Some good mixed drinks recipes

[tacklejunkie]

All the beer from our Xmas gathering is gone but I have quite a few bottles of whiskey, rum, vodka, brandy, ect left. The only recipe I know is rum cokes. My wife only knows a couple. Anybody have any good mixed drinks that are a must try?

[nofishfisherman]

Here are my standard winter drinks.

Vodka or Gin Gimlet

Fill a glass with ice. Pour in your favorite vodka or gin almost to the top of the glass and then add a little Roses Lime juice.

Brandy Cider

Warm up some apple cider with some mulling spices. Pour into a glass and add your favorite brandy. Also good with whiskey.

[CJH]

Check out Webtender or similar HSOforum. It has a function labelled "In My Bar" that will allow you to put in what is in your liquor cabinet and spit out a list of drinks with those ingredients.

There are a ton of great drinks out there, I wouldn't even know where to start listing them.

Enjoy!!

[fishinchicks]

Screwdrivers - orange juice and vodka - just make sure the orange juice is a good one.

Bloody Marys are easy - I don't like the super spicy or salty mixes, so I use V8 as the base of mine.

You can also use the vodka to make vanilla for baking. Heat 1 cup of vodka just until hot, pour into a glass jar with two vanilla beans that have been split down the middle. After the vodka cools, cover and keep in a cupboard for at least two weeks before using. When ready to use, strain into a smaller bottle.

[OnAFly]

If you've got Bourbon, mix it strong with Simply Lemonade. It's got a very nice sweet, sour, caramelly flavor. You'll know when you got the ratio right. It's just under 50/50.

You have to use good quality lemonade for this. The cheap stuff is just sweet, no sour or it's just flavorless.

[McGurk]

Vodka: Grab a 1 gallon thermos jug and put in a softened limeade concentrate. Cover with ice, and fill with vodka. Screw on the lid, shake, and repeat shaking every few minutes for a half hour or so (if you can wait). Jackazz Juice is born. Take a pull and pass. Don't drive.

Brandy: Get a gallon of apple CIDER, and some cinnamon, nutmeg, orange slices, and lemon slices. Put a medium pot on the stove, and add the cider, spices and a couple each of the fruit slices. Warm and simmer for as long as you want. Ladle into a mug, and add brandy to taste. Spider Cider is great on the frozen lake mixed in a thermos. Don't drive.

Whiskey: Drink on ice. Don't Drive.

Rum: Rum and Coke. Don't drive.

[nofishfisherman]

There's also a drink I learned while in Cabo San Lucas last winter.

Step 1. Fill a glass with tequila.

Step 2. Drink the tequila.

Step 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2.

When on a boat cruise you can omit the glass and proceed directly to steps 2 and 3.

And for sure follow McGurk's suggestion. Don't drive.

[Valv]

I nice drink I just discovered is Red Stag and Coke.

Fill a tall glass half full of ice, add 2 shots of Red Stag (cherry flavored bourbon), top everything with coke.

But going back to OP, if you have that many liquors in the bar, you can try the notorious Long Island Ice Tea:

1 part vodka

1 part tequila

1 part rum

1 part gin

1 part triple sec

1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix

top glass with cola

This will help "get rid" of many bottles.

And as McGurk says, don't drive.

Also if you are in a hurry to clean up the bar, you can call any of us replying to your thread, we'll be glad to help you out

[KrabbyPatties]

All the beer from our Xmas gathering is gone but I have quite a few bottles of whiskey, rum, vodka, brandy, ect left.

I can help with that!

Seriously though, unless you go with the cider recipes above, I'd be sipping eggnog and brandy (or rum or whiskey) with a little nutmeg and cinnamon. I'm also a big fan of whiskey sours.

[Eric Wettschreck]

1. Hold beer can.

2. Open beer

3. Drink beer from can

It's the greatest drink ever.

[picksbigwagon]

I am a big fan of pickled beets, so one year at a fall camping weekend I took a couple of pickled beet slices and added them to my glass of whiskey on the rocks... It was good, really good, my brother gave it he name though: Beat your whiskey &@$€. ( not one of the standard dirty words either). Then I tried making a Bee-tini. Yep good vodka martini shaken with ice and then poured over 2-3 pickled beet slices. As with any mixed drink, the better quality ingredients, the better the drink. Oh and use moderation

[Dark Cloud]

I like the pickled beet idea!

