Drinks

Cheers, Jan-Feb, 2003

Screaming Tropicana

This one comes to us anonymously from Dirty Dan's @ Sportscasters Allstar Grill, Ft. Collins, CO.

1 1/4 oz. Bacardi Limon
1/4 oz. Chambord
1/4 oz. peach schnapps
1/4 oz. Midori
1/2 oz. pineapple juice
splash 7-Up

Pour all into shaker filled with ice. Shake, strain into a Martini glass and garnish with orange wedge.

Caribbean Breeze

Sent to us from Roswell Thomas of DC's Paper Moon.

1 1/2 oz. Ciclon
1 oz. Capt. Morgan
1 1/2 oz. Bacardi Limon
1 oz. OJ
1 oz. cranberry juice

splash soda water

Pour all over ice in a 16 oz. glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Free Base

This drink recipe comes from the great north country of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Driftwood Sports Bar in St. Ignace to be exact, and owner Tom Sposito

1/2 oz. Apple Pucker
1/2 oz. Absolut
2 oz. chilled Base Energy drink

Pour Base Energy into a glass, and pour the other two ingredients into a shot glass and serve as a Boilermaker.

Boomer

Doug Cooper, owner of Sgt. Preston's in Lafayette, IN, offers us this one.

1 oz. Jose Cuervo
1 oz. creme de banana
1 oz. triple sec
1 oz. sour mix
2 oz. freshly squeezed OJ

Pour all ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice and serve.

Lexani

Alexis Griswold at the 4 Seasons Santa Barbara calls this one a revamped version of the Mind Eraser

1 part Remy Red
1 part Stoli Gold
1 part Red Bull

Pour the Remy Red into a wine glass and fill with ice. Pour the Stoli slowly and follow with the Red Bull. The result should he layered. Serve with two straws taking special care to place them in the layer of Remy Red. Shoot entire drink through the straw from the bottom up.

Armagnac Passion

John Camire of NYC's Mise En Scene Events, provides this one which serves two.

5 oz. Armagnac VSOP
2 oz. Cointreau
3 oz. freshly squeezed passion fruit
2 splashes club soda
2 sections Star Fruit

Pour Armagnac, Cointreau, passion fruit juice and splash club soda into shaker over ice and shake. Strain into 8 oz. Martini glass, and garnish with starfruit section

Blutini Royale

Chef/Owner Scott Campbell and bar manager Sam Swarz of NYC's SQC offer this from their extensive Alternitini menu.

2 oz. Stoli Razberi
2 oz. Stoli Vanil
1/2 oz. Chambord or raspberry wine
1/2 oz. blueberry puree

Pour all over ice, shake well and strain into a Martini glass garnished with blueberries.

Knicker-Knocker

From Ron D'Allegro, managing partner of NYC's Knickerbocker Bar and Grill.

1 oz. Ketel One
1 oz. Capt. Morgan Spiced Rum
1 oz. Southern Comfort
1 oz. OJ
1 oz. cranberry juice

splash sour mix

Pour all over ice and strain into shooter glass or serve over ice with an orange wedge and cherry.

The Water Hazard

The trio of Devon Moyer, Jamie Flowers and Nick Dunphy at the Caddy Shack in Harrisburg, PA offer the following.

1/2 oz. vodka
1/2 oz. Wildberry
3/4 oz. Blue Maui

splash Sprite

Pour all over ice in a glass and serve with a bite-sized Snickers Bar.

YaYa Lemonade

Lisa Soignet at Cafe Gumbolaya in New Orleans suggests you try this one out.

2 oz. Bacardi Limon
2 oz. DeKuyper Pineapple Liqueur
4 oz. pink lemonade

Pour all into shaker filled with ice, Shake, strain into glass filled with ice and garnish with lemon wedge and strawberry.