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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Cocktails Recipes

Cocktails Recipes

The quintessential choice for an evening drink, cocktails are modern and classic at the same time. With the myriad of cocktail recipes available everyone is sure to find at least a few which
suits their palette. From sweet to fruity to bitter, cocktails are enjoyed by most. If you feel that we have left out a worthy drink, please don't hesitate to contact us to let us know. Below you can
find some of Drink Jockey's popular recipes, and you can also use the alphabetical drink recipe index to browse our catalog.

Cocktail drink recipes began making an appearance during the prohibition years in the United States. Fruity cocktails became the perfect way to serve awful tasting bootleg alcohol. The word itself cam into being because colonial taverns would combine the left over cock tailings from different barrels and sell it for a lesser price. It takes a skilled bartender to understand the difference between mixed drinks and cocktails. While mixed drinks are often overloaded with alcohol and seltzer, a truly well done cocktail will have a smooth texture and awaken taste buds with its flavor.

The Old Fashioned is a great way to test any bartender's skills. A proper Old Fashioned will be an expert blend of flavor that joins orange, sweet sugar, and whiskey. If the drink has too much seltzer and tastes as if it has only been garnished by the orange, it is definitely of poor quality. Certain ingredients, such as gin, also need to be chilled well in order to be incorporated well into the cocktail. When made well, a cocktail can be the most enjoyable part of a solitary cold night.

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Eric's Blueberry Lemonade

Eric's Blueberry Lemonade...try this mixed drink recipe...amazing taste !

Ingredients

* 1 oz. Liqueur, blueberry
* 1 1/2 oz. Vodka
* Fill with Water
* 4 tbsp. Blueberries
* 1 whole Lemon

Instructions

Muddle the blueberries with ice in a cocktail shaker. Juice the lemon and add juice to shaker. Mix in vodka and blueberry liqueur. Shake and strain into glass over ice. Fill with water and garnish with lemon wheel. The mixed drink recipe is ready...enjoy it !

Madison Blue

Madison Blue....try this mixed drink recipe...a nice one !

Ingredients

* 2 oz. Rum, white
* 2 oz. Tequila, gold
* Fill with Carbonated Water/Club Soda
* 1 oz. Lemon Juice
* 1 slice Lemon

Instructions

Shake rum, tequila and lemon in cocktail shaker then pour into collins glass. Top with soda water and garnish with lemon slice or wheel. The mixed drink recipe is ready...enjoy the drink !

Pineapple Sage Caipirinha

Pineapple Sage Caipirinha

Ingredients

* 2 oz. Cachaca (Sagatiba Pura)
* 2 oz. Pineapple Juice
* 1/4 wedge Lime
* 6 - 10 fresh leaves Sage
* 1/2 oz. Sugar Syrup

Mixing Instructions
Muddle lime, fresh sage leaves and sugar. Add pineapple juice, Sagatiba Pura Cachaça and ice. Shake and serve over ice in a rocks glass.

Irish Car Bomb

Irish Car Bomb

Ingredients

* 1/2 oz. Irish Cream (Bailey's)
* 1/2 pint Guinness Stout
* 1/2 oz. Whiskey, Irish (Jameson)

Mixing Instructions

Pour half a pint of chilled Guinness into a beer mug and let it settle. Take a shot glass filled with 1/2 oz. of Irish whiskey on the bottom and 1/2 oz. of Irish cream on top. Drop the shot glass
into the Guinness and chug.

Long Island Iced Tea

Long Island Iced Tea

Ingredients

* 1 part Gin
* 1 part Rum, light
* 1 part Tequila, white
* 1 part Triple Sec
* 1 part Vodka
* Fill with Cola
* 2 parts Sour Mix
* 1 slice Lemon

Mixing Instructions

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with a few ice cubes. Pour mix into a collins glass, making sure that there is a bit of fizz at the top. Garnish with a lemon slice.

Banana Apple Slushie

Banana Apple Slushie

Ingredients
# 1 red apple
# 1 banana
# 2 tsp sugar
# 1 tsp chocolate
# 3/4 cup Welch's apple juice
# 13 ice cubes

Mixing Directions
Mix all the ingredents together in a blender, until blended and thick. Add a slice of an apple to the top of your drink mix, some chocolate syrup to the side and a tinge of sugar to perfect the
taste.

Pineapple Martini

Pineapple Martini

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 1/4 cup crushed pineapple with juice
  • 1/4 oz simple syrup

INSTRUCTIONS
In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine the vodka, pineapple and simple syrup. Shake hard and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a slice of pineapple if you have it.

Orange Sunset

Orange Sunset

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 oz. Gin
  • 1/4 oz. Creme de Banana
  • 1 oz. Lemon Juice
  • Orange Juice
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine gin, creme de banana and lemon juice in an old fashioned glass filled with ice, fill with orange juice and stir. Cool taste !

Sangria (Cinco de Mayo)

Sangria (Cinco de Mayo)

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 Bottles Red Wine (750ml)
  • 1/2 cup Triple Sec
  • 1/4 cup Tequila
  • 1/4 cup Sweet Vermouth
  • 1/4 cup Fresh Lime Juice
  • Lemons, Limes and Oranges (sliced)
  • Sugar to taste
  • 2 cups Sprite or 7up
INSTRUCTIONS
Mix all ingredients except the Sprite in a large pitcher or punch bowl. Add fruit slices. Refrigerate for a few hours to let flavors mix. Just before serving add sugar to adjust sweetness and pour in the soda. Serve over ice with slices of the fruit. It ready to serves 8 - 12 great people. Enjoy !

Canadian Pride

Canadian Pride

Ingredients

# 2/3 oz Maple Syrup
# 3 oz Grapefruit Juice
# 3 oz Ginger Ale

Mixing Directions
Shake and strain into a collins glass three-quarters filled with broken ice. Add the ginger ale, and garnish with a slice of grapefruit. Nice taste !

Acapulco Gold

Acapulco Gold

Ingredients
# 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice
# 3 oz Pineapple Juice
# 1 oz Whipping Cream
# 1 oz Coconut Cream

Mixing Directions
Shake and strain into a highball glass with cracked ice. Cool tasting !

Honolulu Juicer

Honolulu Juicer

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 1/2 oz.Southern Comfort
  • 3/4 oz. Dark Rum
  • 3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
  • 3/4 oz. Rose's Lime Juice
  • 2 oz. Pineapple Juice
  • 1 tsp. sugar
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine everything in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a Collins or Highball glass over crushed ice. Garnish with a pineapple slice.

Margarita

Margarita

Take a cocktail glass and rub the lime wedge around the rim, dip rim in the salt.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 1/2 oz. Tequila
  • 1/2 oz. Triple Sec
  • 1 oz. Lime Juice or Sweet & Sour
  • Bar Salt

INSTRUCTIONS
Garnish - Lime Squeeze

In a shaker with ice combine Tequila, Triple Sec, & Lime Juice.
Shake well a strain into the cocktail glass.
On the Rocks - Fill a salted bucket glass with ice. Build this 'Maggie' right in the glass.
Frozen Margarita - Blend ingredients with a scoop of ice, serve in a salted large stem 'Margarita' glass. Frozen Fruit Margaritas can be made by adding a scoop of fresh fruit (strawberries, peaches, pineapples, etc.)

Incredible Hulk

Incredible Hulk

Ingredients

* 2 oz. Cognac (Hennessy)
* 3 oz. Hpnotiq


Mixing Instructions

Chill both the beverages before use. Add 3 parts Hypnotiq to the cocktail glass. Then add the two parts Hennessy cognac. The result is a mean green drink with a fruity but killer bite.

Pina Martinique

Pina Martinique

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 1/2 oz. White Rum
  • 1/2 oz. Cointreau
  • 1/2 oz. Coconut Cream
  • 2 tbsp. Strawberries (crushed)
  • 2 tbsp. Pineapple (crushed)
  • 1 cup Crushed Ice
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Mix at high speed for 45 seconds. Pour into a Collins glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or strawberry.

KAMIKAZE

Kamikaze

Ingredients

* 1 oz. Triple Sec
* 1 oz. Vodka
* 1 oz. Lime Juice
* 1 wedge Lime

Mixing Instructions

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Sexy On The Beach

Sexy On The Beach drink recipe

Ingredients

* 1 1/2 oz. Schnapps, peach
* 1 1/2 oz. Vodka
* 2 oz. Cranberry Juice
* 2 oz. Orange Juice
* 2 oz. Pineapple Juice


Mixing Instructions

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with ice.

FUN SHIP

Ingredients

* 1 shot Amaretto
* 1 shot Brandy, apricot
* 1 shot Rum, mango
* 1 shot Rum, white
* 1 shot Grenadine
* Fill with Orange Juice
* Fill with Pineapple Juice

Mixing Instructions

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker, filling with equal parts of orange juice and pineapple juice. Shake and strain into cocktail glasses.

Tropical Itch

Tropical Itch

INGREDIENTS
  • 1oz. Vodka
  • 1oz. Light Rum
  • 1/2 oz. Orange Curacao or Grand Marnier
  • 3 - 4 oz. Passion Fruit Juice

INSRUCTIONS
Combine in a shaker with a cup of ice. Pour, with ice into a double old fashion or Collins glass. Topwith additional passion fruit juice if needed. Cool taste !

Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii...a cool recipes to try !

INGREDIENTS
  • 3 oz. Vodka
  • 1 oz Blue Curacao
  • 1/2 oz. Creme de Coconut
  • 8 oz. Pineapple Juice
INSTRUCTIONS
On the Rocks - Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Mix well and strain into a collins or small hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.
Blended - Combine with a scoop of ice in an electric mixer. Mix well (15 - 20 sec). Pour into collins or small hurricane glass.

Mai Tai

Mai Tai

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 oz. Dark Rum
  • 2 oz. Light Rum
  • 2 oz. Triple Sec
  • 1 oz. Lime Juice
  • 1 oz. Grenadine
  • 1oz. Orgeat Syrup
  • Garnish: Pineapple & Cherry
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine ingedients together in a shaker with ice.
Serve on the Rocks in an old fashion glass or High ball.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge & cherry. Can use store bought mix
in place of the Orgeat syrup, grenadine & lime juice.

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