Mixology

Cosmopolitan

For two:

2.5 ounces vodka
0.5 ounce triple sec
2 ounces cranberry juice
lemon twist

In a shaker with ice add the liquid ingredients, shake and strain into martini glasses. Garnish with lemon twist.

For more than two, the ratio is five parts vodka, four parts cranberry juice, and one part triple sec.

Cranberry Gin and Tonic

From Epicurious.com

Festive and beautiful, this creation of editor Nichol Nelson is packed with real cranberry flavor. Forcing some of the berries through a sieve into the syrup intensifies the drink's fruitiness.

Ingredients

2 (12-ounce) bags fresh cranberries
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
3 1/3 cups chilled tonic water
1 1/4 cups gin
3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice

Preparation

Bring cranberries, sugar, and water to a simmer in a 3- to 3 1/2-quart saucepan, then simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until berries just begin to pop, about 2 minutes. Drain cranberries in a fine-mesh sieve set over a 1-quart glass measuring cup, then reserve 2 cups cranberries and force remaining berries through sieve into syrup. Discard solids remaining in sieve, then add reserved cranberries to syrup. Cool to room temperature. Transfer to a pitcher and chill until cold, about 2 hours.

Add remaining ingredients to syrup, stirring gently to combine. Serve drinks over ice in 8- to 10-ounce glasses.

Added December 24, 2014

Hurricane

The Hurricane became popular at Pat O'Briens bar in 1940's New Orleans, apparently debuted at the 1939 World's Fair and was named after the hurricane lamp-shaped glasses the first drinks were served in. It's said that O'Brien created the heavily rummed drink as a means to get rid of the large stock of rum his Southern distributors forced him to buy.

From about.com cocktail recipes.

2 ounces light rum
2 ounces dark rum
2 ounces passion fruit juice
1 ounce orange juice
Juice of a half a lime
1 tablespoon simple syrup
1 tablespoon grenadine
Orange slice and cherry for garnish

Preparation:

Squeeze juice from half a lime into cocktail shaker over ice.
Pour the remaining ingredients into the cocktail shaker.
Shake well.
Strain into a hurricane glass.
Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice.

Joy to the World

Created December 25, 2011 for friends on Christmas.

Fill two martini glasses with ice and add the following to a shaker:

One shot of orange juice.
One shot of Grand Marnier
Four shots of vodka

Pour the ice from the martini glasses (they will now be nicely chilled) into the shaker and shake well. Pour the mixture into the martini glasses and garnish with marischino cherry.

Lemon Drop Martini

A lemon drop is a vodka-based cocktail that has a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, prepared using lemon juice, triple sec and simple syrup. It has been described as a variant of, or as a "take," on the Vodka Martini, but is in actual fact closer to a White Lady variant. --Wikipedia

Ingredients

Serves two:

1 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 one ounce triple sec
3 ounces vodka
ice cubes
lemon peel for garnish
sugar for rim

Preparation

Chill two martini glasses. Optionallyt sugar the glass rims. Add the liquid ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake at least 30 times or more. Strain into the glasses. Garnish with lemon peel.

Menehune Delight

Created March 29, 2007 for the occasion of Elizabeth Shadish's birthday.

One part lime juice
One part maraschino syrup (pour off from cherry jar)
Two parts Curacao
Five parts Irish whiskey

Shake 49 times with lots of ice and strain into chilled stemmed cocktail glasses, garnish with cherry.

Old Fashioned

Over two hundred years old.

1 teaspoon sugar
3 dashes Angostura bitters
1 teaspoon water
2 ounces bourbon (or rye whiskey, if preferred)
Garnish: orange twist or orange slice with cherry.

Add the sugar, water, and bitters to an old fashioned glass and stir well. Fill the glass with ice and pour in the whiskey and stir again. Add garnish.

Penicillin

From liquor.com:

2 ounces blended scotch
3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
3/4 ounce honey-ginger syrup*
1/4 ounce Islay single malt scotch
Garnish: candied ginger

Add the blended scotch, lemon juice and syrup into a shaker with ice, and shake until well-chilled.

Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.

Top with the Islay single malt scotch.

Garnish with a piece of candied ginger.

