Saturday, March 31, 2012

Gilligan Cocktail

Day 45



Gilligan
4.5 shots out of 5





Another cocktail to give me a "theme" song in my head, just like the Ninja Turtle!  

I'll need to go watch something on TV or read more of my book to get something else in my mind after I type my blog.



I gave tonight's cocktail 4.5 shots out of 5.  


The Gilligan is an easy cocktail to drink.  


It's not a super sweet syrupy cocktail at all.  


The Malibu rum gives it a good coconutey taste while the banana liqueur puts a nice spin on the coconut.  


I think I'm going to have to share the rest of my cocktail with my husband though because I gave him one sip and I got the "mmm, that's good" approval.  


This banana liqueur is really surprising me!  It doesn't over power the cocktails that I've made with it so far, like the After Sex I made the other night.  


It surprises me because I would just think that the banana flavor would kind of take over, but it just compliments what it's mixed with and gives only a subtle hint of banana, which is nice.




Here is a photo of the end result:

Gilligan cocktail, Gilligan's Island, malibu rum, coconut rum, light rum, banana liqueur, orange juice, pineapple juice


Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Gilligan cocktail, Gilligan's Island, malibu rum, coconut rum, light rum, banana liqueur, orange juice, pineapple juice



Here is the recipe for Gilligan:

  • 3/4 shot malibu rum
  • 3/4 shot light rum
  • 3/4 shot banana liqueur
  • 1 1/2 shots orange juice
  • 1 1/2 shots pineapple juice


In a shaker fill with ice, malibu rum, light rum, banana liqueur, orange juice and pineapple juice.  Shake it up really well to mix all of the ingredients up good.  Pour your entire mix into a tall glass and enjoy!



Cheers to Gilligan, The Skipper, The Millionaire,  Eunice, Ginger, Mary Ann and The Professor!


The Cocktail Lady 

Friday, March 30, 2012

Alien Urine Sample Drink

Day 44



Alien Urine Sample
5 shots out of 5





I am really enjoying this Alien Urine Sample!  

Yes I said it, it's really good!!!  

My bartenders book has some mighty interesting named cocktails, but boy are some of them really good!  

This is a very very yummy cocktail that I will definitely be making again.  

OK, is it too soon to make another one now?


I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  

This is a very refreshing cocktail and one that's fun to drink.  

Alien Urine Sample has a good mix of a few different liqueurs that makes this cocktail super yummy.  

The color of it can be a little intimidating (another neon colored cocktail like the Liquid Marijuana I made not too long ago), but boy is it good!!  

If you have been enjoying the same cocktails that I have been so far, you'll definitely need to try this one!!




Here is a photo of the end result:

alien urine sample cocktail, coconut rum, malibu rum, melon liqueur, banana liqueur, peach schnapps, sweet & sour juice, soda water, blue curacao, alien urine sample photo, alien urine sample picture, alien urine sample image

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

alien urine sample cocktail, coconut rum, malibu rum, melon liqueur, banana liqueur, peach schnapps, sweet & sour juice, soda water, blue curacao



print recipe

Alien Urine Sample

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 ounce coconut rum
  • 1/2 ounce melon liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce banana liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce peach schnapps
  • 2 ounces sweet & sour juice
  • soda water
  • 1/2 ounce blue curacao

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. In a shaker fill with ice and add coconut rum, melon liqueur, banana liqueur, peach schnapps and sweet & sour mix. Shake it up really good to mix everything together. Pour everything into a tall glass, add a splash of soda water and blue curaçao. Enjoy!!!!
Created using The Recipes Generator

Cheers to Alien Urine Samples!!  This is the only kind of urine sample I believe I will ever try!!

The Cocktail Lady

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Liquid Valium Cocktail

Day 43



Liquid Valium
1.5 shots out of 5





Peppermint Schnapps scares me!!  


It does, it just makes me automatically think that I WILL NOT like whatever cocktail I am drinking if i know there is peppermint schnapps in it.  



I had bought a  bottle of peppermint schnapps the other day knowing that I would have to make some cocktails with it.  


Today was a long day which ended in our oldest sons baseball  game, driving  through for dinner, getting everyone to bed and finally making tonight's cocktail, Liquid Valium.



I gave tonight's cocktail 1.5 shots out of 5.  


I'm not a huge fan of peppermint schnapps (can you tell).  


Um, WOW, that stuff is strong in flavor!  


It kinda tastes like medicine to me.....not in a good way.  


Not in the mmmm grape cough syrup kind of way, but in the I know this is good for me so I must suffer and take it kind of way.  


It was a wee bit better then 1 shot so I gave it 1.5 shots......I just didn't think it deserved 1 shot and I refuse to break my "shot" rating down any further then .5's so 1.75 was out of the question.



