Bahama Mama

 Ingredients
White rum - 1shot (1/2 shot extra for stronger drink)
Coconut rum -1 shot
Banana Liquor - 1/2 -3/4 shot
Pineapple Juice - 3 shots
Orange juice - 1 shot  (1/2 shot more for sweeter drink)
Grenadine - 1 dash (optional)

Directions
Take a cocktail shaker with few ice cubes. Mix all above ingredients, except grenadine, in cocktail shaker and stain over crushed ice in a hurricane glass. Put a dash of grenadine for color only (otherwise drink will be too sweet)

without grenadine

with grenadine

Banana Liquor is a must for this drink. I used 99 Bananas. some people may find 3/4th shot too strong. In that case, put 1/2 shot of 99 Bananas.

You can use spiced rum instead of white rum

Gin & Tonic

Take a glass filled with ice cubes. Fill half the glass with gin.

Top it with tonic water. Squeeze half lime on top. Lime does the magic.

Mai Tai

Mai Tai means Very Good in Tahitian language

Ingredients

Rum
lime juice
Pineapple juice
Grenadine
Dark rum (optional)
orange liqueur (optional)
Nutty syrup (optional) I used Disaronno, because I had it


Take a  glass filled with crushed ice or ice cubes.

Pour 11/2-2 shots of rum . If you are using 1/2 shot of orange liqueur, then 1 1/2 shot of rum is sufficient. Add 1/2 shot of orange liqueur( I used cointreau), 1/2 shot of nutty syrup (I used Disaronno), 1/2 shot of lime juice. Top the glass with pineapple juice. Then add grenadine.

Add grenadine along the straw, so that it sinks to the bottom and gives a nice shade to the drink. Grenadine serves as a source for sugar, so add according to your taste. Do not stir after adding grenadine.

Put a dash of dark rum on top (looks pretty) and serve the drink.

Vanilla Coffee

Yummy Coffee

Super easy to make on weekend morning

Brew some coffee and cool it.
Take a glass filled with ice and half fill with coffee.
Add 1 or 2 shots of vanilla vodka
(I use plain vodka and 2 drops of vanilla essence)
Top it with generous amount of whipped cream

Dutch Chocolate wine

Dutch Chocolate wine with butterscotch schnapps

Great dessert after dinner on a weekday

Take cold dutch chocolate wine in a wine glass

Top with cold milk

Add butterscotch schnapps (optional, but adds to the flavor)

Mix with a spoon

ChocoVine is a Dutch Chocolate wine. This wine lasts for 6 months in the fridge. In general, not many people like this wine neat. 

Gluhwein

Gluhwein- The best drink for Minnesota winters

Serves 4

3/4 cup orange juice

1/2 cup white sugar (less sugar is fine)
1 cinnamon stick  (I used 1 small stick..crushed into powder)
10 whole cloves  (6-7 grinded are enough)
1 (750 ml) bottle red wine 

Directions: 

1.  In a saucepan, combine the orange juice, sugar, cloves (powder) and cinnamon stick (powder). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer. 
2. Pour in the wine, and heat until steaming but not simmering.
3. Serve hot in mugs or glasses that have been preheated in warm water 

This recipe comes from my friend Immanuel fro Germany :)

Classic Margarita

Ingredients

 1 cup tequila

1 cup orange liquor or triple sec

1 cup lime juice

1 tbsp sugar

Blend all ingredients with 3 cups of ice. Garnish with lemon slice

Note: It tastes much better after sitting for some time

Orange liquor could be Cointreau 

Frozen melon ball

Ingredients:

1-1/2 oz. melon liquor

½ oz. vodka

2 oz. pineapple juice

1 tsp fresh lime juice

Shake all ingredients with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass filled with crushed ice.

Pineapple daiquiri

Ingredients

1-1/2 oz. light rum

1 Tbs frsh lime juice

½ tsp superfine brown sugar

4 pineapple chunks, about ½ cup

About 1 cup ice cubes

Blend at high speed until smooth and pour into your choice of exotic glass

Can add few strawberries for pretty pink color

White Russian

Ingredients:

1 oz Kahlua

1 oz. vodka

3 oz milk 

Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and serve over ice

Note:  If no milk added, it is Black Russian

Sex on the Beach

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz Peach Schnapps
2 oz Cranberry Juice (Pomegranate Juice works well too)
2 oz Orange Juice

Mix all ingredients in a shaker, mix over ice and serve in an ice-cold hurricane glass

Strawberry Daiquiri

 Ingredients

- 2 oz light rum
- 1 oz lime juice
- 1/2 oz triple sec
- 1/2 tsp superfine sugar
- 1 cup ice
- 5 strawberries
Garnish: strawberry or Mint leaves

Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour into a glass and garnish with strawberry.

Note: Use of Tequila instead of rum will make it Strawberry Margarita

picture taken at Puffton 76

Mimosa

Mimosa

Take half glass champagne and top it up with orange juice. This will make the breakfast super yummy.

I normally use Cooks Champagne

Irish Coffee

Irish coffee/ Caffe di amaretto/ 

Warm breakfast drink

4 oz hot brewed coffee

2 oz liquor (it can be 1:1 amaretto and whiskey or 2 oz amaretto for caffe di amaretto or 1.5 oz whiskey only for irish coffee or 0.5 oz amaretto for Italian coffee) I made with 1.5 oz amaretto and 0.5 oz whiskey

Top with vanilla ice cream or coffee ice cream or whipped cream. (I used vanilla ice cream and little sugar and little whip cream). you can also use condensed milk

May have to microwave to make it warm after adding ice cream.

Watermelon Martini

Cocktails

Water melon Martini

Great drink for summers

1oz. citrus vodka (orange or lemon) Plain vodka will work too.

1 oz. melon liquor

½ cup fresh watermelon chunks

½ oz. fresh lemon juice 

Muddle watermelon chunks and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker or mixing glass. Add vodka, melon liquor and cracked ice. Shake well and stain into chilled cocktail glass. Serve with thin wedge of watermelon. 

Note: watermelon can also be blended in a mixer/grinder