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Amaretto is a sweet liqueur made from made from apricot kernels, bitter almonds, peach pits, or almonds depending on the brand. It has a lovely almond flavor that goes great in coffee, but it is a bit sweet to drink by itself to me, so I love the combination with lemon juice and whisky in this drink. To make thisContinue reading “Amaretto Sour”

I pretty much loved everything about this drink. It was super refreshing and flavorful and I could have easily had a few more. I have a lot of grapefruit juice left, so there may be another in the future tonight 🙂 This drink is a mix of vodka, campari, elderflower liqueur, lemon juice and rubyContinue reading “Ruby Cocktail”

This lightly sweet, ginger, lime and tequila cocktail gets it’s pretty color solely from a larger then typical amount of bitters. I loved the flavor of this cocktail. It is best to use blanco tequila for this one. The original recipe for this drink calls for ginger syrup, but we had some Domaine de CantonContinue reading “Tick of the Clock Cocktail”

We just got back from Michigan and so we are all stocked up on our cherry vodka and whiskey. I love all the sour cherry goodies we get from up there. We got this delicious cherry vodka, which is not sweet, but it has a great cherry flavor. I combined the vodka with equal partsContinue reading “Cherry Vodka Sour”

The original recipe for this drink called it a martini, but I couldn’t bring myself to call it that, since it has foam and really didn’t seem martini like to me. In any case, it was delicious! I loved this cocktail and will make it again. I have a sage plant in my yard, andContinue reading “Sage and Gin Cocktail”

I have not had a chance to post for a few days. We have a 2nd kid heading off to college in August and he and I were away at his orientation for a couple days. My husband held down the fort here and made some really delicious jerk chicken while we were away thatContinue reading “21st Century Cocktail”

I have so much mint growing in my little garden planters right now, so I wanted to use some up making mint juleps 🙂 The mint julep is a bourbon cocktail that could not be more simple, yet somehow is really delicious. All you need to make these is some bourbon, some fresh mint, andContinue reading “Mint Julep Cocktail”

This week’s cocktail is one I made up with stuff I had around 🙂 We got some cherry vodka that is the type that isn’t sweet, just flavored, so I wanted to make something with that. I also had some tart cherry liqueur from Michigan left (you can use Heering also as a substitute). IContinue reading “Cherry Citrus Vodka Punch”

I know my photo here doesn’t really match the name of this drink 🙂 This is in fact the green eyes cocktail, which normally is a lovely pale green color… I had some ripe cherries from my sour cherry tree that I thought would go great with the flavor of this drink, and they haveContinue reading “Green Eyes Cocktail (with Cherries)”

This tequila sunrise (ish) cocktail is roughly based on a tequila sunrise, but with some changes. I had a bottle of tequila and a bunch of fresh oranges I needed to use up, but I wanted a less sweet, more mature version of a tequila sunrise. This drink does in fact have tequila and orangeContinue reading “Tequila Sunrise (ish)”