Summer Cocktails

What better place to store stuff than on my own, personal blog? I can put whatever the fuck I want on here! (Yes, I am sort of just realizing this.) So instead of using Jeff's IM history to store cocktail recipies, I am stashing them here. Give them a try, Internet people, if you can't be reading incoherent rants you can at least be getting drunk all fancy-like.

The Irma la Douce

1 1/2 ounces gin (we recommend Hendrick's)
1/2 ounce Green Chartreuse
1/2 ounce muddled cucumber
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce grapefruit juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of cucumber.

Iced Tea Classic

1 to 2 parts Earl Grey-infused vodka
2 parts lemon soda
a sprig of mint
a thinly sliced lemon
a splash of simple syrup (optional)

To make Earl Grey-infused vodka: For a 750 ml bottle, steep 4 tea bags for four to five hours (or until it's brewed-tea color; don't let it sit too long, or it will get bitter and tannic).
Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour one to two parts vodka over ice. Add two parts lemon soda as a mixer. (Folks who like their iced tea sweet may want to add a splash of simple syrup). Add a sprig of crushed mint and one or two thinly sliced rounds of lemon as a garnish.


Black & Tan

5 blackberries
8 mint leaves
1/4 ounce fresh lime juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
2 ounces Sazerac rye
ginger beer

Muddle the blackberries, mint, simple syrup and lime juice in a mixing glass. Add the rye, and shake well with ice. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass (you’ll want to use a mesh tea strainer), top with ginger beer and garnish with two whole blackberries.


Sangre de Agave

1 1/2 ounce reposado Tequila [Don Julio]
1/2 ounce dark, heavy rum [Pusser’s]
3/4 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce creme de cassis
1/2 teaspoon rich simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass