Category: Schnapps

Corkscrew

The CORKSCREW is a white (light) rum, martini-style cocktail that suits almost any occasion or time of the year. It’s pleasing with a mild peach flavor and is beautifully balanced by dry vermouth. The Corkscrew is similar to a Jean...

Thanksgiving Cocktails

Ten cocktails have been selected as excellent fall cocktails to enjoy during Thanksgiving. The most common themes include flavors of maple, apple, or cranberry. Unlike many other cocktail sites, none of the cocktails below are overly infused with fruit purees,...

American Pie Cocktail

From Guy Fieri and the Food Network comes the AMERICAN PIE COCKTAIL. It’s easy to make and combines a surprisingly pleasing blend of cranberry juice, apple liqueur and whiskey. It’s surprising only in that the cocktail’s name sounds like it...

Alien Brain Hemorrhage Shot

A fun desert alternative is the ALIEN BRAIN HEMORRHAGE SHOT. Besides its sweet liqueur-based mix, the composition is layered in a way that is best described by its name. Peach Schnapps and Blue Curacao give it a nice fruity base....

Cheeky Peach

The CHEEKY PEACH is a fizzy vodka-based mix that falls onto a list of great summer cocktails. Its mild peach flavor is offset by pineapple juice, vodka and Peychaud’s bitters. Topped with seltzer or club soda, this makes a great...

Butterbeer from Harry Potter

HARRY POTTER BUTTERBEER is a good cold-weather, Christmassy dessert drink. It may or may not have been based on Buttered Beer, which was a real drink from The Good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin published in London in 1588 A.D....

Sour Apple Martini (Appletini)

The SOUR APPLE MARTINI, a.k.a. APPLETINI, originally started with just Ketel One vodka, DeKuyper Sour Apple Schnapps and sour mix. Its popularity quickly grew in the ’90’s because its alcohol content was hidden by the sweet/tart apple flavor., i.e., it...

High Voltage

The HIGH VOLTAGE is a simple peach-flavored tequila cocktail, easily prepared in five minutes. It’s smooth and has a bit of everything going for it. Requirements: tequila (silver preferred), peach schnapps, lime juice, peeled peach slice or lime wheel for...

Heatwave

A quick and easy summer cocktail to make is appropriately called the HEATWAVE. It’s also delicious, similar to a rum punch but with peach/pineapple flavoring instead of orange/pineapple flavoring. It cuts right to the chase by using a fuller-flavored dark...

Himalayan Mist

The HIMALAYAN MIST is a blue, peach-flavored vodka cocktail associated largely with restaurants serving Indian food. I re-created this recipe from a local Indian restaurant’s menu by using their same ingredients, but reduced the sweetness. The end result was 100%...