The Cocktails Must Flow

St Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s Patron Saints Day, is coming up on the 17^th March and we’ll be doing a few Irish themed cocktails.

Don’t worry though, as we will still be doing #FridayNightCocktails on the day after, Friday 18^th.

Shall this coming #FridayNightCocktails be vodka based ones or a random selection? Or would anyone like to suggest an alternative?

An upgraded version of the Cuba Libre replacing some of the rum with gin and adding lime juice and aromatic bitters.

I became aware of the Brandy Alexander from watching the US TV show The Big Bang Theory; this is one of the drinks ordered by Raj (alongside the Grasshopper).

A Brandy Alexander is a brandy-based dessert cocktail consisting of cognac, crème de cacao, and cream, that became popular during the early 20th century. It is a variation of an earlier, gin-based cocktail called simply an Alexander.

The Brandy Alexander featured in The Big Bang Theory TV show alongside the Grasshopper as favourites of the character Raj.

This is a slightly sweeter version of the Cuba Libre and includes amaretto.

The second of our cocktails this evening turned out a startling pink; the recipe did call for grenadine so that’s what we used; simply syrup may have been a better choice as that would have left us with a mango coloured drink.

However, this does taste of mango and is delicious.

This is an easy chocolate Martini recipe with a few easy replacements.

I use both a creme de cacao and a dark chocolate liqueur, but the former can be doubled to replace the latter; the single cream can be replaced with double cream or even milk (I’d not go below full-fat 2″blue-top” milk).

This is a variation of the vodka Martini replacing the vermouth with limoncello.