Maybe you have a nice evening gown on, you’re dinning at a restaurant, or simply gambling at the tables. Anyway, you’re in a sophisticated mood. You want some champagne or wine cocktail, instead of your usual. Here’s just a few to get you started:

 Wine Spritzer

• white wine
• club soda or mineral water

Simple, refreshing, light.

Sangria

• red wine
• soda
• a small amount of spirits (like brandy, triple sec, rum, etc.)
• sweetener (honey or orange juice)
• fruits

It’s a famous wine punch, that has many variations, basically made out of red wine, club soda, some kind of juice and marinated fruits.

Mimosa

• sparkling wine
• orange juice

Delicious and easy to make.

Rizz Fizz

• Amaretto
• Blue Curacao
• lemon/lime juice or sour/sweet&sour
• champagne

This elegant, classy drink was created as the signature cocktail for the Ritz-Carlton hotel. It’s not very complicated to make, so why not try it?

Flirtini

• champagne
• vodka
• pineapple juice

It has a catchy name, right? No wonder it’s a cocktail that starred in “Sex and the City”. So why not try it on your next night out with your girlfriends?

That’s all for now, my friends. More coming soon, until then enjoy every night out with a delicious cocktail!

St. Patrick’s Day is near (17th March), so if you’re out celebrating, or if you’re having a party, I thought some green cocktails would make your day more memorable! These are simple cocktail recipes, that you can easily make yourself or ask your bartender (or cocktail waitress) to make.

Shamrock Shaker

• Kahlua
• Cream
• Amaretto
• Edible green powder (garnish)

Delicious!

Alexander’s Brother

• Gin
• Creme de Menthe
• Creme

You can call it Patrick’s Brother, if you’d like

Badminton

• Gin
• Midori
• Blue Curacao
• Lime juice

Very nice shade of green, and delicious!

Electric Lemonade (also Green Bear)

• Vodka
• Orange juice
• Blue Curacao

It’s like a green screwdriver. Instead of drinking the classic vodka OJ, why not add a dash of blue curacao to make it green?

Green River

• Vodka
• Orange juice
• Banana Liqueur
• Blue Curacao

Again, a little variation for the classic screwdriver. Make it sweet and green by adding banana liqueur and curacao. Enjoy!

More to come! Check back!

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St. Patrick’s Day is near (17th March), so if you’re out celebrating, or if you’re having a party, I thought some green cocktails would make your day more memorable! These are simple cocktail recipes, that you can easily make yourself or ask your bartender (or cocktail waitress) to make.

Cacktus Jack

Mixes in a martini glass, and it should have a nice green color.

Russian Spring

• Vodka
• Crème De Menthe - Green
• Apple juice
• Soda

Mix in a tall glass, wonderful green color!

Irish Flag Shot

If  you’re brave enough (or maybe you’re having a bachelor party :)) you can try this shot:

• Crème De Menthe - Green
• Irish Creme
• Brandy

Pour in the order given, very slowly, so that you make layers. It looks very cool!

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

• Blue curacao
• Baileys Irish Cream
• Creme de Cacao

It’s very sweet, and green!

Irish Grasshopper

• Crème de menthe (green)
• White crème de cacao
• Light cream

Floating Irishmen

• Grenadine
• Green crème de menthe
• Light rum

If you carefully pour the ingredients in this order, you’ll have some nice layers.

(Lucky) Melon Ball

• Melon liquer
• Vodka
• Pineapple juice

Shamrock Stinger

• Bourbon
• Southern Comfort
• Green crème de mente

It’s all for now, I’ll be posting some more green cocktails, until St. Patrick’s Day. So if you’re in Vegas, why not something different, and… green?

Enjoy!

http://hubpages.com/hub/greenpatty

http://www.divinedinnerparty.com/st-patricks-day-cocktail-recipes.html

http://cocktails.suite101.com/article.cfm/saint_patricks_day_party_cocktails

It’s a very popular drink, and also very very easy to make. I think you all already know the recipe: 

• -   vodka
• -   coffee liqueur (kahlua)
• -   milk

It’s sweet, with a coffee flavor, and delicious.

You can enjoy a good White Russian in Vegas at Mandalay Bay, Red Square bar. They have a great selection of Vodka (useful when you want to make a good White Russian), serve Russian food, and a lot of their drinks have Russian names.

So this summer when you’re in Vegas, why not try and forget about the heat with a cool White Russian?

Here it is! The one and only Sex On The Beach cocktail recipe!

What you’ll need:

• 1 1/2 oz. Peach Schnapps
• 1 1/2 oz. Vodka
• 2 oz. Cranberry Juice
• 2 oz. Orange Juice
• 2 oz. Pineapple Juice (many recepies hold the Pineapple Juice)

(http://www.drinknation.com/drink/Sex-On-The-Beach)

Now mix it and pour it in a tall glass, or pour the ingredients directly in the glass.

Garnish with: Maraschino cherries, Orange slices.

Enjoy it in the hot weather of Vegas this summer!

