


SALTY DOG
11/2 oz. Vodka
Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Mix both ingredients in as iced highball glass with salt on the rim.
SAN FRANCISCO HIGHBALL
1 1/2 oz. Absolute Vodka
3/4 oz. Banana Liqueur
5 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
Dash of Grenadine
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over ice into a highball glass. Garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry.
SANGRIA (red)
One bottle Dry Spanish Red wine
3 oz. Orange Curacao
1 oz. Lemon Juice
3 oz. White grape juice
3 oz. Orange juice
2 oz. Sugar or Simple Syrup
Fresh fruit Garnish- Orange, Lemon & Lime wheels, Slices of Melon
Place three each of the orange, lemon and lime wheels in the bottom of a large glass pitcher and muddle them together with the lemon juice, orange juice and the simple syrup using a long wooden spoon. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir. Top with club soda and serve over ice in a large stem wine glass. Garnish with freshseasonal fruit. Serves six.
SANTA CLAUS METROPOLITAN by Cindy Renzi
2 oz. Bacardi Spice Rum
1 oz. Cranberry Juice
1/4 oz. Orange Curacao
1/4 oz. Pimento Liqueur
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
SATANS WHISKERS
Adapted from the Embassy CLub recipe, Hollywood circa 1930
1 oz.Gin
1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
1/2 oz. Grand Marnier
1 oz. Fresh Orange juice
Dash of Angostura or Orange Bitters
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
Note: A sinfully rich version of the Bronx Cocktail
SAZERAC
2 Dashes Peychauds Bitters
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
1 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. VS Cognac
Splash of Ricard or Herbsaint
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Take 2 rocks glasses, chill one while preparing the drink in the other. Splash the Ricard into the second glass and swirl it, then pour it out. Add the cognac, rye, syrup, and the two kinds of bitters. Stir with ice cubes to chill. Strain into the chilled rocks glass and garnish with a lemon peel.
ABSOLUT SCARLET PIMPERNEL
1 1/2 oz. Absolut Citron
1/2 oz. Cherry Herring
5 oz. Tonic Water
Build over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a long thin strip of cucumber.
SCARLETT OHARA
1 1/2 oz. Southern Comfort
1/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup
1 1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a small cocktail glass.
SCORPINO
Julia Roberts favorite drink from Portugal
2 oz. Vodka
2 oz. cream
1oz. cointreau
1 big scoop of Italian lemon Ices
Blend all ingredients and serve.
SCORPION
1 oz. Rum
1 oz. brandy
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
1 oz. Orange Juice
1/2 oz Orgeat
Pineapple & Cherry
Bruise the pineapple and the cherry in the bottom of a mixing glass, add the rest of the ingredients and shake well with ice. Strain into an ice filled bucket or double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a pineapple and a cherry.
SCREAMING ORGASM
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Amaretto
1/2 oz. Kahlua
1/2 oz. Baileys Irish Cream
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a rock glass.
SCREWDRIVER
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
5 oz. orange juice
Build over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a orange slice.
SEA BREEZE
11/2 oz. Vodka
3 oz. Grapefruit Juice
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
Pour vodka into an iced highball glass. Fill partially with Grapefruit juice and top with cranberry juice. Garnish with a lime wedge.
1776 PUNCH*
1 oz. white Rum
1 oz. Cherry Brandy
2 oz. Orange Juice
2 oz. Champagne
Stir the first 3 ingredients in a goblet with ice and top with champagne. Coat the rim of the glass with Blue Curacao and bar sugar.
SEX ON THE BEACH
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Peachtree Schnapps
1/4 oz. Chambord
2 oz. Cranberry
2 oz. Pineapple
Shake and strain into an iced highball glass.
SEX ON THE FARM
1/2 oz. Wild Turkey Honey Liqueur
1/2 oz. Peach Schnapps
1/2 Raspberry Liqueur
1 oz. Cranberry Juice
1 oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice
Shake well with ice and serve up or on the rocks.
SHERRY COBBLER*
2 oz. Cream Sherry (Harveys)
1/2 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
4 oz. Orange Juice
Build over ice in a white wine glass. Top with a little soda water. Garnish with cherry, orange slice, and lemon wheel.
