*Drink of the Week*

2 1/4 oz. Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum

1/2 oz. Clement Creole Shrubb
1/4 oz. Captain Morgan 100 Rum
2 dashes Fee Bros. Peach bitters
2 dashes Angostura bitters
8-10 mint leaves1 Demerara Sugar Cube

Put mint in glass with the sugar and muddle gently. Fill halfway with crushed ice, add the rums. Don’t stir. Fill rest of the way with crushed ice. Finally, add the bitters.

Scott Elrod

White Russian

2 oz. Vodka 1 oz.

Kahlua 1/2 oz.

Cream or Half & Half

Combine first two ingredients over ice in a Rocks glass, float cream on top.

Stinger

1 1/2 oz. Brandy

3/4 oz. White Creme de Menthe

Combine ingredients in shaker with 1 cup of crushed ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

1 oz. Dark Rum

2 oz. Sobe Nirvana

Combine in a highball filled with ice. Stir.

Citrico Snowflake

1 1/2 oz Cuervo Citrico

Splash of sour mix

Add all to shaker.

Shake and strain into a shot glass.

Add lemon wedge and sugar on rim.

Black Velvet

5 oz chilled Guinness

1 ½ oz chilled Champagne

Pour Guinness into champagne flute.

Add champagne carefully, so it does not mix with Guinness, and serve.

Cranberry Blueberry Cosmopolitan

(Carrie Bradshaw)

Fashion-forward Carrie has an eclectic style and likes to make a statement by mixing different looks. The Cranberry-Blueberry Cosmopolitan captures Carrie’s whimsical spirit with a mix of cranberry and blueberry juices.

2 oz. Cranberry Vodka

4 oz. Ocean Spray® 100% Juice Cranberry & Blueberry

1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, combine all ingredients and shake well. Strain mixture into a chilled cocktail glass.

Great After Dinner Treat

2 oz. Kahlua

3 Scoops Vanilla Ice Cream

1/4 cup Milk or Cream

Combine everything in a blender. Mix on high for 30 – 45 seconds. Pour into a tall glass. Serve with a straw and long spoon.

Mudslide

This classic shooter is smoother than mud, and much cleaner to drink.

1/2 oz. Vodka

1/2 oz. Kahlua

1/2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Creme

Combine in a rocks glass with ice. Add a straw. Drink quickly through the straw. REPEAT!

Earthquake

1 oz. Gin

1 oz. Whiskey

1 oz. Pernod

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake and strain into a chilled martini or cocktail glass.

Irish Kilt

2 oz. Irish Whisky

1 oz. Scotch

1 oz. Lemon juice

1 oz. Sugar water

3 dashes of Orange bitters.

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake well and strain into a martini glass.

Cafe Romano

Sambuca

1 oz. Kahlua or Coffee Liqueur

1 oz. Half & Half or Cream

2 – 3 Coffee Beans

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Drop in 2 or 3 coffee beans.

Cortina is Beautiful

1 half shot of Tuaca (Tuaca is an Italian Liquor carried by most grocery stores)

1 cup boiling water

1 packet powdered apple cider

Whipped Cream (the fake kind is best)

Nutmeg or Cinnamon

Boil water and pour in mug. Mix in powdered apple cider. Add the half-shot of Tuaca, put a dollop of Whipped Cream on top, and then add a dash of Nutmeg or Cinnamon.

Chocolate Mint
Just like when you were a kid – only better

Tiny marshmellows not included

1 oz. Peppermint Schnapps or Creme de Menthe

Hot Chocolate

Combine in a footed mug. A great alternative or addition to this recipe is 1 oz. of Baileys Mint Chocolate. Wow!

Undertow

1 oz. Gold Rum

1 oz. Gin

1/2 oz. Creme de Noyaux

1 oz. Lime Juice

1 teaspoon Guava Syrup or Passion Fruit Syrup

Lime Peel

Combine all ingredients but the lime peel in a blender with one cup ice, blend for 15 to 20 minutes until smooth and pour into a chilled old fashioned glass. Garnish with the lime peel.

Butterscotch Martini

A Drink of the Week Original

1 1/2 oz. Vodka

1/2 oz. Butterscotch Scnapps

1/2 oz. Butterscotch Cream Liqueur

1 Butterscoth Lifesaver

Combine in a mixing glass with ice. Swirl ingredients gently and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the Lifesaver (or just drop it in).

Hot Rumba

When winter comes… escape to the Carribean.

2 oz. Gold Rum

Hot Chocolate

In a footed glass mug add rum and fill with hot chocolate. (If using instant follow the directions on the box). Garnish with little marshmallows or marshmallow cream.

