Booze be all around: Recipes for all time favorite cocktails

1. Ingredients for a A Bitter Canadian

• Canadian Whisky
• Angostura® Bitters
• Sweet
• Sour Mix
• Lemon

Quantities for one drink:

• 1 1/2 oz Canadian Whisky
• 2 Dashes Angostura® Bitters
• 4 - 5 oz Sweet And Sour Mix
• 1 Lemon Wedge

Blending Instructions:

• Fill highball glass with ice
• Add whiskey, then fill with sour mix
• Finish with 2-3 dashes of Angostura bitters and a squeeze of a lemon wedge

Serving Glass

Highball Glass

2. Ingredients for a Cotton Mouth

• Crown Royal® Canadian Whisky
• Peach Schnapps
• Sweet
• Sour Mix
• Water

Quantities for one drink:

• 2 oz Crown Royal® Canadian Whisky
• 3 oz Peach Schnapps
• 1 Splash Sweet And Sour Mix
• 1 Splash Water

Blending Instructions:

• Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice
• Strain into a glass full of ice

Serving Glass

Highball Glass

3. Ingredients for a Malibu Sunrise

• Malibu Rum
• Orange Juice
• Grenadine

Quantities for one drink:

• 2 Shots Malibu Rum
• Fill With Orange Juice
• 1 Shot Grenadine

Blending Instructions:

• Pour malibu rum in a highball glass, and top with orange juice
• Stir
• Add grenadine by tilting glass and pouring grenadine down side by flipping the bottle vertically very quickly
• The grenadine should go straight to the bottom and then rise up slowly through the drink

Serving Glass

Highball Glass

4. Ingredients for a Electric Margarita

• Tequila
• Blue Curacao
• Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice

Quantities for one drink:

• 1 1/2 oz Tequila
• 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
• 1/2 oz Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice

Blending Instructions:

• Moisten rim of cocktail glass with lime wedge, and salt rim of glass
• In a shaker half filled with ice, combine tequila, blue curacao, and rose's lime juice
• Shake well
• Strain into glass
• Garnish with lime wedge

Serving Glass

Cocktail Glass

5.Ingredients for a Dirty

• Gin
• Dry Vermouth
• Olive Juice
• Olive

Quantities for one drink:

• 2 oz Gin
• 1 Tblsp Dry Vermouth
• 2 Tblsp Olive Juice (from The Olive Jar)
• 2 Olive
• Garnish

Blending Instructions:

• Put an ice cube and a small amount of water in cocktail glass
• Place in freezer for 2-3 minutes
• Fill mixer with all ingredients including garnish
• cover and shake hard 3 or 4 times
• it is ok to bruise the gin on this one
• Remove cocktail glass from freezer, empty, strain drink into cocktail glass add olive from mixer
• Serve with a mysterious smile

Serving Glass

Cocktail Glass

6. Ingredients for a Tequila Sunrise

• Tequila
• Orange Juice
• Grenadine

Quantities for one drink:

• 2 Measures Tequila
• Orange Juice
• 2 Dashes Grenadine

Blending Instructions:

• Pour tequila in a highball glass with ice, and top with orange juice
• Stir
• Add grenadine by tilting glass and pouring grenadine down side by flipping the bottle vertically very quickly
• The grenadine should go straight to the bottom and then rise up slowly through the drink
• Garnish stirrer, straw and cherry-orange

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Serving Glass

Highball Glass

8. Ingredients for a Sex on the Beach

• Vodka
• Peach Schnapps
• Cranberry Juice
• Grapefruit Juice

Quantities for one drink:

• 1 oz Vodka
• 3/4 oz Peach Schnapps
• Cranberry Juice
• Grapefruit Juice

Blending Instructions:

• Half fill with cranberry juice and grapefruit juice, stir in highball glass

Serving Glass

Hurricane Glass

9. Ingredients for a Bloody Mary

• Vodka
• Tomato Juice
• Lemon Juice
• Worcestershire Sauce
• Tabasco Sauce
• Lime

Quantities for one drink:

