Interesting Drinks for the Interesting Drinker

Washington Apple Shot

1 oz Crown Royal

1 oz Sour Apple Pucker

1 oz cranberry juice

ice

apple slice for garnish

Place a few cubes of ice in the shaker. Add the Crown Royal, Sour Apple Pucker, and cranberry juice. Shake well and strain into the glass. Garnish with apple. 

Blackberry Margarita

salt for rim

5 ripe blackberries

3/4 oz freshly squeezed lime juice

1 1/2 oz 100% agave tequila

1/2 oz Cointreau

1/8-1/4 oz agave nectar, to taste

ice

2 blackberries on a wooden skewer for garnish

Rim the glass with salt. In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle the blackberries until completely mashed. Add lime juice, tequila, Cointreau and agave nectar to taste. Fill shaker with ice and shake well for about ten seconds. Add 1 large ice cube to salt-rimmed serving glass. Using a super-fine mesh strainer in addition to a cocktail strainer, pour the margarita into the rimmed glass. Garnish with a few blackberries on a skewer.

Sangria Slush

1 bottle medium red wine, chilled

1/4 cup tequila

1/2 cup triple sec

1/2 cup blueberry pomegranate juice, chilled

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

1/2 cup agave nectar or honey

2-3 cups shaved ice

2 cups fresh blueberries

2 limes, cut into thin slices

2 small oranges, cut into thin slices

In a blender, place wine, tequila, liqueur, pomegranate juice, lime juice, agave nectar and shaved ice. Cover and blend on medium-high speed for 1-2 minutes until slushy. Pour mixture into glass serving pitcher. Add blueberries, lime, and orange slices. Serve immediately.

Sparkling Citrus Punch

3 cups freshly squeezed orange juice

1 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 bottle chilled prosecco

slices of orange, grapefruit, or lemon for garnish.

Combine juices with prosecco, garnish with slices. 

Watermelon Martini

1 1/2 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila

1/2 oz lime juice

1/4 oz agave syrup

1 slice watermelon

Muddle watermelon and agave syrup, add rest of ingredients, and shake well. Double strain into a frozen martini glass. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

Ciroc Chic

1 1/2 oz Ciroc Vodka

1 1/2 oz pomegranate juice

1 oz pineapple juice

1 slice pineapple

Add Ciroc Vodka, pomegranate juice, and pineapple juice. Shake with ice and strain into a prechilled martini glass. Garnish with a pineapple slice.

Barbados Punch

1 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum

1/4 oz triple sec

1 oz lime juice

2 oz pineapple juice

1 slice lime

1 slice pineapple

Add Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, triple sec, lime juice, and pineapple juice to a blender with crushed ice. Blend until smooth and pour into glass. Garnish with a lime slice and pineapple slice.

Hurricane

1/2 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum

3/4 oz dark rum

3 oz passion fruit

3 oz mango juice

2 oz sweet and sour mix

1 wheel lime

Add Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, dark rum, mango juice, passion fruit, and sweet and sour mix. Shake and pour into hurricane glass or specialty glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with lime wheel.

Strawberry Vice

1 1/2 oz Remy Martin VSOP

1/2 oz vanilla syrup

2 strawberries, halved

Piper Heidsieck champagne

strawberry to garnish

Muddle ingredients and shake over ice. Strain into champagne flute and top with champagne. Garnish with a strawberry.