Category Archives: Party Drinks

1.75 oz. brandy 0.75 oz. lemon juice 0.75 oz. Cointreau sugar, for the glass Directions: Shake all the ingredients, strain into a frosted martini glass rimmed with sugar. Backlog. I like this drink, but the sugar seems unnecessary and I always find it annoying to coat the glass. I’m willing to do it when makingContinue reading “Sidecar”

2 dashes of Angostura bitters 1.75 oz. chilled gin Directions: Rinse a frosted sherry or martini glass with the bitters, then add the chilled gin. Backlog. Simple winner, this shit rocks. I tend to sneak a bit extra with the rinse.

1.75 oz. rye whiskey 0.5 oz. sweet vermouth 0.5 oz. dry vermouth a dash of Angostura bitters Directions: Stir ingredients over ice until chilled and strain into a frosted martini glass. Backlog. I don’t know if I enjoy the “perfect” variation of the manhattan more or less than the classic. Maybe I should try themContinue reading “Perfect Manhattan”

0.75 oz. Campari 0.75 oz. sweet vermouth 0.75 oz. gin orange slices, to garnish Directions: Add alcohols into a rocks glass over ice, stir, and garnish with orange slices Backlog. Negroni is maybe my favorite cocktail out there. The flavors are perfect, and I am partial to bitter cocktails. The vermouth is Carpano Antica FormulaContinue reading “Negroni”

2 bottles red wine 8 whole cloves 2 oranges, quarted 3 tbsp. brown sugar 2 in. fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 1 cinnamon stick 0.5 tsp. grated nutmeg Directions: Insert the cloves into the outside of the oranges. Add all ingredients into a saucepan and heat the mixture to a simmer for 10 minutes. Backlog.Continue reading “Mulled Wine”

1 oz. Absolut Citron vodka 1 oz. Cointreau 2 oz. cranberry juice 1 oz. lime juice lime wedge, to garnish Directions: Shake ingredients and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lime and serve. Backlog. Never been the biggest fan of the cosmo, not sure what I don’t love about it though…Had this one withContinue reading “Cosmopolitan”

lime wedge 1.75 oz. gold tequila a pinch of salt Directions: Do the classic salt, shot, lime maneuver. Backlog. Okay so I didn’t drink this one because I’m not at a bachelor party.

1.5 oz. gold tequila 0.75 oz. triple sec or Cointreau juice of 0.5 lime salt for the glass lime wheel, to garnish Directions: Shake the tequila, triple sec/Cointreau, and lime juice. Strain into a frosted margarita glass rimmed with salt. Garnish with lime wheel. Backlog. Hard to make an outright bad margarita, so though IContinue reading “Classic Margarita”

1 oz. gin 1 oz. lemon juice a dash of simple syrup chilled champagne lemon spiral, to garnish Directions: Shake the gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup, strain into a champagne flute, add champagne to top, and garnish with the lemon spiral. Backlog. Good stuff, used Vikre Boreal Juniper Gin and whatever champagne we had.

1 white sugar cube 2 dashes of Angostura bitters 1 oz. brandy dry champagne, to top up Directions: Place the sugar cube in a champagne flute and moisten with Angostura bitters. Add the brandy, stir, then gently top up with champagne and serve. Backlog. Decent cocktail, good way to use leftover champagne. Don’t remember whatContinue reading “Champagne Cocktail”