• 1 1/2 oz Vodka
• 3 oz Tomato Juice
• 1 Dash Lemon Juice
• 1/2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 2-3 Drops Tabasco Sauce
• 1 Wedge Lime

Blending Instructions:

• Shake all ingredients (except lime wedge) with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Add the wedge of lime and serve

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Serving Glass

Old Fashioned Glass




10. Ingredients for a Cosmopolitan #1

• Vodka
• Triple Sec
• Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice
• Cranberry Juice
• Lime

Quantities for one drink:

• 1 oz Vodka
• 1/2 oz Triple Sec
• 1/2 oz Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice
• 1/2 oz Cranberry Juice
• Lime Wedge

Blending Instructions:

• Shake liquid ingredients like hell in a shaker with ice
• Place lime wedge on the rim of a Martini glass
• Pour mix into the glass, up
• Enjoy!

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Serving Glass

Cocktail Glass

11. Ingredients for a Mai Tai

• Light Rum
• Orgeat Syrup
• Triple Sec
• Sweet And Sour
• Cherry

Quantities for one drink:

• 1 oz Light Rum
• 1/2 oz Orgeat Syrup
• 1/2 oz Triple Sec
• 1 1/2 oz Sweet And Sour
• 1 Cherry

Blending Instructions:

• Shake all ingredients (except cherry) with ice and strain into a collins glass over several ice cubes
• Top with the cherry and serve

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Serving Glass

Collins Glass

Bring Me No Solace Brother..

If all that is broken can be made whole
All that is torn can be mended,
What say you of he human soul?
Sundered once, never can be whole

Brethren, they call themselves
None of my kin they are
False claims, you do not care
How can you ever?

Alone, but yet I see them
They surround me, laughing
Gaiety and joy spreads
And yet, And yet I am alone..

A third eye, a third wheel
From afar.. Yet so near
But never belonging
Ever different, never truly belonging

The cup is half full say you
It is half empty say I
But yet my cup runneth over
And I can drink no more...

The Ecstasy Of Pain

Smooth and slender, glowing in the dark
Cold and hard, unforgiving gleam
Creation, destruction, death and life
Sorrow, joy and unfulfilled dreams

Bleed, bleed bleed my blood
Flow from my veins sweet nectar of life
Gushing forth from open wounds
Red, crimson tide.... warm, so warm

Pale and pale.. Weaker and weaker
Drained of the infection, rotting rotting
Bones weary, heart stops, brain dies
Death close, cold.. so cold

Ah the beauty, wondrous joy
The shivers it sends up my spine
Pleasure beyond belief
Sailing through the heavens

Exquisite, this feeling, oh..
Like a lover's caress upon the cheek
Every inch throbbing with the feel
Turning me into a quivering mass

My eyes open, I look around
Heaven's gone, I'm back in my limbo
The only evidence of my shame
Lies beyond sight, visible to none, save me

I call it my vice, an addiction
It is my drug, the Persephone to my Hades
My flaw, my love, my hate, my destruction
I can never let go...

Of Treaded Paths And Dreaded Nights..

Take me away beyond those blue skies
Open up the night to me
The shadows of darkness conceal us
Unnoticed and unobserved by all

Lonely roads I must tread, dreary paths, walk.
Miles and miles I must travel, before I will find what I need
Millions of stars light my path, their lights distant but ever present
Fading.. Fading... Away into the morn, the sun dispels the night

Shadow games and death notes,
Blind dreams and tall hopes ,
The seduction of mystery,
The agony of loss

Tarnished days, guileless nights
Watching as the birds take flight
Into their roost to shelter from the dark
And still I walk and walk...

Awaiting the journey's end
Futile, but yet the only light in this dark
As I am wearied and forlorn, thus
The fork in this road.. Obstacle.

