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Raspberry Kamikaze Martini

"Zero" in on this Delicious Cocktail!

2 oz stoli Raz

1/2 oz triple sec

1/4 oz lime juice

 

Glass:  Martini

Garnish: Raspberry

 

Pour all the ingredients into an iced filled shaker, shake well and strain into a chilled glass.

Garnish with raspberry in Bottom of the glass

Alabama Slammer Shooter

 

This drink is attributed to celebrating a University of Alabama Crimson Tide victory, hence the color!  If you remember the invention of this drink, you were in college around 1975 when it first started to show up in local bars in Alabama.

1 1/2 oz  Southern Comfort

1/2 oz Amaretto

1/2 oz Cranberry juice

 

Glass:

Shot or Shooter

 

Pour all ingredients into a ice filled shaker, shake well and strain into a chilled glass.

Red Snapper

This Red Snapper should not be confused with the creamy, pink cocktail of the same name, and it certainly isn't the Bloody Mary (aka Red Snapper). No, this is a popular cocktail, much like the Redheaded Slut, in which cranberry juice is the connection and creates a slightly larger shooter than normal.

1.5 oz Crown Royal

1.0 oz Amaretto

3.0 oz Cranberry juice

 

Glass:

 

High ball  or shooter

Garnish:

None if treated like a shooter or a lime wheel and cranberries on a cocktail pick if made as a cocktail.

 

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake well.

Strain into a shooter or highball glass.

Garnish (or not)

Barbados Rum Punch

An island paradise right in your glass but be careful or you might start walking around with an eye patch saying "arrgghh" and "shiver me timbers" !

1 oz lime juice

1 oz rich simple syrup (2 parts sugar, 1 part water)

2 oz aged Barbados rum, such as Mount Gay

1 dash Angostura bitters

 

 

Garnish: 

 Nutmeg and lime wheel

Glass: 

Collins

 

Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.

Shake, and strain into a Collins glass filled with fresh ice.

Garnish with a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg and a lime wheel.

Lemon Drop Martini

 

Remember the old-timey hard lemon candy found in homes around the country? This cocktail is the adult equivalent of that childhood favorite. It combines lemon juice, citrus flavored vodka and just a little sweetness for the perfect blend of tart and sweet.

2.5 oz citron vodka

.5 oz lemon juice

1 sugar packet

 

Glass:  

Martini

Garnish:

Sugar rime and lemon wheel

 

Coat the rim of a cocktail glass with sugar and set aside. (Do this a few minutes ahead of time so the sugar can dry and adhere well to the glass.).

Add the remaining ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.

Shake, and strain into the prepared glass.

Garnish with a lemon twist.or wheel.

Surfer on Acid

 

Cowabunga dude! Surfs Up!  

 

This popular cocktail can be made as a shot. But you can civilize this Jägermeister cocktail a bit by serving it on the rocks (or even straight up in a cocktail glass).

1 oz Jägermeister

1 oz Coconut rum

1 oz Freshly squeezed pineapple juice

 

 

Garnish: 

Pineapple wedge

Glass: 

Collins

 

Pour ingredients into an ice filled shaker. Stir to mix and stain into an ice filled collins glass.

Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

Royal Flush

With this delicious combination of top shelf liquors, you may just feel a little flushed  and certainly royal after one or two!

1 1/2 oz Crown Royal Canadian whisky

1 oz peach schnapps

1/2 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur

1 oz cranberry juice

 

Glass:

Double Old Fashioned

Garnish:

Orange peel (optional)

 

Pour ingredients into an ice filled glass.  Stir to combined and garnish if desired.

Red Headed Slut

A Sweet and Tasty Jagermeister Shot

This crimson shot mixes the strong herbal flavor of Jager with the sweet, fruity taste of peach schnapps and cranberry juice. Did you know that the name of Red Headed Slut was derived at Prince Edward Island from the book Anne of Green Gables!