*Honey-ginger syrup: Combine 1 cup honey, 1 6-inch piece of peeled and thinly sliced ginger and 1 cup water in a saucepan over high heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer 5 minutes. Place in the refrigerator to steep overnight. Strain with a cheesecloth.

Peppermint Martini

Recipe sent by Andrea December 16, 2012:

'tis the season!

Peppermint Martini
by rcoen

from Tipperary, Ireland

5 fluid ounces vanilla-flavored vodka (such as Stoli®)
2 fluid ounces white creme de menthe
1/2 fluid ounce peppermint schnapps

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour vodka, creme de menthe, and peppermint schnapps over the ice. Cover cocktail shaker and shake; strain into a martini glass.

Red Devil

I invented this drink by mistake one evening when intending to make cosmopolitans (see below), I grabbed a bottle of cinnamon schnapps instead of triple sec. I had already poured when I realized my mistake. It turned out to be quite good! This is essentially a cosmopolitan with cinnamon schnapps in place of triple sec and garnished with a maraschino cherry instead of a lemon slice. It's really red and suitable for perhaps Halloween or Valentine's Day, as well as general occasions when feeling devilish.

For two:

2.5 ounces vodka
0.5 ounce cinnamon schnapps
2 ounces cranberry juice
maraschino cherry

In a shaker with ice add the liquid ingredients, shake and strain into martini glasses. Garnish with cherry.

For more than two, the ratio is five parts vodka, four parts cranberry juice, and one part triple sec.

Sidecar

Ingredients

1 1/2 ounces cognac
3/4 ounce orange liqueur (such as Cointreau)
3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
Garnish: orange twist
Garnish: sugar rim (optional)

Coat the rim of a coupe glass with sugar, if desired, and set aside. Add the cognac, orange liqueur and lemon juice to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into the prepared glass. arnish with an orange twist.

Tom Collins

Master the all-time gin classic. The Tom Collins is essentially a sparkling lemonade spiked with a healthy dose of the juniper spirit. While there is a debate which side of the pond this drink was born, this cocktail lives up to his classic status with every sip. (Liquor.com)

2 ounces gin
3/4 ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon sugar or 3/4 ounce simple syrup
Club soda

Shake all ingredients except club soda with ice in a cocktail shaker briefly but vigorously. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice, top with soda. Garnish with a lemon slice and a cherry, or drink immediately if you can't wait.

White Fireball Christmas Martini

An amazing Christmas cocktail loaded with Fireball Whiskey, vodka and Christmas colors.

1 oz. (30ml) Vanilla Vodka
1 oz. (30ml) Amaretto
1 oz. (30ml) Fireball Whisky
2 1/2 oz. (75ml) Coconut Milk
Colored Sugar
Nutmeg
Cinnamon stick.

Add first four ingredients to a tall glass rimmed withe the colored sugar, stir, and fill with ice. Garnish with nutmeg and candy canes and whole cinnamon stick.

Added December 6, 2014.

Zombie

This tropical drink by legendary Donn Beach of Don the Beachcomber restaurant kicked off the Tiki craze. (from Liquor.com)

1 1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum
1 1⁄2 oz Gold Puerto Rican rum
1 oz 151-proof demerara rum
1⁄8 tsp Herbsaint or Pernod
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1⁄2 oz Donn’s mix*
1 tsp Grenadine
3⁄4 oz Fresh lime juice
1 dash Angostura bitters

Put all of the ingredients in blender, adding 6 oz of crushed ice last.

Blend at high speed for no more than 5 seconds.

Pour into a glass, add ice cubes to fill, then add the garnish.

*Donn’s mix: Bring 3 crushed cinnamon sticks, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Simmer for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and let sit for at least 2 hours before straining into a clean glass bottle. Then add 1 part of the syrup and 2 parts of fresh grapefruit juice together.

A Simpler Zombie Recipe

2 oz white rum
1 3/4 oz gold rum
1 oz triple sec
2 oz orange juice
1 oz lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
1/4 oz granadine

Pour all ingredients into a shaker of ice and shake. Strain into a highball glass of ice. Garnish with cherry and orange slice. Zombie added January 14, 2019.

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