SHORE BREEZE*
1 1/2 oz. Gin
2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
4 oz. Tonic
Garnish with grapefruit section (try cranberry or grenadine float)
SIDECAR
1 oz. Brandy
1 oz. Cointreau
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an iced old fashioned glass. Garnish with an orange peel. Note: If served up strain into a small cocktail glass with a sugared rim.
SKIP AND GO NAKED
(Sounds like an awful drink, I just couldn't resist the name.)
1/2 oz. gin
1/2 oz. Sweet and Sour
1 oz. Orange Juice
BeerShake first three ingredients with ice, pour into an iced filled Highball glass and top with beer.
SILK PANTY
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Peach Schnapps
Serve over ice in a rock glass. NOTE: To serve as a group shot increase each spirit by 1/2 ounce, shake with ice and strain into four one ounce shot glasses.
SIMPLE SYRUP
Simple syrup provides a drink with both volume and sweetness.
Fill a cork bottle half way up with superfine sugar, the other half with water. Shake vigorously until most of the sugar dissolves- about a minute. It will remain cloudy for five minutes; after it clears shake it again briefly and it is ready to use.
SILVER FIZZ
1 1/2 oz. gin
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 1/2 oz. Simple syrup
1 Egg White (small)
Club Soda or Seltzer
Shake all ingredients with ice except the soda long and hard to completely emulsify the egg. Strain in to a fizz or highball glass with out ice, and top with soda.
SINGAPORE SLING
Raffles Hotel, Singapore C. 1935
11/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Cherry Herring
1/4 oz. Cointreau
1/4 oz. Benedictine
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
Dash of Angostura Bitters
1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass. Garnish with orange slice and cherry. Top with soda.
SINGAPORE SLING batch recipe for Singapore Sling
Use Half Gallon container.
12 oz. Gin
4 oz. Cherry Heering
2 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. Benedictine
2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
6-8 Dashes of Angostura Bitters
Mix these ingredients in the container. Use 3 oz. of this mix per 3 oz of pineapple juice to make one drink.
SLIPPERY NIPPLE *
3/4 oz. Baileys
3/4 oz. Sambuca
3/4 oz. Brandy.
Layer in a cordial glass as listed.
SLOE GIN FIZZ
1 oz. Sloe Gin
1 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Sparkling water
Lemon slice
Combine gin, lemon juice and simple syrup and shake well with ice. Strain into a chilled highball glass over ice cubes. Fill with sparkling water, stir gently and garnish with lemon slice.
SLOE COMFORTABLE SCREW
2 oz. Sloe Gin
1 oz. Southern Comfort
4 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
Build in a highball glass. Garnish with an orange slice.
SMITH AND KEARNS
2 oz. Kahlua
3 oz. Milk or Half & Half
Club Soda
Build in an iced highball glass and top with soda. Note: For Colorado Bulldog, substitute coke for soda.
SNOWBALL HIGHBALL*
1 1/2 oz. White Rum
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
1 Small Egg White
4 oz. Ginger Ale
Shake al ingredients except ginger ale and strain into an iced highball glass. Top with ginger ale.
Drinks with egg should be shaken linger and harder to emulsify the egg. Also, it will create a nice layer of foam on top.
SOURS
1 1/2 oz. Base Liquor
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 oz. Simple Syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass. Garnish with a cherry and slice of orange. Note: Sours made with sweet liqueur use 1/2 oz. simple syrup.
SOUTH COAST COCKTAIL
From Recipes of American and other Iced Drinks by Charlie Paul, Farrow & Jackson Ltd. London, 1902
2 1/2 oz. full bodied Scotch
1/2 oz. Curacao
1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup
2 1/2 oz. soda water
Mix all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir gently and strain into two chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.
SOUTHSIDE
(House drink of the Famous 21 Club)
2 oz. Gin
3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
2 Lime Wedges
1 oz. Simple Syrup
2 Sprigs of Mint
Muddle one of the mint sprigs with the limes, lime juice, and simple syrup in the bottom of a bar glass. Add the gin and the simple syrup and shake well. Pour over crushed ice in a goblet and stir until the outside of the glass frosts. Top with a splash of soda and garnish with the sprig of mint.
