Thursday, June 25, 2009

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 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

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

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 GlassCocktail 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

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

Serving 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

Serving Glass

Old Fashioned GlassOld 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!

Serving Glass

Cocktail GlassCocktail 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

Serving Glass

Collins GlassCollins Glass





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