Martinis

French-French-Revolution

A fusion of a French Martini and a French 75

Ingredients:

• 2 oz gin

• 1 oz Chambord 

• 1 oz lemon juice

• ~½ oz simple syrup (optional to taste) 

• 1-2 oz champagne or prosecco

• Lemon rind

Procedure:

1. Add first four ingredients into shaker with ice

2. Shake well and strain into a martini glass

3. Top with the champagne, and garnish with lemon rind

Portal Drop

A cooler looking version of a lemon drop martini.  

Advice:  Run the squeezed lemon around the rims of your martini glasses before dipping in the sugar. It will stick better, and taste better.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 oz citron vodka

• 1 oz blue curacao 

• 1/4 - 1/2 lemon's worth of juice

• Orange rimming sugar

Procedure:

4. Add first three ingredients into shaker with ice

5. Rim the martini glass

6. Shake well and strain the beverage into the glass

Pear of Aces

A fancy fall drink with a sidecar feel to it

Ingredients:

• 1 oz St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur

• 1.5 oz vodka

• 1oz ginger brandy 

Procedure:

1. Rim martini glass with sugar (optional)

2. Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice

3. Shake and strain into glass

Highball Glass

Mr E.T.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz iced tea vodka

• 1 oz limoncello 

• ¼ lemon, squeezed

• Lemon-lime soda

Procedure:

1. Add alcohol and lemon highball glass filled with ice

2. Top with soda and stir well

Melted Frozen Daquiri

Two shortcuts for impressive, easy, tropical drinks: 

1:  Use fruit nectars, especially mango nectar.  

2: A small splash of amaretto is a drink-hack for making anything drink taste more tropical.  

Ingredients:

• 2.5 oz mango nectar 

• 2 oz light rum

• 1 oz triple sec

• ½ oz amaretto

• Strawberry or raspberry seltzer

Procedure:

1. Add all alcohol to highball glass filled with ice

2. Top with the seltzer and stir well

Treebeard

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Fireball cinnamon whiskey

• 1 oz blended scotch

• Root Beer (or Birch Beer)

Procedure:

1. Add all alcohol to a highball glass filled with ice

2. Top with soda and stir

Fall Back Down

This fall drink almost feels like a spiced sangria.  

I make it in batches for 4, served as a mule in copper mugs. 

Ingredients (per serving):

• 1 oz vanilla vodka

• ½ oz liquor 43

• ½ oz brandy

• ½ oz cinnamon syrup

• 2 oz cranberry juice

• 1 oz seltzer water

• Cinnamon sticks

Procedure:

1. Add all alcohol and the syrup to shaker glass filled with ice

2. Shake and strain into tall glass or mule mugs half filled with ice

3. Add cranberry juice and seltzer to each mug

4. Stir each with a cinnamon stick and leave in

Desert Drinks

Fairy Godmother

A 'Godfather' is scotch and amaretto.  

A 'Godmother' is a variation with vodka and amaretto.  

This is a variation variation that's sweeter.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz whipped cream vodka (vanilla works)

• 1.5 oz amaretto 

• ~3 dashes chocolate bitters (optional)

Procedure:

• Add ingredients to a rocks glass filled with ice

• Stir

White Russian Christmas

Ingredients:

• 1.5 shot vanilla vodka

• 1.5 shot coffee liquor

• 1 shot eggnog

• Pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg

Procedure:

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice

2. Shake, then strain into a rocks glass filled with ice

3. Sprinkle with the cinnamon or nutmeg 

Bananas Foster Martini

PLEASE CAREFUL WITH FIRE.  Mix and light in an open area with a fire extinguisher nearby. Never, EVER, drink a drink while it’s on fire.  You don’t look cool, you look like a moron with burnt lips.  ALSO, not all barware is fireproof; do some research and be careful.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Rumchata

• 1.5 oz banana rum

• 1 oz dark rum

• 1 tsp brown sugar + some for rimming glass

• 1 oz triple sec (optional) 

• ½ oz over-proof rum

Procedure:

1. Rim a martini glass with brown sugar

2. In shaker, combine all except the over-proof rum

3. Add some ice and give a quick shake

4. Strain into the martini glass

5. Gently float the high-proof rum on top 

6. Light the rum on fire

7. Extinguish!

Paper Crane

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz vanilla vodka

• 1 oz Liqueur 43 vanilla liqueur

• 1 oz heavy cream

• 1 tbs (½ shot) matcha powder

• 0-5 dashes of lavender water, to taste
  
  
  

Procedure:

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker

2. Shake very well to dissolve matcha powder

3. Add ice to the shaker, and shake again

4. Strain into a martini glass