Cucumber Margarita

Cucumber Margarita 

 

Cucumber Margarita

Ingredients

• Salt, from rimming glass
• Ice
• 2.5 oz Cucumber infused 512 Tequila
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 oz simple syrup
• 1 cucumber slice, for garnish

Directions

1. Wet rim of an old-fashioned glass and dip in salt. Let stand until dry. Fill glass with ice.
2. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add Cucumber-Infused 512 Tequila, lime juice and simple syrup. Shake until well chilled. Strain cocktail into rimmed glass and garnish with cucumber slice.

Serves 1

Watermelon Sangria

Watermelon Sangria

Watermelon Sangria

Ingredients

• 2 pds seedless watermelon, peeled and cubed
• 1/2 pd watermelon cut into balls and skewered
• 1 bottle dry white wine
• 6 oz Starlite vodka
• 4 oz Paula's Texas Orange
• 4 oz Citrus Syrup
• Ice

Directions

1. In a blender, puree the watermelon cubes.
2. Pour through a fine strainer into a pitcher.
3. Add the white wine, Starlite vodka,  Paula's Texas Orange, and Citrus Syrup.
4. Stir and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
5. Stir again, then pour the sangria into ice-filled white wine glasses and garnish with the skewered watermelon balls.

Makes 6 to 8 drinks

Lagerita

Lagerita

 

 

 

Lagerita

Ingredients

• Salt
• 2 oz 512 Tequila
• .75 oz Paula's Texas Orange
• 1 oz Fresh lime juice
• 4 oz light Mexican beer

Directions

1. Coat the rim of a highball glass with salt, fill with ice and set aside.
2. Add the tequila, orange liquor, and lime juice to a shaker and fill with fresh ice.
3. Shake, and strain into the prepared glass.
4. Top with beer and garnish with a lime wheel.

Serves 1

Bourbon Peach Limeade

Bourbon Peach Limeade

 

 

 

 

Bourbon-Peach Limeade

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups of water
• 2/3 cup of sugar
• 3 peeled peaches, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups of Red Handed Bourbon
• 1 cup fresh lime juice

Directions

1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from heat; transfer to a bowl set over ice water, and cool to room temperature.
3. Transfer to a blender; process until smooth.
4. Combine peach mixture, bourbon, and lime juice; serve over ice.

Serves 8

Royal Gin Fizz

Royal Gin Fizz

Royal Gin Fizz

Ingredients

• 1 egg white
• 1/4 cup Waterloo Gin
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 2 tbsp simple syrup*
• Champagne or sparkling wine

Directions

1. Place egg white, Waterloo Gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake vigorously until frothy and cold. Strain into a tall, skinny glass.
3. Top with Champagne and serve.

Simple Syrup*

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, simmer sugar and water over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
2. Allow to cool, and store in the refrigerator.

Valentine's Day Cocktail!

Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail

 

 

 

 

 

Pomegranate Champagne

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup chilled fresh Pomegranate juice (about 3 pomegranates)
• 3 oz chilled Cointreau liqueur
• 1 chilled bottled of Champagne or sparkling wine*
• Fresh pomegranate seeds, for garnish

Directions

1. In a pitcher, mix juice, liqueur, and sparkling wine*
2. Pout into flutes, and garnish with pomegranate seeds

Serves 6

*Some great choices for inexpensive sparkling wine are dry Spanish Cavas like Freixenet, Cristalino, and Segura Vidas.  Another alternative are Italian Proseccos which are slightly sweeter in flavor such as Lunetta, Zonin, Villa Jolanda, and Col Vetoraze.  All of these options are reasonably priced and would be perfect for blending that Valentine's Day cocktail! Enjoy!

Champagne Mojitos

Champagne Mojitos

Champagne Mojitos

Ingredients

1. 3/4 cup sugar
2. 3/4 cup water
3. 1 1/2 cups packed mint leaves, plus 12 sprigs, for garnish
4. 6 limes, cut into wedges
5. 2 cups Treaty Oak Rum
6. Cracked ice
7. 3 cups Champagne or sparkling wine

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water and cook over high heat until sugar dissolved. Let cool to room temperature.
2. In a large pitcher, combine sugar syrup with mint leaves, lime wedges, and muddle with a wooden spoon.
3. Add rum and stir well. Strain into another pitcher.
4. Fill tall glasses with cracked ice and pour in drink, filling them about 2/3 full.
5. Top with Champagne, garnish with mint sprigs and serve.

