Geisha Highball

4 1/2 oz. Pomgranate Lychee Green POM Tea

1 1/2 oz. dry sake

1/2 oz. citrus vodka

Garnish

2 long slices of English cucumber, cut to look like chopsticks

1. Build the ingredients over ice in a highball glass in the order listed.

2. Garnish with the cucumber slices.

Pink Love Creation

Muddle Grapes (Use about 8 or 10; More if you plan to make a few drinks)

1 part simple syrup;
1 or 2 part Double Chocolate Vodka or Rum

Stir

Shake

Serve!

You can make your own simple syrup at home! woohoo

You need a 2:1 ratio of sugar and water. Boil water, then add sugar. Stir until it dissolves. Let the mix cool, then refrigerate! Very simple.

Products Used:

Vodka 360 is a eco-friendly distilled spirit. It was quadruple distilled and five times filtered, placed in a 85% recycled bottle! This particular flavor has sweet white chocolate and rich dark chocolate. Definitely check it out!

 If you are more like me, you may prefer a rum choice for this drink. I went with a 10CANE Rum.  This great rum uses the first pressing of virgin Trinidadian sugar cane... And I love me some sugar cane! You definitely need to try this out.

Chambord Flavored Vodka

Recently, I had the chance to attend the launch of Chambord Flavored Vodka at Whiskey Blue in New Orleans.  Great event with food and drinks! I have to say I absolutely enjoyed this Chambord Flavored Vodka, so tasty and definitely great for cocktail recipes. Being the black raspberry lover that I am, I enjoyed this liqueur. It was smooth and just the right everything. 

The flavor consists of raspberries and French vodka, with an inclusion from hibiscus flower, vanilla and white chocolate. Doesn't that sound great! The taste is mild and I can definitely taste a hint of the hibiscus and vanilla. 

I tried a cocktail that incorporated cotton candy surprisingly. This drink consisted of Chambord, Vodka, soda water, blackberries, cotton candy and lemon! It was a refreshing treat and I think the cotton candy was perfect!

Farmers Market Mary

1 part ABSOLUT Peppar

3 parts tomato juice

1/4 part Cynar Artichoke Liqeur

1/4 part fresh lemon juice

1/2 part stout beer

3 dashes Worcestershire sauce

3 dashes Tobasco Chipotle Pepper Sauce

6 pieces of muddled arugula1 block of parmesan cheese

Muddle arugula and Cynar in mixing glass. Build by adding ABSOLUT, fresh lemon, tomato juice, Worcestershire and Tobasco. Roll with ice to mix and serve in a high ball glass. Grate parmesan on top.

St. Charles Streetcar Cocktail

So I recently had a chance to visit Luke Restaurant in New Orleans. What a pleasant restaurant, I'm a big fan of Chef John Besh so it was truly a cool place with some yummy eats. I tried out one of their specialty drinks called a St. Charles Streetcar. This great drink consisted of St. Germaine, Pear Vodka, and Champagne. It was wonderful! Although I truly think anything that includes St. Germaine is fantastic.

South Slope Sour

2 parts Absolut Brooklyn

3/4 parts Green Chartreuse

3/4 part Lemon Juice

1/4 part Simple Syrup

Dash of Angostura Bitters

Shake & Straing into a cocktail glass.

This was created by Brad Farran, The Clover Club

Remixed "Godmother" Cocktail Recipe

So I created a cocktail based off of a recipe called "Godmother". This recipe calls for 2 oz. vodka and 1oz. amaretto. I did something a little different. I wanted to take a flavored vodka and try it out. Van Gogh has numerous yummy flavors, but my favorite has to be Dutch Caramel Vodka. It's just the right taste and smooth. I mixed it with Sence a great rose nectar juice. The flavors together give a unique taste, not too sweet. Then I added Amaretto, not too much just enough to give it just the right extra flavor.

2 oz. Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka

1 oz. Sence ( European Rose Nectar )

.5 oz  Lazzaroni Amaretto

Mix the ingredients. Add Ice To Shaker. Shake ingredients with ice for 1.5 minutes. Serve

Sence 101

Sence is a rare European Rose Nectar from Kazanlak rose petals harvest in central Bulgaria. The concentrate is pink rose petals, natural preservative sugar and water. This product Not only can be served alone as a juice, but can be used with spirited beverages of vodka, tequila, cognac, run, gin, sake and champagne.

Sence Recipe 

Petrushka 

2 ½ oz SENCE Rose Nectar

1 ½ oz Orange flavored vodka

 ¾ oz Cointreau 

Splash of fresh lime juice 

Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish: fresh lemon twist

My Remix on the "Aster" Cocktail

I did a spin on the cocktail "Aster", which is a yummy gin cocktail. This cocktail calls for 3 oz. gin, dash of fresh orange juice, dash of fresh lemon juice and orange zest as garnish. I decided to stick with the gin and orange juice, but instead of lemon juice I did a dash of dutch caramel vodka (yes its a bit extreme but not strong). Here goes my recipe!

3 oz. Citadelle Gin

1 oz. Orange Juice

Dash of Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka

Stir all the ingredients together. Pour Ice in Shaker. Connect Shake to cup with ingredients and shake for at least 1.5 minutes. Serve

What I love about this recipe is that its simple! Simple yet good. The splash of vodka gave the orange juice a little more flavor, almost like the presence of bitters would.