Howling Wolf

The Howling Wolf

Hey it's a full moon tonight. Time to howl at the moon!

Tequila
Tabasco

Add two ounces of Tequila and 1/2 ounce of Tabasco to a shot glass. Bottoms up!

The Harpoon

The Harpoon

Vodka
Triple Sec
Fresh lime juice
Dash of cranberry juice
Slice of lime

This is an earlier version of the Cosmopolitan. Add 1 1/2 ounces of Vodka and 1/2 ounce of Triple Sec to your martini shaker filled with crushed ice. Add 1/4 ounce of fresh lime juice and a dash of cranberry juice and shake it up. Pour into your martini glass and garnish with lime.

Sharkbite!

Rum
Vodka
Blue Curacao
Sweet and Sour
Pineapple Juice
Grenadine

It's that time of the year again. The first day of Shark Week, so we need to have a Sharkbite!

Add one ounce each of rum and vodka along with 1 1/2 ounces of Blue Curacao, two ounces of pineapple juice and two ounces sweet and sour into your shaker. Pour into a glass with ice. Slowly add about an ounce of Grenadine. The shark is optional.

Jolly Roger Collins

Ahoy thar me Mateys!

Rum
Simple Syrup
Lemon
Soda Water

Add two ounces of rum to a glass of ice. Add one ounce of Simple syrup(Simple syrup is a 50:50 blend of sugar and water. Warm it to make the sugar go into solution, then cool.) Fill the rest of the glass with soda water and the juice of one lemon. Stir and enjoy.

For those too lazy to make the Simple syrup, you can substitute Sweet and Sour for the Simple syrup and lemon. But there really is something to be said about a drink without the high fructose corn syrup.

BBC

Banana
Bailey's Irish Cream
Rum
Coconut Cream

So I haven't posted in a bit. I've been a bit busy tasting the tropics. This was a tasty treat I encountered on the Island of Barbados.

Add 1/2 a banana to a blender along with 2 ounces of Bailey's, Rum and Coco Lopez Coconut Cream. Add ice and blend.

Quite a hit at our Christmas in July block party!

Mint Lemon Drop

Vodka
Simple Syrup
Lemon
Mint

Muddle about five mint leaves with the juice of one lemon in your martini shaker. Add crushed ice and two ounces of vodka and two ounces of simple syrup. Shake well and pour into your martini glass. Quite refreshing on a hot summer day!

Caribbean Martini

Caribbean Martini

Coconut Rum
Vanilla Vodka
Pineapple Juice

Add crushed ice to your martini shaker. Add 2 ounces of Coconut Rum, 2 ounces of Vanilla Vodka and 2 ounces Pineapple Juice. Shake and pour into your favorite martini glass. Yummy!