Negroni
This is my personal favorite drink. I doubled down on the bitterness by adding bitters and the flamed orange zest. I serve it in a double old fashioned with an ice sphere.
Wet (or Sweet) Martini
1 ½ oz. Gin ½ oz. sweet vermouth 2-3 drops orange bitters Chill cocktail glass with ice and water Add all ingredients to shaker Shake well with ice 10 – 15 sec. Strain into chilled glass Garnish with maraschino cherry
Dirty Cajun Martini
Where the dirty martini meets the Cajun martini: Hendrick’s Gin, dry vermouth and pickled jalapeno juice. Guaranteed to tickle your tongue.
Gin and Homemade Tonic
For a complete discussion of homemade tonic water click here. Tonic syrups are easy to make and create an amazing cocktail. You can also go the Gin Tonic route and really spruce up your drinks! Either way you go, there are few better sippers than the venerable G&T. 2 oz.…
Time to Lick the Donkey
It’s a family Christmas tradition…don’t ask. This is another drink that I found and renamed for a party. You can tell it’s from the Tiki era since it has 2 kinds of rum. This is a sour and shows how you can use multiple juices. The recipe could also be…
Honey Badger
One of these and you won’t care. Two and you won’t give a #?*! ! I found this recipe somewhere and renamed it for a party. It is very strong. 1 ½ oz. Lemon Hart or Bacardi 151 Rum ½ oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur ¾ oz. lime juice ¼ oz.…
Mojito
Over muddling the mint is a big mistake. The stems are bitter, so you end up adding more sugar to compensate. Give the mint leaves a smack by holding them in one palm and clapping you hands once. Then add them to the shaker. The ice cubes will do the…
St. Croix Daiquiri
This features Cruzan Spiced Rum, which of course, comes from St Croix. Sailor Jerry’s works too. 1 ½ oz. Spiced Cruzan Rum ½ oz. lime juice ½ oz. simple syrup 2 drops grapefruit bitters Mix all ingredients with ice in a shaker Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Dark and Spooky
This is a Dark n Stormy with a couple of twists. It makes a fun Halloween drink, especially since the kids can be included with drinks sans the rum. Note that black decorating sugar and black gummy spiders may need to be ordered in advance.
The Outrigger
My riff on a classic island favorite: aged rum, Cointreau, lemon juice and lemon bitters shaken and served straight up! 2 oz. good aged rum such as Zaya 1 oz. Cointreau ½ oz. lemon juice ¼ tsp. lemon bitters Chill a cocktail glass with ice and water. While the glass…