Drink of the Week

For those hot summer days coming up here is an old standby you can always count on to refreshen your palate and quench your thirst.

Fuzzy Navel

In a long tall glass half filled with ice pour ,

1 oz Vodka
1 0z Peach Schnapps

Fill with cold Orange Juice and garnish with a slice of orange and peach.

This will cool you off pronto!

Cheers!

Some Fancy Drink Recipes

Here are some cocktails that are featured in the restaurant I work. Not your common everyday drinks but hey if you feel like living on the wild side try the following.

Blackberry Martini

1oz Grey Goose Vodka
1/2 oz Chambord ( French Black Raspberry Liqueur )
1/2 oz Cassis
10 Muddled Blackberries
5 Mint Leaves torn and muddled
1 oz Lemon Bar Mix
1/2 oz Simple Syrup

Served on the rocks in a Martini Cocktail Glass. Make sure to muddle the ingredients before adding the alcohol.

Ocean Blue Martini

1 oz Belvedere Vodka
1/2 oz Hypnotiq ( Vanilla Cognac Liqueur )
1/2 oz Blue Curacao
2 oz White Cranberry Juice
2 Lime Wedges squeezed

Served on the rocks in your Martini Cocktail glass with an orange twist.

Golden Cosmo

1 oz Wyborowa Vodka
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
1/2 oz Apricot Brandy
1 oz Red Cranberry Juice
1 oz Fresh Orange Juice

Served on the rocks in your Martini Cocktail glass.

Banana Cream

1 oz Galliano
1 oz Banana Liqueur
1 oz Ice Cream Mix

Served on the rocks in your Martini Cocktail glass with a dollop of whip cream on top.

Winter Pear

1 oz Absolut Pears Vodka
3/4 oz White Creme de Cacao
1/4 oz Amaretto
1 oz 10% Cream

Served on the rocks in your Martini Cocktail glass sprinkled with Chocolate Shavings.

Melon Zen

1/2 oz Polar Ice Vodka
1 oz Melon Liqueur
1/2 oz Soho Lychee Liqueur
2 oz Chilled Green Tea
1/2 oz simple syrup

Served on the rocks in your Martini Cocktail glass with 3 skewered melon balls.

Mandarin Crush

1 oz Absolut Mandarin Vodka
1/2 oz Galliano
1/2 oz Cointreau
6 muddled mandarin orange slices
2 oz fresh orange juice
1/2 oz Ginger Beer

Shake vigorously for 10 seconds then serve over some ice in an old fashion glass.

Perfect Storm

1 oz Lambs Dark Rum
1 oz Amaretto
1 oz Margarita Pre - Mix
1/2 oz Ginger Beer
1/2 oz simple syrup

Shake vigorously for 10 seconds and serve with a lime wedge over some ice in an old fashion glass.

Peach Island

1 oz Polar Ice Vodka
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz Passion Mix
1 oz Peach Mix
1/2 oz Ginger Beer
2 oz Frexinet ( or other sparkling wine you use ). Add after shaking all other ingredients.

Serve in a Flute Glass. No ice.

Sparkling Berry

1 oz Alize Passion Liqueur ( a blend of tropical fruits and Cognac )
1/2 oz Absolut Raspberry Vodka
1/2 oz Galliano
2 oz Strawberry Mix
2 oz Frexinet ( or other sparkling wine as mentioned above and add after all else has been shaken.

Serve in a Flute Glass. No ice

There you have it. Cheers!!

It Is The Tuesday Quiz Time

Okay I am going to make this difficult this time around for a change , okay? The answers will be posted later tonight as usual.

1. Today you see in the liquor stores many different flavoured vodkas that are used to make many different martinis such as your raspberry or sour apple martinis. However in Russia and Poland where vodka is drank often they also have many different flavours added to their vodkas. One of the great vodkas come from Poland called Polish Zubrowka. It is infused with Zubrowka. What is Zubrowka?

2. Bonne chauffe is what the second distillation of this spirit is called?

3. A measure of Scotch whiskey is called what in Scotland?

4. Jersey lightening is a term used for what brandy?

5. When you serve a drink such as creme de menthe frappe what does that mean?

I think if you get 2 right you are an expert. This was difficult.

Tuesday Quiz Answers

Okay you have to admit in comparison to the earlier quizzes this one was not as difficult or was it? Here are the answers.

1. Malibu , of course.

2. The liqueur nicknamed the nectar of the gods is Forbidden Fruit.

3. Advocaat that comes from the Netherlands is the liqueur that goes into the Snowball Cocktail. Made from egg yolks , grape brandy and sugar the cocktail calls for an ounce of Advocaat and then topped up with fizzy lemonade.

4. An Americano is comprised of Campari and Sweet Vermouth.

5. The missing ingredient in the sidecar recipe is Brandy.

How did you do?

Answers to the Quiz Earlier Today

Okay here it goes. The answers from the quiz earlier today.

1. What also goes into the glass shaker for a Black and Tan cocktail that was not mentioned is 2 measures of Irish Whiskey.

2. Denmark is where Peter invented Cherry Heering.

3. Kummel's main flavour comes from the caraway seed.

4. For a Pink Gin it is a shot of gin with the missing ingredient being 2-3 drops of Angostura Bitters to colour it. Usually served in something big like a wine glass. That is how I served it anyway back in the day.

5. The odd one is Mirabelle of France which comes from the Yellow Plum. The other three is of the Blue Plum variety. Slovovitz from Bosnia and Serbia , Tzuica from Romania , and Quetsch from France.

How did you do or should I be asking?? Hope you had some fun!

It Is That Time Again - The Quiz

Okay here we go with the Tuesday quiz. The quiz that is both interesting and useless at the same time because most of these questions however interesting they may be , offer no real help in the day to day service we provide to the patron who comes for food and drink in our establishment. In other words no one ever ask for these tidbits of trivia. Never!

Here it goes anyway.... Answers later.

1. The cocktail Black and Tan is 1 measure Dark Rum , 1/2 measure lime juice , 1/2 measure orange juice , 1/2 tsp sugar all in a glass shaker. Shake it well and strain into a tall glass and top up with ginger ale. There is one ingredient missing. What is it???

2. Cherry Heering was invented by Peter Heering over 150 years ago. Which country did it originate from? In other words where did Peter live?

3. Kummel has what predominant flavour aside from cumin , oris root , and fennel?

4. Pink Gin is a drink consisting of a shot of gin and what?

5. Choose the one that is different from the other three?

Slivovitz , Tzuica , Mirabelle , Quetsch


The answers later on. Good Luck!!!