1 ounce Jagermeister

​1 ounce peach schnapps

​2 ounces cranberry juice

 

Glass:

Shot

Garnish:  None

 

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake well.

Strain into a shot or old-fashioned glass.

Angry Apple 

A little reminiscent of the world renown Boiler Maker but with a Seasonal Twist! 

1 glass of Angry Orchard Apple Cider (Your choice of flavor)

1 shot of Rumple Minze  (peppermint/candy cane liqueur)

 

Glass:

Beer mug or wide bottomed Pilsner

 

Fill a chilled glass with Angry Orchard Cider.

Drop chilled shot of Rumple Minze in to the glass.

 

Bottoms Up!

 CIDER DELIGHTER

 

Take fall’s quintessential fall beverage, apple cider, to the next level with the crisp and subtly spicy Cider Delighter. A triple threat of apple-y ingredients—apple cider, baked apple bitters and a fresh red apple slice garnish—brings fruity perfection to this Vikingfjord vodka–based tippler.  You’ll be thoroughly delighted after one sip of this autumnal  cocktail

1 1⁄2 oz  Vikingfjord Vodka

1⁄2 oz  Allspice liqueur

1⁄2 oz  Lemon Juice

1 1⁄2 oz  Apple cider

1 dash  Baked apple bitters

 

Glass: 

Rocks

Garnish: 

1  Red apple slice

 

Add all the ingredients to a shaker  and fill with ice.

Shake, and strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice.

Garnish with a red apple slice.

The Hacked Greyhound Martini!

 

There’s something about the warm summer nights that makes a fresh, citrus-y drink a necessary accessory.  Maybe it’s because the sun stays out until deep into the evening. Maybe it’s because the weather is warm, and grapefruit is so refreshing. Or maybe it’s the vodka. Summer and vodka are a beautiful couple. 

1 oz Vodka

1/2 oz lime juice

1 oz ruby red grapefruit juice

1/2 oz lemongrass simple syrup

Dash of grapefruit bitters

Salt or sugar for glass rimming

 

 

Glass:  Martini

Garnish:  1/2  grapefruit (citrus) wheel

 

Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice.

Rim martini glass with salt (or sugar, depending on your tastes)

Pour drink into martini glass and garnish with a slice of grapefruit.

Tequila Sunrise

The Tequila Sunrise, with it’s bright striations of color, evokes a summer sunrise. This simple classic has only three ingredients—tequila, grenadine and orange juice—and is served unmixed to preserve the color of each layer.  The Tequila Sunrise achieved notoriety after Mick Jagger began drinking it, and The Rolling Stones dubbed their 1972 tour “the cocaine and Tequila Sunrise tour.” The drink has been a part of the cocktail canon ever since.

1 1⁄2 oz Tequila, chilled

4 oz Fresh orange juice

1 dash Grenadine

 

 

Garnish: 

1  Orange slice and cherry

Glass: 

Highball

 

Add the tequila and then the orange juice to a chilled highball glass.  Float the grenadine on top and serve unmixed to preserve the color of each layer.

Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

Black and Gold

 

We hear this is one of P Diddy's favorite cocktail!  (Hint: He owns the company!)

1.5 oz. CÎROC™ Amaretto

3 oz. Cola

 

Glass:

Highball

Garnish:

Orange twist and a cherry

 

Combine ingredients in a Highball glass filled with ice.  Stir.

Garnish with orange twist and cherry.

Tootsie Roll Cocktail

This inspired chocolaty libation is for adults only and is definitely more "treat" than "trick" !

2 oz Rye Whiskey

1 oz Dessert sherry

6 dashes Chocolate Bitters

 

 

Garnish: 

1 maraschino cherry

Glass: 

Cocktail

 

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice.

Stir until ice-cold and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Mr. Hyde Potion

 

This spirited Halloween drink might just be a life-changing experience. The potion is full of herbaceous flavors and a kick that will bring out the party monster in your guests.

