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  1. Who Dat

    2 ounces vodka
    2 ounces rum
    2 ounces triple sec
    2 ounces peach schnapps
    2 ounces each of cran­berry, orange and pineap­ple
    2 splashes of pome­gran­ate grena­dine
    1 maraschino cherry, for gar­nish
    1 orange slice, for gar­nish
    1 mint sprig, for gar­nish
    Com­bine all ingre­di­ents in a cock­tail shaker with one cup of ice.  Shake and strain into 

    Posted by on January 30th, 2010 | No Comments

  2. T. Williams Tea

    5 mint leaves
    1 orange sec­tion
    1 oz sim­ple syrup
    1 oz Abso­lut Cit­ron vodka
    1 oz triple sec
    2–3 ounces fresh iced tea
    In a large bev­er­age con­tainer, mud­dle mint, orange and sim­ple syrup.  Add vodka and triple sec.  Top with tea and add ice.  No gar­nish.
    - from Cafe Adelaide

    Posted by on December 9th, 2009 | No Comments

  3. Chris McMillan’s Mint Julep

    ½ oz of Monin peach syrup
    3 sprigs of mint
    2 ozs Jack Daniels
    ½ oz peach syrup
    Com­bine peach syrup and mint in a high­ball glass and gen­tly mud­dle to release oil from the mint.  Add Jack Daniels and fill with crushed ice.  Drizzle 

    Posted by on July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

  4. Dale DeGroff’s Whiskey Smash

    2 slices lemon
    6–8 mint leaves
    ½ ounce orange cura­cao
    1/2 ounce sim­ple syrup
    2 ounces Maker’s Mark
    Mud­dle lemon, mint, orange cura­cao and sim­ple syrup in a cock­tail shaker.  Add Maker’s Mark and ice and shake well.  Strain into a rocks glass.  Fill with crushed ice and gar­nish with a big piece of mint.
    - from Dale DeGroff

    Posted by on July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

  5. Audrey Saunder’s Gin Gin Mule

    ½ oz fresh lime juice
    ½ oz sim­ple syrup
    6 mint sprigs
    1/5 ozs Bom­bay gin
    ¾ oz gin­ger beer
    Mud­dle lime, sim­ple syrup and mint in a cock­tail shaker.  Add gin and gin­ger beer.  Shake well, pour over ice in a high­ball glass.  Top with soda and gar­nish with a wedge of lime.
    - from Audrey Saun­ders, Peju Club, NYC

    Posted by on July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

  6. New Summer Bar Menu at the Swizzle Stick!

    Wel­come to a lit­tle bar in the Land of Cock­tails.
    The Swiz­zle Stick Bar takes their cock­tails seri­ously, “we think life is meant to be lived not endured.”  Bar Chef Lu Brow, firmly estab­lished at the fore­front of push­ing the New Orleans cock­tail scene of recent years to a new level, intro­duces her next summer […]

    Posted by on July 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments

  7. Loosen Your Thai, It’s Summer!

    A sys­tems admin­is­tra­tor at Clock­work Active Media Sys­tems cre­ates quite a stir with his Thai-themed gin mojito. A per­fect sum­mer drink, and enough to serve a party of 30. Who says tech­nol­ogy is dry?! 

    Posted by on July 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments

  8. Thai Mojito

    This Thai-themed gin mojito is a per­fect sum­mer drink. Fol­low the recipes below for either a sin­gle serv­ing by the glass or a pitcher that will serve 30.

    Posted by on July 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment

  9. The Perfect Trifecta…

    …Chris McMil­lan, A Mint Julep and a tale. 

    Posted by on May 2nd, 2009 | 3 Comments

  10. Notes on Chris…

    The Mint Julep dates back to the very early 1800’s as a med­i­c­i­nal cock­tail.  In 1820 it became a true cock­tail which spread from the South­ern states across the nation.  It stayed pop­u­lar for about 50 years and then began to slowly fade away as other drinks became known.
    My first taste of a cock­tail was […]

    Posted by Cocktail Chicks on May 1st, 2009 | No Comments

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