Razzy Peach Chill

Day 75

Razzy Peach Chill

4 shots out of 5

Felt like pulling out the blender again and having another blended cocktail.  Since I only have my 4 purees so far, I thought I'd try to blend a couple of them together and make a new flavor.  I call it Razzy Peach Chill!

I gave tonight's cocktail 4 shots out of 5.  It's a pretty good one.  Raspberry and Peach are a pretty good match and I'm enjoying drinking this cocktail.    I like raspberry flavor in my cocktails in general, so I figured adding raspberry and peach might be good.  (Side note: Raspberry margaritas are the flavor that I usually order because it  cuts out that tequila taste quite well.)  I do need to get some more flavors of purees though so that I can experiment more.  I know they have a strawberry one......but I'm hoping they have some different flavors out there that I haven't seen yet.

Here is the recipe for the Razzy Peach Chill:

• 1 1/2 shots rum
• 1 1/2 shot peach puree
• 1/2 shot raspberry puree
• 1/2 shot peach schnapps
• 1/2 shot sweet & sour mix

In a blender add a cup of ice, rum, peach puree, raspberry puree, peach schnapps and sweet & sour mix.  Blend up your ingredients until all of the ice is gone, you don't want your cocktail crunchy!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to the word Razzy!  I just really like that word and felt like incorporating it in the name of tonight's cocktail!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Banana Mango Delight

Day 73

Banana Mango Delight

5 shots out of 5

It's no secret........I like the banana flavor in my cocktails.  I have discovered the banana puree and thought it was amazing.  I also discovered banana liqueur and holy Mama, I absolutely love this stuff!!  I haven't put it in a cocktail that I have not liked yet!  Yes I know, for those of you who have not tried a cocktail with banana liqueur in it, the thought of it might sound odd, disgusting, yucky....I'm sure the list goes on.  I have to say........if you do like bananas, I recommend that you try it!  You may just be pleasantly surprised!

I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  I looove this cocktail.  I think I'm going to be making myself another one after I'm done typing this blog!  In fact, yes I will be!  What a ride this blog has taken me on.  There's more liqueurs out there then I could have possibly imagined when I started this blog.  Vodka seems to come in just about every flavor I can think of, and many more that I would never have thought of in a million years.  I know that some of you have bought some of these liqueurs along with me and tried and liked them.  I cheers you all that have taken the plunge like me and tried something new along with me.  No more vodka cran days!  Not another rum and coke will be ordered (unless that's all there is, then bring it on with an olive!).

Here's the recipe for my Banana Mango Delight:

• 1 1/2 shots coconut rum
• 1 shot mango puree
• 1 shot banana puree
• 1/2 shot banana liqueur

In a blender add 1 cup of ice, coconut rum, mango puree, banana puree and banana liqueur.  Blend all of the ingredients until all of your ice is gone.  Pour and enjoy!!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to the banana flavor in tonight's cocktail!

The Cocktail Lady

Electric Parrothead

Day 71

Electric Parrothead

3.5 shots out of 5

The weekend is almost here!  Froze at our oldest son's baseball game tonight, so glad his weekend game is earlier in the day!  Came home and it was time to make tonight's cocktail.  I figured I'd use my new Spiced Rum in a cocktail tonight, so I chose Electric Parrothead.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  Personally I think I would have gone 1 of 2 different ways with this cocktail.  Either, skip the spiced rum and just stuck with the coconut rum, or decreased the spiced rum to 1/2 shot and either upped the coconut rum by 1/2 shot or the pineapple juice by 1/2 a shot (depending on how coconut-ey I'm feeling).  I think the spiced rum is a bit too spicy for this cocktail, but it wasn't horrible where I couldn't finish it.  It's not bad.......I'd just have made it a little different is all.

Here is the recipe for Electric Parrothead:

• 1 shot coconut rum
• 1 shot spiced rum
• 1/2 shot blue curacao
• 1 1/2 shots pineapple juice

In a shaker add ice, coconut rum, spiced rum, blue curacao and pineapple juice.  Shake up your ingredients real good.  Pour everything into a tall glass.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to tomorrow being Friday and the weekend being so close I can almost touch it!

