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Ramos Fizz

Category: Fizzes

Category: Cream Drinks

 

1          oz.        Gin

1 1/2    oz.        Sour Mix

1/2       oz.        Half & Half

1          splash   Orange Juice

1                      Egg White(s)

1          inch      Club Soda

                        Nutmeg

                        Orange Slice

 

Shake or blend the gin, sour mix, cream, orange juice and egg white together with ice until completely incorporated.  Pour the soda into a chilled highball glass.  Add the blended mixture, sprinkle with nutmeg, and garnish with the orange slice.

 

Tips:  Be sure to add the liquor mix to the soda, in that order, for maximum fizz.

 

Trivia:  This once-popular drink was invented by a bartender named Ramos who worked in New Orleans' French Quarter.  Legend has that it took several waitresses to shake the drink to its signature fizz.

 

 

Red Hot Mama

Category: Coolers

 

1 1/2    oz.        White Rum

3          oz.        Cranberry Juice

                        Club Soda (to fill)

                        Lime Slice

 

Shake or blend the rum and juice with ice.  Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and top off with soda.  Garnish with the lime slice and serve.

 

 

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1 1/2    oz.        Whiskey

3/4       oz.        Grapefruit Juice

1          tsp.       Cane Syrup or Honey

                        Maraschino Cherry

 

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled rocks glass.  Add the maraschino cherry and serve.

 

Variations:  Sugar syrup can also be used as a sweetener, though it lends less flavor than the syrup or honey suggested here.

 

 

Rob Roy

Category: Manhattan Variations

 

1 1/2    oz.        Scotch

1/2       oz.        Sweet Vermouth

                        Maraschino Cherry

 

Pour into an ice-filled rocks glass, garnish with the cherry, and serve.

 

Variations:  To serve straight up, shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.  Also feel free to experiment with dry vermouth (for a Dry Rob Roy) or equal portions dry and sweet vermouth (for a Perfect Rob Roy).

 

 

Root Beer

Category: Novelty Drinks

 

1          oz.        Coffee Liqueur

1          oz.        Galliano

1          oz.        Lemon Juice

1/2       tsp.       Superfine Sugar

                        Cola (to fill)

 

Combine the first four ingredients and shake or blend with ice.  Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice cubes, top off with cola, and stir.

 

Tips:  Use a dash of sugar syrup, if you don't have superfine sugar on hand.  Granulated sugar will work in a pinch:  stir it with the lemon juice, until dissolved.

 

 

Royal Screw

Category: Champagne Drinks

 

2          oz.        Champagne

2          oz.        Cognac

2          oz.        Orange Juice

 

Pour the champagne into a champagne glass and add the cognac.  Top off with orange juice and serve.

 

 

Rum Rickey

Category: Coolers

 

1 1/2    oz.        White Rum

1/2       oz.        Lime Juice

                        Soda Water (to fill)

                        Lime Slice (optional)

 

Pour the rum and lime juice into an ice-filled highball glass and stir to blend.  Top off with soda water and garnish with the lime slice.  Then sit back and imagine yourself sitting on the wide verandah of a Caribbean manor home, and enjoy!

 

Tips:  If you find this drink's a little too tart, use sugar syrup as a sweetener.

 

 

Rum Runner

Category: Tropical Drinks

 

1 1/2    oz.        Dark Rum

1 1/2    oz.        White Rum

1/4       oz.        Lime Juice

1/4       oz.        Sugar Syrup

2 1/2    oz.        Pineapple Juice

                        Lime Slice

                        Maraschino Cherry

 

Stick the fruit together with a toothpick.  Shake or blend the liquids with ice, and strain into an ice-filled highball or hurricane glass.  Garnish with the fruit and serve.

 

 

Rum Screwdriver

Category: Basic Cocktails

 

1 1/2    oz.        Rum

                        Orange Juice

                        Lime Slice

 

Pour the liquor into an ice-filled highball glass and fill with juice.  Garnish with a lime slice.

 

 

Russian Cocktail

1          oz.        Gin

1          oz.        Vodka

1          oz.        White Creme de Cacao

 

Shake or blend with ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail or rocks glass and serve.

 

 

Russian Coffee

Category: Cream Drinks

 

1 1/2    oz.        Coffee Liqueur

1          oz.        Heavy Cream

1/2       oz.        Vodka

1/2       cup       Crushed Ice

 

Shake or blend quickly, and pour into a chilled brandy snifter.

 

Tip:  Chilling the vodka, cream and coffee liqueur before use will help to keep the ice from melting and preserve the life of the drink.

 

 

Rusty Nail

Category: Sidecars

 

1 1/2    oz.        Scotch

3/4       oz.        Drambuie

 

Fill a rocks glass with ice.  Pour in the liquors and stir well before serving.