Sunday, December 30, 2012

Stinger

90ml Cognac
15ml White Cream de Menthe

Shake and strain into a large brandy glass filled with crushed ice.

It dates back to at least 1892 when a drink called Judge was detailed in William Schmidt's book The Flowing Bowl.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Wine And Tonic

30ml Red Wine
60ml Tonic Water
15ml Lime Juice

Build in ice filled collins glass and stir well.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Tart Gin Cooler

60ml Gin
60ml Pink Grapefruit Juice
60ml Tonic Water
Dash of Peychaud's Bitters

Build in order given into an ice-filled collins glass and stir well.

This cocktail apparently came into existence due to experimentation with Tonic Water.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Tbilisi Royale

8ml Stolichnaya Limonnaya Vodka
15ml Peach Schnapps
Chilled Champagne

Build in order, topping up with the champagne, and stir well. Add orange twist and a maraschino cherry as garnish.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Tea Tini

50ml Stolichnaya Orhranj Vodka
30ml Sweet Iced Tea
5ml Fresh lemon Juice

Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled, sugar-rimmed cocktail glass. Add a lemon wedge as a garnish.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Tequila Sunrise

75ml Tequila
90ml Orange Juice
Dash of Grenadine

Build tequila and juice in ice filled collins glass. Stir well and then add the grenadine into the centre of the drink.

This version of the Tequila Sunrise was invented in the 1970's in Sausalito, California by Bobby Lazoff and Billy Rice.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Teresa

60ml Campari
25ml Creme de Cassis
30ml Lime Juice

Shake ingredients and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Third Degree

75ml Gin or Vodka
15ml Dry Vermouth
Drop or two of Absinthe (or substitute)

Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Add an olive or a lemon twist as garnish.

Said to originate due to people adding a tiny amount of absinthe to their Martini's.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Tiepolo

60ml Strawberry Puree
105ml Chilled Prosecco

Add puree in champagne flute, then slowly add the prosecco while stirring it constantly.

Thought to be named after Italian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Tiramisu Martini

30ml Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
30ml Stolichnaya Vanil
30ml Kahlua
15ml Disaronno Liqueur
15ml Cream

Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled cocktail glass. Add chocolate shavings as garnish.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Toasted Almond

45ml Amaretto
45ml Kahlua
30ml Cream

Shake ingredients and strain into an ice filled old fashioned glass.

No history known.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Tremblement De Terre

75ml cognac
8ml Absinthe or Absinthe Substitute

Stir ingredients and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add lemon twist as garnish.

This cocktail was favoured by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, whom died at age 31 in 1901.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Tropical Cocktail

60ml Dark Rum
15ml Pineapple Juice
15ml Lime Juice
Dash of Grenadine
Dash of Angostura, Peychaud's or Orange Bitters

Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled cocktail glass.

Known to be earliest made in the 1950's.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Tsar's Champagne Cocktail

60ml Chilled Vodka
105ml Chilled Champagne

Build over ice in order given in a champagne flute and stir well.

Herb Silverman stated that he heard of this recipe in 1945 from a Russian where it was said that this drink was favoured amongst Russia's tsar's.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Tulio Oro

A Lemon Twist
23ml Limoncello
15ml Punt e Mes champagne
180ml Proscello

Shake all ingredients but the procello with the shaker half filled with ice. Strain into a champagne flute and add the proscello.

All that is known is that this cocktail was adapted from a recipe found in a restaurant in Washington.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Juicy White Wine

30ml White Wine
30ml Fresh Orange Juice
15ml Fresh Lemon Juice

Build the drink in an old fashioned glass over ice cubes. Stir gently and well.

Originated in Melbourne, Australia in 2012.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Twentieth Century Cocktail

45ml Gin
15ml Lillet Blonde
15ml White Creme de Cacao
15ml Fresh Lemon Juice

Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled cocktail glass.

Featured in 1937 book Cafe Royal Cocktail Book and created by C. A. Tuck.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Valetino

60ml Gin
15ml Campari
15ml Sweet Vermouth

Stir ingredients over ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Add orange twist as garnish.

Created in February 1999.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Vesper Martini

60ml Gin
15ml Vodka
8ml Lillet Blonde

Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled cocktail glass. Add lemon twist as garnish.

It was first featured in the James Bond book Casino Royale (1953).

Monday, December 10, 2012

Vodka And Tonic

60ml Vodka
90ml Tonic Water

Build and stir in ice filled highball glass. Add lime wedge as garnish.

No history was found.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Ward Eight

60ml Straight Rye Whiskey
30ml Fresh Orange Juice
30ml Fresh Lemon Juice
Dash of Grenadine

Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled cocktail glass.

Created in 1898 at Locke-Ober Cafe in Bostin to celebrate the victory of politician Martin M. Lomasney for state legislature.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

White Spider

90ml Vodka
15ml White Creme de Menthe

Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled cocktail glass or a crushed ice filled wine glass.

Appears in the 1930's book Savoy Cocktail Book.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Allies Cocktail

60ml Gin
30ml Dry Vermouth
8ml Kummel

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Made as early as the 1930's and said to be made in honour of the Allies of World War One.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Algenquin Cocktail

45ml Straight Rye Whiskey
25ml Dry Vermouth
25ml Pineapple Juice

Shake ingredients and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

It is said that this cocktail was first made in the 1930's.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Alfonzo

1 Sugar Cube soaked in Angostura Bitters
30ml Dubonnet Rogue
135ml Chilled Champagne

Build and stir ingredients in champagne flute. Add lemon twist as a garnish.

Goes back to at least 1930 where it appeared in The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

White Russian

60ml Vodka
30ml Kahlua
30ml Cream

Shake and strain ingredients into an ice filled old fashioned glass.

Said to be created by Harry MacElhone in 1919 at the Ciro's Club in London.

Monday, December 3, 2012

White Wine Spritzer

180ml Dry White Wine
45ml Soda Water

Fill a collins glass with ice and build ingredients and stir gently. Add a lemon twist as garnish.

No history was found on this drink.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Young Love

30ml Pina Colada Mix
45ml Peach Schnapps
60ml Cranberry Juice

Fill mixing glass with ice, followed by ingredients and stir well. Strain into old fashioned glass.

First made in Melbourne, Australia in 2012.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Woo Woo

60ml Vodka
15ml Peach Schnapps
75ml Cranberry Juice

Build in order give over ice and stir.

Origins of this drink is uncertain. It is said to originate in New York during the 1950's.