CARAMEL APPLE

1/2 oz Sour Puss apple
1/2 oz Butter Ripple schnapps

Shake over ice and serve as a shot.

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REVY RIPPLE

1/2 oz Phillips Butter Ripple schnapps
1/2 oz Revel Stoke Spiced Whisky

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Jagermeister & Root Beer shaken on ice, poured into a shot glass.

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THE CRYSTAL COOLER

2 oz Crystal Head vodka
1 oz orange juice
1 oz passion fruit juice
o.5 oz fresh lemon juice
soda water

Add Crystal Head Vodka, orange juice, passion fruit juice and fresh lemon juice into a shaker with ice.  Shake well.  Strain into a cocktail glass filled with ice.  Top with soda water.  Garnish w/ an orange slice.

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With the weather getting colder I thought a hot drink recipe might be in order.  This is from the Wine Access Magazine (Dec11/Jan12).  The recipe is courtesy of Brad Hendrickson, chef-de-cuisine at ensemble restaurant in Vancouver.

BRAD’S IRISH FOG

3 cups boiling water
3 Earl Grey tea bags
6 oz Bailey’s
2 oz Irish whisky (such as Jameson)
4 tsp honey (to taste)

Add tea bags to boiling water in a heatproof pitcher or teapot and let steep 2 to 4 minutes.  Add Bailey’s and Irish whisky to tea; add honey, if desired.  Serves 4.

One of the many flavours of summer – honeydew melon.  Try it in a cocktail with Pinnacle Melon Vodka. 

ROSE MARTINI
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
1 1/2 oz cranberry juice
splash Triple Sec
splash fresh lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.

MELON COSMO
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1 oz lemonade
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cherry.

VOGUE MARTINI
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
1 oz melon liqueur (such as Bols)
splash pineapple juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.  Garnish with an orange wedge.

TOUSSAINT MARTINI
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
3/4 oz orange juice
3/4 oz lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.  Garnish with an orange twist.

RUGBY JUICE
1 1/2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
1/2 oz blue curacao
4 oz pineapple juice
1 oz cranberry juice
Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with a pineapple slice

FRENCH MELON OPEN
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
4 oz club soda
splash cranberry juice
Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with a  lime wedge.

VERSAILLES COCKTAIL
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
4 oz lemon-lime soda (7-Up or Sprite)
Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with a lemon wedge.

NOTRE DAME
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
4 oz orange juice
Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with an orange wedge.

THE EURO
2 oz Pinnacle Melon Vodka
4 oz cranberry juice
Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with a lime wedge.