Online Cocktails Galore

29 May 2005

An online treasure trove of cocktail recipes to sift through:

First up is …

Jaffa

18 May 2005

10ml Kahlua
10ml Tia Maria
10ml Creme de Cacao Brown
15ml Fresh Orange Juice

Named after the infamous New Zealand cinema candy, Jaffas, this shot is orange on the outside and sweet in the center. Mix the Kahlua, Tia Maria and Creme de Cacao …

Podtender - 900 Drink Recipes On Your iPod

17 May 2005

If you’ve got a 3rd or 4th generation iPod you can load it up with Podtender, a database of over 900 drink recipes. You get 30 drinks in the free demo, and everything for $10 (paypal). Yet another reason to upgrade my full-to-capacity 20Gig 2nd gen iPod.

Cocktail Recipes Online

16 May 2005

What a treat I woke up to this morning! Posted over at Slakethirst are two wonderful links to cocktail recipe lists. The first is Chuck Taggart’s Gumbo Pages, where he has an long list documenting the Cocktails and Libations of New Orleans

The other link is to Takeuchi’s Homebar, …

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

12 May 2005

Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol’ Janx Spirit.
Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V.
Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzene is lost).
Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to …

Just Drinks by Drunken Monkey @ Flickr

9 May 2005

Drunken Monkey has a cocktail photoset at flickr with photos and recipes for all the drinks. I especially like the look of his Mojito - I’m loving muddled drinks right now. The Moscow Mule looks nice too.

Chocolate Martini

6 May 2005

150g Cooking Chocolate
200ml Vodka
50ml Cointreau
100ml Coconut Cream
100ml Pouring Cream

I finally got around to making an attempt at the chocolate martini recipe that Simon Phipps posted recently to WebMink. As you can see, this recipe actually has real chocolate in it, …

20th Century

6 May 2005

45ml Gin
22.5ml Lillet Blanc
15ml Creme de Cacao
22.5ml Lemon Juice

Shake the ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass, garnishing with a twist of lemon peel. I wish we had a bottle of Lillet Blanc at work so I could try one of these - sounds nice. Adam Thornton …

DIY Margarita Maker

4 May 2005

Beautiful. Make just posted a link to a margarita machine - basically a water cooler hooked up to a garbage disposal. Now there’s something unusual to build into a kitchen counter… [Via Make]

Jager Lime and Cranberry

26 April 2005

30ml Jagermeister
1 Lime
Cranberry Juice

I’ve been looking for a way to drink the bottle of Jagermeister I bought duty free in Melbourne recently that doesn’t involve a shot glass. Considering how popular Caipirinha style drinks have become recently - have a look …

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