Your favorite cocktail and how to make it.

[DetlefK]

- 4 parts orange juice
- 1 part medium-dry Sherry
- ice

It's my variation of a cocktail (well, a highball) I read about on the internet and I like to call it "Bitter Orange."

Fruity. Sour with a hint of bitterness. Refreshing.

[woodsprite]

1. Low carb "sangria"

4 oz. red or white wine (the drier, the better)
4 oz. seltzer or club soda
1/4 tsp (or to taste) of flavored water enhancer
(I use berry flavored Mio with the red wine and tropical mango Mio with white wine)
1-2 oz. of flavored vodka depending how strong you like it
(I use orange vodka with the red wine, and grapefruit vodka with the white wine)

Serve over ice in a glass garnished with a slice of lime. Double or quadruple the ingredients to make a pitcher full!

I'm diabetic and this is much kinder to my blood sugar numbers than regular sangria is. It's only about 3 carbs, and you get a whole 9 to 10 oz. serving over ice. The original recipe was for the red version. I adapted the white version because my daughter has allergic reactions to red wines.

[DFW]

2. Wachauer Marillennektar

Straight up, chilled, no ice.

http://www.wachauer-marillenbauer.at/produkte/

(I don't do alcohol, but this stuff will send you to cloud nine all on its own!)

[MANative]

3. Summer in a glass

10-ounce tumbler filled to half with ice

1.5 ounces blueberry vodka (Smirnoff)

5 ounces lemonade

Twist of lemon for garnish

Stir and enjoy!

[Freddie]

4. My favorite drink is straight out of the 80s

Fuzzy Navel - peach schnapps and OJ.
Tropicana Twister used to make an Orange Peach flavor that tasted exactly like it without the booze. Sadly no longer made.

[Canoe52]

5. Wine

1 bottle of dry red wine
1 corkscrew
1 wine glass

Remove cork, pour wine into glass.

Don’t bother putting the cork back in, it’s a waste of time and energy.

[Aristus]

10. See mine below.

We're on the same wavelength...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Grey Goose or Kirkland premium up. Dry vermouth in/out, super chilled glass, vodka vigorously

shaken with ice, strained over three bleu cheese stuffed queen olives! 🍸 Cheers!

[Major Nikon]

7. Whiskey

Glass, pour, drink.

[forgotmylogin]

8. I love White Russians. (the drink)

Shot Kahlua, Shot Vodka, half-and-half (or milk) on rocks.

Since they have such an unfortunate name in these times, let me also present the Mind Eraser:

Shot Kahlua, Shot Vodka, seltzer, and ice, drink through a straw for maximum effect in these troubled times.

And nothing can top a cold Margarita:

Shot Tequila, Shot Triple-Sec, Lime Juice, and Tequila mix or Sweet and Sour mix over ice with a salted rim.

I invented what I call the "First Date Margarita" when I want the taste but not to get plastered:

Shot Triple Sec (optional - it's like 4% alcohol), Shot Agave Nectar, Lime, and Lemon Juice, 1/2 Orange Juice, 1/2 no sugar Sour Mix.

My other weird thing if I go to a bar is Tequila and Coke - best with a pinch of salt and a lime.

I'm really not an alcoholic, these are my rare go-to drinks.

[Aristus]

9. Get a very large glass.

Pour a lot of alcohol into it.

Drink.

Well, that's about it, really...

[SamKnause]

11. Toasted Almond

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1 tall 12 oz. glass

Ice

Blender


1 shot of Amaretto.

1 shot of Kahlua.

6 ounces half and half

1 teaspoon of maraschino cherry juice

whip cream

1 maraschino cherry



Blend ice, Amaretto, Kahlua, half and half, and cherry juice.

Pour in to tall 12 oz. glass.

Add whip cream and top with cherry.

Serve with a side shot of Amaretto.


Enjoy

[GeorgeGist]

12. Anti-trump Tonic

Tall glass
Ice - 1/2 glass
Southern Comfort - 2 oz
Tonic water - ad lib

[surrealAmerican]

13. gin and tonic

gin ( the more flavorful the better )
tonic ( any kind that isn't "diet" )
small piece of lime ( squeeze and drop into your glass )
a few ice cubes