grapefruit beverage (such as Sanpellegrino Pompelmo)

1/2 cup chilled pilsner beer 

2 dashes of grapefruit bitters

2 Ruby Red grapefruit wedges

 

Glass:

Hurricane, Tom Collins, Pilsner

Garish:

Ruby Red Grapefruit wedge

 

Combine chilled sparkling grapefruit beverage, chilled pilsner beer, and grapefruit bitters in a tall, ice-filled pilsner glass, and stir gently. Squeeze Ruby Red grapefruit wedges into cocktail, and stir.

Grand Slam

 

Let's Slam the summer heat with this thirst quencher.

Hint:  The colder the better!

16 oz of a Light or citrus beer

2 oz Grand Mariner as a shot

 

Glass:

Chilled Pint or pilsner

 

Garnish:

Orange or lemon wheel

 

Pour the beer or ale into a very chilled glass, leaving room for the shot.  Serve your guest the beer and have them drop the shot into the beer.  Garnish if desired with an orange or lemon wheel

Grand Margarita

 

This simple and quick Margarita recipe gives you more to enjoy them instead of more time making them....ain't life Grand!

1/2 ounce of Grand Mariner

1 1/2 oz of Tequila

3/4 oz of lime juice (not sweetened)

3/4 oz of orange juice

 

Glass:

DOF or Margarita

 

Garnish:

Lime wedge or wheel

Salted rim if you like

 

Pour all the ingredients into a shaker. Shake well, strain into a glass with or without ice.  Garnish with the lime.

 

 

The Sorrento

 

A classic vermouth cocktail from southern Italy, the Sorrentino bring sweet, bitter and citrus flavors together in perfect unity. Be sure not to skip the thyme sprig, which adds a whole other aromatic layer to the symphony.

1 oz Sweet vermouth

1 oz Limoncello

3⁄4 oz Campari

Soda water, to top

 

Garnish: 

Thyme sprig

Orange slice

 

Glass: 

Double Old Fashioned

 

Fill a double Old Fashioned glass with ice.  Add the vermouth, limoncello and Campari, and stir gently.  Top with the soda water.  Garnish with a thyme sprig and an orange slice.

Makes 3 cups

 

1 (6-ounce) container frozen limeade concentrate

3/4 cup Key lime-flavored (or other light) rum

1/3 cup fresh mint leaves

 

Garnish:

Fresh mint sprigs and lime slices

Glass:

DOF

 

Combine limeade concentrate, rum, and fresh mint leaves in a blender. Fill to the 5-cup mark with cracked ice. Blend until smooth. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs and lime slices before serving, if desired.

Minty Lime Frozen Mojito

 

This frosty lime mojito, made with Key lime-flavored rum and bright limeade concentrate, is the refreshing answer to sweltering summer days–and nights.

Tequila Honey Bee

 

Is there a need to make a joke about beeing "buzzed" after this cocktail.....nah

Mezcal rinse

2 oz  tequila

1 oz honey syrup

3/4 oz lemon juice

2 dashes Angostura bitters

 

Garnish:

1 lemon peel

Glass:

Tom Collins

 

In a Shaker, combined all the ingredients (except the Mezcal rinse)with ice and shake well. Rinse your glass with the Mezcal. Pour  the skaker contents into glass. Add 2 dashes of bitters on top of drink. Garnish with lemon peel.

Hurricane

 

The creation of this passion fruit–colored relative of a daiquiri is credited to New Orleans tavern owner Pat O'Brien. The bar allegedly started as a speakeasy called Mr. O'Brien's Club Tipperary and the password was "storm's brewin'".  In the 1940s, he needed to create a new drink to help him get rid of all of the less-popular rum that local distributors forced him to buy before he could get a few cases of more popular liquors such as scotch and other whiskeys.  He poured the concoction into hurricane lamp–shaped glasses and gave it away to sailors.  The drink caught on, and it has been a mainstay in the French Quarter ever since.

2 oz of BACARDÍ Black rum

1 1/2 oz BACARDÍ Superior rum

2oz Orange juice

1 oz Fresh lime juice

1 oz Passion fruit syrup*

1 tsp Grenadine Syrup

 

Glass:

Hurricane

Garnish:

Pineapple wedge, lemon wheel, orange peel and cherry

 

Add all the ingredients into a shaker with ice, and shake vigorously.

Strain into a Hurricane glass over ice.  Garnish with a lemon wheel, orange peel and cherry.

