I’m back!

I haven’t updated in some time and I’m so sorry. The vacation is over. Here is a big up date for you guys.

Brandy Alexander

Mix 1 ounce each of creme de cacoa and brandy. Add a splash of cream (more to taste). Pour into a stemmed glass and embellish with nutmeg.

Hot Buttered Rum

Twist a strip of lemon into a coffee mug, then drop in the peel and a clove. Pour in 2 ounces of rum and fill almost to the top with hot cider. Top with a pat of butter and add a cinnamon stick.

Cosmopolitan Martini

In a martini pitcher filled with a few ice cubes, stir in 1 1/2 ounces of vodka with 1/2 teaspoon of dry vermouth and 1/2 ounce of cranberry juice. Stir, strain, and pour into a martini glass.

Cosmopolitan

In a pitcher or shaker, combine 4 parts Absolut Citron Vodka with 2 parts each of cranberry juice and triple sec (or Cointreau) and 1 part lime juice. Shake, strain, and pour into martini or cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

Long Island Iced Tea

In a shaker, add 3/4 ounce each of rum, gin, vodka, tequila, triple sec, and sour mix. Shake. Pour into tall, ice-filled glass. Add a splash of cola. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Manhattan

Combine 1 1/2 ounces of rye with 3/4 ounce of sweet vermouth. Add a dash of Angostura bitters. Pour ingredients in an ice-filled glass. Stir. Strain the drink into a chilled manhattan or a rocks glass, and keep the ice in the shaker. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Mint Julep

Take 2 sprigs of mint, [1/4] cup of water, and 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar. Muddle the ingredients with a mortar and pestle or emulsify in a blender for a few seconds. Pour over crushed ice. Add 3 ounces of bourbon. Stir, strain, and pour into a tall glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Old-Fashioned

In an ice-filled rocks glass, pour 2 ounces of bourbon. Add a splash of simple syrup, Angostura bitters, and club soda, stir, and serve.

Rob Roy

Combine 1 1/2 ounces of Scotch with 1/2 ounce of sweet vermouth and a dash of bitters, if desired. Pour over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a skewered cherry or orange twist.

Rusty Nail

In a rocks glass, pour 1 ounce each of Scotch and Drambuie over ice.

There are a number of Collins recipes–Vodka Collins and Rum Collins are two. However, here are the basic ingredients for the more popular…

Tom Collins

Mix 1 1/2 ounces of gin with 1/2 teaspoon of powdered sugar (or more for a sweeter Collins) and the juice of 1/2 a lemon with a splash of club soda or seltzer in a tall, ice-filled glass. If you’d like, dress up the drink with maraschino cherries.

Vodka Martini

Combine 2 ounces of vodka with a splash of dry vermouth.
Pour over a handful of ice in a martini shaker or pitcher. Gently stir. Put strainer over shaker and pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a green olive on a toothpick or spear.

Whiskey Sour

Combine 2 ounces of blended whiskey to the juice of 1/2 a lemon and 1/2 teaspoon of powdered sugar into an ice-filled shaker. Shake, strain, and pour into a sour glass or champagne flute. You also can pour over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a slice of lemon speared onto a skewer and topped with a maraschino cherry.

 

 

Brunch Beverages

While there are many of us who can barely get down a cup of coffee for breakfast, we will often welcome some of the more potent eye-openers usually offered at a brunch. They’re the beverages of choice for a breakfast or brunch buffet.

Bloody Mary

Combine 6 ounces of tomato juice with 1-1/2 ounces vodka. Add a dash of Tabasco sauce, salt, pepper, Worcestershire, and the juice from a wedge of lime. Pour over ice in a tall glass. Garnish with celery.

Orange Blossoms

In a tall, ice-filled pitcher, add 1 1/2 ounces of gin for each serving. Fill the rest of the pitcher with orange juice and stir.

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