February 2008 Archives
It seems that there are hundreds of variations on the Lemon Drop. This is the one I make when I have all the right stuff.
Ingredients
Glassware: Cocktail Glass with Sugar Rim
2 oz. Ketel One Citroen Vodka
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Sour Mix
Dash Limoncello
Instructions
Rim a chilled cocktail glass with sugar
Fill a Boston Shaker with ice
Pour vodka and dash Limoncello
Pour Sour Mix and triple sec
Shake and strain into sugared cocktail glass
Will is a bartender at McGrath's. In fact, he and I are scheduled to work this upcoming St. Patrick's Day together. It should be a blast! Anyway, he came in yesterday with a bottle of blue Poweraid, and told me he'd invented the "Flu Shot". We'd been talking about a shooter by that name for a few days, and he finally came up with a recipe he liked. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 oz. Captain Morgan's Rum
3/4 oz. Apple Pucker
A Dash of Triple Sec
A Dash of Lime Juice
A Dash Sour Mix
1 oz. Blue Poweraid
Instructions
Fill a boston shaker with ice
Pour Rum and Apple Pucker
Dash in Triple Sec, Lime Juice and Sour Mix
Add Poweraid until the shot is blue
Shake and strain into a double shot glass.
Irish Coffee seems to be the most well known of the hot drinks. Here is a recipe.
Ingredients
Glassware: Coffee Mug
1 tsp. Sugar
1 oz. Irish Whiskey
4 to 5 oz. Coffee
Whipped Cream for Garnish
Instructions
Pre-heat the glass mug with hot water
Pour Irish Whiskey
Fill with Coffee
Add Sugar and stir
Garnish with Whipped Cream
Absinthe has often been the subject of praise among the great poets and artists of France, but here in America, whiskey is king!
"My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky."
~William Faulkner (American novelist and poet)
Tosse is a regular down at McGrath's. It's the kind of place where the regulars know that they can ask for what they want and the bartender will make their drink just the way they like it. Most of the folks that frequent McGrath's in the afternoon have something they like in particular and Tosse is no exception. But imagine my surprise when another regular ordered a "Tosse" by name! So here it is: the Tosse. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Glassware: Collins Glass
2 oz. Absolut Mandarin Vodka
2-3 oz. Orange Juice
1-2 oz. Pineapple Juice
Instructions
Fill a Collins Glass with ice
Pour Mandarin Vodka
Fill almost to the top with Orange Juice
Top with Pineapple Juice
I've been glancing through a few ancient books of toasts, and one thing I've noticed is how proudly and passionately they toast our nation. In honor of President's Day, and in the spirit of patriotism, I offer the following toast!
May the Sons of America never forget the struggles of their fathers, and the fortitude of their mothers.
~Everybody's Toast Book (1851)
Alicia is a co-worker of mine over at the Hob Nob. This cocktail is her riff on the Oatmeal Cookie shooter, and it is delicious! Enjoy!
Ingredients
Glassware: Cocktail Glass
1 1/2 oz. Stolichnaya Vanil Vodka
1/2 oz. Buttershots
1/2 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
Dash of Goldschlager
Instructions
Fill a boston shaker with ice
Pour Stoli Vanil
Pour Buttershots and Bailey's
Dash in Goldschlager
Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
