Old Friends, New Drinks
Past Cocktail Recipes
October 2023
Long Island Iced tea
0.5 oz Tequila
0.5 oz Vodka
0.5 oz White Rum
0.5 oz Triple Sec
0.5 oz Gin
1 oz Lemon Juice
0.75 oz Simple Syrup
splash of cola
Mix everything but the cola in a tall glass with ice, add cola at the end, garnish with a lemon slice.
March 2023
White Russian
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Coffee Liqueur (we use Mr. Black)
1 ½ oz Heavy Cream or Half and Half
Pour coffee liqueur and vodka into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Float fresh cream on top and stir slowly.
Fall 2022
Espresso Martini
2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Coffee Liqueur
1 Bar spoon of simple syrup
1 oz. strong espresso
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Optional: Garnish with grated espresso beans or shaved chocolate.
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Summer 2022
Mojito
Mojito – 1 ½ ounces of white rum, ¼ ounce of lime juice, 6 mint leaves, 2 teaspoons of white sugar, fizzy water (flavorless). Okay this one is a little laborious. Take the sugar and 4 mint leaves and put them in the bottom of the glass you are going to serve in. Use a muddler and smash the leaves and sugar together enough to bruise the leaves. You don’t have to go so far as to grind it into a paste though, just enough to release mint oils. Add ice to the glass. Mix your rum and line juice and pour over the ice. Thoroughly stir, add the remaining mint leaves, and top with soda water. Refreshing, cool, and just the right amount of booze for a summer afternoon.
Spring 2022
Sazerac
Rinse the inside of a small glass with absinthe. In a stirring glass with ice, stir 1.5 oz rye whiskey, half ounce cognac, and quarter ounce simple syrup. Strain into the glass and add 1 dash of Angostura and 3 dashes of Peychaud's Bitters.
Winter 2022
Homemade Eggnog
We followed this recipe by Alton Brown, and it was an absolute hit. Don't change a thing!​
Autumn 2021
Autumn Apple Bourbon Fizz
3 tbsp apple butter
2 oz bourbon
pinch of cinnamon
4-6 oz ginger ale
Rim an old fashioned glass with a 1 part cinnamon to 2 parts sugar mix. Fill a shaker with ice, apple butter, bourbon, and cinnamon pinch. Shake well and pour. Fill the rest of the glass with ginger ale and serve.