Makes 4 Cocktails

 

8 ounces vodka

4 ounces parfait amour liqueur

1 ounce blackberry liqueur

2 ounces tarragon simple syrup (recipe follows)

1 ounce fresh lemon juice

1 ounce lavender syrup, available at most liquor stores

4 lavender sprigs

8 blackberries

dry ice (optional)

 

Note: Always observe dry ice safety measures: Never touch dry ice with bare skin and do not swallow.  Only drink the cocktail when the dry ice has melted completely!

 

Purple sanding sugar for rim (optional: mix sugar with purple food coloring)

 

Prepare the tarragon simple syrup by placing 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan.

Heat over medium-low heat until it reaches a low boil. Add two sprigs of fresh tarragon and reduce heat to low. Heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove tarragon and allow syrup to cool.

 

Place 2 blackberries on each lavender sprig and set aside. Tip: For best results, insert a toothpick through blackberry first to make a small hole for the lavender stem.

 

Cut and juice lemon. Strain to remove pulp, if desired. Add spirits, syrups and juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until very cold (about 20 seconds).

 

Pour drink into beakers, add a small piece of dry ice (optional) and a lavender-blackberry skewer. Note: Drink is safe to consume only after dry ice has completely dissolved and the smoking has stopped.

 

Alternatively: Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass and dip in purple sanding sugar. Add cocktail and a small piece of dry ice. Lay lavender-blackberry skewer across the top of the glass and serve.

Spiked Cranberry Lemonade 

With the last vestiges of summer hanging on, let's check out some delicious "hard lemonade" cocktails this week!

3 ounces lemonade

1 ounce cranberry juice cocktail

1 1/2 ounces vodka

 

Garnish:

Rosemary sprigs, lemon wedges or cranberries on a pick

Glass:

Highball, double old fashioned or small mason jar.

 

Add lemonade, cranberry juice, vodka and ice to a cocktail shaker.

Shake well and strain into a glass with ice.

Garnish with fresh lemon wedges, rosemary or cranberries on a pick .

Cucumber and Lemonade Cocktail

Delicious, light and refreshing! This cocktail will carry you right through til the end of the warm days left ahead.  But do me a favor, don't waste the cucumber slices on your eyes....throw them in this cocktail and enjoy!

1 1/2 oz  of Cucumber vodka

3 oz of lemonade

 

Garnish:

Thin cucumber slices and lemon wheels

Glass:

Double Old Fashioned or Highball

 

Build over ice in your glass. Stir. Garnish with a thin slice of fresh cucumber and or lemon wheel.

Berry Delicious Lemonade Cocktail

 

Even though summer is officially over this berry lemonade cocktail is great year round. It's crisp, light, and refreshing. The best part of this drink is eating the berries soaked in the lemonade and vodka at the bottom of the glass!

Makes 4 Cocktails

4 cups water

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice

3 ounces vodka

2 ounces triple sec

1/2 cup strawberries

3/4 cup blueberries

1 tablespoon mint leaves

1 ounce sparkling water (per glass), optional

 

Garnish:

Sliced strawberry, blueberries and mint leaves

Glass:

DOF or Tom Collins (highball)

 

To make the simple syrup add water and sugar to a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer until sugar dissolves. Take about 2 minutes. Take off the heat and allow to cool completely. (Place in the freezer and in a different container to cool quicker)

 

Add cooled simple syrup, lemon juice, vodka, triple sec, strawberries, blueberries and mint to a large pitcher. Stir to combine.

 

Pour into glasses. Top each glass with 1 ounce of sparkling water per glass. This is optional but gives the lemonade a nice fizz. (Add the sparkling water to the glass not the pitcher to ensure the drink does not go flat). 

Kentucky Lemonade

 

You may start trotting like a purebred Kentucky Trotter after a couple of these, but  if you start calling people Colonel, you know you have arrived!

