Category Archives: Spirit Recipes
Holiday Spirits
Grand Cherry Sidecar
2 oz Grand Marnier Cherry
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
¼ oz simple syrup
Shake with ice and strain into sugar-rimmed martini glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge and cherry.
French Gimlet
2 parts gin or vodka
1 part St-Germain
½ part freshly squeezed lime juice
Shake with ice and…
Read Entire Article...What to do with gin
There are plenty of refreshing ways to knock back a little gin in the summer months. Here are a few favorites. You choose the proportions.
- Gin and grapefruit juice over ice, garnished with mint leaves.
- Gin with a bit of cassis, over ice, topped off with seltzer and a lime wedge
- Equal parts gin and Aperol
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Read Entire Article...Tequila Cocktails
Pomelo Refrescante
The Not-Margarita
Looking for a way to make a refreshing tequila drink that’s not as high octane as a margarita (well, it is, but there’s more liquid to dilute the alcohol), we came up with this summer sipper.
2 oz tequila
1 oz triple sec
Juice of 1/2 lime
Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
Corzo Silver Infusion
4 seedless watermelon spears
4 cucumber spears
Slice fruit and vegetables into spears. Infuse with 750ml Corzo Silver Tequila. Refrigerate for 12-24 hours. Serve chilled.
(Fruit will stay good up to three weeks. Makes approximately 17 servings.)
Read Entire Article...Corzo Modern Margarita
1 part Corzo Silver of Reposado Tequila
1 part agave nectar
2 slices fresh lemon
2 slices fresh Lime
1 slice fresh orange
Traditional Margarita Recipe
2 oz tequila (We prefer reposado)
1 oz triple sec or other orange liqueur
1/2 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
Coarse salt
Lime wedge
I’ll have the last word, please
Everyone might like to have the last word, but for Prohibition-era patrons of the Detroit Athletic Club, it had a very special meaning. The Last Word cocktail has resurfaced recently, and it sure is worth digging out of the mothballs.
Read Entire Article...Captain Morgan Pink Lemonade
1.25 oz Captain Morgan original spiced rum
3 oz cranberry juice
1 oz orange juice
2 oz club soda
Lemon wedge
Pour Captain Morgan and cranberry juice over ice in a cocktail glass. Top with orange juice and soda. Garnish with the lemon wedge.
Read Entire Article...Captain’s Nest
1 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
2 oz pineapple juice
2 oz orange juice
1/4 oz amaretto
Lime slice
Combine all but lime in a shaker. Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime slice.
Read Entire Article...Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum Mud Cake
9 TBS butter cut into small pieces
8 oz high quality dark chocolate
1 cup brewed espresso
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
2 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Put the butter,…
Read Entire Article...Basic Homemade Spiced Rum
1 750 ml bottle of decent quality rum (we prefer dark)
1-2 whole vanilla beans, slit lengthwise
1 cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
2-3 whole allspice berries
2-3 whole cloves
5 whole black peppercorns
2 cardamom pods
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
Peel of one orange, white pith removed
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