The Cocktail Lady

Tootie Fruity

Day 61

Tootie Fruity

3 shots out of 5

Here's to........yet another........song in my head!  I decided to try another cocktail from the site that I had found through Pinterest that had given me that great recipe for Liquid Marijuana.  This cocktail they call Tootie Fruity.  I have to say that my Liquid Marijuana didn't look like the one on their site......and neither does this one.  Score another one for Photoshop.  I admit, their photos for Tootie Fruity, as well as the photo of the Barbie Cocktail that's been going around (here's a link to their photo and mine on my blog) do look a lot cooler in color then mine.  I have to say though, if I'm going to make a cocktail at home from someones blog I found online, I want it to look (at least for the most part) like theirs does.  That's why I'm not photoshopping my photos.  I want you to see exactly what I see.  Sure I can make tonight's drink look neon purple if I want to, but that's not what you're going to make at home, so why should I mislead you in thinking that that is what you're going to get?  Anyways.....onto the cocktail.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3 shots out of 5.  It's a good cocktail......but nothing special I must say.  It kinda reminds me of how a screwdriver tastes--It's a good cocktail, sure, but nothing like some of these fruity cocktails I've been making.  Can't say I'd initally order this cocktail and pay $9 for it (sober), but I can say that if I've had a few and don't know what to have next this would be a safe cocktail.  I think that if you added more of one juice then the others to let it be the dominate juice, that might help.


Side Note: Check out "My Shot System" link on the left side bar under the Table Of Contents title!  I have put into words my shot system so that now you all can understand exactly what I'm thinking in my head when I rate these cocktails!!

Here is the recipe for the Tootie Fruity:

• 1 shot vodka
• 1/2 shot triple sec
• 1 shot cranberry juice
• 1 shot orange juice
• 1 shot pineapple juice

In a hurricane glass, fill it 3/4 with ice, then add your vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, orange juice and pineapple juice.  Stir it up real well and drink!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here's to not photoshopping my photos and knowing that what you see here is what you get!  Well except for the fact that all of our monitors are calibrated a bit different so we will all probably see tonight's cocktail in a very slightly different shade of yellow.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Peach Freeze Cocktail

Day 60

Peach Freeze

3.5 shots out of 5

Was feeling creative today and it seems that my peach puree has been neglected lately, so I thought I'd try my hardest to make something with it today.  I have to say that this peach puree is a hard one to work with for me.  It doesn't have as strong of a flavor as some of those other purees, so I feel like I should be adding a LOT of shots of it to my recipes.......which doesn't work when you have one cocktail glass to fit it in.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  I wasn't terribly happy that it didn't have a bigger peach taste, but it is what it is.  I figured adding the peach schnapps would help, and it defiantly did.  The cocktail over all isn't horrible (which might be the way it sounds?), it has a good flavor and I am happy drinking it.  I will still try to figure out a way (which maybe adding actual peaches themselves would work) to make a frozen cocktail taste more peachy, but for now, this one will do.

Here is the recipe for a Peach Freeze:

• 1 1/2 shots rum
• 1 1/2 shot peach puree
• 1/2 shot peach schnapps
• 1/2 shot sweet & sour mix

In a blender add a cup of ice, rum, peach puree, peach schnapps and sweet & sour mix.  Blend it up until the ice is completely gone.  Pour and enjoy!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here's to finding a more peachy frozen cocktail in the future.  And a BIG cheers to my 60th day of my Year Of Cocktails Blog!!  I'm enjoying this a whole lot!  I feel a lot more experienced in the world of cocktails now then I did when I started this blog!

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady

Wild Thing Cocktail

Day 59

Wild Thing

3.5 shots out of 5

WOW is it late!!  For the record I started tonight's blog at 11:58pm, so I just made it in time!  It's a late blog tonight because we had soccer, baseball and a birthday party today, so a nice cocktail is definitely needed now!

I gave the Wild Thing 3.5 shots out of 5.  I do like the fruitier, sweeter (not not too sweet) cocktails and this one isn't really that.  It's still a good cocktail though.  Not one I'd order again, but I'm glad I tried it.  The name of the cocktail is fun too!  It always interests me when I see a cocktail recipe ask for vodka AND rum.  As you know I used to be a vodka cran or rum & coke girl, so the fact that some of these recipes want me to mix the two absolutely baffled my mind at first.  Not so much now.  I have seen some cocktails mixing 3 or more different alcohols, so mixing two is old news to me now.  I can't say that I would recommend this drink to my friends because they like more of the same kinds of cocktails I do, but for someone who likes the taste of the liqueurs and alcohols more then the mixes and juices, I would say to definitely go for it!