The Soliloquy Of Irresponsibility

I keep sayin I'll do it tomorrow
My promises never end
But I can't ever stick to them
I'm a free bird and I hate them leashes

You'll never see me again
I'm not gonna cry for you
I'm sorry but I'm not the one
I'm an eagle soaring through the skies
I can't ever be tied

I'm a rebel, I'm different
I can't be anything else because I gotta be me
I'm sorry but you and I won't ever happen
We'll never be the perfect match

Forever isn't for me, I live in the now
Tomorrow is too far away, I don't think it will ever come
I'll always be this way so don't worry bout me
Think of yourself and and your own tomorrow

I'll always be walking on a bed of sand
Close yet so far, I'll leave you behind
You know I won't ever say goodbye
I never know when I'll leave

I have a dream, I'm a never ending dreamer
Infinity isn't for me, I'm a lonely soul
Don't try to hold me back
I won't give up without a good fight

So, I'm gonna leave now
Away to a place I don't know
My life's line takes me there
And its gonna be only me in the end

RIP: Ode To A Dying Soul

I woke up in a daze, i knew not what came upon me
My body ached, i was weary to my bones
I felt the dusk nearing, the air became cold
There is a looming shadow upon my mind
I cannot see anything, alas i have become blind

My life crumbles before me, yet i notice it not
Is it truly me? from within i shrivel and rot,
Where have gone the carefree days of old?
Colours of hues copper, russet and gold?
Is my life fading? before my very eyes.

I wish to sleep, but it evades me
Peace eludes me, thoughts desert me
Pain oppresses me, dreams escape me
And yet, yet i cannot leave
Would this not end? condemned i remain?

Adieu i bid to all i have held dear
Goodbye i say to all that i have loved,
But Oh the fates conspire against me, for
All that I held dear care for me not
All i loved love me not.

Oh the agony! I wish to sleep in eternal rest
To leave, Yet, It is not time
Oh concqueror, merciful one, Help
I cry for mercy, Hear my plea!
Let me take my leave of this world.

My Favorite Things

Good hot breakfasts, dinners n lunches
No homework and studies to cause hunches
Nice packets of chocolates tied up in strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Lots of friends, fighting and laughing
Well spent nights with partying and dancing
A good bank balance to soothe down things
These are a few of my favorite things

When exams strike
When parents gripe
And grades go bad
I simply remember my favourite things
And then i don't feel so bad

Study and do well and get good placements
Don't fall sick and get any ailments
An ipod nano and a cellphone that rings
These are a few of my favorite whims

Shell shocked faces and confused classes
Headaches and stomach aches and broken glasses
We wont mention the complaints we bring
When we remember our favorite things.

When the grades come,
When friendships break,
When its time to leave,
I simply remember the good times I've had
And then i don't feel so bad.

Thought's Which Lay Seige

Dead i feel, yet i live
Undead i am, condemned.
To live, in a world which
understands me not.I
do notbelong here,
Yet never have i felt,
More at home than here
I face pain here, Sorrow
I cannot leave.
I am bound here, By flesh
By blood, By love and hate
Revenge, so sweet in its glory
I revel in its feel.
Its mystic, hypnotic touch.
The very desire binds me.
The ecstasy it begets.
The pleasure it spawns.
But yet, who am i to judge?
This world and its peoples.
They live here, they hate
They do not love.Yet when they do, Oh!
So beautiful does the world seem,
Wonderous and joyful.
But it is just passing.
It will be taken away.
In a crash of thunder.
Just as life is taken away at death.
The bells are tolling far far away,
They will never stop.
They call in the new age.
And, thus does it go on.

The Perfect Woman

Tempestous and Feiry,
She loathes to be bound.
Running free amidst this earth,
She is tied by no bonds.
She is caged by no bars.

Joy she freely gives.
Only unwittingly pain.
She blesses the crops.
Bountiful is the grain.
She curses the seas,Wildly do the ships sway.

Beautiful as the night.
She is as silent as the dusk,
A spectre which haunts us all.
Yet sometimes her very presence,
Seems to tear asunder the soul.

Oh! Behold her powers,
Mightily they rise.
If only i were as her!
Powerful and free,
Wild and yet so gentle.