SPRITZER
White wine with ice and club soda. Garnish with lemon peel.
STONE FENCE
2 oz. Makers Mask Bourbon
5 oz. Fresh Cider
3 Dashes Simple Syrup (optional)
Build in a tumbler with ice. Garnish with apple and marinated* cherry. NOTE: Try adding a dash of Pimento Liqueur
STONE SOUR
1 1/2 oz. Old Portrero Rye
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice or 1 1/2 oz. sour mix
1 oz. Simple Syrup (skip with sour mix)
1 oz. Orange juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and serve in an old fashioned glass(rocks glass) over ice . Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry
STORK CLUB COCKTAIL
1 1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
1 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Shake all ingredients and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
STINGER
(Classic New York nightcap)
2 oz. cognac or brandy
3/4 oz. white Creme de Menthe
Shake both ingredients with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass.
Strawberries and Cream
2 oz. Caribbean Cream
2 oz. Angostura Strawberry Daiquiri Mix
4 oz. Milk or Half & Half
Blend all ingredients with ice. Serve in a Hurricane Glass.
STRAWBERRY COLLINS
1 1/2 oz. Absolute Vodka
1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon juice
1 oz. Strawberry syrup
4 oz. Soda Water
Shake all ingredients except the soda water with ice and strain into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass. Stir in the soda water. Serve with straws. Garnish with strawberries. Note: for a special drink, muddle a couple of strawberries before shaking.
STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI
1 1/2 oz. Light Rum
1/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
2 oz. Simple Syrup
3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
5 Strawberries
Blend with crushed ice and serve in a large goblet. Garnish with a strawberry.
Strawberry Feels*
3/4 oz. Strawberry Liqueur (prefer Marie Brizard)
3/4 oz. Alize Gold
3/4 oz. Gin
Prepare in a rocks glass 3/4 full of ice using the layering spoon on the rim of the glass. Pour slowly and carefully to prevent the layers from mixing. The ingredients are listed in the order they should be poured, the bottom layer listed first.
STRING OF PEARLS
(Joes Pub, NYC)
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
3/4 oz. White Creme de Cacao
3/4 oz. Half and half
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a white chocolate kiss.
SUNFLOWER HIGHBALL
1 oz. Absolute Vodka
1 oz. Licor 43
5 oz. orange juice
Build over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a dusting of nutmeg.
SUNSET BREEZE*
1/2 oz. Absolut
1/2 oz. Absolut Citron
2 oz. Tropico
1/2 oz. fresh Lime juice
1/2 oz. Cherry Heering
1/2 oz. simple syrup
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
For a FROZEN DRINK: Use 1 oz. of simple syrup instead of half ounce. Blend all ingredients with a scoop of crushed ice and serve in a goblet.
SUNSHINE COCKTAIL*
1 1/2 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
3/4 oz. Pineapple Juice
3/4 oz. Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Splash of Cranberry Juice
Shake first four ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Top with splash of cranberry. Garnish with an orange peel.
TEA PUNCH*
1/2 pint Brandy
1/2 pint Rum
4 oz. Light brown sugar syrup
1 quart green tea
Try hot in the new Irish coffee glass from Minners and a dusting of nutmeg, or try cold over ice in a highball glass with fruit garnish. Serves 4 people.
TEQUILA SUNRISE
recipe developed at Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana in the 1920's
1 1/2 oz. White Tequila
Orange Juice
Grenadine
Ice a highball glass. Fill with tequila and fresh orange juice and top off with a float of Grenadine.
TEXAS TEA
1/2 oz. Tequila
1/4 oz. Vodka
1/4 White Rum
1/2 oz. triple sec
1 oz. Fresh Lemon juice
2 oz. Coca Cola
Build in a highball glass over ice and garnish with a lemon wedge. Note: For a sweeter drink add 1/2 oz. simple syrup.
