It’s been forever!

It’s been forever (about a year or so) since I’ve written a post. So I had a break today. I decided to go ahead and write a few recipes down for my few followers and anyone else that’s interested. I’m gonna do 5. 1 from each book/app and a personal mix.

Here’s a simple drink:

Black RussianThe Black Russian

  • 1 1/2 oz vodka
  • 3/4 oz coffee liqueur

Pour over ice in an old fashion glass and you’re set. Add some lemon juice and it’ll turn into a Black Magic.

Gin Southern

  • 1 1/2 oz gin
  • 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
  • 1/4 oz grapefruit juice
  • 1/4 oz lemon juice


Shake well with ice and strain into prechilled glass. If you’re like me and like things a little sweet, you can add just 1/4 oz more SoCo and 1/2 oz more grapefruit juice. It’s good stuff.

Closest image I could find for a Gin Southern

I pulled this one out at random and thought it sounded rad.

Had one too many

Broken Leg Martini

  • 2 oz of vodka
  • 1 oz of Grand Marnier
  • 3 oz cranberry juice

  • 2 sticks of cinnamon

Combine the liquids in a shaker with crushed ice and shake away. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange slice and a stick of cinnamon. Then break the other stick and drop in the “leg”. This sounds good. I think I might try this one this weekend.

Time for a little fun with shots.

This one is called


Maybe Later

  • 1/3 oz of Blue Curacao
  • 1/3 white creme de cacao
  • 1/3 white creme the menth

Just layer it into a shot glass, throw back and enjoy.


Now for all my fellow nerds…

Jedi Mind Trick

  • 1 oz Amaretto
  • 1 oz Dark Rum
  • 1 oz Coffee Liqueur
  • 8 oz Vanilla Ice Cream

Combine ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. Serive in a hurricane glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Good… Good… Give in to the booze…

Theme Team: Rum

Yo Ho Ho! Argh! So the next theme team is gonna be Rum! Now rum is probably one of my favorite alcoholic beverages. It’s a great mixer and good on it’s own. My favorite is simply, rum and coke. Now I’m not sure if you all know why rum has such a great sweetness to it? Well, it’s basically sugarcane. There’s 2 methods to the madness. Some will just use nothing but the sugarcane juice while others will boil down the cane juice and get molasses and use that. I, frankly, think there’s no wrong way to make rum. Frankly, I don’t think there’s a wrong way to drink it either. So here we go. Let’s set sail with rum, mateys!

Now I love this first drink!

Bahama Mama

  • 1/2 oz dark rum
  • 1/2 oz coconut liqueur (CocoRibe baby!)
  • 1/4 oz coffee liqueur (Kahlua)
  • 1/4 oz 151-proof rum
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 4 oz pineapple juice
  • 1 pineapple stick

Shake well and pour over ice into tall collins glass. Garnish with pineapple stick.

Now of course, you can up the ante and double up on the ingredients and make a larger drink, something that’s designed to fit into a fishbowl or something. But to me this is what rum is about. Giving you that tropical feel wherever you may be. How else can you be in Fargo and feel like your in Key Largo.

Cuba Libre

  • 2 oz Golden Rum (I use Barcardi Gold for this one)
  • 1/2 Lime
  • Iced Cola

Halfway-fill a tall 14 oz glass with coarse ice or ice cubes. Add rum. Squeeze lime above drink and drop into glass. Fill with coke. Stir well.

With this one you can sub in a Jamaican rum instead of the golden rum or go half and half on it. For an even rummier bite, you can float a teaspoon of 151-proof rum on top. This is a classic drink. I love it. Sometimes instead of the standard Coca Cola, I’ll use RC Cola instead. RC has this bite to it that lends itself well to the drink.

Isle of the Blessed Coconut

  • 1 1/2 oz Light Rum
  • 1/oz Cream of Coconut
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice
  • 1/4 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/4 oz Orange Juice
  • 1/2 tsp Sugar
  • 1/3 cup Crushed Ice

Add all ingredients to a blender and blend at low speed for about 10-15 seconds. Pour into a deep saucer champagne glass.

A cool companion to this drink is to serve it with some toasted coconut slices. Or you can companion it with a bit of french vanilla ice cream with toasted coconut shavings on top.

