Fruity Fresh

Garnish: lemon wedge
Glass: old fashioned

30mls Bacardi white rum
10mls cointreau
15 mls strawberry liqueur
5mls elderflower syrup
60mls Ocean Spray cranberry drink
dash of bitters

I asked if she wanted a drink and she said yes. I asked what she wanted and she said "I dunno, something fresh and fruity". Hence, the fruity fresh. It is winter, so I thought strawberries might be appropriate.

Shake all ingredients over ice, strain, garnish, serve.

Apple and Elderflower Martini

glass: Martini
garnish: apple slice

45ml absolut vodka
15ml gordon's gin
5ml elderflower cordial
45ml cloudy apple juice

shake all ingredients over ice. pour into a martini glass and garnish with an apple slice.

Caribbean Pirate

glass: martini
garnish: a pinch of cinnamon

30ml dark rum
30ml spiced rum
30ml white rum
30ml cloudy apple juice
10ml spiced simple syrup
pinch of ground cinnamon

pour all ingredients into a shaker and shake vigorously over ice.

Jace's Martini

I may have found the perfect Martini recipe.

30mls Hendrick's Gin
30mls Belvedere Vodka
30mls Dolin dry vermouth

That's it. Stir all three gently over ice, strain into a martini glass and drop in a skewered olive. Keep the Belvedre in the freezer to make sure it is cold enough, but apart from that it's a doddle- I don't care what anyone says, it isn't about the dryness, it is about the quality of the ingredients, and when you are using these three, you are winning!

Rusty Nail

glass: Old Fashioned

30ml Drambuie
30ml Scotch whisky

stir over ice.

This drink is very sweet, consider less Drambuie unless you really like its sweetness.

Personally I've found Drambuie is best drunk in milky concoctions or used in baking muffins or on ice cream, but this drink is its classic purpose.

Katy's champagne cocktail

glass: champagne flute


sugar cube
angostura bitters
a dash of lemon juice
a dash of cointreau
120mls brut champagne

Pop the sugar cube into the base of the glass and coat it with a dash of bitters. using a muddler, crush the cube in the base of the glass then top with champagne. Add a dash of cointreau and a dash of lemon juice and control the sweet and sour to taste.

A stunning champagne cocktail wilfully stolen from a nearby nightclub.

Memorable!

Bronx

glass: Old Fashioned
garnish: orange slice

45ml Bombay Sapphire Gin
15ml Cinzano Rosso
15mls Cinzano Extra Dry
15mls Orange Juice

Pour all ingredients in order over ice.

If it is a bit tough-guy for your tastes, throw in an extra 15ml orange juice into it to cool it out a bit.