Lowball Glass

Reptilicus

Revel + Italicus= Repticilus, which is ALSO the name of an MST3K episode I was watching at the time

This might be my favorite creation.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Italicus liqueur

• 1 oz Revel Stoke root beer whiskey

• 1/2oz Bourbon

• Orang rind

Procedure:

1. Stir all alcohol with ice

2. Strain into a rocks glass over one large cube

3. Express orange rind and garnish

Candied Bacon Old Fashioned

Yes, this drink tastes just like candied bacon, but the ingredients need to be just right. Some bacon vodkas are AWFUL. 

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Barley Creek Bacon Vodka

• 1 oz Tippleman's burnt sugar syrup

• brown sugar (for rim)

• cinnamon stick 

Procedure:

4. Rim a rocks glass with brown sugar, then fill it with ice

5. Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice

6. Shake, then strain into the glass

7. Add the cinnamon stick and give a quick swirl

Grapefruit Vesper

If you want to be extra fancy with your sour libations, remember to freeze some tonic ice cubes before you make it.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Stoli Grapefruit Crush vodka

• 1.5 oz gin 

• 1 oz white Lillet

• Tonic ice cubes (or 2oz tonic)

Procedure:

1. Half fill a lowball glass with tonic ice 

2. Add all alcohol to a shaker with normal ice

3. Shake and strain into the lowball glass

Rock-and-Rye Baby

Ingredients:

• 2 oz strong rock-and-rye (60+ proof)

• 1 oz Meletti Amaro

• 2 dashes Orange bitters

• Lemon twist

Procedure:

1. Add all alcohols to a rocks glass filled with ice

2. Stir

3. Express lemon and garnish

Autumn Extract

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Applejack

• 1 oz Fireball 

• 0.5 oz brandy

• Cinnamon powder 

• Apple slice

Procedure:

1. Add all alcohols to a small rocks glass with a large ice cube

2. Douse the apple slice with cinnamon. 

3. Toast apple with a flame if you're feeling fancy

4. Drop cinnamon apple in and stir for 5-10 seconds

Bitter Candy

This is Drink-making 101 in action:  

Something strong  + something sweet + something bitter  = something palatable or better

Ingredients:

• 2 oz citrus vodka

• 1 oz Midori

• ½ oz Aperol

• Maraschino cherries

Procedure:

1. Add all alcohols to a rocks glass filled with ice

2. Stir

3. Top with a splash of Maraschino juice and a few cherries 

Highball Glass

Mr E.T.

I love iced-tea flavored vodka! It's the perfect summer spirit:

Not too strong, versatile, super basic, and usually extremely cheap. 

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

In general, summer drinks are light and refreshing, and winter drinks are warm and strong.  I wanted something refreshing in the winter, so I invented this drink by throwing together whatever I had on hand with some spice to it.  

Luckily, it worked!  (Don’t waste good scotch on this one, please)

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 like to 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

Yes, this is exactly what you'd expect from a drink with this name, and yes it's amazing.  "The dude sleigh-rides."

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

This is a show-stopping dessert drink to try out at your next party. The triple-sec is optional (just like in actual bananas foster),

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

A dessert drink that comes across a bit like a green-tea latte that kicks you in the face. Lavender water is totally optional, but does add a bit of depth

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