Blood and Sand Cocktail

Drink Ingredients:

• 3/4 oz of Scotch
• 3/4 oz of vermouth
• 3/4 oz of cherry brandy
• 3/4 oz of fresh orange juice
• Slice of orange for garnish

Drink Preparation:

• Combine all of the liquid ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
• Shake until cold, then strain into chilled cocktail glass.
• Garnish with orange slice.

Pergroni

Drink Ingredients:

• 1 oz of sweet Italian sweet vermouth
• 1 oz of Campari
• 1 oz of Pernod
• Dash of orange bitters
• Orange twist for garnish

Drink Preparation:

• Combine all of liquid ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
• Stir gently for 20 to 30 seconds until cold.
• Then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
• Garnish with the orange twist.

Tom Collins

Drink Ingredients:

• 8 oz of gin
• 4 oz of lemon juice
• 4 tsp of superfine sugar
• 12 oz of club soda
• 4 maraschino cherry
• 4 slice orange

This is for making 4 drinks.

Drink Preparation:

• In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes combine the gin, lemon juice and sugar.
• Shake well and strain in a Collins glass almost filled with ice.
• Add the club soda and garnish with maraschino cherry and orange slice.

Uptown Manhattan

Drink Ingredients:

• 2 oz of Bourbon preferably Maker's Mark
• 1 oz of Carpano Antica sweet vermouth
• Dash of orange bitters
• 3 brandied cherries for garnish
• Orange twist for garnish

Drink Preparations:

• Combine all of the liquid ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
• Stir gently for 20 to 30 seconds, until cold. 
• Then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
• Garnish with with cherries and orange twist.   

For the Steelers Fans "The Black and Gold Martini"

Drink Ingredients:

• 2 oz of Blavod Vodka
• 1 oz Goldschlager

Drink Preparations:

• Pour Blavod vodka in cocktail strainer filled with ice.
• Shake well.
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
• Top with Goldschalger

The great thing about this drink is that Blavod vodka is black. So when the Goldschager is added and the gold flakes float to the top, you get your Black and Gold. So enjoy this drink during the Bengals game.

In honor of The Ravens late win we have the "Sweet Taste of Victory drink"

Drink Recipe:

• 2 oz of bourbon
• 3/4 oz of Chambourd Liqueur
• 3/4 of vanilla syrup
• 2 dashes of Peychaud's bitters
• Ice Cubes

Tools: shaker, strainer
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: 3 fresh blackberries or rasberries skewered on a stick

Drink Preparations:

• Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish

The Old Fashioned

Drink Ingredients:

• 1 sugar cube
• 1 orange slice
• 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
• 1 to 2 brandied cherries
• 1 1/2 oz of bourbon

Drink Preparations:

• In an old-fashioned glass muddle, muddle the sugar cube with the orange slice, bitters and cherries, if using.
• Add ice, top with bourbon and stir to mix.

For those who do not know what it is to muddle: it is to use a muddler (which looks like a small baseball bat) it is used to for mashing sugar cubes, fruit, herbs, and even ice in cocktails. When muddling fruit, such as in an Old-Fashioned. You must mash the fruit enough to release the oils in the rind.