I came up with something on xmas eve... my dad likes whiskey n ginger ale, I like whiskey sours. Yep you guessed it WhiskeyGingerSours...

Fill a glass with ice then add about equal parts of whiskey, ginger ale, and sour mix. A splash of cherry juice, and a cherry or two in there works nice also.

Also a big fan of vodka, cranberry juice, sprite or 7-up, and a squeeze of fresh lime...

[KrabbyPatties]

There are a lot of drinks out there, but a lot of them are fruity or stupid and not something I would drink. If you're looking for good classics using the liquors you listed that a guy would want to drink, search "manly drinks" and you should find some nice options.

[Nate McVey]

Can't go wrong with a manhattan......

Muddle (smash) an orange wedge, maraschino cherrie, sweet vermouth (or cherrie juice) and 1/2 packet of sugar.

Fill glass with ice

Top with bourbon

or Cowboy Margarita

Dump a can of thawed limeade concentrate in a juice pitcher, fill the empty limeade can with tequila and add that to the pitcher along with a can of beer (PBR tastes the best.)

Give it a good stir and pour it over ice in a salt rimmed glass.

[Jarrod32]

Lynchburg Lemonade. And real Lynchburg Lemonade...not that pre-bottled stuff you can find.

4 parts Sprite/7 Up

1 part Jack Daniels

1 part Triple Sec

1 part Sweet and Sour mix.

Add a lemon slice. Good stuff. For a large batch, a couple 2 Liter bottles of Sprite, and a bottle each of the other ingredients mixed in a roaster pan.

[nofishfisherman]

Another good simple drink is the Dirty Golfer.

Lemonade

Ice tea

Vodka

You can either use the Arnold Palmer Lemonade/Ice tea mix or mix them yourself to get the mix just the way you like it.

[Walleyehooker]

This makes some good home made Bailys Isish cream

1 cup light cream (Half & Half will do)

14 ounces sweetened condensed milk (usually one can)

1 cups Irish Whiskey (I used Windsor instead but any Whiskey will do)

2 tsp Chocolate syrup

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1 tsp Almond extract

[ThunderLund78]

As an alternative to a Screwdriver for the first sip of the day; try Capt. Morgan and Orange Juice. Much easier-drinking than a screwdriver, the spiced rum adds a hint of vanilla which gives the drink almost a dreamcicle like taste.

Huge drink for us in College when we just HAD to drink at 10:00 am after a night of partying. No idea how I ever survived those days. Be safe.

[tacklejunkie]

Thanks folks for the good recipes. Since I'm off of work today until Wednesday, I got a few days to experiment with these recipes

[machohorn]

"Dean Matin" simple and easy, Put a drink in 1 hand and have a smoke in the other hand.

[Chef]

Stinger--60/40 split--Brandy and White Creme De Menthe on the rocks.

Old Fashion--Bourbon, dash of Bitters, Orange slice, crushed red cherry, dash of sugar and dash of club soda. Mix, Repeat...

Good Vodka? Martini's Bad Vodka--mix it with whatever.

Rum--Daquari's aren't bad.

[fowldreams]

Beer Garitas

1 can frozen limeade

1 16oz silo beer can

8 oz tequilla more if wanted

2 Liter bottle of 7 up

Twisted fun too come. Enjoy!

[Archerysniper]

I nice drink I just discovered is Red Stag and Coke.

Fill a tall glass half full of ice, add 2 shots of Red Stag (cherry flavored bourbon), top everything with coke.

I also found that one this and fell in love with it.

[Archerysniper]

This makes some good home made Bailys Isish cream

1 cup light cream (Half & Half will do)

14 ounces sweetened condensed milk (usually one can)

1 cups Irish Whiskey (I used Windsor instead but any Whiskey will do)

2 tsp Chocolate syrup

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1 tsp Almond extract

We normally make a few gallons of this for the holidays every year and it's always a hit.

[Iambjm]

Apple Pie

1 qt. Everclear

1 gal. Apple Juice

1 gal. Cider, apple

7 sticks Cinnamon Stick

(4 Cups) Sugar

Mix apple juice, apple cider, sugar, and cinnamon sticks together. Boil until cinnamon sticks lose flavor. Add Everclear. Refrigerate.

Absolutely no calories ( I lie )