Bourbon / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Rum / Throwback Thursday
by Keet · Published February 9, 2024
Here’s a delicious individual or party-group cocktail: The MISSISSIPPI PUNCH. It’s deceptively smooth and easy to drink, but has the components to pack a punch. For that reason, you may stretch it out some with club soda, or not. The...
The CLOVER CLUB is a classic raspberry-flavored gin cocktail which has been around since the 1880’s. Like many pre-prohibition drinks, it calls for raw egg-white to give it a smooth frothy layer on top. Combining the fresh-tart flavor of raspberry...
Bitters / Cognac / Brandy / Curacao / Daily Mix / Scotch / Throwback Thursday
by Keet · Published October 3, 2023 · Last modified October 2, 2023
The SCOTCH COBBLER gets high marks for its taste, strength and simplicity. Scotch whisky combines with dashes of orange curacao, brandy and simple syrup directly into the drinking glass. A quick stir and you’re ready for an elevated Scotch experience...
The SEABOARD is a smooth lemon-flavored cocktail mixing whiskey with gin. Like the Woodstock, it combines lemon juice with gin. And like the Long Island Iced Tea, the multiple liquor combination has no dominant liquor flavoring. It all works together....
Bitters / Daily Mix / Demerara / Martini Monday / Vodka
by Keet · Published June 13, 2023 · Last modified July 29, 2024
It’s espresso, Kahlua, vodka — what’s not to like in an ESPRESSO MARTINI? If you’re wanting a post-dinner pick-me-up or an extend-the-night drink, this one has become a classic cocktail for those occasions. It’s popularity stems from its balance of...
Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Orange Juice / Rum
by Keet · Published June 6, 2023 · Last modified July 16, 2024
This dark rum & brandy version of the BOLERO is fruity, yet complex. The proportions in the mix largely depends on your taste for dark rum (I prefer Myers’s Dark). My favored mix emphasizes the dark rum, but still has...
The PLANTER’S PUNCH is the purest and simplest of the rum punches. It’s also likely the strongest, with 3 oz. of dark rum in each serving. Even without the addition of pineapple or orange juice — as in the Rum...
The MELON DAIQUIRI offers two serving possibilities for the fan of melon-flavored cocktails: (1) Shaken and poured into an Old-Fashioned glass filled with ice, or (2) blended and poured frozen into a margarita glass. Both drinks require light rum, Midori...
Bitters / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Maraschino / Vermouth (sweet & dry)
by Keet · Published April 25, 2023 · Last modified April 24, 2023
The METROPOLITAN is a semi-sweet brandy drink that bears a resemblance to the Manhattan in both taste and appearance. Besides using brandy instead of whiskey, the proportion of sweet vermouth is higher here than in the Manhattan and calls for...
Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Seasonal Sunday / Whiskey (blended)
by Keet · Published March 17, 2023 · Last modified March 16, 2023
IRISH SIDECAR: Instead of mixing your Sidecar cocktail with cognac or brandy, celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day or any day by substituting with Irish Whiskey. Irish whiskey is noted for being light and smooth because it’s often triple distilled and is...
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