FRIDAY COCKTAIL - TROPICAL STORM!!!

It is SUMMER people!!!!  The key to this cocktail is to use the freshest pineapple juice you can find.  If you have a juicer - perfect! The most amazing beach drink ever....but pace yourself..

this recipe serves 8

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh pineapple juice
2 cups fresh orange juice
1 cup white rum
3/4 cup high-proof dark rum
3 tbl Campari
orange wedges and maraschino cherries

Pour all ingredients in a pitcher, cover and refrigerate for 4-1/2 hours.  Divide among 8 ice filled hurricane glasses and garnish with orange wedges and maraschino cherries....umbrellas optional.



HAPPY BEACH DAYS!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - SHOCK ME!

For all you fans of the dark spirits this is a good one.  This cocktail was made famous at the Virtue Feed & Grain in Alexadria, VA as one of their signature "hoptails"!

1/4 cup Brown Ale
2 tbl Makers Mark (or other bourbon)
1 tsp Southern Comfort
1 tsp pure maple syrup
lemon wedge

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice for 10 seconds.  Strain into an Old Fashioned Glass and garnish with lemon.  Perfection on a warm sunny day.


HOPS TO YOU!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY FATHER'S DAY COCKTAIL - PROHIBITION LEMONADE!

Now I know all you wonderful children out there are going to cook an amazing dinner for your Father's this Sunday...and seemingly wherever you are in this country it will be warm...so this cocktail is sure to keep everyone calm and cool.

Ingredients:

1 oz GOOD Whisky
3 oz Fresh Lemonade
Splash or two of club soda
Fresh lemon slice for garnish

Mix whisky and lemonade in a shaker with ice...pour in a tall glass with ice and add soda...garnish with a lemon slice...and sip...aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh....

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - THE BELMONT JEWEL!

The excitement is soooo intense that "I'll Have Another" the favorite colt at 4-5 odds and potential Triple Crown Winner has his own cocktail....The Belmont Jewel.  The traditional cocktail at The Belmont is the Belmont Breeze a concoction with vodka as the base....but not tomorrow...

Ingredients:
1-1/2 oz Bourbon
2 oz lemonade
1 oz pomegranate juice
cherry and lemon slice

Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice...pour in a Belmont Stakes glass with ice and garnish with a cherry and lemon.

GO GO GO ....I'LL HAVE ANOTHER!!!!!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - STEVE'S PENICILLIN

Now don't get all excited, I thought maybe I would randomly start blogging again.  Thanks to Steve E. for the first Friday cocktail in a long long time.  I was glad the 365 recipes in 365 days ended, and more importantly that all those recipes are saved on the internet so I don't have to look through my binder full of recipes on scraps of paper.  So Happy Friday and Happy June 1st!!!!!

Ingredients:

2 oz scotch
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz honey
slice of ginger and lemon for garnish

Mix ingredients in a shaker and pour over ice in a rock's glass.  Garnish with ginger and lemon.  And as Steve eloquently said....

BOOM SO GOOD!
ENJOY!