August 2017 - A to Z posting contest - Drinking - No Repeats

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:46 pm (No subject)

E....EAU-DE-VIE, IS A TYPE BRANDY, MADE FROM ANY FRUIT EXCEPT GRAPES.
TRANSLATED AS "WATER OF LIFE" MOST OF THESE BRANDIES ARE BOTTLED
WITHOUT AGEING TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE FRUITS CHARACTER.

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:48 pm (No subject)

F Fallen Angel
1 dash Bitters

1 Cherry

Juice of 1/2 Lemon

1/2 tsp. White Creme de Menthe

1 1/2 oz. Gin

Drink Recipe Instruction:

Shake all ingredients (except cherry) with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with the cherry and serve.

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:59 pm (No subject)

Gangster's Paradise

1/3 oz. Alize Red
1/3 oz. Alize Yellow
1/3 oz. Hennessy

Build in a 1oz shot glass (keep your Alize cold) Smile

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:21 pm (No subject)

H Hand Grenada

Qty.
Ingredients
3 oz.
Cranberry Juice
1 oz.
Tequila

Glass type: Cocktail
Directions: Mix in a shaker with ice. Strain into ad cocktail glass.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:35 am (No subject)

Inch And A Half

1/3 oz. Tequila
1/3 oz. Triple Sec
1/3 oz. Lime Liqueur

Mix in shaker with ice. Smile

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:01 am (No subject)

J - Joker's Tea

Ingredients:
½ oz tequila
½ oz vodka
½ oz rum
½ oz Jim Beam bourbon
½ oz blue curaçao Sweet and sour
Coca-Cola
Lime wedge

Directions: In a pint glass filled, pour ingredients then top off with one part sweet and sour and two parts coke. Similar to a long island ice tea, you can adjust the coke for taste.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 3:02 pm (No subject)

K...KAOLIANG IS A TYPE OF STRONG DISTILLED WINE, MADE FROM FERMENTED SORGHUM. THIS LIQUOR ORIGINATES FROM DAZHIGU EAST OF
TIANJIN, AND FIRST APPEARED IN THE MING DYNASTY. TODAY KAOLIANG IS
MADE AND SOLD PRIMARILY IN CHINA AND TAIWAN. Very Happy

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:53 pm (No subject)

L - Lucky Lady

Ingredients:
-¾ oz light rum
-¼ oz anisette
-¼ oz white crème de cacao
-¾ oz cream

Instructions: Combine ingredients in a blender with 1 cup ice, blend 15–20 seconds until smooth, and pour into a margarita glass.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:49 pm (No subject)

M - Merlot
Merlot Wine is a varietal that contains at least 13.5% alcohol, but can approach 14.5%, especially when it is made from merlot grapes grown in a warmer climate such as Australia, California or Chile. The wine is often said to have a plummy taste and notes of chocolate. It’s also considered to be smooth and very easy to drink

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:19 pm (No subject)

Naked Navel Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients :
- 1 oz vodka
- 1/2 oz peach schnapps

Use a "In glass" for Naked Navel drink recipe
Both vodka and schnapps should be kept in the freezer prior to making. Pour vodka into a shot glass, and add the schnapps, forming a ball in the bottom of the glass.
Serve in "Shot Glass" Garnish: No

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:24 pm (No subject)

Ocean of Emotion

1 oz. White Rum
0,5 oz. Malibu
1 oz. Baileys
- Pineapple Juice
- Blue Curacao

put in shaker and shake garnish with a pineapple slice and a blue sugar rim (sugar colored with blue curacao) Smile

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:31 pm (No subject)

P Palmer Cocktail

Qty.
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz.
Blended Whiskey
1 tsp.
Lemon Juice
1 dash
Angostura Bitters

Glass type: Cocktail
Directions: Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:35 pm (No subject)

Quicker -!expletive!- Upper

1 oz. Jagermeister
3 oz. Peach Tree
6 oz. Raspberry Twist Vodka
fill Country Time Lemonade

mix in glass stir and enjoy. Smile

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:10 am (No subject)

R - Red Death

Ingredients:
-1 oz vodka
-½ oz Southern Comfort
-½ oz sloe gin
-¼ oz triple sec
-½ oz orange juice
-¼ oz lime juice

Instructions: Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with a cup of ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:53 pm (No subject)

S....SPARKLING HIBISCUS CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

1 WILD HIBISCUS FLOWER
CHAMPAGNE OR PROSECCO

POSITION THE HIBISCUS FLOWER AT THE BOTTOM OF A CHAMPAGNE FLUTE &
SLOWLY FILL IT WITH YOUR FAVORITE BUBBLY. AS THE CHAMPAGNE FIZZLES, THE FLOWER WILL OPEN AND BLOOM IN YOUR GLASS.
ONCE YOU DRINK YOUR BUBBLY, REFILL IT, OR JUST NIBBLE ON THIS EDIBLE FLOWER.
THIS SOUNDS SO ROMANTIC..... Smile