1 1/2 ounces Maker’s Mark (quality bourbon)

1/2 ounce triple sec

4 ounces of lemonade

2 ounces lemon & lime soda

 

Garnish:

Lemon wheel

Salt or sugar for rimming (optional)

Mints sprigs

 

Glass:

Double Old Fashioned, Highball or small mason jar

 

 

Rim your glass with your choice of salt or sugar.

Pour Maker’s Mark, triple sec, lemonade and soda into a shaker. Shake and pour over glass filled with cubed or crushed ice.

Garnish with lemon wheel and a sprig of mint.

Electric Lemonade

Summer's almost gone?  A sweet and tangy vodka drink perfect for the outdoor gatherings."

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger citron vodka

1/2 fluid ounce Blue Curacao

2 fluid ounces sour mix

1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

1 lemon - cut into wedges, for garnish

 

Garnish:

Lemon wheel

Glass:

Double old Fashioned, Highball or small mason jar.

 

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Fill  glass with ice. Pour in vodka, blue curacao and sour mix. Fill to the top with lemon-lime soda.  Stir to mix. Garnish with lemon wedge, and serve with straw.

Zombie Slime Shooters 

 

"Blood slime" gives this fruity martini a creepy look that's perfect for Halloween gatherings.

For Cocktail

1 ounce vodka

1 ounce peach schnapps

1 ounce sour apple schnapps

1 ounce coconut rum

1 ounce sweet and sour mix

 

For Blood Slime

3 tablespoons corn syrup

1/2 teaspoon red food coloring

 

Rim Instructions

Mix corn syrup with red food coloring.

Dip the rim of martini glass into the mixture, and slowly spin the glass to coat it.

Turn the glass upright and the blood will begin to drip slightly. Set aside.

 

Cocktail 

Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well and pour  into slime-rimmed martini glass.

Black Magic

 

This eerie black cocktail is a scary twist on a classic screwdriver.  A wonderfully spooky party idea and the perfect Halloween cocktail for both delighting and terrifying your friends.

Makes 4 cocktails

3 1/2fl oz vodka

Jet black food coloring

2 cups fresh orange juice, well chilled

4 tsp grenadine

4 licorice twists

 

Garnish:

Black licorice twist

Glass:

Tall narrow glasses. Tom Collins

 

 

Pour the vodka into a measuring cup and add the food coloring a drop at a time until you have a good black color.

 

Divide the orange juice between the 4 glasses. Add 1 tsp of grenadine to each glass, this creates a cool sunrise effect. Using the back of a spoon slowly and carefully pour the black vodka onto each of the drinks in turn, it will sit on the top in a neat layer. Serve immediately with a licorice twist in each glass. 

Zombie Cocktail

Like zombies themselves, this cocktail packs a powerful punch thanks to apricot brandy and three types of rum: light, dark and high-proof Bacardi 151. Grenadine and orange juice give the drink its scary pumpkin hue. A few of these and you may indeed feel like the walking dead the next day. 

1 oz. apricot brandy

1 oz. light rum

1 oz. dark or Jamaican rum

1 oz. lime juice

2 dashes grenadine

orange juice

1 oz. Bacardi 151 rum

 

Garnish:

Maraschino cherry and orange slice

Glass:

DOF or Highball

 

Mix both light and dark rums and the brandy in a cocktail shaker, add lime juice and grenadine. Shake well and strain into a highball glass filled with cracked ice.

 

Fill glass with orange juice, but leave enough room to float the Bacardi 151 rum on top. Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice.

Bourbon Old Fashioned

Try this quintessential Old Fashioned cocktail with your favorite bourbon. It’s been said that the original cocktail contains sugar, bitters, whiskey and water. This variation adds muddled fruit and soda water for a lighter, fruitier taste.

