Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Vodka
by Keet · Published July 11, 2024 · Last modified July 10, 2024
The classic version of the LEMON DROP is simply vodka, lemon juice, orange liqueur and simple syrup. There is much room for experimentation with such ingredients as muddled fresh fruit or citron vodka; but the original is delicious, light and...
WHAT’S UP DOC is a carrot-juice cocktail which incorporates the ginger flavor of a Moscow Mule. There are bourbon, tequila and gin versions of this cocktail, but the vodka version is more refreshing and lighter. The carrot and ginger-beer balance...
Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Cranberry Juice / Daily Mix / Vodka
by Keet · Published February 13, 2024
The COSMOPOLITAN, or “Cosmo”, can vary from bar to bar. If you know what you like in the Cosmo, you can usually request it be made that way. If you don’t know what you like, the establishment’s mix usually disappoints....
This four-ingredient CHOCOLATE MARTINI can be consumed as a dessert substitute, dessert addition, or as an eggnog replacement during the holidays. There are a number of recipes floating around; but this satisfies on all fronts. Requirements: vodka, Godiva chocolate liqueur,...
The KAMIKAZE was designed for good-time shooters in the ’70’s & ’80’s, but became respectable as a cocktail later. Fans of the Lemon Drop or the Cosmo should enjoy this limey orange-liqueur-&-vodka mix. What pushes the Kamikaze into respectable territory...
If you can’t attend the U.S. Tennis Open in person to drink its signature HONEY DEUCE cocktail, you can easily make it at home. This “fruity & tart” vodka highball has been the tournament’s best selling drink since introduced in...
Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Cranberry Juice / Daily Mix / Martini Monday / Vodka
by Keet · Published May 31, 2023
The GINGER COSMO MARTINI is a light, refreshing version of a Cosmo with additional ginger flavoring. Offsetting ginger with Cointreau is a winning combination. Its aftertaste is very summery and at times tastes more like grapefruit than ginger. There are...
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....
Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Martini Monday / Schnapps / Vodka
by Keet · Published November 15, 2022 · Last modified July 23, 2023
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...
Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Gin / Rum / Shots on Saturday / Tequila / Mezcal / Vodka
by Keet · Published September 3, 2022
If you start with a rum & coke, just add tequila, vodka, gin, orange liqueur and lemon juice and you’ve got your LONG ISLAND ICED TEA. Though it has the sound of an end-of-evening frat-party creation, its invention is actually...
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