The Dark and Not-so-stormy
Cocktail Ingredients
1 oz. spiced rum (we love Gosling's Black Seal Rum)
4 oz. ginger ale
Directions
Put ingredients into a pitcher and stir until well-mixed.
Love Cocktail
Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz. sloe gin
2 dashes raspberry syrup
2 dashes lemon juice
1 egg white
Directions
Shake ingredients vigorously with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Pina Colada
Cocktail Ingredients
3 oz. pineapple juice or crushed pineapple (canned)
2 1/2 oz. light rum
2 oz. coconut cream
3/4 cups crushed ice
2 pieces fresh pineapple for garnish
Directions
Put all ingredients except fresh pineapple in a blender and mix at medium-high speed for 15 seconds. Pour into a chilled Collins glass or stemmed goblet. Garnish with fresh pineapple.
Hopscotch
Cocktail Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. scotch whiskey
1 oz. sweet vermouth
1/2 tsp. sugar syrup
1-2 dashes orange bitters
Maraschino cherry (optional)
Directions
Shake first four ingredients with cracked ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with cherry, if desired.
Shamrock Cocktail
Cocktail Ingredients
1 oz. Irish whiskey
1 oz. dry vermouth
3 dashes green creme de menthe
Stuffed green olive
Directions
Stir liquid ingredients with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with olive.
Shalom
Cocktail Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. 100-proof vodka
1 oz. Madeira
1 Tbl. orange juice
One orange slice
Directions
Shake all ingredients (except orange slice) with ice and strain into a cocktail glass over ice cubes. Add orange slice and serve.
Orient Express
Cocktail Ingredients
1 oz. gin
1 oz. bourbon
1 oz. brandy
Directions
Stir all ingredients with cracked ice in mixing glass and strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Jamaican Rumba
Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz. dark Jamaican rum
1 oz. cream
1 oz. Tia Maria
2 or 3 dashes orange bitters
Directions
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled wineglass.
Manhattan
Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz. rye whiskey
1 oz. sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
Maraschino cherry
Directions
Stir liquid ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with cherry.
Chapel Hill
Cocktail Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
1/2 oz. lemon juice
1/2 oz. triple sec
Twist of lemon peel
Directions
Shake liquid ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass or old-fashioned glass over ice cubes. Garnish with lemon peel.
Baltimore Bracer
Cocktail Ingredients
1 oz. anisette
1 oz. brandy
1 egg white
Directions
Shake ingredients vigorously with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Americano
Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz. sweet vermouth
2 oz. Campari
Chilled club soda
Twist of lemon or orange peel
Directions
Pour vermouth and Campari over ice cubes in a highball. Fill with soda and garnish.
-- The Nest Editors
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