Here is a photo of the end result:



Here is a photo of the ingredients:






Here is the recipe for Liquid Valium:

  • 1 shot vodka
  • 1/2 shot peppermint schnapps



Fill a short glass with ice, add vodka and peppermint schnapps.  Stir it up real good and you're done.  It's an easy cocktail to make.



It will be some time before I try another peppermint schnapps cocktail.  I think I need to find one that has more ingredients in it to mask the pepperminty taste first.  Let me know if you have any good cocktails that have peppermint schnapps in them!!  Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

After Sex

Day 42



After Sex
5 shots out of 5






Guess what?!  


I've got a new liqueur for you all to try, Banana Liqueur.  Can I just say, YUM!!  


I remembered seeing a few cocktails with this liqueur in it so when I was at the store I bought a bottle.  I flipped through my Bartenders Black Book tonight and found this little yummy cocktail.



I gave tonight's cocktail 5 yummy shots out of 5!  


After Sex is a simple cocktail to make and oh so yummy!  The banana taste is quite good!  



This is a cocktail that you could drink quite quickly, which makes it a good/bad choice, depending on the night.  My husband and I are taking turns sipping this After Sex cocktail and I have a feeling a second one will be made here shortly.  



This liqueur will defiantly be participating in my blog in the future!


On a side note, we just got a new "bar" to house all of the new alcohols, liqueurs and cocktail glasses I am buying!  WOW, I didn't realize how much stuff we had until I had to load it all into our bar.  




Here is a photo of the end result:

after sex, vodka, banana liqueur, orange juice, grenadine



Here is a photo of the ingredients:

after sex, vodka, banana liqueur, orange juice, grenadine





Here is the recipe for After Sex:

  • 1 1/2 shots vodka
  • 1/2 shot banana liqueur
  • 3 1/2 shots orange juice
  • 1/2 shot grenadine


In a shaker fill with ice, vodka, banana liqueur and orange juice.  Shake it up really good to get all the ingredients to mix up well.  Pour your cocktail into a hurricane glass and top with grenadine.  




I am having a blast writing this blog, I sure hope you are all enjoying reading it and maybe even trying some of these great cocktails!  Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Chocolate Covered Pretzel

Day 41



Chocolate Covered Pretzel
3.5 shots out of 5



Did you know that April 26th is National Pretzel Day?  

Well now you do! 

What are you going to do with that info you ask?

Drink a Chocolate Covered Pretzel of course!!  It's the perfect mix of sweet & salty!  

And it's a cocktail.......so it's a win-win!



Chocolate Covered Pretzel a sweet & salty mix.



WOW, there's another new liqueur that I had never tried, Frangelico!  


The bottle is the one that looks like the Mrs. Buttersworth Pancake Syrup bottle.  

I've always wondered what it tasted like and tonight, thanks to Gloria, I was finally able to find out!


I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  


As you can see by my photo below, you need to salt the rim of your cocktail glass.......uh yea.......I salted it A BIT too much!  



I am the person who orders my margaritas with NO salt, therefore I did not know how much salt to add to this glass, I figured it would look really neat with some extra salt.  



Yea, extra salt for looks is one thing, it doesn't mean you should actually drink from it!  



After making a squinched up face from my first salty sip, I wiped a section off and tried it again.  

Not bad!!  

I'm not sure that it tastes like a pretzel, but whatever the taste, it's pretty good!  The Frangelico does have a chocolat-ey taste to it which is nice.

Thank You Gloria for your suggestion to make the Chocolate Covered Pretzel!  

Definitely a cocktail I never would have heard of if it wasn't for you!




Here is a photo of the end result:


Here is a photo of the ingredients:


print recipe

Chocolate Covered Pretzel

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 ounces whipped cream vodka
  • 2 ounces Frangelico

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. In a shaker add ice, whipped cream vodka and Frangelico.
  2. Shake up well to mix both ingredients.
  3. Wet and salt rim of martini glass, then strain your cocktail into glass and enjoy!!
Created using The Recipes Generator

Cheers to you Gloria and to Chocolate Covered Pretzel cocktails!!

P.S. I'm digg'n the whipped cream vodka!!

The Cocktail Lady


Monday, March 26, 2012

Royal Flush Cocktail

Day 40



Royal Flush
2.5 shots out of 5






Who's up for a poker night?  

Knowing I was going to make this cocktail tonight has made me in the mood for a poker night all day long!  


Put the kids to bed, have some friends over and play some poker, accompanied by some yummy cocktails of course!

Until I took the photo of the ingredients tonight, I had thought that tonight's cocktail was named because of the "Crown Royal" in it. 

Not until I looked through my lens to take that shot, did I realize that both the Crown Royal and the Chambord are alcohol royalty.  


If you notice on the Chambord bottle there's a little crown on it, so that makes them both royalty in my book.


I gave tonight's cocktail 2.5 shots out of 5.  


I didn't hate it, but I'm not a big fan of whiskey.  