Here is the recipe for the Wild Thing:

• 1 1/2 shots vodka
• 1/2 shot rum
• 1/2 shot triple sec
• dash of lime juice
• dash of sweet & sour mix
• 2 1/2 shots cranberry juice

In a shaker add ice, vodka, rum, triple sec, lime juice and sweet & sour mix.  Shake it up real good to get all of the ingredients mixed well.  Strain it into a tall glass filled 3/4 with ice.  Then add the cranberry juice.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here's to a late night cocktail!  Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

PB&J Martini

Day 57

PB&J Martini (Peanut Butter and Jelly)

3.5 shots out of 5

It's like a race against time here!!  It's storming outside, total thunder and lightening!  My friend Steph (The Crockpot Lady) called to tell me that the news said that we may have a power outage, so I'm mixing, shaking, straining, drinking and blogging as fast as my fingers can!  My 4 kids are all standing by the windows announcing when they see yet another lightening bolt.....which I must say they're coming faster and faster!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  Next time I think I will cut back the amount of vodka in this cocktail, which I think I'd like a bit better.  The flavor the PB&J is good, (ok that last lightening bolt was right outside our house.......blog faster, blog faster!) so I think I'll definitely make my tweeked version again!  For those who like their martinis with a bit of flavor, I think you'll definitely like this cocktail!

Here is the recipe for the PB&J:

• 2 shots vodka
• 1/2 shot hazelnut liqueur (frangelico)
• 1/2 shot Chambord
• 1/4 shot Butterscotch Schnapps
• dash of milk

In a shaker, add ice, vodka, hazelnut liqueur, chambord, butterscotch schnapps and milk.  Shake it up real good to get everything mixed up.  In a chilled martini glass strain your cocktail and enjoy!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to PB&J making it into the martini world!!  Now I have to go join my family (yes my husband is getting very excited about seeing the lightening too) in watching the lightening and listening to the thunder!

The Cocktail Lady

Purple Matador

Day 56

Purple Matador

4.5 shots out of 5

Um, YUM!!!!  WOW!!  Amaretto you say?  As the main ingredient you say?  I would never have ordered this one on purpose......even though the ingredients sound like they could be good........I would have never had the guts to order this cocktail at a bar.......ever.

I gave tonight's cocktail 4.5 shots out of 5.  I am impressed with this cocktail.  I really am.  The flavor is like none I've ever tasted before.  I would definitely have to make this one for my girls to try at our next get together!  This is a cocktail that you need to take that first sip, and not judge it right away.  Give it a minute.  Take another sip.  Then say what you think of it.  The flavor is so different and surprising that you need to take that second sip to decide whether you like it or not.  


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Here is the recipe for the Purple Matador:

• 1 1/2 shots Amaretto
• 1 shot Chambord
• 1/2 shot pineapple juice

In a shake add ice, amaretto, chambord and pineapple juice.  Shake it up really well to mix all of the ingredients.  Strain it into a chilled martini glass and enjoy!  Remember, don't judge it until the second sip!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to you Amaretto and your amazing flavor!

The Cocktail Lady

Purple Russian

Day 55

Purple Russian

3 shots out of 5

Chambord makes a return!  I think it's like a top shelf Cranberry Juice.  OK, that's not exactly what it is, obviously, but in this cocktail where it more or less resembles a vodka cran, it kinda makes me think of it as that.  I must say though, if this cocktail only had a 1/2 shot of cranberry juice, I would NOT be able to drink it.  The Chambord calms the vodka taste in this one for sure.

I gave this cocktail 3 shots out of 5 and quite honestly I'm VERY surprised that I did!  I didn't think the Chambord would be flavorful enough to cut the vodka, but I tip my hat to it, because it did a great job of it.  This Purple Russian, isn't half bad!  Side note........did you notice that my bottle of Sky Vodka is empty in the photo below?  So is my Smirnoff........YIKES!!

Here is the recipe for a Purple Russian:

• 1 1/2 shots vodka
• 1/2 shot Chambord

In a short glass, fill it with ice and pour in your vodka and Chambord.  Stir it up good and enjoy!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

A big cheers to the makers of Chambord!  I'm very impressed with this little bottle that's full of flavor!