Serves 12

Blood & Sand

Blood & Sand

 

 

 

 

Blood & Sand

Ingredients

1. Ice
2. 1 oz blended Scotch
3. 1 oz sweet vermouth
4. 1 oz cherry liqueur
5. 1 oz fresh orange juice
6. 1 orange wheel

Directions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the Scotch, vermouth, cherry liqueur, and orange juice.
2. Shake well and strain into a chilled martini glass.
3. Garnish with the orange wheel.

Serves 1

Bourbon Sweet Tea

Bourbon Sweet Tea

 

 

 

Bourbon Sweet Tea

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sweetened tea
• 3 tbsp applejack bourbon
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• Ice
• Club soda
• Garnishes: apple slice, cinnamon stick

Directions

1. Combine sweetened tea, applejack bourbon, and fresh lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Cover with lid; shake vigorously until thoroughly chilled.
3. Strain into a 10-oz. glass filled with ice.
4. Top with club soda. Garnish, if desired.

Serves 1

Sweet Basil Cocktail

Sweet Basil Cocktail

Sweet Basil Cocktail

Ingredients

1. 10 basil leaves, plus 1 basil leaf for garnish
2. Ice
3. 3 oz Lillet blanc
4. 1/2 oz Waterloo gin
5. 1 oz Simple Syrup

Directions

1. In a cocktail shaker, lightly muddle 10 basil leaves.
2. Add ice, Lillet, Waterloo gin, simple syrup and shake well.
3. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with basil leaf.

Blueberry Bubbly

Blueberry Bubbly

Ingredients

• 12-15 blueberries
• 0.5 oz lemon juice
• 1 oz gin
• 3 oz Brut sparkling wine
• ice

Directions

1. In large wide mouth glass, muddle blueberries without turning to mush. 
2. Add lemon juice, gin, and handful of ice.  Stir or shake gently. 
3. Add sparkling wine, then pour into a champagne glass. 
4. Enjoy

Tom Collins

Tom Collins

Tom Collins

Ingredients

• .75 oz Fresh lemon juice
• .75 oz Simple syrup
• 1.5 oz Waterloo Gin
• Club soda
• Lemon wheel and cherry

Directions

1. Add the lemon juice, simple syrup and gin to a shaker. Fill with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a highball or Collins glass filled with fresh ice.
3. Top with club soda and garnish with a lemon wheel and a cherry.

Americano

The Classic Americano!

Americano

1. Ice
2. 1 1/2 oz Campari
3. 1 1/2 oz sweet vermouth
4. 3 oz chilled club soda
5. 1 orange wheel,  for garnish

1. Fill a chilled rocks glass with ice. Add Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.
2. Stir well.
3. Garnish with the orange wheel.

Serves 1

Dark & Stormy

Dark & Stormy

Not all of your drinks for Halloween have to be orange and black to get into the spooky spirit! According to Gosling's Rum, this drink was invented more than 100 years ago when members of Bermuda's Royal Naval Officer's Club added local rum to their spicy homemade ginger beer. The sailors would say the hue of the drink was, "the color of a cloud only a fool or dead man would sail under."  Regardless of the tale, it makes a darn good drink!

 Ingredients  

• 2 oz dark rum
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• Ice
• 3 oz chilled ginger beer*
• 1 lime wheel (for garnish)   

Directions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the rum and lime juice and shake well.
2. Strain into an ice-filled glass. Stir in the ginger beer.
3. Garnish with lime wedge. 

Serves 1

 * Not all ginger beer is created equal.  Some are spicier than others therefore try different styles and find the one you LOVE!  For me the spicier the better!

