you_likea_the_sauce asked:
I’m not looking for wine/mulled wine/wine punch ideas, rather cocktail ideas, and ideally ones that can be batched. We’ll have plenty of wine, but we want to mix things up. The drinks should be yummy, potent, but with minimal hangover potential (is there such a thing?). My two ideas are batching up Jack Roses or a Bourbon Milk Punch. Thanks!
I’m not looking for wine/mulled wine/wine punch ideas, rather cocktail ideas, and ideally ones that can be batched. We’ll have plenty of wine, but we want to mix things up. The drinks should be yummy, potent, but with minimal hangover potential (is there such a thing?). My two ideas are batching up Jack Roses or a Bourbon Milk Punch. Thanks!
Tags: Hangover | Thanksgiving Ideas | Wine Wine
February 18th, 2010 at 12:35 am
Turkey martini!
take some gravy and mix it with vodka, and garnish with some turkey… actually i posted this as a joke, but thinking again, it might not be horrible, especially if you used gin or a whiskey instead of vodka.
in more practical terms… cranberries are VERY common food at thanksgiving and of course, the most common cocktail with cranberry would be a cosmo.
February 20th, 2010 at 1:46 am
I know you said you’re not looking for wine ideas, but tis the season for Beaujolais Nuveau - once a year that wine is put on the market because it’s light, fruity and slightly dry - goes great with Turkey! It’s meant to be drank young and doesn’t age. Or, you could make Sangria. There are hundreds of recipes for Sangria found on the web.
As for cocktails, I agree with the cosmo idea - or you could serve Vodka Cranberry. Or, my favorite Martini is the Lemon Drop. 2 parts Vodka, One part Lemon Drop mix (you can find it by the bottle at World Market) and dip the rim of the glass into the lemon/sugar mixture (also at World Market).
February 22nd, 2010 at 2:32 am
This is a great site, from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. For over 10 years they have been producting an award-winning magazine.
Use their search engine to look for drink recipes. I can personally vouch for
Blueberry Orange made with Grandmarnier
Pom Cider
Apple Ginger Sparkling Punch (dark rum)
Muskoka Iced Tea
Autumn Breeze (a cold coffee cocktail with bourbon)
Well, just go browse yourself. Even a cocktail shaker drink can be batched by mixing larger batches in a pitcher, and just pouring into a shaker two at a time. No need to replenish the ice every time, since you keep making the same cocktail over and over.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Candy Cocktail Serves 20
240 oz Dr. Pepper® soda
25 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
15 oz amaretto almond liqueur
Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour the 151 proof rum, dr. pepper and amaretto, stir, and serve.
OR
New York Flip Serves 20
15 oz tawny port
20 oz bourbon whiskey
15 oz cream
5 oz sugar syrup
20 egg yolk
1tsp nutmeg
Shake well over ice cubes in a shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass, sprinkle with nutmeg, and serve.
OR
Sand-Martin Cocktail serves 20
30 oz sweet vermouth
30 oz gin
20 tsp Green Chartreuse®
Stir all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
OR
French Rose Cocktail Serves 20
30 oz gin
10 oz dry vermouth
10 oz cherry brandy
Stir all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
OR
New York Cocktail Serves 20
40 oz Canadian whiskey
15 oz lime juice
10 oz sugar syrup
20 tsp grenadine syrup
Shake and strain into an old-fashioned glass three-quarters filled with broken ice. Garnish with a twist of orange.
OR
Apple 151 Serves 20
40 oz apple juice
20 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
Stir ingredients together in a mug with ice, and serve.
OR
Irish Wake Serves 20
20 oz Bacardi® gold rum
20 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
20 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
160 oz orange juice
Pour orange juice over ice into a Collins glass. Add rums and stir. Then add blue curacao and top with a red and a green cherry.
OR
Texas Sling Serves 20
10 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
10 oz Irish cream
10 oz amaretto almond liqueur
10 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
220 oz cream
Blend with ice until smooth. Serve in a tulip glass, topped with whipped cream.
February 26th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Drinknation has a number of thanksgiving themed cocktails. The list of them is here:
February 28th, 2010 at 12:30 am
You can’t go wrong with a Chocolate Martini for dessert.
Ingredients:
2 shots Godiva Caramel Milk Chocolate Liquer
(or substitue any chocolate liquer)
1 shot Bailey’s Irish Cream
1 shot Creme de Cacao
2 shots half and half
1 shot quality vodka
1. Fill a martini shaker half full of ice.
2. Add all of the ingredients to the shaker.
3. Shake vigorously.
4. Pour into a chilled martini glass.
5. You can garnish with a small chocolate candy such a Hershey’s kiss.
Recipe from: