Friday, September 26, 2008

Our newest members

Although Krista and Heather joined us a little while ago, they finally selected their drink names! Hooray! So in honor of them, here are the receipes for their drink names:

Tom Collins (a.k.a. Heather)
Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 oz gin
  • 1 oz lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz sugar syrup
  • club soda
  • maraschino cherry for garnish
  • lemon slice or orange slice for garnish

Pour gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a collins glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Top with club soda and garnish with the cherry and lemon/orange slice.

*A lot of bars will make the Tom Collins using sour mix and soda water.

Harvey Wallbanger (a.k.a. Krista)

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 oz vodka
  • 1 1/2 oz orange juice
  • 1/4 oz Galliano
  • orange slice for garnish
  • maraschino cherry for garnish

Pou vodka and orange juice in a collins glass filled with ice. Add the Galliano. Garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Receipes from yesterday

Hey kids!
Just wanted to thank Modern Drunkard for having us at the Drunkard National Convention. Special thanks to Rich and Sid Pink. We had a blast and hope you did too!
By request, we wanted to share the recipes from the presentation.

Sidecar

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 oz bourbon, brandy or Cognac
  • 3/4 oz Cointreau
  • 1/4 oz lemon juice
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake lightly. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. LUPEC Member Vivienne VaVoom (aka The Vamp) recommends sugaring the rim with a citrus-flavored sugar and garnishing with a lemon twist.
*A little history to go with this drink: The Sidecar was created in Paris during WWI as a pre-dinner cocktail.

Pink
Ingredients:
  • 2 oz Watermelon Pucker
  • 1 oz Pomegranate Vodka
  • 3oz Guava nectar
  • Splash of Fresca or Sprite
  • Lime
Pour Watermelon Pucker, Pomegranate Vodka and Guava nectar into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Add splash of Fresca and a lime wedge.
*"Pink" isn't exactly a classic/endangered cocktail, but it is delicious.

Scarlett O'Hara
Ingredients:
  • 2 oz Southern Comfort
  • 6 oz Cranberry Juice
  • 1 wedge of lime
Pour 2 oz Southern Comfort over ice in a highball glass. Fill with cranberry juice. Squeeze one wedge of lime into drink. Stir and serve.
*SoCo has been produced since 1874 and is made from a blend of whiskey, peach, apricot, orange, vanilla, sugar and cinnamon flavors. The Scarlett O'Hara was one of the earliest Southern Comfort-based cocktails to be marketed.

Brandy Alexander
Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 oz brandy
  • 1 oz dark creme de cacao
  • 1 oz half & half
  • 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with nutmeg.
*The Brandy Alexander was know as John Lennon's favorite drink.

Cheers!