Tagged: lemonjuice

Daily Mix / Tequila / Mezcal

Apple Cider Margarita

A fall variation of the ever-popular margarita is the APPLE CIDER MARGARITA. This delicious recipe indulges our autumn appreciation of cider with the accompaniment of cinnamon, tequila and lemon juice. Requirements: silver tequila, apple cider, lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon, salt,...

Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Orange Juice / Throwback Thursday

Applejack Rabbit

A good cocktail for the fall is the applejack-based APPLEJACK RABBIT. This full-flavored, multi-layered recipe is a dive into an orchard of fruits covered in a dash of maple syrup. It’s mixed with two common citrus ingredients, orange & lemon...

Daily Mix / Fizzy Friday / Gin / Videos Demos

French Harvest

Fall’s version of the French 75 is the FRENCH HARVEST. Instead of the gin-lemon-Prosecco combo of a French 75, the French Harvest uses gin, lemon juice and sparkling cider. The bubbles from sparkling apple cider give this a nice autumn...

Aperol/Campari/Cynar / Daily Mix / St-Germain (elderflower) / Vodka

Mr. 404

MR. 404 is a sweet-sour vodka cocktail combining the flavors of elderflower liqueur, lemon juice and Aperol. Its holiday punch recipe was published by the Wall St. Journal recently. But it is an easy individual-sized cocktail for the home bartender...

Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Vodka

Lemon Drop

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...

Aperol/Campari/Cynar / Daily Mix / Grapefruit Juice / Vodka

Ruby

Good cocktails create a perfect balance between tart and sweet. Such is the case with the vodka-based RUBY cocktail, created by veteran mixologist and author Tony Abou-Ganim. The tart tones of lemon juice, grapefruit juice and Aperol are offset by...

Daily Mix / St-Germain (elderflower) / Whiskey (blended)

Irish Maid

The IRISH MAID is a botanical Irish whiskey cocktail with the coolness of cucumber to make it perfect for summer. Instead of muddling lemon in a shaker prior to the mix (as in a Whiskey Smash), cucumber is muddled and...

Bitters / Daily Mix / Gin / Maraschino

Casino

The CASINO is a classy gin-based cocktail adding touches of Maraschino liqueur, lemon juice and orange bitters. It’s one of the few gin cocktails that recommends a sweeter gin like Old Tom versus a London dry gin. Requirements: gin (Old...

Amaretto / Bourbon / Daily Mix

Amaretto Sour

The AMARETTO SOUR is as simple as Amaretto liqueur and lemon juice. But the best recipe is the one originated by Portland bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler, which props up Amaretto with strong bourbon and adds frothy light texture with egg white....

Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Gin / Throwback Thursday

Gin Daisy

The GIN DAISY has two versions — an old-school and new-school. I favor the old-school recipe which sweetens lemon juice with orange liqueur. It maintains the classic lemony “Sour.” It’s refreshing, and is a great precursor to dinner. This simple...