Cocktail Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Rum
1 tsp. Sugar
1 pat of Butter
2 Cloves
Boiling Water
Instructions:
Place sugar, Rum, and cloves in coffee cup or mug.
Fill with boiling water.
Add pat of butter and stir.
Hot Buttered Rum
October 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Old Fashioned
October 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Originating in the early 1800′s the Old Fashioned may be the first drink to be called a cocktail. It is traditionally served in a short glass now called an Old Fashioned glass.
Cocktail Ingredients:
2 ounces rye whiskey
1 sugar cube
3 dashes Angostura bitters
club soda
Instructions:
Place the sugar cube in an Old-Fashioned glass. ADD 2 or 3 dashes of Angostura bitters and a splash of water or club soda. Crush the sugar with a wooden muddler OR strong spoon. Rotate the glass so that the sugar grains and bitters give it a lining. Add a large ice cube. Pour in the rye (or bourbon). Serve with a stirring rod. Garnish with an orange slice or cherries.
Autumn Leaf
October 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cocktail Ingredients:
1/2 oz brandy
1/2 oz crème de menthe
1/2 oz Galliano
Instructions:
Start with a layer of creme de menthe, add a layer of Galliano and top with a layer of dark brandy. Add a sprinkling of nutmeg.
The Sidecar
October 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Invented in the early 1900′s and was popular until the beginning of World War II, the sidecar has been making a comeback. Sidecars come using a variety of liquors, brandy, gin, vodka and irish whisky, but cognac is the original.
Cocktail Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. VS or VSOP cognac
3/4 oz. Cointreau
3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
Instructions:
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass with a sugared rim.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Apple Cider Sparkle
October 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Punch Ingredients:
6 cups apple cider
2 cups cranberry/raspberry juice
1 bottle champagne or sparkling wine
1/2 cup lemon juice
Instructions:
In punch bowl combine apple cider, orange juice, and lemon juice. When ready to serve, add champagne. Chill with large ice blocks. Makes about about 15 servings of 6 ounces each.
Canadian Stone Fence
October 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cocktail Ingredients:
2 oz apple cider
1/2 oz triple sec
1 1/2 oz Canadian whiskey
1 tsp sugar syrup
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker or blender. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Cranberry Collins
October 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cocktail Ingredients:
1Â oz gin
1/2 oz cranberry juice
Club Soda
Juice of 1 small lime
Lime slice
Instructions:
In a highball glass filled with ice, stir the cranberry and lime juice. Top up with soda. Sprinkle with dried cranberries and garnish with a lime slice.
Frosty Noggin
October 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cocktail Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Rum
3/4 oz White Creme de Menthe
3 oz Eggnog
3 cup Vanilla Ice Cream
Instructions:
Blend until smooth. Top with whipped cream and a few drops of green creme de menthe.
Eggnog Supreme
October 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cocktail Ingredients:
1 fifth Cognac
8 Eggs
1 pint Heavy Cream
1 quart Milk
1/2 pound Sugar
Instructions:
Beat yolks and whites of eggs separately.
Add sugar to egg whites and beat until stiff.
Combine yolks and whites and mix thoroughly.
Add Cognac.
Beat mixture.
Add cream and milk.
Mix.
Chill well.
Serve with a light sprinkling of nutmeg.
Cider Eggnog
September 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cocktail Ingredients:
Hard Cider
1 tsp. Powdered Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 cup Milk
Instructions:
Shake well all but Cider with cracked ice and strain into collins glass.
Fill with Cider.
Sprinkle nutmeg on top.