Spring Fever

April Shower

 

1 oz brandy

1/4 oz yellow Chartreuse

1 oz orange juice

 

Preparation:

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Shake well.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

 

Blue Bayou

 

1 cup of ice

1 1/2 oz vodka

1/2 oz blue curaçao

1/2 cup fresh or canned pineapple

2 oz grapefruit juice

chunk of pineapple for garnish

 

Pour the ingredients into a blender.

Blend until smooth.

Pour into a chilled margarita glass.

Garnish with the pineapple.

If the finished mix is too thick, add juice.

Too thin, add ice.

 

English Rose

 

2 oz gin

1 oz dry vermouth

1 oz apricot brandy

1/2 oz lemon juice

1 tsp grenadine

maraschino cherry for garnish

 

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.

Shake well.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with the maraschino cherry.

 

Flip Flop Punch

 

2 oz rum

4 sugar cubes

3 oz club soda

1 oz lemon juice

1 & 1/2 oz grapefruit juice

grapefruit slices for garnish

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Dissolve 4 sugar cubes in 1 oz. of club soda (this generally involves muddling to help process).  After sugar cubes are muddled/dissolved, add the rest of the ingredients one at a time and stir as added.

Add ice once all of the ingredients have been added and stirred.

Stir the punch until it is chilled.

Strain punch into a glass or punch bowl, depending on the size of the portion, top with 2oz. club soda and garnish with grapefruit slices.

Income Tax Cocktail

 

2 oz gin

1/4 oz sweet vermouth

1/4 oz dry vermouth

1 oz orange juice

Angostura bitters to taste

orange twist for garnish

 

Pour the ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes.

Shake well.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with the orange twist.

 

Rock Lobster

1 cup of ice

1 oz coconut rum

1/2 oz banana liqueur

dash of grenadine

1/2 ripe banana (peeled)

dash of pineapple juice

dash of orange juice

dark rum to top

 

Pour all ingredients except the dark rum into a

blender. Blend until smooth.

Pour into a chilled glass.

Top with the dark rum.

 

Rosé Berry Bliss

 

1 bottle Rosé wine, chilled

1 bag frozen blueberries

1 container frozen pink lemonade

1 liter lemon-lime soda

blueberries for garnish

 

In a large pitcher, mix any Rosé, antioxidant-rich frozen

blueberries and frozen pink lemonade together.

Allow the flavors to marry in the refrigerator for an hour.

Top with lemon-lime soda.

 

April Shower

 

1 oz brandy

1/4 oz yellow Chartreuse

1 oz orange juice

 

Preparation:

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Shake well.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

 

Yellow Bird

 

juice of half a lime

1 1/4 oz orange juice

1 oz light rum

1 oz dark rum

1/4 oz Galliano

maraschino cherry for garnish

 

Squeeze the lime juice into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Add all of the remaining ingredients.

Shake well.

Strain into a glass with crushed ice.

Garnish with the cherry.

 

Yummy Bunny

 

 

1 1/2 oz dark crème de cacao

1/2 oz vodka

1 tsp chocolate syrup

1 tsp cherry brandy

 

Pour the crème de cacao and vodka into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Shake well.

Strain into an old-fashioned glass with ice cubes.

Float chocolate syrup and cherry brandy on top.