4 dashes Angostura bitters

1 tsp Sugar

1  Orange wheel

1  Maraschino cherry

1 splash Club soda

2 oz Bourbon

 

 

Garnish: 

1  Fresh orange wheel

1  Cherry

Glass: 

Old Fashioned

 

In an Old Fashioned glass, muddle the bitters, sugar, orange wheel, cherry and a splash of soda.  Remove the orange rind, add the bourbon and fill with ice.  Garnish with a fresh orange wheel and cherry.

Sazerac

The Sazerac is often referred to as the oldest American cocktail dating back to the pre-Civil War era. It has seen its share of changes, including the substitution of anise flavored spirits when absinthe was banned in the US in 1912. Because of that, you may see some variation in recipes, but the basics remain.  Even with the right ingredients, many people struggle with the perfect Sazerac. Much of it has to do with the preparation. Be sure to just coat the inside of the glass with the Pernod or absinthe. Don't over pour... and don't forget to rub the rim of the glass with the lemon peel. It really makes a difference.

1 dash of Pernod

1 dash of Angustora bitters

2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

2 oz. Rye whiskey

2 Sugar cubes

Lemon Peel

 

Garnish: Lemon peel

Glass:  Double Old Fashioned

 

Fill Old Fashioned glass with ice.  Crush sugar and a few drops of water in a second glass.   Add some ice, rye and both bitters.  Stir.

Remove ice from the first glass and swirl Pernod to coat. Pour out excess.

Strain rye mixture into Pernod coated glass. 

Twist and squeeze lemon peel over glass.  Rub rim of glass with peel and discard.  Garnish with fresh peel if desired. 

Apple Pear Margarita

 

While it’s certainly the apple’s moment to shine, pears are also making a showing in drinks all around the country. Made with Agavales tequila, pear puree, apple cider, simple syrup and lime juice, served in a glass with a cinnamon sugar rim, this drink is strong and boozy yet fruity and sweet at the same time. 

2 oz. of Agavales tequila

1 oz pear puree

1 ounce of apple cider

1 tbs. of simple syrup

1/2 oz. of lime juice

 

Garnish:

Cinnamon sugar

Lime or apple slice

Glass:

Double Old Fashioned

 

Mix all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice, shake.  Rim the glass in  cinnamon sugar.  Strain the cocktail into the iced filled glass and garnish with a lime or apple slice.  Depending on how tart or sweet you want the cocktail, adjust the amount of simple syrup added.

 CRANBERRY GIMLET

 

This pucker-inducing cranberry twist on a Cosmopolitan delivers striking color and the perfect balance of sweet and tart.

2 oz. citrus vodka

3⁄4 oz. fresh lime juice

3⁄4 oz. unsweetened cranberry juice

1⁄2 oz. agave nectar

 

Garnish:  Lemon twist or fresh cranberries

Glass: Martini

 

Combine vodka, lime juice, cranberry juice, and agave nectar in a shaker over ice. Shake vigorously and pour stained into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with fresh cranberries or a lemon twist.

Blue Hawaiian

 

Breaking News:  Summer is Over....or is it? Just because the thermometer has dropped a bit doesn't mean that you have to stop drinking delicious cocktails that you enjoyed all summer! Here is the perfect example!

1 ounce coconut milk (dilute 1 part coconut cream with 2 parts of water to make coconut milk)

Crushed ice

2 oz  of white rum

1/2 oz  of blue Curacao

2 oz of pineapple juice

 

Garnish:

Pineapple wedge, Cherry and a flower if you want to be artistic!

Glass:

Hurricane

 

Put some crushed ice in a blender and pour in the rum, blue Curacao, pineapple juice and coconut cream. Blend at high speed for 20-30 seconds. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass with ice and garnish with a pineapple wedge, cherry and an orchid  lol

Apple Manhattan

This is the perfect cocktail for those who are experiencing colder temperatures as well as those of us who are still sunning by the pool!  The secret to this kind of cocktail is to use Top Shelf Liquors...When not mixed with anything else really...the flavor of the liquor will shine through.