I make it almost like a Sex on the Beach.

Ingredients:

• Peach Schnapps
• Vodka
• Triple Sec
• Fruit Punch

 Use a quantity of Peach Schnapps equal to the quantity of Vodka + TripleSec.

Add all sorts of fruit juices, like Cranberry, Pineapple, Orange, Mango, etc.

Shake well and pour over ice. You can add a dash of Grenadine and some cherries (or peach slices, why not?).

Enjoy your Peach Pussy!

Halloween is around the corner, so I thought to post some interesting Halloween cocktails that you can try out or have your bartender make for you.  If you are a cocktail waitress or bartender, you might want to surprise (and scare boohoohooo)  your customers with this original recipes:     

Vampire’s Kiss

Nightmare

Devil’s Poison

Jack O’Tini

Place a large soup pot filled with water on the stove to boil. Carve the tops from the pumpkins and set aside. Scope out the interior and seeds, leaving a think shell. Discard the seeds and flesh, or use in another recipe. Place the pumpkins in the boiling water and boil for about a minute. Remove and drain. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into the pumpkin. Serve with a black straw.

              
Jack-O-Lantern

Garnish: Ginger bread cookie

Ghost Cocktail

• Smirnoff Vanilla Twist
•  Half and Half
• Simple Syrup
• Godiva White

Garnish: white chocolate shavings

Zombie

Corpse Reviver

• apple brandy
• Cognac or brandy
•  sweet vermouth

Blue Devil 

• 1 shot gin
• 1/2 shot blue curacao
• 1/2 shot lemon juice

Have I scared you yet? Boooooooooooohooo!

Happy Halloween!

http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/halloween_cocktails.html

http://drinkoftheweek.com/special/halloween.htm

http://www.cocktailtimes.com/party/halloween_party.shtml

http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg1097/cocktail.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_hd_halloween/article/0,1972,FOOD_9836_4128401,00.html

Bloody Marys are very popular in Vegas, and you can find them anywhere. It’s a must for any bar. Plus Halloween is getting close, and I thought a spooky drink is in order.
So without further ado, I present you the infamous, excentric, weird and ,of course, bloody, Mary:

The recipe is as follows:

1 1/2 ounces vodka
1/2 cup tomato juice
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Worcestershire sauce to taste
Tabasco to taste
1 celery stick for garnish
1 lemon wedge for garnish

You can add salt, pepper, spices as you wish.

When you order a Bloody Mary at a bar or from a cocktail waitress, you can specify whether you want it spicy or not. That way they can hold the Tabasco and pepper.

There are many variations of the classic Bloody Mary. Here are a few of the most popular:

A Virgin Mary lacks the vodka, being basically just a spiced tomato juice.

A Bloody Maria replaces the vodka with tequila.

A Michelada is a refreshing summer drink, made with Mexican beer instead of vodka. Instead of mixing it with tomato juice, you can also just add spices and sauces to the beer.

If the beer is not Mexican, then the drink is called a red beer :)   A Chelada, on the oder hand, is beer with sald and lime (so you don’t confuse the two).

A Caesar has Clamato (which is clam juice) replacing the tomato juice.

The garnishes that go on a Bloody Mary can be horseradish, celery, olives, cherry peppers, dill pickle, cucumber, avocado, crab sticks, carrot sticks, green onion stalks, pickled asparagus, marinated mushrooms, etc.

For more info about Bloody Marys, you can check out this page dedicated to them, with different variations of the classic drink: http://www.drinksmix.net/

So why not try a Bloody Mary in Vegas? Especially if it’s October…

In Vegas, shrimp cocktails seem to be very popular. So here’s what to expect (in case you never tried one):

 You can use:

• frozen cooked shrimp, thawed
• cocktail sauce
• for garnish: parsley, lemon slices

 The cocktail sauce is placed in a decorative bowl (like a martini glass).

The sauce can be made with  Heinz Chili Sauce, lemon or lime juice, catsup, horseradish, hot Sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, garlic, celery, onion, thyme, bay leaves,  even sugar.  There are many different recepies for the sauce.

Then the shrimp can be added on top of the sauce, on the rim of the glass, or dipped in the sauce.

One of the places you can find cheap, delicious shrimp cocktails in Vegas is The Golden Gate casino downtown. It  introduced shrimp cocktail to the Las Vegas casino scene in 1959, and now it’s a Las Vegas tradition.  It features lots of ocean shrimp in an old-fashioned “tulip” sundae glass, served with a secret cocktail sauce and a wedge of lemon for only 99¢. A “Big Shrimp” cocktail is only $2.99. Locals vote their shrimp cocktail “Best of Las Vegas” year after year.

So next time you’re in Vegas you can try out this delicious cocktail in almost all casinos .

Oh, and you won’t have to worry about getting drunk, so you can have as many as you want!

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Appetizers/ShrimpCocktail.htm

http://www.fishermansexpress.com/shrimp-cocktail.html

http://www.goldengatecasino.net/index.cfm?Page=Dining