The Cocktail Lady

Back Porch Breeze Cocktail

Day 52

Back Porch Breeze

5 shots out of 5

Thank You Olivia!!!!  WOW, your creation is an absolute winner in my book (and my husbands!!).  Olivia emailed me with her very own nameless creation.  The recipe sounded amazing, so I asked her what I can call it, and she gave me full reigns to give it a name.  I have to say, when I sit here and sip this cocktail, it makes we think I'm sitting on my back porch swing (if I had one that is), watching the kids play in the backyard on a warm summer afternoon.  After my husband and I came up with a few different names, I decided to call it Back Porch Breeze.

I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  This is a very refreshing cocktail!!.  The only different item I used that was not in Olivia's recipe was the kind of lemonade.  Her recipe called for regular lemonade.......which I totally thought I got.  When I got home from the store, I realized that what I had actually gotten was lemonade that was mixed with sparkling water.  The version that I made is amazing, and I'm absolutely sure that if I would have gotten the correct lemonade (minus the sparkling water part) it would be equally amazing!

Here is the recipe for a Back Porch Breeze:

• 1 shot blueberry vodka
• 1 shot peach schnapps
• 2 shots lemonade
• 3 shots sprite (Olivia gives a club soda option as well)

In a tall glass, fill it 1/4 with ice, then add the vodka, peach schnapps, lemonade and sprite.  Stir up and enjoy!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

With all of these refreshing cocktails I'm making, I REALLY want summer to be here so that I CAN sit in my back yard and watch the kids play while sipping on these great cocktails!!  Thanks again Olivia for your amazing creation!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Peach Margarita

Day 48

Peach Margarita

3.5 shots out of 5

I am a BIG fan of these Finest Call purees, I must say!  I'm enjoying using them to create my blended cocktails.  I'm looking forward to my next trip to the liquor store to find out what other flavors they sell!!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  I was a little disappointed in myself because I wanted this cocktail to taste more like peaches.  My husband says that he can taste the peach flavor, but I can't taste it all that much.  I think I'll try to make it again another night and amend my ingredient amounts a little.  I do need to tell you though, that the photo of the end result below was fresh out of the blender, so it looks kinda whitish, where now as I'm blogging about it and it's sitting, the ingredients have settled and it's now the color that I thought it would be which is a peachy orange color. 

To me this cocktail kind of tastes like a blended margarita.....wait, let me take another sip.........yup, I was right!  I mean I kind of taste the peach, but not like I want to.  Oh well, can't make a "5 shoter" every night.  I think if I was to lessen the sweet & sour and add more of the peach puree I would have had it tasting more like I wanted it to.

Here is the recipe for the Peach Margarita:

• 1 shot tequila (yes I said tequila, yikes!)
• 1/4 shot triple sec
• 1/4 shot lime juice
• 1 1/2 shots sweet & sour mix
• 1 shot peach puree

In a blender add 1 cup of ice, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, sweet & sour mix and peach puree.  Blend until your ice is completely gone.  Pour and enjoy!!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

I guess even the cocktail lady doesn't get it right all the time, haha, totally kidding, I'm still learning how to and what to mix to make these cocktails work!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Gilligan Cocktail

Day 45

Gilligan

4.5 shots out of 5

Another cocktail to give me a "theme" song in my head, just like the Ninja Turtle!  I'll need to go watch something on TV or read more of my book to get something else in my mind after I type my blog.

I gave tonight's cocktail 4.5 shots out of 5.  The Gilligan is an easy cocktail to drink.  It's not a super sweet syrupy cocktail at all.  The Malibu rum gives it a good coconutey taste while the banana liqueur puts a nice spin on the coconut.  I think I'm going to have to share the rest of my cocktail with my husband though because I gave him one sip and I got the "mmm, that's good" approval.  This banana liqueur is really surprising me!  It doesn't over power the cocktails that I've made with it so far, like the After Sex I made the other night.  It surprises me because I would just think that the banana flavor would kind of take over, but it just compliments what it's mixed with and gives only a subtle hint of banana, which is nice.

Here is the recipe for Gilligan:

• 3/4 shot malibu rum
• 3/4 shot light rum
• 3/4 shot banana liqueur
• 1 1/2 shots orange juice
• 1 1/2 shots pineapple juice

In a shaker fill with ice, malibu rum, light rum, banana liqueur, orange juice and pineapple juice.  Shake it up really well to mix all of the ingredients up good.  Pour your entire mix into a tall glass and enjoy!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to Gilligan, The Skipper, The Millionaire,  Eunice, Ginger, Mary Ann and The Professor!