2 parts Maker’s Mark Bourbon

1 part DeKuyper Pucker Sour Apple Schnapps 

 

Garnish:

Granny Smith apple  slice for garnish

Glass:

Martini

 

Pour ingredients into an iced filled shaker. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

Garnish with a Granny Smith apple slice (seeds removed).

Washington Apple

 

This crisp apple and cranberry cocktail is ridiculously easy to drink.  The perfect Summer to Fall to Winter Cocktail!

1 oz Canadian whisky

1 oz Sour apple schnapps

1 oz Cranberry juice

 

Garnish: 

1  slice Apple or lemon twist

Glass: 

Coupe or Double Old Fashioned

 

Add all the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice and shake.

Strain into glass, and garnish with an apple slice or lemon twist.

BOURBON MANHATTAN

You don’t need to be in one of the five boroughs to enjoy this sophisticated tipple and I guarantee it will warm the cockles of your heart!

2 oz Bourbon

1 oz Italian sweet vermouth

2 dashes Angostura bitters

 

Garnish: 

1  Cherry

Glass: 

Cocktail

 

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice.

Stir, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with a cherry.  (If you prefer a dry Manhattan, use dry vermouth instead of sweet and garnish with a lemon twist).

Dirty Martini

 

A dash of olive brine brings a salty, savory note to the all-time classic.

2 1⁄2 oz Gin or vodka

1⁄2 oz dry vermouth

1⁄2 oz Olive brine

 

Garnish: 

 

Olives

Glass: 

Cocktail/Martini

 

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice.

Stir, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with 2 olives.

Hot Buttered Rum

 

Hot Buttered Rum is a warm, soothing cocktail that hits the spot when a chill is in the air. Adding butter to a cocktail may seem a little out of the ordinary, but the pat of butter imparts a richness to the Hot Buttered Rum that would otherwise be missing. While many recipes call for a simple pat of butter to be added to the cocktail, this version instead calls for butter batter, which tends to make it creamier and avoids the oil slick that generally forms on top.

1 1⁄2 oz Rum

1 tbsp Hot buttered rum batter (see recipe below)*

Boiling water

 

 

Garnish: 

Cinnamon stick

Grated cinnamon or nutmeg

Glass: 

Mug

 

Add the rum and batter to a mug.  Fill with boiling water and stir. Add a dash of cinnamon or nutmeg and a cinnamon stick.

 

Hot Buttered Rum Batter 

1 lb Butter

1 lb Brown sugar

1 lb sugar

1 tbsp Ground cinnamon

1 tsp Ground clove

1 tsp Ground nutmeg

1 qt Vanilla ice cream, softened slightly

 

Add all the ingredients except the ice cream to a bowl and stir to combine.  Add the ice cream and stir again.

Transfer to a container with a lid, seal and store in the freezer.

Pumpkin Spice Martini

 

We still have a couple of weeks of Fall left, or until we start to hear Christmas music playing on the radio 24/7.  Until then, let's carry the taste of fall with us for just a bit longer by making this delicious seasonal cocktail!

3 oz Absolut 100 Vodka

1/2 oz Hiram Walker Pumpkin Spice Liqueur

Splash Simple syrup

 

Garnish: 

1  Cinnamon stick

Glass: 

Martini

 

Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.  Shake, and strain into a Martini glass.

Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Martha Washington Punch

Try the first First Lady’s famous rum-and-citrus drink and when we say First Lady, we  mean the First Lady!  This would be a delicious punch to make for Thanksgiving..light and refreshing and something to talk about.

9 oz  Gold Rum

12 oz Appleton Estate Extra 12-Year-Old Rum

6 oz Grand Marnier

9 oz Fresh lemon juice

9 oz Fresh orange juice

9 oz Spiced simple syrup* (see recipe below)

6 oz Club soda

 

 

Garnish: 

Nutmeg

Lemon half wheel

Orange half wheel

Glass: 

Punch

 

Add all the ingredients except the club soda to a pitcher or other container and stir to combine.  Refrigerate until cold.  Place a large ice block into a punch bowl (or fill halfway with large ice cubes).

