Description A refreshing cocktail mixed with fresh berries, lemonade, and Tito’s Handmade Vodka. Garnish with a lemon slice or add more strawberries. Ingredients 1 ½ ounces Tito’s Handmade Vodka 4 ounces lemonade Fresh berries, sliced or whole Instructions Lightly muddle berries into a glass. Add Tito’s Handmade Vodka lemonade and ice. Stir and garnish with a … Read more
Description Mix up some cranberry juice, orange juice, and vodka for a refreshing cocktail known as the Madras. Ingredients 1 ½ fluid ounces vodka 4 fluid ounces cranberry juice 1 fluid ounce orange juice ½ cup ice 1 lime wedge Instructions Combine vodka cranberry juice and orange juice in a highball glass. Add ice and stir … Read more
Description This drink is from Jost Van Dyke’s Soggy Dollar Bar in the Virgin Islands. Nutmeg is the key. Ingredients 4 ounces pineapple juice 2 ounces dark rum (such as Pusser’s®) 1 ounce cream of coconut 1 ounce orange juice ice as needed 1 pinch ground nutmeg Instructions Shake or stir pineapple juice rum cream … Read more
Description It’s Jello with a kick. Vodka is mixed with any fruit flavored gelatin and drunk in a shot glass. Ingredients 1 (6 ounce) package fruit flavored Jell-O® mix 2 cups boiling water 1 ¼ cups vodka, chilled ¾ cup cold water Instructions In a large bowl mix boiling water with gelatin. Stir until gelatin dissolves. … Read more
Description I visited a coffee shop in Hartford on a cold winter day and ordered their honey lemon ginger tea. It was tart, sweet, full of flavor, and warmed me from head to toe. The proprietor was nice enough to give me a rough description of her recipe. After a few tries at home, I … Read more
Description This is an easy recipe for making a coffee flavored liqueur. This can be used in any recipe that calls for coffee flavored liqueur, as a cordial alone, mixed with milk or more vodka, etc. Ingredients 4 cups white sugar 4 cups water ¾ cup instant coffee granules 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 4 cups … Read more
Description When my boys had a hard time getting to sleep I came up with this warm milk to help calm them. Even now, years after they began drinking it, they still enjoy it during homework, or after coming in from a cold day of play. I, too, have enjoyed it after a long day’s … Read more
Description A basic kamikaze shooter recipe. Ingredients 6 fluid ounces vodka 3 fluid ounces lime juice 3 fluid ounces triple sec Instructions Pour the vodka lime juice and triple sec into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a chilled shot glasses to serve. … Read more
Description Gin and tonics are one of my favorite cocktails, but I often like experimenting with different add-ins instead of the traditional lime wedge. The salt from the preserved lemon really brings out the natural botanical flavors in the gin. Ingredients ¼ preserved lemon 2 fluid ounces gin 2 cups ice cubes, or as needed … Read more
Description A nice drink to have around the pool on hot summer days. Garnish with umbrella, pineapple slice and cherry. Ingredients 1 cup crushed ice 1 fluid ounce amaretto liqueur 1 fluid ounce vodka 8 fluid ounces pineapple juice 1 teaspoon grenadine syrup 1 slice fresh pineapple 1 maraschino cherry Instructions In a blender combine … Read more