Ice Shot Glasses

12 December 2005

Elephantstaircase has a neat how-to on making shot glasses out of ice using 2 dixie cups of different sizes to make a mold. Might be nice to try this over the summer - looks like my kind of way to keep …

Gladiator

4 September 2005

15ml Southern Comfort
15ml Amaretto
Orange Juice
Lemonade

Here’s something a bit different that was served up to me in Dawson, Alaska. The Southern Comfort and Amaretto are served in a shot glass, along with a half and half glass of Orange Juice and Lemonade. The size of the glass depends on how strong …

Illusion

23 June 2005

30ml Malibu
30ml Midori
30ml Vodka
15ml Cointreau
30ml Pineapple Juice

Shake everything together with ice and serve in shot glasses. I had to make a couple of these last night as part of our apology to a guest whose surprise party we completely ruined.

The Illusion is a lovely, luminous shade of green, thanks to …

B-52

2 June 2005

2/5 Kahlua
2/5 Baileys Irish Cream
1/5 Cointreau

The key to pouring a perfect B-52 is in not trying to float the Cointreau on top of the Baileys. Doing that will usually result in your shot looking like this sorry example. Instead, start by floating the Cointreau over the Kahlua, then sink …

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 …

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