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Limoncello cocktail

My sister got a really expensive bottle of limoncello from her boss as a gift last Christmas and gave it to me because she didn't want it. I kept it in the freezer and I finally opened it yesterday and made this cocktail.

Limoncello Cocktail

Ice
1/2 lemon, cut in small pieces with the rind
1 sprig fresh basil, plus extra for garnish
1-ounce grappa
2 ounces limoncello
1 1/2 ounces simple syrup
Splash club soda

It was very refreshing on a hot night.

Pomegranate Martini
A delicious, simple Pomegranate martini to please every sipper.

Ingredients

•2 ounces of Pama Pomegranate liqueur
•1 ounce of Stoli vodka
•3 ounces of Pom pomegranate juice
The mix

•Add all of your ingredients into a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice
•Shake until freezing
•Strain into a freezing martini glass
•Sip, sip, sip

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Fantasy Martini

Ingredients:

1½ oz. Vodka
1oz. Pineapple Vodka
¼ oz. Cranberry Vodka
Fresh Cherry
Rose Petals

Mixology Directions:

1) Prepare a chilled Martini glass (I generally pre-chill my glasses in the fridge or freezer, but you can get the same result by placing a few ice cubes in the glass and leaving for a couple of minutes).

2) Combine ingredients into a Martini shaker with crushed ice and let it stand for 3 minutes.

3) Gently tip Martini shaker back and forth a few times.

4) Strain into the pre-chilled martini glass. Garnish with a perfect cherry and float rose petals on top.

5) Enjoy the Fantasy Martini...

Can you tell I love martini's

Flirtini

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz Absolute vodka

½ oz. Champagne

Pineapple juice

Slice of lime

Pineapple slice

Mixology Directions:

1) Prepare a chilled Martini glass (I generally pre-chill my glasses in the fridge or freezer, but you can get the same result by placing a few ice cubes in the glass and leaving for a couple of minutes).

2) Combine ingredients into a Martini shaker with crushed ice and give it a good shaking.

3) Strain the mixture into the pre-chilled Martini glass and garnish with a slice of lime and pineapple.

The Silk Panty Martini

Ingredients:

1oz. Absolute Vodka

1oz. Peach Schnapps

1oz. Cranberry juice

Fresh peach slice

Cranberries

Mixology Directions:

1) Prepare a chilled Martini glass (I generally pre-chill my glasses in the fridge or freezer, but you can get the same result by placing a few ice cubes in the glass and leaving for a couple of minutes).

2) Combine ingredients into a Martini shaker with crushed ice and give it a good shaking.

3) Strain the mixture into the pre-chilled Martini glass and garnish with a fresh peach slice and floating cranberries.

In a blender place:

3 ice cubes
4 shots Vodka (I don't measure, so this is an estimate)
fill blender to 2/3 with orange juice
splash of Galliano (tip the bottle once, quickly)
1 TBLSP powdered sugar
A swirl of heavy cream

blend until ice cubes dissolved. add a sprig of mint to the glass for eye candy. Ok, it's not exact, but it works, believe me. It tastes a little like an Orange Julius, but you'll be dreaming if you drink it like one!

It's not alcoholic but it's good!

Arnie Palmer

1/2 iced tea
1/2 lemonade

I first ran into this in Denver but I'm not sure where it originated. :hangloose:

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Originally Posted by Arwen (Post 363358)

It's not alcoholic but it's good!

Arnie Palmer

1/2 iced tea
1/2 lemonade

I first ran into this in Denver but I'm not sure where it originated. :hangloose:

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Cuban Mojito recipe
the original authentic recipe from Havana Cuba

1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces)
4 mint leaves
1 sprig of mint
white Rum (2 ounces)
2 ounces club soda

Rhubarb Martini for me. Made the usual way except use the juice of stewed rhubarb - with no/little sugar in the stewing process to ensure that lovely tartness - instead of lime. Sans salt. Delish

Yesterday I found this awesome article on summer cocktails in the NY Times. There are a few I want to try.

Enjoy!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...f=summerdrinks

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I was looking for a thread to share some craft beer suggestions and interesting drinks. I bartended at one point in my many careers. I miss it. I was a hoping we could resurrect this thread and maybe share and even trade craft beers.

Anyone interested?

Don't know much about "craft" beers. But I do know this: anyone who makes beer with "fruity" flavours should be shot. You want "fruit", drink wine.

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Originally Posted by C0LLETTE (Post 1246551)

Don't know much about "craft" beers. But I do know this: anyone who makes beer with "fruity" flavours should be shot. You want "fruit", drink wine.

Well mostly local breweries.......we have bunch around here. I'm not much into the hoppy bitter tasting beers. I like a nice smooth lager. As far as beers go. And I like citrus notes in my beer on occasion as well.

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Originally Posted by Jedi (Post 1246549)

Hello Jedi,

I seem to remember a beer thread, and a few members here used to post in it, quite a bit. It was OkieBug's beer thread, I think:

http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...ead.php?t=5166

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedi (Post 1246558)

My hometown (Rip City -- Trail Blazer's, River City --- we got two big rivers, BridgeTown -- we're known for our bridges) has quite a few micro-breweries; but also, we've had several home town breweries recently close since last fall (Alameda Brewery, to name one). Why, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing changes in property taxes or annual lease agreements or simply someone in family owned business dies, then the family just decides to close the doors and move on??? Not sure, really.

When I was younger, I always looked forward to having a beer on a really hot summer day. I'm not much of a beer drinker, so we're talking maybe one or two beers during any given hot summer. *lol*

I had a beer once, that is a favorite out on the East coast... I forget the name of it, but it's a Lemon Shandy, I think. Pretty nice to have on a hot summer evening. :)

I hope OkieBug's beer thread is the beer thread you were thinking of. If not, you should start a new forum thread and if you do? Tell us a tiny bit about your past bartending career and the types of drinks that were most requested or even a favorite drink you thought was pretty special.

Cheers,

K. :hk22:

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Originally Posted by Kätzchen (Post 1246566)

I will check out that beer thread after I respond to you. I bartended for a little hole in the wall gay bar in Denver, CO. I opened the bar a couple days a week then did Saturday nights. The most requested drink was a Jose float. It's Cactus Juice (margarita flavored schnapps) with Jose Cuervo floated on top. Usually served as a shot. One of my faves to make at home now are frozen Pina Coladas. I use the Bacardi frozen mix you can find in the grocery store with the frozen juices. You just add rum and ice. I tend to pour a bit heavy when I make these but they go down so easily. Also, I had a fave premium well drink I liked to make......Jedi's White Russian......now when I make them at home I use different stuff but the bar had a bunch of Skyy vodkas. I have since learned Skyy vodka is up there with Chick-fil-A and Barilla pasta for being anti-gay. But.......I would use the Skyy Vanilla (it smells like cake icing and has a sweet vanilla taste) and Kahlua and heavy cream and shake that sucker like crazy. Now my specialty were my Jedi Kamikazees. I would leave out the triple sec though and just add more vodka. Now i would cut up a bunch of limes and depending on how many shot were being made, I would mix the ice, vodka, sour mix and rose's sweeetened lime juice. I would squeeze a piece of lime in for each shot and throw the limes in the shaker for good measure. Strain into shot glasses and squeeze a lime into each shot glass. They are very tart but boy are they good. At one point, there was a restaurant too. I make a mean cherry coke. In Denver, my gf had kids, her youngest lived with us and was having troubles so I used to take her with me at times to help set up the restaurant side of everything. But I would make the cherry cokes for her.
I wasn't much of a Martini Bartender. I'm not all high brow behind the bar.