Another classic rum drink:

The Hurricane

  • 1 oz light rum
  • 1 oz golden rum
  • 1/2 passion fruit syrup
  • 2 tsp lime juice

Shake well with ice and strain into a prechilled cocktail glass.

You can always double and triple this recipe and pop it into a fun serving container. I say container, because this is one of the perfect drinks to serve in a coconut cup. Or again, try a hurricane glass.

This next one goes out to my buddy, Chris because, well, he loves the creature for which this drink is named for.

Zombie

  • 1 1/2 oz dark rum
  • 1 1/2 light rum
  • 1/2 oz Apricot Brandy
  • 1 oz pineapple juice
  • 1 oz orange juice
  • 1 oz lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz Barcardi 151
  • 1 pineapple stick

Shake rums, brandy, and juices very well with ice. Pour into a tall 13-14 oz glass/ Float the 151 on top. Garnish with pineapple stick and sleep well tonight. :)

When I was picking out what to use for this post, there was just so many. I don’t want to use too many, so I’m just gonna give you 1 more for right now.

Watermelon Cooler

  • 1/2 oz diced watermelon sans the seeds
  • 2 1/4 oz light rum
  • 1/2 oz lime juice
  • 1/4 oz maraschino liqueur
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 crushed ice
  • 1 slice of lime or watermelon

Put watermelon, rum, lime juice, maraschino liqueur, sugar, and ince into blender. Blend for about 10-15 seconds at low speed. Pour into tall 14 oz glass. When foam subsides add ice to fill glass. Stir. Garnish with lime or watermelon.

Heck, I think this one looks great in the picture. I never thought about adding the sprig of mint. This is a great drink for summer! It’s cool and very refreshing. Now that I see that mint, I’m thinking you could muddle the mint at the bottom of the glass before the drink into the glass. I’m actually going to try that this weekend.I just need to pick up some maraschino liqueur now.

Well, guys that ends our voyage on the sea of rum. Hope you’ve enjoyed it!

Agree with me? Don’t? Well let me know. Drop a line in the submissions or reply or photo reply.

Want me to check out a beer? Again, drop me a note in the submissions section. I’m always on the look out for something new. If I can find it, I’ll try it and give my opinion on it.

Got a question on how to make a drink or where to find something or anything really? Just ask away. I’ll try to answer everything in a timely manner.

Thanks everyone.

Theme Team: Tequila

Hey folks! Hope everyone is enjoying themselves this fine friday. Had fun yesterday (my birthday) with my close family. Today, I’m taking it easy and resting up for tomorrow. LoL. Well, fridays are my game night at the shop. We play Heroclix. If any of you who know what that is then you’ll know what I mean by Theme Team. It’s making a team with a common keyword. So I’m taking that element into my blogs for today. I’m going to make 3 theme teams today. So all the drinks in each post will have a common ingredient. For our opening blog, we’re starting with Tequila!

Now since, I love science and history, here’s a quick notation on Tequila.

Tequila is made from the blue agave plant, an aloe-vera type plant that takes 8-10 years to mature. Then they strip the leaves and cook down the core. Usually, the core is about 40-70 pounds and it takes 15 pounds to make a quart of tequila. Yeast is added to the core and then distilled twice.

Like, Scotch and Champagne, Tequila gets its name from the region it was invented: Tequila (in Jalisco, Mexico).

There’s 4 types of tequila. Blanco (also called Silver or White) is clear and is bottled immediately. Gold is blanco but they add caramel to make it appear aged. Reposado is aged in white oak barrels up to a year. Finally, añejo is aged over a year, sometimes much longer.

Thanks for sitting through science class. Here’s your reward!

Chupa Cabra

  • 2 oz blanco tequila (my personal favorite tequila of all times is Hornitos)
  • 1/2 oz lime juice
  • 3/4 oz of grapefruit juice
  • 1/2 oz Campari
  • 1/2 oz Simple Syrup (sugar and water mixed throughly)
  • 1 dash Angosture Bitters

Shake with ice and strain into prechilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel or wedge. 

The Oaxaca Old-Fashioned

  • 1 1/2 oz Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Mescal
  • 1/4 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 dashes Angostora Bitters

Stir with ice and strain into chilled old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a flamed orange twist or wheel.

Now I’ve actually had one of these in Mexico. It was a drink special at a really good restaurant called “El Rancho.” It’s actually quite good. I’m not a big fan of Mescal or Agave Nectar, but combined with everything else, it was a very good drink.