Add the prepared mixture and the club soda, and stir.  Garnish with lemon and orange half-wheels and grated nutmeg. 

 

*Spiced Simple Syrup

1.5 cups Water

1.5 cups Sugar

2 Star anise pods

1 to 2 Cinnamon sticks

4 to 5 Whole cloves

 

Add all the ingredients to a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until the sugar fully dissolves. Remove from heat and let stand until cool. Strain, and refrigerate until needed.

Bourbon Negroni

 

The classic Campari-based Negroni gets a sophisticated update with fig- and pear-infused bourbon and a sweet hint of vanilla bean. A perfect match for a Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends!

4 1/4 cups bourbon

2 figs, seeded and sliced

2 pears, seeded and sliced 

1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped

1 ounce bitter orange digestif, such as Campari

1 ounce sweet vermouth

Garnish:

Slice of orange

Glass:

Martini

 

For the infused bourbon: Combine the bourbon, figs, pears and vanilla bean seeds and pod in an airtight container. Let infuse in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks but no more than 3 weeks. Strain. Or buy infused Bourbon at your local liquor store.

 

Combine 2 ounces of the infused bourbon, the digestif (Campari) and sweet vermouth in a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir for 90 seconds, and then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a slice of orange.

Commander in Chief

 

No matter what your party affiliation is, after a couple of these delicious cocktails there will be plenty of bipartisan(ing) going on! 

Some very special ingredients for a very special cocktail

 

1/2 oz Redbreast 12-year-old Irish whiskey

1 oz Green Spot Irish whiskey

1/2 oz Lemorton Pommeau de Normandie brandy

1/2 tsp Giffard apricot brandy

1/2 oz Fusion verjus blanc

1/2 tsp passion fruit syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

 

 

Garnish: 

Lemon twist

Glass: 

Nick and Nora or shaped wine glass

 

 

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until chilled.  Strain into glass.  Garnish with a lemon twist.

Classic Champagne Cocktail

 

There's still time to perfect this cocktail before the holidays!  I 

suggest making and trying a few until it's just right!

1 Sugar cube

2 dashes Angostura bitters

Champagne

 

 

Garnish: 

1  Lemon twist

Glass: 

Flute

 

Place the sugar cube on a spoon and douse with bitters.

Drop into a Champagne flute and fill with Champagne.

Garnish with a lemon twist.

Jim's Hot Toddy!

 

A recipe tradition truly handed down from mother to son. This delicious drink will warm you from the toes up on a chilly day. The great part about this warm toddy is that you make the mix ahead of time and when ever you feel like having one, it's ready to go.

In a large bowl add the following ingredients for the dry mix.

 

18 oz. of Tang

1 cup of Lipton Lemon Iced Tea Mix

1 cup of sugar

3/4 tsp. of cinnamon

3/4 tsp. of ground cloves

1/4 tsp. of ground nutmeg

(mix all the above ingredients together and keep in a dry sealed container)

 1 oz Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey

 

Garnish:

Cinnamon stick and a lemon slice

Glass:

Irish Coffee

 

Add one (1) tablespoon of the dry mix into your mug/glass. Add hot water and float 1 oz of Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey on top. Serve with a cinnamon stick and a lemon slice. 

The Hornitos Hot Shotty 

 

Tequila and spicy chili powder give a kick to this spiked hot chocolate. Definitely the adult version

1 oz Hornitos Añejo Tequila

4 oz Hot chocolate

 

Garnish: 

1  Whipped cream and chili powder

Glass: 

Half-pint

 

Add the tequila and hot chocolate to a half-pint glass.  Stir.

Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and a dash of chili powder.

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