The Cocktail Lady 

Alien Urine Sample Drink

Day 44

Alien Urine Sample

5 shots out of 5

I am really enjoying this Alien Urine Sample!  Yes I said it, it's really good!!!  My bartenders book has some mighty interesting named cocktails, but boy are some of them really good!  This is a very very yummy cocktail that I will definitely be making again.  OK, is it too soon to make another one now?

I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  This is a very refreshing cocktail and one that's fun to drink.  Alien Urine Sample has a good mix of a few different liqueurs that makes this cocktail super yummy.  The color of it can be a little intimidating (another neon colored cocktail like the Liquid Marijuana I made not too long ago), but boy is it good!!  If you have been enjoying the same cocktails that I have been so far, you'll definitely need to try this one!!

Here are the ingredients for Alien Urine Sample:

• 1/2 shot coconut rum
• 1/2 shot melon liqueur
• 1/2 shot banana liqueur
• 1/2 peach schnapps
• 2 shots sweet & sour juice
• soda water
• 1/2 shot blue curaçao

In a shaker fill with ice and add coconut rum, melon liqueur, banana liqueur, peach schnapps and sweet & sour mix.  Shake it up really good to mix everything together.  Pour everything into a tall glass, add a splash of soda water and blue curaçao.  Enjoy!!!!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to Alien Urine Samples!!  This is the only kind of urine sample I believe I will ever try!!

The Cocktail Lady

After Sex

Day 42

After Sex

5 shots out of 5

Guess what?!  I've got a new liqueur for you all to try, Banana Liqueur.  Can I just say, YUM!!  I remembered seeing a few cocktails with this liqueur in it so when I was at the store I bought a bottle.  I flipped through my Bartenders Black Book tonight and found this little yummy cocktail.

I gave tonight's cocktail 5 yummy shots out of 5!  After Sex is a simple cocktail to make and oh so yummy!  The banana taste is quite good!  This is a cocktail that you could drink quite quickly, which makes it a good/bad choice, depending on the night.  My husband and I are taking turns sipping this After Sex cocktail and I have a feeling a second one will be made here shortly.  This liqueur will defiantly be participating in my blog in the future!

On a side note, we just got a new "bar" to house all of the new alcohols, liqueurs and cocktail glasses I am buying!  WOW, I didn't realize how much stuff we had until I had to load it all into our bar.  

Here is the recipe for After Sex:

• 1 1/2 shots vodka
• 1/2 shot banana liqueur
• 3 1/2 shots orange juice
• 1/2 shot grenadine

In a shaker fill with ice, vodka, banana liqueur and orange juice.  Shake it up really good to get all the ingredients to mix up well.  Pour your cocktail into a hurricane glass and top with grenadine.  

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

I am having a blast writing this blog, I sure hope you are all enjoying reading it and maybe even trying some of these great cocktails!  Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Chocolate Covered Pretzel

Day 41

Chocolate Covered Pretzel

3.5 shots out of 5

WOW, there's another new liqueur that I had never tried, Frangelico!  The bottle is the one that looks like the Mrs. Buttersworth Pancake Syrup bottle.  I've always wondered what it tasted like and tonight, thanks to Gloria, I was finally able to find out!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  As you can see by my photo below, you need to salt the rim of your cocktail glass.......uh yea.......I salted it A BIT too much!  I am the person who orders my margaritas with NO salt, therefore I did not know how much salt to add to this glass, I figured it would look really neat with some extra salt.  Yea, extra salt for looks is one thing, it doesn't mean you should actually drink from it!  After making a squinched up face from my first salty sip, I wiped a section off and tried it again.  Not bad!!  I'm not sure that it tastes like a pretzel, but whatever the taste, it's pretty good!  The Frangelico does have a chocolat-ey taste to it which is nice.

Thank You Gloria for your suggestion to make the Chocolate Covered Pretzel!  Definitely a cocktail I never would have heard of if it wasn't for you!

Here is the recipe for the Chocolate Covered Pretzel:

• 1 1/2 shots of whipped cream vodka
• 1 1/2 shots Frangelico

In a shaker add ice, whipped cream vodka and Frangelico.  Shake up well to mix both ingredients.  Wet and salt rim of martini glass, then strain your cocktail into glass and enjoy!!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to you Gloria and to Chocolate Covered Pretzel cocktails!!

P.S. I'm digg'n the whipped cream vodka!!

The Cocktail Lady