FRIDAY COCKTAIL - MARCH MADNESS BEER FASHIONED!

When your bracket is getting you down try one of these to kill the pain!  No I didn't win the Billion either.  Hopefully gonna retain my final four!

Ingredients:

1 oz bourbon
2 oz wheat ale
2-3 dashes bitter
1 tsp brown sugar
orange twist

In a rocks glass, add sugar and bitters.  Add the bourbon and muddle until the sugar dissolves.  Put one ice cube in the glass and add the beer.  Add more ice and squeeze the orange twist over the drink and around the rim.  Delicious!

GOOD LUCK!!!
ENJOY!!!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - GOOD LUCK CHARM!

Oh, Friday the 13th.....need I say more


Note for this cocktail:  The floating pieces of spearmint are the bursts of good luck!  Don't skimp on that part or at least don't blame me if you do!!!

Ingredients:

1-1/2 parts Bourbon
3/4 parts Limoncello
2 parts fresh lemon sour
5-6 minced spearmint leaves

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and mix well until shaker is cold.  Strain into cocktail glass and garnish with lemon peel.

GOOD LUCK YA'ALL!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - PEACHY BOURBON LEMONADE!

This recipe makes a pitcher of this scrumptious summer beverage.  You need to do a little work ahead of time so plan accordingly.

Ingredients:

4 cups of water
2 cups peeled chopped peaches
1/4 cup mint leaves
6 Tbl sugar
Pitcher with 1/2 cup lemon juice
1 cup bourbon
Garnish - mint sprig and peach slice

Bring first four ingredients to a boil in a saucepan.  Reduce heat and let simmer 5 minutes.  Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.  Press mixture through a fine sieve and into the pitcher with lemon juice.  Stir in bourbon.  Pour into rocks glasses with ice and garnish with mint and peach.

LOVE SUMMER PEACHES!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - MAPLE BOURBON SMASH!

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Love Maple Syrup!  Trying my hand at a maple-brined pork tenderloin for the game on Sunday and thought how great this would be as a pre-dinner/game cocktail!  This recipe comes from Madava Farms - Maple Syrup farmers in Dover Plains, NY.  It is a twist on an Old Fashioned


Ingredients:
1/2 oz pure maple syrup (preferably dark amber)
1/2 oz fresh orange juice
1/4 oz fresh lemon juice
4 dashes Angostura bitters
slice of an orange
2 oz bourbon
ice
1-1/2 oz chilled seltzer

In a rocks glass combine syrup, juices and bitters.  Add the slice of orange and mudle lightly.  Add the bourbon and stir well.  Fill the glass with ice and top with seltzer.

GO PATS!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - THE NOR' EASTER!

Appropriate, of course, after the recent weather hit to much of the North East.  This cocktail is a take on the classic Dark and Stormy.  It brings together a bit of the South (KY Bourbon) and flavors of the North East like maple syrup which compliments the taste of the bourbon.

Ingredients:

2 oz good Bourbon (Old Crow preferred)
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz maple syrup
splash of ginger beer
lime wedge for garnish

In a shaker, combine bourbon, lime juice and maple syrup.  Add ice and shake 12-15 times. Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice.  Leave about 1/2 inch of room at the top and fill with ginger beer.  Garnich with a lime wedge.

A TRUE NOR' EASTER!
ENJOY!

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - OBAMA'S HOME SWEET HOME!

 

The Topaz Bar in Washington DC will be mixing this delight on Election Day.  If you prefer (ridiculous) a non-alcoholic drink they will also be preparing the Romney root beer float.
#1 VOTE
#2 With Election Day over..smile that the attack adds are also OVER
#3 Mix this delicious cocktail

Ingredients:
1-1/2 oz bourbon
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz pineapple juice
club soda
lime wedge

In a tall glass with ice mix bourbon, lime juice and pineapple juice.  Top that with club soda and garnish with lime.

VOTE!
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 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!