Kids love special drinks as much as adults. Especially if it’s made just for them. The carbonated coconut water is a bit over the top, but once again, with a little effort the kids feel really special. I used an an iSi Whipper and a CO2 charge since my siphon…
It’s Mixology Monday CXIII and we’re happy to be hosting! The theme we chose is “Bacon, Eggs and Booze” ’cause nothing makes a holiday brunch taste better than amazing cocktails. For this theme, we have 2 offerings: a sangria and a zero proof cocktail, (or nearly zero proof), for…
This should be served flaming. Either double the recipe and serve in a scorpion bowl, or float an inverted lime half with 151 rum soaked piece of bread. You can sub the Key Lime Bitters with orange bitters. 2 oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum 1 oz. Orange juice 1 oz.…
This is Trader Vic’s original recipe. 1 oz. Appleton Extra 1 oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum ½ oz. Curacao 1 oz. Lime Juice ¼ oz. orgeat ¼ oz. simple syrup Shake all ingredients with crushed ice Pour unstrained into old fashioned glass Add crushed ice to fill Garnish with a…
This is my version of rum punch which I would like to claim I invented somewhere in the islands, but it was actually at home in Texas! I recently added the Orgeat and Key Lime Bitters. You can sub Angostura Bitters but you do need something to offset the sweetness…
Rockets and jet aircraft were all the rage in the Tiki era and every bartender had appropriately named drinks. This was Popo Galsini’s and won 1st Place in the World Cocktail Championship in 1967. 1 ¼ oz. gin ½ oz. passion fruit syrup ¼ oz. Falernum ¼ oz. orgeat ½…
This is from the Luau in Beverly Hills cr. 1958. Single serving: 1 oz. gold rum 1 oz. gin ½ oz. brandy 1 oz. OJ ½ oz. Lime juice ½ oz. simple syrup ¾ oz. orgeat 4 oz. crushed ice Blend on high for 5 sec. Pour unstrained into glass…
This cocktail is a bourbon and orange sour with the almond sweetness of the orgeat and the kick of habanero. The name originated during a family ski trip to Steamboat Springs a number of years ago. We would always eat at the Tugboat Saloon on our first night and, so,…
When making orgeat, you start with almonds and make almond milk. So, why not start with almond milk! Plus, commercial almond milk is supposedly made from bitter almonds which contains benzaldehyde which is tasty. They also yield cyanide, which is why you can’t buy them at the local store! 1…
