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Madame Aubrey would like a whiskey sour. as you wish, madame
* sour mix consists of one part simple syrup and one part lemon juice
The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day 11 (again)
Hipahipa !
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as per M-T’s request, a Greyhound
1 jigger of gin
~ 4-6 oz fresh grapefruit juice
Pour ingredients into a glass over ice cubes. Stir well and enjoy
run, little doggie! run!
The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Eleven
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it is entirely too warm ’round here for being < week to Christmas. let’s have a refreshing Tom Collins
2 jiggers Gin
1 jigger lemon juice
1 jigger simple syrup
soda water
Fill a shaker with ice, add gin, lemon juice, and syrup. shake. strain over a glass filled with ice, top with soda water
The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Eight
Afiyæt oslun !
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trying to find more ways of using the oldest bottle booze in the house, the orange brandy, I came across a cocktail named Danny’s Special in the Absolut vodka site; interestingly, it does not call for vodka
Danny’s Special
1 jigger Bourbon
½-jigger Orange Brandy
1 jigger Lemon Juice
½-jigger Triple Sec
Fill a shaker with ice, add all the above. shake. strain over a glass filled with ice
The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Seven
Genatset !
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I keep a bottle of Creme de Cassis in the fridge for the occasional Kir (white wine + CdC).
one of my mixology books has a recipe for a a dry vermouth and CdC cocktail that sounds interesting
add the vermouth and CdC to glass, add ice cubes, top with club soda
The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Six
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I could swear that some time ago noted cocktail connoisseur Steve Betz posted a recipe for a cocktail that included carrot juice. I think he called it “Zanahorita”. …but I can’t find his recipe…dang
internets to the rescue!
this is my not-as-good-as-Steve-Betz’s-obviously Zanahorita (adapted and modified from what I found in the internets)
add to cocktail shaker:
2 jiggers tequila
½-jigger triple sec
2 jiggers carrot juice
½-jigger lime juice
Ice
shake shake shake.
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day Five
Kampai !
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even though it is a summer drink, I had a hankerin’ for a G&T
(made with lemon – otherwise my grandma will haunt me)
fill a tall glass with ice, add
1½-jiggers of gin
½-jigger of lemon juice
fill to top with tonic water
The Twelve Drinks of Christmas - Day Four
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day Four
Le’chaim !
Jockey Full of Bourbon 