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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2007, 12:35:15 am »
Dubonnet Rouge on the rocks with a twist of lime ;D
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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2007, 01:27:47 pm »
Back many years ago I was drinking at The Tavern in Abingdon, Virginia, a quaint little establishment with a colonial era theme where I once bussed tables and was introduced to the most wicked thing: a drink called:

Mister, Your Damn Right.

I have been looking for the recipe for it many years, I think it may have been something only the bartender knew, but as best I can recall it had......

1 shot of Tequila
1 shot of Drambuie
1 shot of Tia Maria
1 shot of Grand Mariner
1 shot of Kahlua

in a Highball glass 3/4 filled with ice and topped off with half and half.

It only took one.

If anyone is familiar with this drink or can correct anything, please let me know.
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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2007, 09:14:39 pm »
Shakestheground... that's an awesome sounding cocktail with a great name (it definitely sound strong though...  Tequila and Kahlua sounds like an interesting combo).

OK... here's another fun old-style drink.  I'm kind of a fan of kitschy old-school cocktails.

Tom Collins ~

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2 oz gin
1 oz lemon juice
1 tsp superfine sugar
3 oz club soda
1 maraschino cherry
1 slice orange

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass almost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.

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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2007, 09:52:42 pm »
So way back when, in my wicked youth, I drank things like Blueberry Daiquiris. This was a specialty of Testa's in Bar Harbor, Maine. Oh they went down smooth. Real smooth...and then when you stood up from the stool, you fell on your head. Those were the good old days!



Frozen Blueberry Daiquiri

½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1 tblsp fresh lime juice
1½ oz White Rum
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup of crushed ice

Add blueberries, lime juice, rum and sugar into a blender and blend until smooth. Add ice and blend until slushy. Garnish with blueberries skewered and a lime twist.
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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2007, 09:57:55 pm »
I'm sorry, Leslie, there ain't enough booze in that.  I looks like you need a spoon to eat that concoction.


Here's the original Long Island Iced Tea

Equal parts: vodka, gin, rum, triple sec and tequila.  Add a splash of coke (that makes it look like iced tea).  Best served on the rocks with a cab voucher.


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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2007, 10:00:44 pm »
I'm sorry, Leslie, there ain't enough booze in that.  I looks like you need a spoon to eat that concoction.


Acutally, the Testa's version was served in a rocks glass (not a martini glass) and looked more like a slushy. And I have a feeling it had much more rum in it than this recipe! But I was searching on the Internets and this was all I could find! LOL

I have a great daiquiri story with pictures but it might take a bit to pull it together....stay tuned.

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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2007, 10:07:23 pm »
I just remembered, I came out to my mother over a couple of Long Island Iced Teas.  Luckily, she was having a few right along with me. 

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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2007, 10:19:02 pm »
I just remembered, I came out to my mother over a couple of Long Island Iced Teas.  Luckily, she was having a few right along with me. 

Good for mom! She has the right attitude...

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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2007, 10:19:40 pm »
Wow Paul!  That's great Paul! 

I definitely have some interesting Long Island Iced Tea stories myself from years gone by...  but I'll leave those for another day. I think that recipe always wins the prize for the *most* booze content.  And, by the way, drinking stories will not be considered "off topic" on this thread.  So, Leslie, feel free to share those daiquiri stories whenever the whim strikes.
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So, here's a goodie...

Mojito~

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3 fresh mint sprigs
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 1/2 oz light rum
club soda

In a tall thin glass, crush part of the mint with a fork to coat the inside. Add the sugar and lime juice and stir thoroughly. Top with ice. Add rum and mix. Top off with *chilled* club soda (or seltzer). Add a lime slice and the remaining mint, and serve.
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Re: Favorite, Suave or Unusual Cocktail Recipes
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2007, 10:25:49 pm »
Good for mom! She has the right attitude...

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Wow Paul!  That's great Paul! 

This was a l-o-n-g time ago.  We were at a restaurant and the food never came.  I don't think we noticed, because we had a Long Island iced tea.  The manager eventually came over and said that our order had fallen off the "wheel of fortune" in the kitchen, and could he buy us another drink...

Sure!   we said.  Well, in long island veritas  , as they say.  The timing was right, and it went pretty well, all things considered.

Amanda, I'd love to hear your Long Island iced tea stories.  And, congratulations on 2500 posts!