Best Friend Forever

Eyes raised heavenwards,
Hands outstretched, as if pleading,
He lay upon the ground.
No one in sight for miles around.
Upon the grassy plains, desolate he stood.
He cried for food, he was hungry,
No one heard his cry.
He begged for water, his throat was parched,
No rains came to quench his thirst.
He prayed for peace, his soul was in turmoil,
No solace came.
He called for love, loneliness threatened him,
None came to love him.
He sobbed for death, he could live no more.
And so death came swiftly.
His only companion, only friend.
It had walked with him, patiently,
Watching, waiting till it was called.
Faithfully it had endured.
Never abandoning him, always willing,
Finally it came and fulfilled its vow of friendship.
And at long last he was alone no more.

The Grave Will Be No Bar To My Call

I am different, but i want to change ,I am not loved, but i want to love,
My wings are broken I cannot fly, I am crippled I cannot run
The door will not open, will I ever leave? I cannot cry for I have no tears
I want to feel alive but I am not alive, just a shell, empty and hollow
Darkness clouds my thoughts, I am always in the pit of despair
Will not somebody save me, I stand and watch my own self buried
My grave lies unmarked, I will fade away unremembered
I want to run away, the coward's way out
Leave behind my pain, my sorrow, my heart
I bleed everyday, have I not bled enough?
I cannot stop the blood, I watch as the my life flows away
I wanted to be free, free from the chains that bound me
Did I ask for too much? Or is it too less?
Bound I stay, by those whom I call friends, they have bought pain
Chained I stay to the one I call my love, it bought me anguish and heartbreak
If pain was my friend, I would bleed
If sorrow my helper, I could cry
But now I am lost, a lone soul, wandering amidst my own ruins
My life, which has shattered, I will pick up my own peices
I need no one, I know I am not strong but I will live
Like I always have, alone but unhurt
For what once made me live, has now made me die

Bye Bye Mr. Sandman

I lie awake, unable to sleep I toss and turn
I feel so cold, fear and pain cloud my mind
I feel sad, for all that was lost and forgotten
I cannot sleep, my sorrow overwhelms me
But these cursed tears do not come
I listen to the haunting music which plays
I will the tears to come, I want to be human, just for once
They say to err is human, to forgive divine
But did I really forgive all those who hurt me?
Or did I never care? Immune to the world
My walls must hold, they cannot collapse
I am near death, wounded more, I may not survive
I am broken now, what more do you want?
All you who have hurt me? Why? Why?
A silent scream, a lone tear and a dull pain
These are all that remain of my heart and my soul
I am a shell now, walled into myself while I wait
What do I wait for? Not for love, not for laughter
Not for happiness, I have left all that behind
I wish for poison, I have embrace it even though t'would kill me
I now stand alone, in the midst of a grave yard
I wander around lost, trying to see
But I cannot find it, what am I looking for?
Then suddenly I stop, my body is not mine to control
I see the gravestone, with my name on it
But how? I was alive, standing there
But nay, I am only a spectre, a whisper of a memory
Now long forgotten, was I ever remembered
I bend down to touch the stone which marks my body
I see and feel so many memories
I was buried alone and cold, I died in suffering
Killing myself to spare myself
The cold steel against my throat, the warm blood gushing out
Pouring on to my hands, I bled to death in pain
The touch of metal against my skin, so erotic
Its singular caress so sensual, like a kiss
I felt it tear the soft skin of my throat
And if I thought death would bring me respite
I was wrong, It bought me no peace
Only more pain, while I remail condemyned till eternit.

Fading

Days, Months, Weeks, Years.. time does not exist here
The same sights, the same smell, the same pain, thie same body
Tired of it, with hope lost, everyday is a battle
The battle was won, but what bout the war
fading away into nothingness, the dark void of emptiness



The hunger and thirst grow, gnawing and raving
Like a dog would gnaw upon a bone
Til driven mad by the this rage and consumed by longing.
But it is a hunger that no morsel may cure
A thirst no nectar will quench


For they are cursed, doomed to wander
Eternally cursed, the evil do not rest
The soul desires freedom from this prison
Of mortal flesh and sinew, within which it is caged
And the pain of immortality refuted by the senses


Of consequence there is no thought.
Just of freedom, a hard fight, To get back what has been lost
An all consuming war, no one else might exist
Til all the sanity within has fled, and nothing remains,
Slobbering beasts they become, hark the echoes of their agonizing cries


Bleeding from within, the mind watches the body over which it has no power
The soul cries out, its purity ripped apart by the cold violence of vengeance
Salvation? There is naught.. Pardon? There will be none..
Only the hunger.. From beneath it devours

Muse

Close your eyes, peer into your soul

Wake up from this dream you live in

Listen to the silence of your thoughts

The silence which says so much,

Its muteness almost musical,

No thoughts yet so many,

All become one, the one many.

