Plum Brandy

2 c. granulated sugar
2 pt. ripe plums (16) picked over
1 qt. vodka

Place the sugar in a 3 quart glass jar with a lid. Add the plums and the vodka and cover. Place in a dark cool place. Each week for about 2 months open the jar and stir the brandy. Strain the finished brandy through a very fine sieve into a lovely decanter. Its color is vibrant. 1 1/2 quarts.
Pierce the skin of each plum several times with a fork. Stir each week, letting brandy mature for at least 4 months. If you time it right, the brandy will be ready for Christmas.

Key Lime Martini

Vanilla Vodka
Ke Ke Beach Key Lime Cream Liqueur
Graham Cracker Crumbs

Rim your frosty martini glass with lime juice and dip into crushed graham cracker crumbs. Add crushed ice to your martini shaker along with two ounces of Vanilla Vodka and two ounces of the Ke Ke Beach Key Lime Cream Liqueur. Pour into your martini glass and enjoy this drink for dessert.

Tracy Rita

Tracy Rita

Vodka
Grand Marnier
Lime
Lemon
Simple Syrup

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I cannot drink Tequila(deadly allergy)so I substitute Vodka in it's place.

Put crushed ice into your shaker. Add 2 ounces of Vodka and 1 ounce of Grand Marnier. Squeeze the juice of 1 1/2 limes and 1/2 lemon and add to your shaker along with 1 ounce of Simple Syrup. Shake and pour into your favorite margarita glass.

Tom Collins

Tom Collins

Here you go Bob....this one's for you!

Gin
Simple Syrup
Lemon
Soda Water

Add two ounces of gin 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.

Pink Mojitos

Rum (white or dark, just not spiced)
Sugar
Mint
Lime
Soda Water
Pomegranate Juice
A Muddler

Put a few mint leaves in a glass along with 1 tsp of sugar, the juice of a lime and a little bit of Soda water. Muddle the mint leaves(your crushing mint leaves with the sugar, it is a great stress reliever after a bad day at the office.) Make sure the sugar is dissolved into the soda water and lime juice. Add ice, two ounces of Rum, one ounce of Pomegranate Juice and fill the remainder of the glass with soda and stir. Garnish with mint leave and lime wedge.

Mojitos

This is quite a refreshing drink, although I still cannot put a dent in my backyard mint plant.

Rum (white or dark, just not spiced)
Sugar
Mint
Lime
Soda Water
A Muddler

Put a few mint leaves in a glass along with 1 tsp of sugar, the juice of a lime and a little bit of Soda water. Muddle the mint leaves(your crushing mint leaves with the sugar, it is a great stress reliever after a bad day at the office.) Make sure the sugar is dissolved into the soda water and lime juice. Add ice, two ounces of Rum and fill the remainder of the glass with soda and stir. Garnish with mint leave and lime wedge.

Anyone need any mint?

For the Over-indulgent

Limoncello

For those of you, and you know who you are, who are livin' it up this week; you may want to try this after one of your big expensed meals. It is a lemon flavored liqueur served chilled that is used as a after dinner digestivo.

Salute!