For a Dirty Texas Tea substitute orange juice for lemon juice.
TIAs MARTINI* (See Martinis)
TOM COLLINS
1 1/2 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 oz. Simple Syrup
4 oz. Club Soda
Shake the first three ingredients with ice and strain into a collins glass. Garnish with a flag.
TOOTSIE ROLL
1 1/2 oz. Kahlua
5 oz. Orange Juice
Build in a highball glass. No Garnish.
TM COCKTAIL
1 3/4 oz. Tia Maria
1/2 oz. White Menthe
1 Tbsp. Coco Lopez
1 oz. Half & Half
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
TRINIDAD*
1 1/2 oz. Bacardi Rum
4 Dashes of Angostura Bitters
5 oz. Coca Cola
Lime Wedge
Build in a highball glass over ice and garnish with a lime wedge.
TROPICAL
(Alternative to a Daiquiri from The Ritz in Paris)
2 oz. White Rum
1/2 oz. Orange Curacao
1/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
TUXEDO
(Unusual martini variation from The Ritz in Paris.)
2 oz. Gin
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
2 Dashes Maraschino Liqueur
2 Dashes Anisette
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
TWENTIETH CENTURY
1 1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. White Cacao
1/2 oz. Blonde Lillet
1/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
209 EAST COCKTAIL*
2 oz. Sauza Hornitos
1 oz. Cointreau
1/2 oz. Strawberry Liqueur
1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
VALENCIA
A Gin Martini using Dry Sherry (La Ina or Tio Pepe) instead of Vermouth. House martini at the Hotel Bel Air for many years.
VALENCIA 2
At the Roosevelt hotel in Hollywood in the thirties, there was this verson of the Valencia that sounds wonderful:
1/2 oz. Apricot Brandy
1 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
2 Dashes of Orange Bitters
Champagne
Shake first three ingredients with ice and strain intoa chilled Champagne flute. Top with Champagne. Garnish with an orange peel.
And still a Third wonderful version:
VALENCIA 3
1 1/2 oz. Apricot Brandy
1 1/2 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
4 Dashes of Orange Bitters
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
VELVET HAMMER
3/4 oz. Triple Sec
3/4 oz. White Cocoa
2 oz. Cream
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail/martini glass. Dust with nutmeg.
VENDOME
House drink of the Vendome Club, Hollywood circa 1930
1 oz. Red Dubonnet
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lemon peel.
VESPER
The original James Bond Martini.
3 Parts Vodka
1 Part Gin
1/4 oz. Lillet Blond
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with an orange peel.
VINCENT VEGA
1 1/2 oz. Absolut Citron
5 oz. Apple juice
Build over ice in a Goblet glass. Garnish with a slice of green apple.
VODKA COOLER*
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Cointreau
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
3 oz. Blueberry Purée
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a large goblet with crushed ice. Garnish with fresh fruit.
VODKA GIMLET
2 1/2 oz. Absolute Citron
1/4 oz. Roses Lime Juice
Shake both ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lime peel.
VODKA HIGHBALL
1 1/2 oz. Absolute Vodka
1/2 oz.. Fresh Lime Juice
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
5 oz. Ginger Ale
Build over ice in a highball glass and stir. Garnish with a long thin slice of cucumber with the skin.
VODKA SOUR
4 cl. Absolute Vodka
3 cl. Simple syrup
2 cl. Fresh Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass or a special sour glass. Garnish with a flag. (orange and a cherry) -Specialty drink.
VODKA STINGER
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
3/4 oz. White Menthe
Shake well and strain into an ice filled rock glass.
VOLCANO
1 oz. Brandy
1 oz. Light Rum
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1 oz. simple syrup
1 oz. Orange Juice
1 oz. Pineapple juice
1/4 oz. grenadine
Float ½ oz. 151
Pineapple Slice and Cherry
Bruise the pineapple and the cherry in the bottom of a mixing glass, add the remaining ingredients except the float and shake well with ice. Strain into an exotic/frozen/collins glass, float the 151 and garnish with tropical fruits.
