Corkscrew
The CORKSCREW is a martini-style light rum cocktail that suits almost any occasion or time of the year. It’s pleasing with its mild peach flavor, but is beautifully offset and balanced by dry vermouth. It’s similar to a Jean Harlow...
Category: Schnapps
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....
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%...
Hairy (Fuzzy) Navel
If the name of this cocktail makes you gag, picture Gwen Stefani and her famous abs from the ’90’s instead, because the HAIRY FUZZY NAVEL goes down very nicely. It’s a step between the simpler Screwdriver at brunch and the...
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