 

*Passion fruit syrup: In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup passion fruit pulp (from 6 ripe passion fruits). Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer for 12 minutes. Fine-strain into a container and refrigerate up to 2 weeks.

5 or 6 blueberries, muddled

2 oz blanco tequila

1/2 oz orange liqueur

1/2 oz simple syrup

1 oz lime juice

 

Glass:

Coupe or DOF, On the Rocks

Garnish:

Lime wheel, cherry with stem if desired

 

In a shaker, muddle the blueberries, add ice and the rest of the ingredients.  Shake well and strain over ice in a rocks glass or neat in a coupe or martini glass.

Formula 70

 

Varoom, Varoom! Up to you, but you might just get a little "racy" after this cocktail!

Tequila Mockingbird

 

Such a beautiful sounding bird, such a beautifully colored cocktail....Isn't life just beautiful!

2 oz Don Julio Blanco tequila

1/2 oz Aperol

1/2 oz St. Germain

1 1/2 oz grapefruit juice

 

Glass: Coupe or Martini

Garnish:

Whole basil leaf

 

Muddle 4 basil leaves in a shaker with St. Germain.  Add ice, tequila, and grapefruit juice. Shake well, strain, and pour into a martini glass. Add the Aperol as a float on top, and garnish with a basil leaf.

Caribbean Coco

I bet even He Man type Pirates enjoyed this Rum Concoction

1 oz El Dorado 3 Year rum

1 oz Clément Coco rhum

1/3 oz coconut milk-based yogurt

1/2 oz simple syrup

1/2 oz lime juice

1 dash Angostura Bitters

 

Glass:

Coconut shell or DOF

Garnish:

Mint sprig, pinapple wedge, piece of fresh coconut, colorful flower

 

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a coconut or glass. Garnish with your choice of garnishes

Martinez

(pronounced mar-teen-neeze)

As in many! and rightfully so Delicious!

2 oz London Dry gin

1 oz sweet vermouth

1/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

2 dashes Angostura orange bitters

 

Glass:

Martini or coupe

Garnish:

Lemon twist

 

Stir ingredients with ice in a mixing glass and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Dances With the Wolves

 

If you see Kevin Costner after one of these cocktails.....invite him over for one!

2 oz Montelobos Mezcal

1 oz lime juice

3/4 oz pineapple gum syrup (available in liquor stores)

2 oz sparkling water

 

Glass:

DOF or stemless wine glass

Garnish:

Dehydrated pineapple slice and a large basil leaf 

 

Combine ingredients in a shaker and shake. Strain over fresh ice cubes in a stemless wineglass. Top with soda. Garnish with pineapple slice and basil leaf, but preferably a hoja santa leaf  (root beer like in scent)

STRAWBERRY BASIL BOURBON LEMONADE

 

Make a Pitcher Full!

8 oz. bourbon

2 cups strawberries (keep a few more for sliced garnish)

2 tbsp sugar

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

12 basil leaves

8 basil sprigs

bitters

 

Glass:

Double Old Fshioned

Garnish:

Whole basil leaves and sliced strawberries

 

Place strawberries into blender and add 2 tbsp of sugar. Add about 1/4 of a cup of water and pulse until pureed. In a medium saucepan over a medium-high heat, add the puree and 1 3/4 cup of water. Heat until mixture begins to boil. Allow to cool and then strain through a sieve.

In a large pitcher, combine the strawberry syrup, bourbon, 1 cup of water, lemon juice, basil leaves, and a splash of bitters. Stir.  Garnish each glass with 2 to 3 sliced strawberries and a sprig of basil 

The Alligator Fuck

 

Sounds like a wild cocktail because it absolutely is. This layered vodka cocktail combines vodka, Triple Sec, lime juice, Raspberry Schnapps, and Jägermeister, and provides tons of different flavors coming from each layer.  BTW, if you are feeling randy after one of these cocktails, please do not try to go native....if you know what I mean~

Bottom Layer

1 1/2 oz Vodka

3/4 oz Triple Sec

3/4 oz Lime Juice

 

Middle Layer

1/4 oz Raspberry Schnapps

 

Top Layer

1/4 oz Jagermeister

 

Glass:

Martini

 

Add ice, vodka, triple sec and lime juice to shaking glass and shake well. Strain into base of martini glass and top with a gentle layer of raspberry schnapps. Gently layer jagermeister on top.  Use the "back of the spoon" method if you like to layer in the middle and top layers of liquor.

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