Mixed Drink: Red White and Blue Shot

This is a shot that I made a lot during the 4th of July.  It's supposed to be a red, white, and blue drink but I don't know if that is supposed to be layered or not.  I did't make it layered so the color of the drink was purplish black, but the taste, the taste was amazing!  It's a very sweet shot, but it does the trick.  

Ingredients: 

1 oz Blue Curacao 

1 oz Vodka 

1/2 oz grenadine 

Directions: 

Put the blue Curacao and vodka into a shaker, shake.  

Put into shot glass and top off with grenadine.  

Enjoy!

xx 

Mixed Drink: Irish Trash Can

I've known about recipe for a really long time, and I’ve just gotten around to trying it.  The drink tasted just like Red Bull, and seeing that that is the main ingredient, that makes sense.  I could taste the alcohol,  but not as much as I thought I was going to because I used pretty cheap alcohol.  The most expensive alcohol in this picture was the Bols, and that only cost around $10.  If you’re looking for a good cheap, aristocrat isn’t it, I’m telling you that now, but in a mixed drink it’s fine.  I, personally, wouldn't drink Aristocrat straight.  Also, it’s not the best idea to mix caffeine with alcohol, but as long as you’re careful it should be alright. 

Ingredients:

1/2 oz Gin

1/2 oz Light Rum

1/2 oz Vodka

1/2 oz Peach Schnapps

1/2 oz Blue Curacao

1/2 oz Triple Sec

1 can of Red Bull

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice, add in the alcohol and stir. 

Then put the whole can of Red Bull in, so that while you drink, the red bull is always being poured in. 

Enjoy!

xx 

Mixed Drink: Hammer Horror

When it’s really hot outside, my favorite thing to do is sit down with a bowl of really good vanilla ice-cream.  I’m pretty boring when it comes to ice cream, so I’m vanilla all the way.   Recently  I decided  why not find a drink that involves vanilla ice-cream?  I looked through a cocktail book that we own and when I saw this recipe, I instantly wanted to make it.  

Ingredients: 

1 ½ Tbsp Vodka 

1 ½ Tbsp Kahlua

4 Tbsp Vanilla Ice Cream 

Cracked Ice 

Chocolate Powder

Directions: 

Crush up some ice, so that it's not completely solid, but not into a fine powder.  

Add in the Vodka, Kahlua, and ice cream. 

Blend it all together to a milkshake consistency. 

Strain into a martini glass and serve instantly. 

This drink is the perfect amount of cold from the ice cream and the ice and it tastes just like a chocolate milkshake.  It was so good!   I couldn't taste the alcohol at all.  I'll definitely be making this one again.  

xx 

Mixed Drink: Nuts and Berries:

This cocktail is so yummy!  I found it to be a little bit strong, but you can leave out the vodka if you want a sweeter taste.   It’s also a very simple drink.  All you need to do is add it to a shaker.  Also, if you have them, you can garnish the drink with raspberries to make it look more presentable. 

To make two, double the ingredients below!

Ingredients:

1 oz Hazelnut Liqueur 

1 oz Raspberry Liqueur 

1 oz Vodka 

1 oz Half and Half

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake.  Pour into a martini glass and serve.  

Enjoy!

xx 

Mixed Drink: Ginger Lemon Summer Day:

A long time ago, my mom bought Lemoncello thinking it would be a nice drink, but when she got it, it was like drinking lemon pledge.   I’ve looked all over the internet trying to find a simple recipe that used it, and I just wasn’t really feeling the recipes.  So, I took it into my own hands to create my very own.  I didn’t really know what to call it, so I pulled from every which way.  Ginger, from the ginger ale, Lemon from the lemoncello, and summer day from the day I decided to make it. 

Ingredients:

1 oz Vodka 

2 oz Lemoncello

10 oz Ginger Ale 

1 tbsp Confectioner Sugar 

A splash of Grenadine.

Directions:

Add the vodka, lemoncello, and confectioner sugar to a glass full of ice.  Stir together until the sugar is dissolved.   (You can use a shaker if you please.)  Then top it off with the ginger ale.  Add a splash of grenadine and there you have it, Ginger Lemon Summer Day.  

Without Grenadine

With Grenadine

The grenadine is optional, but I feel it adds a sweeter push, and I didn’t use a full table spoon of confectioner sugar. 

Also, lemoncello is very,VERY, lemony.  I have also made this drink with just one oz of lemoncello, and it’s still delicious. 

Enjoy! 

If you make this tell me!  I’d like to know if it’s not just me who likes it. 

xx

Mixed Drink: Sex on the Beach

Today I have an alcoholic drink recipe for you.   I’ve always had these as frozen drinks, but today I decided not to blend it.  Works just as well.  (Although, I should have, this humidity is killing me! Ick!)

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz Vodka 

½ oz Peach Schnapps 

2 oz Cranberry Juice 

2 oz Orange Juice

Directions:

Very simple, add all of the ingredients to a glass full of ice and mix.

Enjoy!!

xx