White Cosmo

Day 315

White Cosmo

4 shots out of 5

The holidays for us are done.  

Can I believe it?  

No, no I can't.  

In a little less then a week it will be New Years Eve and then we all begin 2013 on the very next day.  I look forward to New Years Eve every year.  

We get together with a good group of friends and bring in the New Year in style.  Drinking style that is!

I gave tonight's cocktail 4 shots out of 5.  

I found the recipe at hostess with the mostess.  

The recipe on that site lets you choose between 1 ounce and 2 ounces of vodka.  I used 1 ounce, but now think that I should have used a little bit more.  

I think another 1/4 to 1/2 ounce more of vodka would have been more to my liking, but you can be the judge when/if you make it.  

I think white cranberry juice is a nice change in cocktails, although I believe I like the Simply Cranberry cocktail juice the best.  

All in all this is a nice refreshing cocktail.  

The one ingredient that stands out the most is the lime juice, but NOT by a whole lot.  I'm glad I tried this cocktail and if you try it as well, I'd love to hear what you think about it.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a White Cosmo:

• 1 oz vodka (or more if you would like, I recommend more)
• 2 oz white cranberry juice
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 1/2 oz cointreau

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass and enjoy!

Here's to there being 5 more days left of this year and 51 more days left of my Year Of Cocktails!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Elf Cocktail

Day 314

Elf Cocktail

2 shots out of 5

Merry Christmas!  

WOW can't believe it's finally here.  

Where exactly has the year gone?  

I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season, whatever your holiday that you are celebrating is.  

Are we ready for a brand new year?  I know I am!

I gave tonight's cocktail 2 shots out of 5.  


I found tonight's cocktail at the freefunchristmas website.  

I love elves and thought this might be a fun cocktail to have on Christmas.....WRONG! 

Oh well, you win some and you loose some.  

This one was too sweet (I hear those of you gasping that have been with my since this beginning of my adventure), and the flavors trick you on the first sip making you "think" that you may just almost like this cocktail, then BAM you take a second sip and you know what you knew all along, yuck!  

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for an Elf Cocktail:

• 1 oz midori
• 2 oz citrus vodka
• 1 oz white cranberry juice
• cherries for garnish

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above except for the cherries.  Shake and strain into a martini glass.  Garnish with cherries.

I hope you are all having a wonder holiday season!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Blue Blue Christmas

Day 312

Blue Blue Christmas

2.5 shots out of 5

Merry Christmas Eve Eve, to those of you who celebrate Christmas.......or to those of you who love the movie Elf.

Our.........house..........is..........buzzing...........with.......... EXCITEMENT!!  

The fact that tomorrow is Christmas Eve and the next day Christmas Day.....wowzers, these kids almost can't stand it!

I gave tonight's cocktail 2.5 shots out of 5.  

I found this recipe at recipe.com.  

They gave me a choice of vodka or rum, so I went with rum.  

I'm honestly not sure that it would have made any difference in my rating if I would have chosen vodka.  

This cocktail is not horrible and it's not great.  

This cocktail is one that I will completely forget about in a few minutes.  It doesn't have a whole lot of flavor unfortunately and that's what makes it ho-hum.  

I guess that's why they call it Blue Blue Christmas, because if you drink it and not a scrumptious cocktail like my White Christmas (which we had AGAIN last night) or Candy Cane Martini, then your Christmas will be blue.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is a the recipe for a Blue Blue Christmas:

• 2 oz rum
• 2 oz white cranberry juice
• 1/2 oz blue curacao
• 1/4 oz lime juice

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain your cocktail into a chilled martini glass.  I put a couple little orange peels on the rim of the glass......for looks.

Here's to never having this cocktail again!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady