Apple Crisp

Apple Crisp

4 oz applejack

4 oz lemon juice

1 oz Cointreau

crab apple for garnish

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the ingredients and shake vigorously. Pour into a tall glass with ice and garnish with a speared half crab apple.

Snow Cosmo

Snow Cosmo

3 oz Smirnoff Citrus Twist vodka

2 oz Cointreau or Patron Citronge   

1 oz  white cranberry juice

squeeze of lime

cranberries for garnish

Add all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Then strain into a stemmed glass and garnish with skewered cranberries.

The Fresh Sunrise

The Fresh Sunrise

3 lemon wedges

1 tsp sugar

4 oz Alize Bleu

sparkling wine 

Put lemon wedges in a shaker with sugar and muddle. Pour in Alize Bleu, top with ice, and shake vigorously. Then strain into a champagne flute and top with sparkling wine.

         Stolen From:

http://drinksfordrinkers.tumblr.com/post/9908716024/the-fresh-sunrise-3-lemon-wedges-1-tsp-sugar-4

Strawberry Vice

    Strawberry Vice

1 1/2 oz Remy Martin VSOP

1/2 oz vanilla syrup

2 strawberries, halved

Piper Heidsieck champagne

strawberry to garnish

Muddle ingredients and shake over ice.

Strain into champagne flute and top with champagne. Garnish with a strawberry.

*Stolen from
http://drinksfordrinkers.tumblr.com/post/9946334181/strawberry-vice-1-1-2-oz-remy-martin-vsop-1-2-oz 

Shit People Say To Bartenders

Seriously funny video about all the SHIT people say to bartenders. 

Ginger Shandies

Ginger Shandies

3 bottles chilled Hoegaarden beer

1 bottle chilled ginger beer 

 1 thinly sliced lemon

mint sprigs for garnish

In a large pitcher, combine Hoegaarden with ginger beer. Stir in most lemon slices and mint sprigs. Fill 6 rocks glasses with ice. Add remaining lemon slices to glasses and pour in shandy. Garnish each drink with a mint sprig and serve.

     Stolen From: 

http://drinksfordrinkers.tumblr.com/post/9909188552

Rangpur Strawberry Crush

Rangpur Strawberry Crush

4 strawberries, sliced

1 1/2 oz Tanqueray Rangpur

1 1/2 oz Sprite

Prepare strawberries in a highball glass. Add crushed ice and Tanqueray Rangpur. Top with Sprite.

Stolen from:

http://drinksfordrinkers.tumblr.com/post/9909232215/rangpur-strawberry-crush-4-strawberries-sliced 

Bourbon A History (Article link)

Really interesting article on Bourbon. It discusses origin, production, history, styles, and some well known bourbons worth trying.

Check it out!

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/03/serious-eats-guide-to-bourbon-what-is-bourbon-history-whiskey-cocktails.html?ref=obinsite

Essential Bourbon Cocktails: Boulevardier

The Boulevardier

1 1/2 oz. bourbon
1 oz. Campari

1 oz. sweet vermouth

Ice cubes

Garnish: orange slice, lemon twist or cherry.

Stir long and well with ice in a mixing glass and strain into a cocktail glass.

Essential Bourbon Cocktails: Mint Julep

Mint Julep    

4 fresh mint sprigs
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp water

Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a collins glass. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig. Serve with a straw.

Essential Burbon Cocktails: Old Fashioned

 Old fashioned

2 oz bourbon whiskey
2 dashes Angostura® bitters
1 splash water
1 tsp sugar
1 maraschino cherry
1 orange wedge

 Mix sugar, water and angostura bitters in an old-fashioned glass. Drop in a cherry and an orange wedge. Muddle into a paste using a muddler or the back end of a spoon. Pour in bourbon, fill with ice cubes, and stir.