Tailgatin' Lemonade

Tailgatin' Lemonade

 Ingredients

• 13 oz Treaty Oak Rum
• 3 oz Pimm's #1
• 8 oz fresh lemon juice
• 4 oz simple syrup
• 1/2 tablespoon sriracha sauce
• Ice
• 1 liter chilled club soda 
• Thin lemon wheels, for garnish (optional)

Directions

1. In a large resealable container, combine all of the ingredients except ice, club soda, and lemon wheels. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
2. After 1 hour; add club soda, cover tightly and shake.
3. Then pour into ice filled glasses and garnish with lemon wheels.

Serves 8

Sweet Tea Vodka or Just Plain Ol' Vodka Thyme Lemonade

Sweet Tea Vodka Thyme Lemonade

 

 

Sweet Tea Vodka or Just Plain Ol' Vodka Thyme Lemonade

The perfect end of summer drink! Whether you use sweet tea vodka or just plain ol' vodka this drink is sure to be a crowd pleaser.  

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 13 sprigs fresh thyme, plus more for garnish
• 4 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice, about 24 lemons*
• 2 cups Starlite Vodka or Graham's Texas Tea Vodka

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine 2 cups water with the sugar and thyme; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool to room temperature.
2. Pour mixture through a fine mesh screen into a large glass measuring cup; discard thyme. You should have about 2 cups syrup. Cover with plastic; chill.
3. In a large serving pitcher, stir together lemon juice, vodka, and chilled syrup; garnish with whole sprigs of thyme. Divide evenly among eight glassesfilled with ice; serve immediately.

*Don't want to juice 24 lemons?  Well I don't blame you!  Try Simply Lemonade and omit the sugar and water. 

Serves 8

Meloncello

Meloncello Cocktail

 Ingredients

• White sugar 
• 1 cup chopped seedless watermelon
• Ice cubes
• 3 1/2 oz limoncello
• 1/2 oz Treaty Oak Rum
• Splash club soda
• Lemon wedge

Directions

1. Rim a rocks glass with white sugar, and put glass in the freezer. Puree the watermelon in a blender until juicy.
2. Fill the prepped rocks glass with ice. Add watermelon juice, limoncello, and rum. Top off with enough club soda to fill glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge and enjoy!

Serves 1 

The FireCracker

Fire Cracker

 

 

 

 

Fire Cracker

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Tito's Vodka
• ½ oz. Blue Curacao
• Splash Tonic
• Cherry or Raspberry for garnish*

Directions

1. In a shaker put vodka, blue curacao, and tonic with ice.  Shake well.
2. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a cherry or raspberry.

*Get creative and try muddling 4 or 5 raspberries in the shaker and strain into martini glass or infuse your vodka with raspberries beforehand for the ultimate flavor!

Traditional tasty Sangria

Sangria

Summer time and summer vacations are officially here!  So take a trip to Spain or Portugal and drink sangria!  

Ingredients

• 1 (750 ml) bottle rose wine
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup brandy or vodka
• 1/4 cup triple sec
• 1/4 cup simple syrup
• 1 orange, sliced into rounds
• 1 lemon, sliced into rounds
• 1 lime, sliced into rounds
•  6 oz container of fresh raspberries

Directions

1. Combine wine, pineapple juice, brandy, triple sec, and simple syrup in a large bowl or pitcher. 
2. Stir the oranges, lemons, limes, and raspberries into the mixture at least 30 minutes before serving. The longer the fruit marinates the better. Serve over ice.

Serves 6

The Margarita Mojito

The Margarita Mojito

It is a new twist on a classic just in time for Cinco de Mayo.  Both the margarita and mojito are the perfect refreshing cocktail so why not combine the two!

Ingredients

• 8 oz blanco tequila

• 2 oz fresh lime juice

• 2 oz agave nectar

• 4 oz soda water to top

• Approximately 20 mint leaves

• Approximately 2 limes cut into wedges

• Lime wedges to garnish

Directions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add torn mint leaves, lime wedges, lime juice, and muddle together, allowing the aromas to be released.  
2. Add 2 cups of crushed ice and add to tequila and agave nectar. Shake well. 
3. Pour evenly into 4 glasses, adding additional crushed ice then mix well
4. Top with soda water and garnish with lime wedges

Serves 4