WALDORF
2 oz. Bourbon
3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1/4 oz. Ricard
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Pour the Ricard into the mixing glass and swirl to coat the glass. Pour out the excess Ricard then make a Manhattan. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Watermelon Martini
From Graces Restaurant, NYC
2 1/2 oz. Ketel One Citreon
1 oz. Fresh Watermelon Juice
Served Chilled Straight Up
WHISKEY FIZZ*
1 1/2 oz. American Blended Whiskey
3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz. Simple Syrup
3 oz. Lemon Lime Soda
Shake the first three ingredients and strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Fill with lemon and lime soda. Garnish with fresh cut seasonal fruit.
WHISKEY MILK PUNCH
11/2 oz. CC 10 year. Reserve
5 oz. Dairy Fresh milk
1 Tsp. Sugar (use light brown for extra flavor)
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass. Dust with nutmeg.
WHISKEY PLUSH*
1 oz. Irish Whiskey
1 oz. Irish Cream
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
4 oz. Milk or Cream
4 dashes of Angostura Bitters
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled wine glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg.
WHISKEY SMASH*
2 oz. American whiskey, bourbon, or rye
4 mint leaves and one sprig of mint
Half a lemon quartered
3/4 oz. Simple syrup
Muddle all ingredients except whiskey in a bar glass. Add whiskey and shake with ice. Strain into an ice filled rocks glass and garnish with a sprig of mint.
WHITE LADY
1 1/2 oz. Gin
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 oz. Cointreau
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
WHITE LION
3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz. simple Syrup
1/4 oz. Raspberry Syrup
1/2 oz. Curacao
2 oz. Medium Rum
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into white wine glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with berries and a lime wedge. Note: When berries are in season and inexpensive, muddle fresh berries instead of raspberry syrup.
WHITE RUSSIAN
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Kahlua
1 oz. Heavy Cream
Combine in a mixing glass and shake. Serve in iced rocks glass.
WHITE SPIDER
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
3/4 oz. White Menthe
Shake well and strain into an ice filled rock glass.
WHITE TIGERS MILK
Adapted From recipe in How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas, 1862 Dick & Fitzgerald.
2 oz. Apple Jack or Clvados
2 oz. Apry Liqueur (Marie Brizzard
1/2 tsp. Angostura Bitters
2 oz. Simple Syrup
1 egg White beaten stiff
1 quart Whole Milk
Combine all ingredients in a pitcher and whisk to blend. Chill and serve dusted with nutmeg.
WHIZ BANG
This recipe is so evocative of the jazz age, speak easys and flappers, I could not resist listing it here.
2 oz. Scotch
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
2 Dashes Grenadine
2 Dashes Pernod
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
WINSTON MARTINI
(By Marie Maher)
1 oz. Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
1 oz. Beefeater Gin
1 Dash Frangelico (In & out in iced mixing glass)
1 Dash Roses Lime Juice (As little as possible)
Stir Together in a mixing glass and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
WOO WOO SHOOTER
2 oz. Absolut Vodka
1 oz. Archers Peach Schnapps
1 oz. Cranberry juice
1 oz. Pineapple juice
Shake to chill and strain 4 shot glasses.
YELLOW BIRD
2 oz. Rum
1/2 oz. triple sec
1/2 oz. Galliano
3/4 oz. Fresh Lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail/martini glass. Garnish with a lime peel.
YELLOW PARROT COCKTAIL
1/2 oz. Absente
1/2 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1 oz. Apricot brandy
1/2 oz fresh Lemon juice
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
ZIP DRIVE
From Marie Maher at Beacon Restaurant
3/4 oz. Goslings Dark Rum
3/4 oz. Ebony Cognac (de Fussigny)
1/4 oz. Cointreau
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Zombie
by Don the Beachcomber
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 oz. fresh orange juice
1 1/2 oz. fresh passion fruit puree
1/4 oz. grenadine
1 oz. curaçao or apricot brandy
1 oz. dark rum
1 oz. light rum
garnish with mint and seasonal fruit
Add all ingredients into a mixing glass and shake. Strain into a large glass and add mint and seasonal fruit. (Optional float of 151 rum.)