Dark thoughts, fair thoughts

Like the strands of a rope, knotted

They are bound tightly

The thoughts which stalk you,

Like a lion would its pray

Swooping down upon your senses, overwhelming

In moments of quiet contemplation

These thoughts, which are so morbid

And a constant reminder of our own mortality

Making the mind a dungeon from which there is no escape.

We are shackled here for life, to never rest, no peace

The thoughts and the pain eating away at your soul,

Like a malignant, malicious cancer, from within it devours,

Til you are consumed and raving, a mindless beast

Bound and mad, unable to escape

Within a prison, its tall dank walls

So high, such that no hope may reach

But a sound awakens you,

The musing has ended.

Hidden

Curled under a blanket, sheltered from the world.

Hiding for warmth, from the miserable cold.

Dead to the world, yet alert and alive

A self imposed paradox, necessary to survive

The little barbs of pain and the tall tales and lies

Shrouded in secrecy, moving through time

Merging into the backdrop silent as the night sky

Letting my feet guide me through the night

A journey, a quest I must do alone,

Til this self imposed exile lasts no more

My mission is a secret, I trust none

The only thing important is my survival

My quest I must complete, until then

I am alone, friendless and loveless

Til the fates decide my penance,

Til my lifes' quest is complete,

I will have no salvation until then

Or til I have withered and passed.

Stepping Into Their Shoes

All my life I have always tried to see beyond. As an inquisitive person I always wanted to know the why and the how and the when and the where. But, curiosity as they say, killed the cat. Everyone in the world, no matter who they are or what they do value their privacy beyond anything else. But do any of us think or even pause to feel when we probe others? Do we think how we would feel if it was us in their place? I for one stopped prying and trying to find out what other people did. Logically speaking, research claims human beings, Homo sapiens sapiens, as that is what my generation is, differ from normal primates in the sense that we are not only curious but that we also try to find out the reason behind the occurrence of the event as well. But that's the whole of humanity. I mean, yeah the apple did fall and newton did discover gravity but I'm not so sure the normal human populace discovers groundbreaking theories or the law of unified field theory when they probe into things that do not concern them. I mean come on people. Give it a rest. Yes, you would like to know, but you don't need to. It's none of any one's business what goes on in someone else's life. What do malicious gossip mongering and rumours bring? Happiness? Yes to those who are doing it. I'm not so sure the victim feels the same way. Yes I say victim. I can understand that it is natural to want to gossip, even if I really don't understand why anyone would waste so much of energy which could be devoted to other things, like weeding the garden for example, but how bad is it to show some restraint huh? I, for one have been on both ends of the line and trust me now I hate both ends. I'm not much of a hater, au contraire I prefer to think of myself as a thinker. Of course I am a pessimist to the core and maybe just a tad bit narcissistic but then again aren't we all? Truthfully speaking, in the last couple of centuries vanity probably became the devil's favorite sin, seeing as how wars have been waged to appease one man's vanity. Millions of innocents murdered to make one man's ego stay intact. And it is this same vanity that makes gossip, creates rumours. What gives us a right to gossip? Or create rumours about people we hardly know? Simply put, who died and made you god? On the recieving end of such gossip I can recall all the emotions that Iwould have felt at that point. Embarassment, anger, irritation to name a few. In fact sometimes, some of the rumours were so ridiculous, that I felt I would go spare and on a sellotaping spree and tape everyone's mouth shut. But since I am a sane and normal person I did nothing of that sort. I swore a little, cussed some more and just resigned myself to the wait till the rumours would become old and boring and praying new ones did not crop up. Rumour mills not only embarass everyone but also cause people to carry preconceived notions about someone they never know. I have personally found meeting new people as a game. I like to gauge and see their reactions, emotions and mannerisms. Simply put I like meeting new people just to figure them out. So, if I already have an opinion set in my mind isn't it going to be difficult for me to think differently? Think of it as having a full teacup. Adding more to this will not help, it will only overflow. But if the cup is empty? Its easier to change your opinion too. You can never truly understand anyone. No matter how long you have known them. You can instead grasp some aspects about them. And then there are some people we can't read at all. Well, the point of this drivel has not been made yet. People, open your eyes. There is so much around you which you can control. Try not to make someone else's life miserable. Rumour mongering is not fun. Put yourself in the shoes of that person about whom you are gossiping. It's not a pleasant experience. Yes, one might feel that someone else is gossiping so they're entitled to it too. But we have to start somewhere. Become the better person. Learn to let go.