Ami James

Hot Toddy

Bring on Winter – We’re Ready!

1 oz. Brandy

1 Tablespoon Honey

1/4 Lemon

1 cup Boiling Water

1 Tea Bag

Coat the bottom of a mug with the honey. Add brandy and juice of lemon quarter. On the side, boil water and add tea bag to make hot tea. Pour steaming tea into honey/brandy/lemon combination.

Rum Yum

Yum Yum

1 oz. Baileys Irish Cream

1 oz. Malibu Rum 1 oz. Cream

Combine in a rocks glass over ice or blend with a scoop of ice and serve in a large cocktail glass.

Boston Tea Punch

1 750 ml Bottle Dark Rum

4 cup Black Tea

4 1/2 oz. Triple Sec

12 Lemon Slices

Sugar to Taste Heat Rum, Tea and Triple Sec in a saucepan, add sugar and stir until disolved. Don’t let it boil. Serve in warmed punch cups or mugs. Serves 12

Citron Dragon

This special cocktail comes from Hawthorne Lane Restaurant in SF. Besides being green (always a plus) this drink really refreshes. It may just become a staple.

1 1/2 oz. Absolut Citron Vodka

1/2 oz. Cointreau or Triple Sec

1 oz. Midori or Melon Liqueur

Splash of Soda Combine the Vodka & Liqueurs in a shaker with ice. Mix well and strain into a cocktail glass. Add a splash of soda. Garnish with a Lemon Twist

Cuba Libre

It’s all in the lime, baby!

1 1/2 oz. Rum

Cola

Lime Squeeze

Rub the rim of a highball glass with the lime. Fill with ice. Add Rum and fill with Cola.

Drop in the Lime squeeze.

Michelada

Unique Mexican Specialty that is usually enjoyed in the Morning.

3 oz Dos Equis (XX)

1 oz. Lime Juice

1 Dash Worcestershire Sauce

1 – 2 Dashes Tapatio Brand Hot Sauce

Salt a Collins (tall) glass

We also understand this is a popular in Texas dive bars as well.

Red, White & Blue

1/2 oz. Framboise

1/2 oz. Half-Half

1/2 oz. Blue Curacao

Build in a pony tall shot glass. Beginning with the Framboise, layer each successive ingredient on top using the back of a spoon

Nude Beach

Twister any one?

1 oz. Gold Rum

2 oz. Pineapple Juice

2 oz. Orange Juice

1/2 oz. Grenadine Dash Lime Juice

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Mix well and strain into a chilled Collins glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a lime squeeze.

Malibu Breeze

2 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum

1 oz. Grenidine Pineapple Juice

In a highball glass filled with ice, pour Malibu and Grenidine then top with pineapple juice. Stir Well. Garnish with a pineapple slice.

Devil’s Poison

1 oz. Jack Daniels

1 oz. 151 Bacardi Rum

Fill a shaker with ice, pour the Jack Daniels and 151 Bacardi Rum into shaker and shake. Strain into a shot glass.

Tom Collins

Celebrate a well known American family, the Collins Family.

This drink originated in the nineteenth century in either the US, England, or Australia. Although it place of origin is disputed, it is truly become a classic. Take a minute and meet Tom, John, Joe, and Ivan. So good they named the glass after it!

Fill a Collins glass with ice.

You can build this one right in the glass.

1 1/2 oz. Gin

Fill glass with equal amounts of: Sweet & Sour Soda Water Garnish with a cherry and a lime squeeze.

Algonquin Cocktail

The drink that fueled the New Yorker!

2 oz. Whiskey

1 oz. Dry Vermouth

1 oz. Pineapple Juice

Marascino Cherry

Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker. Stir with ice and strain into a Cocktail glass or over ice in a Rock glass

Blood Hound

1 1/2oz. Vodka or Gin (even better use Stoli Strasberi)

1 Dash Sweet Vermouth

1 Dash Dry Vermouth

Combine in a mixing glass with ice. Swirl ingredients gently and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a fresh strawberry.

Bailey’s Caramel Apple Pie-tini

1 3/4 oz. Bailey’s with a Hint of Caramel

1/3 oz. Smirnoff Twist Green

Apple Vodka 1/3oz.

Applesauce

Dash of Caramel Syrup

Pour the applesauce into bottom of glass and float dash of caramel. Shake all other ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker, strain and float on top of the applesauce and caramel. Garnish with a slice of caramel apple.

Chocolate Raspberry Martini

A Drink of the Week Original Cocktail

1 1/2 oz. Stoli Raspberry Vodka

1/2 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

Spalsh Soda Combine Vodka and Liqueur in a shaker with ice.

Shaken and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with a splash of soda. Garnish with a fresh raspberry.