This next one goes out to my friends, Tina and Orlando. We drank these all night one time and then we somehow made it over to Taco Palenque and met up with some folks when we started talking about The Warriors movie.

Purple Gecko

  • 1 1/2 oz Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Blue Curaçao
  • 1/2 oz Red Curaçao
  • 1 oz Cranberry Juice
  • 1/2 oz Superfine Sugar (or simple syrup)
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice

Shake with ice and pour into chilled, salt rimmed cocktail glass or margarita glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Now when we had these, they brought them to us in cocktail glasses and we just downed them like shots. Maybe that’s why we started getting trashed. Oops… Now the picture I found isn’t like how we had it at the bar we were at that night, but the recipe is the same.

Tequila Mockingbird

  • 1 1/2 oz Tequila (blanco is best)
  • 3/4 oz Créme de Menthe (green)
  • 1 oz Lime Juice

Shake with ice and strian into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

I’ve never had one of these, but I’ve been wanting to try one. However, I seldom buy any kind of créme de menthe. I gotta try this at a bar sometime. If you’ve tried this, let me know.

Next drink going out to my friend, Angelina, otherwise known as La Reyna Pink. She’s a cool cat who is a pro wrestler.

Tequila Pink

  • 1 1/2 oz Tequila (Hornitos)
  • 1 oz Dry Vermouth
  • 1 dash Grenadine

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

I hope you like this one Pink. It’s actually really good. It’s smooth and has a great flavor. Can always add a second splash of grenadine too.

(Last Minute Addition!)

This one is going out to my buddy, Shawn Hernandez. He is one of the TNA Tag Team Champions. He switched me on to this and it’s really good. Something totally simple.

Tequila and Squirt aka The SuperMex

  • 1 can of Squirt brand citrus soda
  • 1-2 oz Gold Tequila

Add half the can of Squirt into a tall glass with ice, add tequila, then add more Squirt. Now you can add a squeeze of lime to it as well. I think it’s better than a 7-7 and up there with my SoCo Coke and Lime.

It really is a simple drink. But dammit, it’s good.

Now, the last 3 recipes you had to expect. I mean, it’s friggin’ tequila. Lineup: Tequila Sour, Tequila Sunrise, and a Margarita.

Tequila Sour

  • 1 oz lemon juice
  • 1 tsp superfine sugar or simple syrup
  • 2 oz tequila

Shake with ice and strain into chilled sour glass. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a cherry.

This is a classic. It’s a great drink. If you’ve never tried one, you have to. It’s a must.

Tequila Sunrise

  • 2 oz Tequila
  • 4 oz orange juice
  • 3/4-1 oz grenadine

Stir tequila and orange juice with ice and strain into ice-filled highball glass. Pour in grenadine slowly and allow to settle. Before drinking, stir to complete you sunrise.

It’s a simple recipe. Now the instructions are mainly for presentation. If you’re just gonna drink this one at home and no serve it to bar patrons or someone you’re trying to impress, by all means, just mix it up and no need to let it settle. But doesn’t it look nice with it settled down there at the bottom.

Margarita

  • 1 1/2 oz Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Triple Sec
  • 1 oz Lime Juice

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into chilled, salt-rimmed cocktail glass.

Margarita is actually spanish for Daisy, I know cause my grandma calls my dog, Daisy, Margarita now and then. At first, I was thinking my grandma wanted to drink it up or something. Ha! But this recipe is the original style for margaritas. It wasn’t a frozen, blended drink. Then through the years we’ve gotten other variations of it, with different blends of tequilas, or fruits, etc. But it’s all been groovy. See, Tina, you got 2 drinks for you this blog, the purple gecko and the margarita. Now we’re probably gonna drink it up this weekend for my birthday. Hope you guys enjoyed.

La Reyna Pink and Myself

Shawn Hernandez and Me

Agree with me? Don’t? Well let me know. Drop a line in the submissions or reply or photo reply.

Want me to check out a beer? Again, drop me a note in the submissions section. I’m always on the look out for something new. If I can find it, I’ll try it and give my opinion on it.

Got a question on how to make a drink or where to find something or anything really? Just ask away. I’ll try to answer everything in a timely manner.

Thanks everyone.

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