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Grapefruit Martini

Grapefruit Martini

Ingredients

1 oz.Vodka
1 oz.Triple Sec
2 oz.Grapefruit Juice
RimWhite Sugar
GarnishGrapefruit Peel

Directions

  • Rim a Cocktail Glass with Sugar
  • Combine the ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker with Ice
  • Shake for 15 Seconds
  • Double Strain into the Sugar Rimmed Glass
  • Garnish with a Grapefruit Peel

The Grapefruit Martini, despite its name, isn’t an actual “Martini.” This drink is very sweet. Some recipes call for a little bit of Lemon or Lime Juice to bring down the sweetness a little bit. I find that to take away from the Grapefruit flavor, but to each their own.

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Greyhound

Greyhound

Ingredients

1.5 oz.Vodka (or Gin)
To TopGrapefruit Juice
GarnishLime Wheel

Directions

  • Pour the Vodka into a Rocks Glass over Ice
  • Top with Grapefruit Juice
  • Stir till Combined
  • Garnish with a Lime Wheel

The Greyhound is a drink from the early 1900’s. It was originally made with Gin, but when Greyhound Bus Terminals started serving them, they used Vodka, and eventually that became more popular. A popular riff on this drink is the Salty Dog, made with as Salted Rim.

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Hawaiian Sunset

Hawaiian Sunset

Ingredients

1.5 oz.Vodka
.5 oz.Lime Juice
.5 oz.Lemon Juice
.5 oz.Orgeat
1 BarspoonGrenadine
GarnishLime Wedge

Directions

  • Combine the Ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker with Ice
  • Shake for 15 Seconds
  • Double Strain into a Cocktail Glass or Coupe
  • Garnish with a Lime Wedge

The Hawaiian Sunset is a rare Vodka based Tropical Cocktail. It was originally created at the Aku Aku Polynesian Restaurant at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Hemingway Special

Hemingway Special

Ingredients

2 oz.White Rum
.5 oz.Maraschino Liqueur
.75 oz.Lime Juice
.5 oz.Grapefruit Juice
GarnishLime Wheel

Directions

  • Combine the Ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker with Ice
  • Shake for 15 Seconds
  • Double Strain into a Cocktail Glass or Coupe
  • Garnish with a Lime Wheel

The Hemingway Special, or Hemingway Daiquiri, was invented in the 1930’s at the El Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba. The story goes that the author, Ernest Hemingway, tried a Daiquiri at the bar and said he’d prefer it with no Sugar and more Rum. The bartender named the drink the Papa Double. Over time the drink changed to include Grapefruit Juice and Maraschino Liqueur and was renamed the Hemingway Special, after the Author. This is an Official IBA Cocktail.

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Honey Bee

Honey Bee

Ingredients

2 oz.Dark Rum
.5 oz.Honey Syrup
.75 oz.Lemon Juice
GarnishLemon Twist

Directions

  • Combine the Ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker with Ice
  • Shake for 15 Seconds
  • Double Strain into a Cocktail Glass or Coupe
  • Garnish with a Lemon Twist

The Honey Bee, like the Honeysuckle, is a riff on the Bee’s Knees. The difference between the Honey Bee and the Bee’s Knees is substitution of Gin for Dark Rum.

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Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

Ingredients

2 oz.White Rum
.5 oz.Honey Syrup
.75 oz.Lemon Juice
GarnishLemon Twist

Directions

  • Combine the Ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker with Ice
  • Shake for 15 seconds
  • Double Strain into a Cocktail Glass or Coupe
  • Garnish with a Lemon Twist

The Honeysuckle, like the Honey Bee, is a riff on the Bee’s Knees. The difference between the Bee’s Knees and Honeysuckle is substitution of Gin for White Rum.

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Brandy Flip (Hot and Cold)

Hot Brandy Flip

Ingredients

1.5 oz.Brandy
1 TeaspoonPowdered Sugar
1Whole Egg
To TopHot Water (or Hot Milk)
GarnishNutmeg

Directions

  • Combine the Brandy, Sugar and Egg in a Cocktail Shaker
  • Dry Shake vigorously for 20 seconds
  • Pour into a Mug
  • Top with Hot Water
  • Stir till combined
  • Garnish with Grated Nutmeg

Flips are some of the oldest Cocktails, originating in colonial America in the 1600’s. They were originally served hot, with Hot Water being used. Flips and Nogs are very similar, the main difference being that Nogs contain Cream. That distinction has faded in time as cream has started to be used in Flips.

Cold Brandy Flip

Ingredients

1.5 oz.Brandy
1 TeaspoonPowdered Sugar
1Whole Egg
.5 oz.Cream (Optional)
GarnishNutmeg

Directions

  • Combine the Brandy, Sugar, Cream and Egg in a Cocktail Shaker
  • Dry Shake vigorously for 30 seconds
  • Add Ice to the Shaker
  • Wet Shake for 15 seconds
  • Strain into a Cocktail Glass or Coupe
  • Garnish with Grated Nutmeg
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Irish Coffee

Irish Coffee

Ingredients

1.5 oz.Irish Whiskey
2 TablespoonsBrown Sugar
To TopHot Coffee
To TopCream (or Whipped Cream)

Directions

  • Combine the Whiskey and Brown Sugar in an Irish Coffee Mug
  • Add the Coffee but leave room at the top
  • Stir till combined
  • Float Cream on top

The Irish Coffee’s origin is unclear, but is thought to have been created in Ireland in the 1940’s. It was made famous in the 1950’s after an American columnist, named Stanton Delphane had one in Ireland and asked Jack Koeppler, the owner of Buena Vista Café in San Francisco, California, to recreate it. This is an Official IBA Cocktail.

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Jack Rose

Jack Rose

Ingredients

2 oz.Applejack (Apple Brandy)
1 oz.Lemon Juice
.5 oz.Grenadine
GarnishLemon Twist

Directions

  • Combine the Ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker with Ice
  • Shake for 15 seconds
  • Double Strain into a Coupe
  • Garnish with a Lemon Twist

The Jack Rose was invented around the early 1900’s somewhere in either New York or New Jersey. It probably gets its name from the fact that it’s red like a rose and is made with Applejack.

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Japanese Slipper

Japanese Slipper

Ingredients

1 oz.Melon Liqueur
1 oz.Triple Sec
1 oz.Lemon Juice
GarnishMelon
GarnishCocktail Cherry

Directions

  • Combine the Ingredients in a Cocktail Shaker with Ice
  • Shake for 15 seconds
  • Double Strain into a Cocktail Glass or Coupe
  • Garnish with a Melon Chunk and Cocktail Cherry

The Japanese Slipper is an electric green sour that was created in 1984 by Jean-Paul Bourguignon in Melbourne, Australia. It gets it’s name from Midori, which is a Melon Liqueur from Japan.

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