Since this cocktail had a mixture of a couple different fruity sweet mixes in it, I was able to get past the whiskey and kind of enjoy the cocktail.  


I have to be honest, when I started making this cocktail and saw that there was a shot and a half of the Crown Royal it made me nervous, but honestly the rest of the ingredients off-set it enough (not entirely, but enough to not make you make faces) to allow me to drink it.



Here is a photo of the end result:

Royal flush cocktail, poker, crown royal, peach schnapps, chambord, cranberry juice, black raspberry liqueur


Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Royal flush cocktail, poker, crown royal, peach schnapps, chambord, cranberry juice, black raspberry liqueur






Here is the recipe for a Royal Flush:

  • 1 1/2 shots Crown Royal
  • 1 shot peach schnapps
  • 1/2 shot Chambord
  • 1 shot cranberry juice

In a highball glass, fill it 3/4 to the top with ice.  Add your Crown Royal, peach schnapps, Chambord and cranberry juice.  Stir up your cocktail really really well and enjoy.



Here's to a poker night in the near future!  Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Liquid Marijuana Cocktail

Day 38



Liquid Marijuana
5 shots out of 5



OK, so I've seen this cocktail ALL OVER Pinterest and I just had to try it!  


One of my best friends has been asking me to making this one as well, so here it is!!  



Can I just say YUMMY!!!!  



Here's to  learning yet another thing about cocktails.........I actually like sweet & sour mix!  I guess I was scared of sweet & sour mix because it reminded me of regular margaritas.....which in turn reminded me of....<gags> tequila!!  



Yes, yes, I do know that I will have to make cocktails with tequila in them, and because of that I have to admit that I DID purchase a bottle of it today.  

Tequila and I had a face off about 15 years ago, and I am ashamed to admit..... tequila won.  
It has made me NOT like it and run from it's smell for the past 15 years.  There has been an occasion or 5 where I got up enough courage to have a shot of it again since that horrible night.....but I never drank NEARLY as much of it as I did that one night 15 years ago. 

Yes......yes, I did have one night about 4 years ago where I was a little off and had a few shots of the stuff......that night didn't end well either.



Anyways, I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  

I am enjoying this cocktail a lot!  



The sweet & sour mix is really giving it a surprisingly good taste!  I have a feeling that this cocktail will be requested at our next friend gathering.  


I recommend you try this cocktail and I really hope you like it as much as, or even half as much as I do!




Here is a photo of the end result:


Here is a photo of the ingredients:




Here is the recipe for Liquid Marijuana:

  • 1/2 shot Malibu Rum
  • 1/2 light rum
  • 1/2 shot blue curaçao (this time it makes the cocktail good, haha)
  • 1/2 shot apple pucker
  • 2 1/2 shots sweet & sour mix
  • 2 1/2 shots pineapple juice

In a tall glass fill it up 3/4 to the top with ice.  Pour in your Malibu Rum, light rum, blue curaçao, apple pucker, sweet & sour mix and pineapple juice.  Stir it up really good and enjoy!




Cheers to the bartender that created this delicious cocktail!!

The Cocktail Lady

Friday, March 23, 2012

Blue Duck Cocktail

Day 37



Blue Duck
1....0 shots out of 5






HOLY MOLY this cocktail is HORRIBLE!!  



Absolutely horrible!!  



The first thing I thought when I tasted it was that it reminded me of some nasty stuff they used to use in the dentist office.  

I don't even know how to describe tonight's cocktail except say, if anyone EVER offers you a Blue Duck, slap them across the face and run for your life!!!!


This drink is bleh.  

Oh my goodness!  

Like I said when I made my Silk Panties cocktail and I listed 8 things that I have learned so far by creating this blog, ""blue caraçao doesn't make "every" cocktail taste good such as in the Into The Blue cocktail"", well the same thing can be said about tonight's cocktail.  

Just because it's blue doesn't for one second mean that it tastes good......at all!!  

Yikes, I feel like gargling with salt water.  

Anyways, I would HIGHLY recommend that you do NOT try tonight's cocktail.......ever.




Here is a photo of the end result:




Here is a photo of the ingredients:






Here is the recipe (but don't ever use it) for a Blue Duck:

  • 2 shots vanilla vodka
  • 1 shot blue curaçao
  • a dash of Chambord

In a shaker (again, never make this cocktail) add ice, vodka and blue curaçao and shake it (or pour it down the sink) until the two are blended and cold.  In a martini glass, strain your cocktail and float your chambord on the top of your cocktail.  If you look closely at the photo below, you'll see that I "tried" to float my chambord on top, but all it did was sink to the bottom.  The very bottom of my martini glass has a little bit of a purpley/marooney looking color to it.



I'm sooo glad none of my readers sent me this recipe, because I would feel real bad if they had and had raved about how good it is and how it's their favorite cocktail.

Cheers to tomorrow night being a million times better.......in the cocktail department!!

The Cocktail Lady