Kissable Martini

3/4 oz. Smirnoff Orange Vodka
3/4 oz. white creme de cacao
1 1/2 oz. milk
Combine ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake it!  Strain into cocktail glass.  Suggested garnish orange zest and chocolate shavings.
Courtesy of TheBar.com

Red Carpet Martini

As we make our resolutions it is time to settle in for awards show season.  We have altered the name of a raspberry martini we found on The Martini Diva.

• 1 1/2 oz. Creme de Cassis
• 1 oz. Chambord
• 1 oz. Raspberry Vodka
• Juice from half a Lemon
• Chilled Champagne
• Fresh Raspberries and Sugar

Rim your glass with sugar and chill in the freezer. Pour all the ingredients except the champagne in a shaker with ice and shake. Pour into the prepared glass and top with a little champagne. Garnish with the raspberries.

Early Autumn

When I first saw this recipe I knew it had to be good, just reading through the list of ingredients you can't help but be intrigued. The Bombay Sapphire infusion of apples and pears are echoed in the cider and brandy, then there is absinthe and ginger beer for contrasting but complimentary flavors, and on top of all that the unique addition of Fee Brother Aztec Chocolate bitters. This is certainly not a boring cocktail. It shows off some of the trendy flavors and techniques that are hot and is a great example of the modern mixology at its finest. Adam Schuman of New York's Fatty Crab did a great job creating here.

Indgredients:

• 1.5 oz. Bombay Sapphire infused with dried pear and apples (click for recipe)
• 1/2 oz. Lucid absinthe
• 1 oz. local apple cider
• 1/2 oz. pear brandy (Adam recommends: Massenez Williams Poire Brandy)
• 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 2 dashes Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate bitters
• Ginger beer
• cinnamon stick for garnish
• lemon peel for garnish

Preparation:
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.  Shake well.  Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.  Garnish with a lemon peel and cinnamon stick.   Article courtesy of about.com:cocktails.

Income Tax Cocktail

That dreaded yearly task is done and you finally know how much money you are either getting back or handing over. That's right, you have completed your income taxes! So whether you are on top of it and filed 3 months early, waiting for the April 15th deadline or an accountant who has made it through one more tax season, sit back and enjoy this great cocktail to celebrate your accomplishment. Shake, garnish and relax. Courtesy About.com.

• 2 oz gin
• 1/4 oz sweet vermouth
• 1/4 oz dry vermouth
• 1 oz orange juice
• Angostura bitters to taste
• orange twist for garnish

Christmas Martini

6 parts vodka
1 teaspoon peppermint schnapps
1 part dry vermouth
Miniature candy cane
Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with candy cane.

Courtesy of our new affiliate Swank Martini Company

August Apple

Apply Jolly Rancher Cocktail
1 oz Sour Apple Pucker
1 oz Vodka
11 splashes Sweet and sour
1 dash 7-Up

How to Mix it:
Chill in tumbler, shake. Serve up in rocks glass.

Fourth of July Sparkler

HPNOTIQ’s Fourth of July Sparkler

• 1 oz. HPNOTIQ
• 2 oz. super premium tequila
• 1 oz. Gran Marnier
• 1 oz. fresh lime juice
• Splash of Sour Mix
• 1/2 cup crushed ice

Rim a Margarita glass with red (food coloring) salt.
Blend Tequila, Gran Marnier, Sour Mix and Lime Juice. Poor Margarita into Margarita Glass. Top the Margarita with 1 oz. of Hpnotiq. Garnish with home made or store bought sparkler.

Jealous June Cocktail

This is a cocktail to start the summer from Alex's.

• 30ml midori
• 15 ml cointreau
• 20ml white rum
• 90ml pineapple juice

shake and strain over ice

Sin & Sour

1/2 oz	360 Eco Luxury Vodka
1/2 oz	Goldschlager Cinnamon Schnapps
3/4 oz	Sweet and Sour Mix
1/4 oz	DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker Schnapps

Environmental Cocktail

Global Warming

1 oz	360 Vodka
1 oz	Nivan (Vanilla Liqueur)
	Black Coffee
Serve and garnish with whipped cream.

Irish Martini

Spice up a Vodka Martini with a hint of Irish whiskey.

• 3 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz dry vermouth
• 1/2 oz Irish whiskey
• lemon twist for garnish

1. Pour the Irish whiskey into a chilled martini glass.
2. Swirl around the glass in order to coat the inside.
3. Drain the excess whiskey.
4. Pour the vodka and dry vermouth into a cocktail shaker half-filled with cracked ice.
5. Shake well.
6. Strain into the martni glass.
7. Garnish with the lemon twist.

February Smooth

Chocolate Martini
There are many ways to make a chocolate martini. You can pick your favorite spirit such as light rum, vodka or brandy as a base spirit to mix with a chocolate liqueur. If you're looking for a fruity taste, pick a flavored vodka or rum such as citrus or raspberry. For a sweeter taste, use vanilla flavored vodka or rum. To garnish, coat a rim of martini glass or a swirl a chocolate syrup in a glass.
- 2 oz 360 Eco Luxury Vodka
- 1/2 oz chocolate liqueur
- 1/2 oz white creme de cacao
- Chocolate syrup to coat rim of martini glass
Coat rim of martini glass with chocolate syrup. Mix all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a martini glass.

January Red

It is a whole new year. We figured this was a great way to get it started.

Bloody Mary 360
1 1/2 oz 360 Vodka
1/2 cup Tomato Juice
2 tsp Lemon Juice
Worcestershire Sauce to Taste
Tabasco to Taste

Celery Stick
Combine 360 Vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco with 1 cup of ice cubes - salt and pepper to taste. Shake mixture and strain into a tall glass add ice as needed. Garnish with a celery stick.