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Old Fashioned

 

Old Fashioned
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 sugar cube
  • 5-7 drops bitters
  • 3 oz bourbon
  • ice
Instructions
  1. Place one sugar cube in a rocks glass
  2. Douse with bitters of choice (either 5-7 drops from a dropper, or 2-3 dashes from a shaker-style bottle)
  3. Hold the glass with one hand and solidly tap the sugar cube with the muddler until it breaks. Continue to muddle with a push-twist movement until very mashed
  4. Add 3 oz bourbon and stir, stir, stir until sugar begins to dissolve
  5. Add ice cubes to ⅓ full and stir, stir, stir
  6. Add ice cubes to ⅔ full and stir, stir, stir
  7. Fill glass with ice and stir until the glass frosts
  8. Garnish with an orange peel, rubbing the outside of the peel around the rim of the glass and twist over the top of the cocktail before placing in glass
  9. Enjoy!

 

Basil & Strombie Lemonade (Strawberry + Zombie = Strombie)

Basil & Strombie Lemonade
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Strawberry + Zombie = Strombie
Ingredients
  • 3-4 washed basil leaves, plucked in the prime of their life.
  • 1tsp sweet fairy cocaine.
  • 4 fresh strawberries, scalped.
  • 4oz. life essence, freshly harvested from the eviscerated carcasses of several unfortunate lemons.
  • 1oz. Lucille-strength vodka. The good stuff.
  • Dash of balsamic vinegar
  • Fancy toothpick, small strawberry, and basil leaf for classy garnish
Instructions
  1. In the bottom of a tumbler, muddle basil leaves with the sugar.
  2. Add the strawberries and continue to smush.
  3. Once combined, add ice, lemonade, vodka, and a dash of balsamic vinegar.
  4. Shake, then strain into a classy martini glass.
  5. Finish with garnish and enjoy.

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

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Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
 
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Nutrition Information
  • Serves: 8
  • Serving size: 8oz
  • Calories: 40
  • Sugar: 4tsp
Recipe type: Drinks
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Kick ass lemonade, not too sweet but definitely refreshing. Makes 2 quarts.
Ingredients
  • 6 lemons
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 7 cups water
Instructions
  1. Roll the lemons on a hard surface to soften them a bit.
  2. Cut the lemons into halves and juice them; after straining the pulp and seeds out you should end up with about a cup of lemon juice.
  3. Mix the sugar and water, stir until dissolved, add lemon juice.
  4. Pour into 2 quart container and refrigerate.
Notes
If you serve in a clear pitcher add a few of the lemon halves for presentation.

Cosmopolitan

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Cosmopolitan
 
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Ingredients
  • 1½ parts vodka
  • ⅓ part triple sec
  • ½ part cranberry juice
  • ½ part fresh lime juice (squeezed)
Instructions
  1. Mix ingredients. Serve in martini glass or other wide-mouthed stemware.

Margarita

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Margarita
 
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Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Mexican
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Best Marg Ever
Ingredients
  • 1 shot tequila
  • ½ shot cointreau or triple sec
  • 5 shots marg mix
  • 1 squirt lime juice
  • 1 slice lime
  • kosher salt (optional)
Instructions
  1. Run ½ lime around rim of margarita glass.
  2. Optional: Dip glass in a dish of kosher salt.
  3. Add all ingredients and stir. Add ice, garnish with lime slice and serve.