Keet's Cocktails Blog

Daily Mix / Demerara / Fizzy Friday / Ginger Beer

Black Tea Mule

Naming it the BLACK TEA MULE*, this non-alcoholic drink resembles the Kentucky Mule in preparation. It uses strongly-brewed black tea instead of bourbon and after cooling will mix with ginger beer, lime juice and spiced demerara syrup. The spiciness of...

Daily Mix / Fizzy Friday / Pernod / Scotch

Morning Glory Fizz

The MORNING GLORY FIZZ is a Scotch-based drink originally conceived as a a hangover recovery cocktail. With the froth of an egg white and fizz of soda water, it’s meant to be consumed quickly and not sit. Most recipes include...

Daily Mix / Fizzy Friday / Grenadine / Maraschino / Orange Juice

Shirley Temple

For a long-standing non-alcohol cocktail, the SHIRLEY TEMPLE combines ginger ale or seven-up with grenadine, lime juice and maraschino cherries. The beauty of this drink is not only that it’s a fixture at every bar, but that there is room...

Daily Mix / Rum / Schnapps / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

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...

Daily Mix / Mocktails / Orange Juice / Uncategorized

T & Tonic

Here’s a cocktail that isn’t, but could be. The T & TONIC* is a delicious non-alcohol option that incorporates enough citrus flavors measured against chilled black tea that when topped with tonic water makes for a special drink. Smooth, well-balanced...

Daily Mix / Mocktails

Mock-hattan

For those non-alcohol times, something similar in preparation and looking like a Manhattan is the MOCK-HATTAN*. Instead of alcohol, it’s a tea-influenced drink that is complex enough that it doesn’t just taste like something purchased at a fancy gourmet store...

Daily Mix / Seasonal Sunday

8 Cocktails to Make for New Year’s Eve

When your go-to cocktail or glass of champagne is too anti-climactic for New Year’s Eve, go to something more festive. Here are some cocktail suggestions as previously posted in Keet’s Cocktails to help you celebrate (click or tap on each...

Bourbon / Daily Mix

Bourbon Milk Punch

The BOURBON MILK PUNCH is not especially a punch, but could easily be in a punch bowl during the holidays — just multiply out the proportions. This is a new discovery here, and now a favorite for the holidays. It...

Creme de Cacao / Daily Mix / Martini Monday / Vodka

Chocolate Martini

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,...