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Japanese Slipper Cocktail Recipe

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JAPANESE SLIPPER COCKTAIL Recipe

The Japanese Slipper is a sophisticated sweet and sour green cocktail with notes of melon and citrus. The  cocktail is made from Midori melon liqueur, Triple Sec. liqueur and freshly squeezed lemon juice. It was created in 1984 by Jean-Paul Bourguignon at Mietta´s Restaurent in Melbourne.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml / 1 oz. Midori melon liqueur
  • 30 ml / 1 oz. Triple Sec. liqueur
  • 30 ml / 1 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

METHOD

  1. Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Strain into a chilled glass.
  3. Drop a maraschino cherry into the cocktail.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Midori | USA * | UK * | Germany*
  2. Triple Sec. liqueur | USA | UK*| Germany*
  3. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Vacation Martini Cocktail Recipe

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VACATION MARTINI COCKTAIL Recipe

The Vacation Martini cocktail is a great-looking holiday (Tiki-style) cocktail with vanilla, coconut and pineapple.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Absolut Vanilla vodka
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. pineapple juice
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Coconut rum
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz egg white
  • 8 drops of Blue Curaçao

METHOD

  1. Shake the ingredients, except the Blue Curaçao, with ice and strain back into shaker.
  2. Now dry shake (without ice) and strain into chilled glass.
  3. Then pour the Blue Curaçao liqueur into the centre of the drink. It should sink to create a blue base and leave a blue spot in the centre of this drink’s frothy head.
  4. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Absolut Vanilla vodka | USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Coconut rum| USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Blue Curaçao liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA * | UK* | Germany*

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Chartreuse Swizzle Cocktail Recipe

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CHARTREUSE SWIZZLE COCKTAIL Recipe

The Chartreuse Swizzle is a cocktail for Chartreuse lovers. Best enjoyed on a hot summer’s evening. The Chartreuse Swizzle was created in 2002 by Marco Dionysos at Tres Agaves, San Francisco, USA.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Green Chartreuse
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Falernum
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. pineapple juice
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into chilled glass and two-thirds fill with crushed ice.
  2. Swizzle with a swizzle stick (or churn with a barspoon).
  3. Add more crushed ice to fill and swizzle some more.
  4. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
  5. Serve with straws.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Swizzle Stick | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Chartreuse | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Falernum | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Mitch Martini Cocktail Recipe

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MITCH MARTINI COCKTAIL Recipe

The Mitch Martini cocktail is a mix of bison grass vodka, peachtree liqueur, passionfruit and balanced with apple juice. The cocktail was created in 1997 at Match Bar London by cocktail bartender Giovanni Burdi. Popular with those who have a sweet palate, if you like fruit this cocktail has your name written all over it.

INGREDIENTS

  • 50 ml/ 1 ⅔ oz. Bison grass Vodka
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. Peachtree liqueur
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. passionfruit syrup
  • 50 ml/ 1 ⅔ oz. apple juice

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with an apple slice.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Peachtree liqueur | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Passionfruit syrup | USA | UK | Germany
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Monte Cassino Cocktail Recipe

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MONTE CASSINO COCKTAIL Recipe

Two French liqueurs plus American rye and lemon juice equals these fine cocktail named Monte Cassino. The cocktail takes its name from Monte Cassino, a rocky hill in Italy that’s home to an abbey, the first house of the Benedictine Order, established by Benedict of Nursia in 529.

INGREDIENTS

  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Bénédictine
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Chartreuse Yellow
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Rye Whiskey
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with an orange zest twist.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bénédictine | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Chartreuse Yellow USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Rye Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Salty Dog Cocktail Recipe

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SALTY DOG COCKTAIL Recipe

The Salty Dog cocktail is a lot friendlier than it sounds. This classic cocktail is a modified Greyhound (gin or vodka with grapefruit juice) that is differentiated by the drink’s sugar syrup and salted rim. But that salt rim gives this drink its own identity.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. vodka
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Sherry
  • 90 ml / 3 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. sugar syrup
  • salt fort the rim

METHOD

  1. Take about a tablespoon of salt on a small plate. Rub a slice of grapefruit around the rim of the glass and then press the rim in salt to salt the rim.
  2. Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake with ice for about 10 seconds.
  3. Strain into the salted glass.
  4. Garnish with a grapefruit slice.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Smirnoff vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Sherry | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Ward 8 Cocktail Recipe

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WARD 8 COCKTAIL Recipe

The Ward 8 or Ward Eight is a cocktail originating in 1898 in Boston, Massachusetts USA. In 1898 Democratic a political czar of Boston hoped to capture a seat in the state’s legislature, the General Court of Massachusetts. He held considerable power in the city for nearly 50 years. The story goes that the drink was created to honor his election, and the city’s Ward 8 which historically delivered him a winning margin.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml / 2 oz. Rye Whiskey
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon Grenadine

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, if desired.

NOTES

Originally the drink was decorated with a small paper Massachusetts flag.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Rye Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Grenadine syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Baja Gold Cocktail Recipe

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BAJA GOLD COCKTAIL Recipe

The Baja Gold cocktail is maybe the Margarita’s easy going cousin. The cocktail swaps out lime juice for fresh pineapple juice and uses a reposado Tequila instead of a blanco Tequila for added depth.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml / 2 oz. Tequila Reposado
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. pineapple juice
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. agave syrup

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with a lime wedge.

NOTES

A Tequila reposado is a Tequila that has been resting in oak containers for at least two months.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tequila Reposado | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Agave syrup| USA | UK | Germany
  3. Glasses | USA * | UK* | Germany*

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Maiden’s Prayer Cocktail Recipe

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MAIDEN`S PRAYER COCKTAIL Recipe

The Maiden`s Prayer cocktail is really one of my favorites. The ingredients are dry gin, Cointreau, lemon juice, orange juice and some Angostura bitters. But the Maiden’s Prayer is a very, very tasty drink. Light, balanced and refreshing, with some depth from the gin. Try it at home and enjoy it!

INGREDIENTS

  • 40 ml/ 1 ⅓ oz. Gin
  • 25 ml/ ⅚ oz. Cointreau orange liqueur
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 -3 dashes Angostura bitters

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with an orange zest.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Cointreau orange liqueur | USA * | UK* | Germany*
  3. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Corn & Oil Cocktail Recipe

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CORN & OIL COCKTAIL Recipe

The Corn & Oil is an alcoholic cocktail created in Barbados, arguably referencing the dark “oil” like qualities of well aged rum. The addition of “Falernum”, another Barbadian created ingredient, adds a unique spice and lime note, lightly sweetening the cocktail. While the origins of its name are largely unknown, it is making a resurgence in modern cocktail culture.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml / 2 oz. gold rum
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz Velvet Falernum
  • 2 – 3 dashes Angostura bitters
  • lime

METHOD

  1. Stir the ingredients together in a mixing glass with ice.
  2. Strain into an old fashioned glass filled with ice.
  3. Squeeze in and garnish with a quarter of lime.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacard Carta Negra rum | USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Falernum | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*