Fall

It was a cold dawn, red and beautiful
He rose, not by will by habit
His sleep, he wanted to be eternal
The fire in him was smouldering,
It lay in wait, for a word, a gesture
It was dangerous, it was powerful
Sensual and earthy, yet dark and despairing
It would destroy everything that day
His mind, his soul, his body and everyone
who stood between him and his victim
War is a nasty game, the winner also loses
War turns happy faces to thos of misery
Innocents become butchers of lives
Children are forced to grow up.
He was no different, he was only human
The tumble from innocence is long for some
But all things must end, just like they begin
And in the cold red eve of spilled blood
Amidst his own fallen brethren
His vengeance was complete,
His soul shattered with the act.
He was no more a child
How could he ever be one?

Solitude

A serene wilderness, a gentle breeze

A bit of water and that's all I need,

Sell my soul to the devil, a bit of freedom

Everything is done now, gone and over

Roaming the streets, poor and alone

Pondering my fate, I walk by graves

Everyone I knew, buried and gone

I stand before a stone, silent and mournful

Wondering whether tis my fate also,

To be unremembered and shunned,

Long after you leave, a forgetten coffin

Or a burnt corpse? Scattered and lost

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,

Unfruitful desires and unfulfilled promises

Oaths once taken and later broken

Words spoken and blows exchanged

Once in love and now forgotten

A beating heart, which now has stilled

A stomach which now asks for no food

A breathing wraith, a spectre which haunts

Bound to this earth, in limbo, lost

Unable to break free and unable to stay

A mist out of the shadows, a flash of light

The darkness which carpets this entire night

Bringing serenity, peace and respite

Woe betide he who shares my fate

Condemned would his life be,

Who is there after all when all forsake?

Of Angels And Demons

When does it stop? Where will it end?

You've stabbed me so many times, that there's nothing there

Left for dead, you walk away remorseless

Leaving me butchered, for my purpose was served

The devil's own spawn. you laugh as I die,

It is death for me but yet no rest also,

If you are the angels the the demons must be kind,

You and you and you and you and you

So many of you, all so different yet the same,

As I fall into the trap to save you, Only to see that you set it
My blood pours out, for you whom I called friend
The word seems like so much a curse now,
Like a venomous snake you spewed poison, feeding it to me as ambrosia
I believed it like a fool, Walking willingly to the gallows, to my demise
With faith misplaced, hoping you would save me
But you were my executioner, The one who mocked me as I hung.
Like the rapacious hyenas, preying upon my flesh
Like maggots on a rotting corpse
Atleast let my blood run cold, before you rip the flesh from my bones
You who watched my turned back so you could thrust th blade into it
Oh Caesar, now do I understand your plight, your faith in your Brutus
And my faith in mine, so many I had, each with his own greed
In life and death there is pain, death brings no swift release
Like a knife whose broken shard cannot be removed
As it digs deeper into your heart, turning it numb, icelike
Till one day you find all your blood has run dry
I have been wounded, but yet you will be unscathed
For that is the law of this world, where the good die and the bad survive
The fires of hell might be more welcoming
For fire gives warmth and shelter to those who seek it
Yet to keep my own counsel I must learn,
To trust nobody I must learn,
It is a hard price to pay for the lesson but it was well learned.