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Greyhound

Fri, 02/15/2008 - 12:00PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 20 Views
Greyhound From Epicurious 2 ounces vodka 5 ounces grapefruit juice In a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes, combine the vodka and grapefruit juice. Stir well. Makes 1 cocktail.
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Spiked Pink Lemonade

Thu, 02/14/2008 - 1:30PM by partysugar 1 Comment - 81 Views
Spiked Pink Lemonade From Everyday With Rachael Ray magazine 1 bottle (750 ml) vodka or gin 5 cups lemonade 2 cups cranberry juice 3 cups ginger ale Combine all the ingredients in a big pitcher, stir and serve! Serves 6-8.
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Pom Lime Vodka Cocktail

Fri, 02/01/2008 - 12:00PM by partysugar 2 Comments - 54 Views
Pom Lime Vodka Cocktail Modified from Cooking Light magazine 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1 cups club soda 1 cup unsweetened pomegranate juice 3/4 cup vodka 3 tbsp. fresh lime juice (about 3 limes) Ice lime slices (optional)
  1. Combine sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes or just until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; cool.
  2. Combine sugar syrup*, club soda, pomegranate juice, vodka, and lime juice.
  3. Place ice in a martini shaker; add about 3/4 cup pomegranate mixture. Cover and shake. Strain into a glass.
  4. Garnish with lime slice, if desired. Repeat procedure with remaining pomegranate mixture.
Serves 4. *When I doubled the recipe, I kept simple syrup recipe as is. I prefer a less sweet drink.
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Long Island Iced Tea

Thu, 01/31/2008 - 1:30PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 24 Views
Long Island Iced Tea From Taste 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 3 cups ice cubes 1/3 cup chilled vodka 1/3 cup tequila 1/3 cup white rum 1/3 cup gin 1/4 cup Cointreau liqueur 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 1 cup chilled cola
  1. Place the sugar and water in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and bring to the boil. Cook, without stirring, for 3 minutes or until syrup thickens. Remove from heat and set aside for 15 minutes to cool.
  2. Divide the ice evenly among serving glasses.
  3. Pour over the vodka, tequila, rum, gin, Cointreau, sugar syrup, lemon juice and cola. Serve immediately.
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Tangerini

Fri, 01/18/2008 - 12:00PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 17 Views
Tangerini From Stirrings 2 ounces of vodka 2 ounces of Tangerini Mixer ice cocktail shaker fun plastic glasses
  1. In a cocktail shaker, combine 2 ounces of vodka, 2 ounces of Tangerini Mixer and a glass of ice.
  2. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Makes 1 cocktail.
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Cranberry Amaretto Kiss

Fri, 01/11/2008 - 12:00PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 37 Views
Cranberry Amaretto Kiss From Bon Appetit magazine, December 2007 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail 1 cup vodka 1/2 cup amaretto 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice* Ice cubes Clementines, peeled, separated into segments (optional)
  1. Mix cranberry juice, vodka, amaretto, and orange juice in pitcher.
  2. Cover and chill until ready to serve. It can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.
  3. To make 2 drinks, fill cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Pour in scant 1 cup vodka mixture.
  4. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into 2 Martini glasses. Garnish each with clementine segment, if desired. Repeat 3 times with ice cubes, remaining vodka mixture, and clementine segments.
Makes 8 cocktails. *I used 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice because I liked the tartness it added to the cocktail.
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Santa’s Martini

Fri, 12/21/2007 - 3:15PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 282 Views
Santa’s Martini From Strip House restaurant 2 ½ oz. Vodka ¾ oz. Chambord ½ oz. fresh lime juice 1 oz. pomegranate blueberry juice 3 oz. (approx.) Champagne Garnish with lemon twist/blueberry spiral
  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodka, Chambord, and juices.
  2. Shake vigrously.
  3. Strain into a martini glass and float the Champagne on top. Enjoy!
Serves 1.
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Blue Ginger Gimlet

Thu, 11/29/2007 - 1:05PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 682 Views
Blue Ginger Gimlet From Ming Tasi 27 oz. (3 1/4 cups plus 2 tbsp.) sweet-and-sour mix 6 1/2 oz. (3/4 cup plus 1 tbsp.) freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 6 medium limes) 26 1/2 oz. (3/4 cup plus 1 tbsp.) ginger syrup, recipe below 40 oz. (5 cups) vodka, well chilled Lime wedges, for garnish (from about 3 medium limes)
  1. In large pitcher, stir together sweet-and-sour mix, lime juice, and ginger syrup. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Gimlet mix can be refrigerated up to 2 hours. When ready to serve, shake each cocktail to order.
  2. In chilled cocktail shaker, combine 2 oz. gimlet mix, 2 oz. vodka, and 3 to 4 ice cubes. Shake well and strain into chilled martini glass.
  3. Garnish with lime wedge and serve.
Makes 20 drinks. Ginger Syrup 7 3/4 cups (about 4 lbs.) sugar 4 1/2 cups fresh ginger, peeled and cut into 1/8 in. slices (about 3 large hands)
  1. In medium saucepan over high heat, combine 4 1/2 cups water, sugar, and ginger and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered until syrupy and reduced by half, about 40 to 45 minutes.
  2. Strain into medium bowl, cover with plastic, and refrigerate until cool, about 1 hour.
Makes about 27 oz.
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Cucumber Cocktail

Fri, 11/02/2007 - 1:15PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 783 Views
Cucumber Cocktail Modified from Liquor Snob 6 limes, rinsed 1 cup packed mint leaves, no stems, plus 6 sprigs for garnish 3 unwaxed cucumbers ½ cup sugar 2 cups vodka or gin Sparkling wine
  1. Thinly slice 3 limes and place in a pitcher. Juice the rest and add juice to pitcher. Add mint leaves. Slice 2 cucumbers and add, then add sugar. Muddle ingredients. Add vodka or gin. Place in refrigerator to steep 30 minutes or longer.
  2. Cut remaining cucumber into super think rounds.
  3. Fill cocktail shaker with ice and top with mixture. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Top with a splash of sparkling wine, garnish each glass with a cucumber round, and serve.
Serves 6.
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Black Widow

Fri, 10/19/2007 - 1:15PM by partysugar 0 Comments - 908 Views
Black Widow From 42 Below 1 part vodka 2 parts dark grape juice 1 teaspoon of raw sugar 4 slices of fresh ginger 4 blackberries 2 blackberries to garnish
  1. In a cocktail shaker*, muddle together blackberries, ginger and sugar.
  2. Add vodka and dark grape juice. Fill with ice, shake well, and strain into a chilled Martini glass.
  3. Garnish with 2 blackberries.
Serves 1. *To make a large batch, simply make in a big pitcher or large punch bowl.
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