Episode Eleven: Chocolate Covered Raspberry Martini

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 1/2 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liquor

• 1 1/2 oz. Creme de Cacao

• 1/2 oz. Raspberry Vodka

• 2 1/2 oz. Heavy Cream

Directions:

In a cocktail shaker, add ice and all of the above ingredients. Shake! Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with raspberries and shaved chocolate! Enjoy!

Episode Ten: The Last Word

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 1/2 oz. Green Chartreuse

• 1 1/2 oz. Gin

• 1 1/2 oz. Luxardo

• 1 1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

Directions:

Fill martini glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, add ice and equal parts of Green Chartreuse, Gin, Luxardo, and Fresh Lime Juice. Shake well. Dump ice from martini glass. Strain drink from shaker into glass. Enjoy!

Episode Nine: Pimm's Cup

Ingredients Needed:

• 2 oz. Pimm’s

• 1/4 oz. Lime Juice

• Top with Ginger Beer

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice. In the glass pour 2 oz. of Pimm’s, 1/4 oz. of Lime Juice and top with Ginger Beer. Garnish with a Lime wedge. Enjoy!

Episode Eight: Mid-Atlantic Crisis

Ingredients Needed:

• 1.5 oz Apricot Brandy

• 1.5 oz Southern Comfort

• 1.5 oz Melon Liqueur

• 1.5 oz Blue Curaçao

• 3 oz Sweet & Sour

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a Collins glass with ice. Garnish with orange wheel and cherry. Enjoy!

Episode Seven: Dubonnet

Ingredients Needed:

• 2 oz. Gin

• 1/2 oz. Dubonnet

• 1/2 oz. Luxardo

• 1 Dash Orange Bitters

Directions:

Put ice into cocktail shaker. Add Gin, Dubonnet, and Luxardo. Add one dash of Orange bitters. Stir. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist. Enjoy!

Episode Six: Sazerac

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 Sugar Cube

• 3 dashes bitters

• 2 oz. Rye Whiskey

• 1/4 oz Absinthe

Directions:

Fill old-fashioned (rocks) glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, muddle sugar cube, bitters, and whiskey. Discard ice from glass. Add absinthe to chilled glass and swirl to coat the inside. Discard absinthe (or pour into another glass to drink later). Pour whiskey mixture into glass. Garnish with orange peel. Enjoy!

Episode Five: Dutch & Stormy

Ingredients Needed:

• 1.5 oz Jenever (Dutch Gin)

• .5 oz Lime Juice

• Dash of Bitters

• Ginger Beer

Directions:

Put the Jenever, Lime Juice, and one dash of bitters into a rocks glass (with ice). Top with Ginger Beer and stir. Garnish with a lime wheel. Enjoy!

*Jenever is sometimes spelled Genever. Enjoy! It’s delicious and very refreshing.

Episode Four: French 75

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 oz. Gin

• 1/2 oz Lemon Juice

• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup

• Champagne

Directions:

Put Gin, Lemon Juice, and Simple Syrup in a cocktail shaker, with ice. Shake. Strain into a champagne glass. Top with champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: In the video I accidentally said to add Lime Juice. What is actually used in Lemon Juice, as listed above. On this day of video recording, I had already had more than a few cocktails and simply misspoke. Please do as I write, not as I say! Drink responsibly and enjoy! (PS - I obviously wasn’t drinking responsibly.)

Episode Three: Milk Punch

Ingredients Needed:

• 2-oz Bourbon

• 3-oz Cold Whole Milk

• 1-oz Simple Syrup

• Vanilla Extract

Directions:

Put Ice in a cocktail shaker. Add the bourbon, whole milk, simple syrup and 2 dashes of Vanilla. Shake until the contents are cold and frothy, about 10 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass (with no ice). Top with freshly grated nutmeg. Enjoy!

Episode Two: Trouble in Paradise

Ingredients Needed:

• 2 tbsp. honey

• 1 tbsp. spoon warm water

• 2 fresh basil sprigs

• 1 oz. bourbon

• 1 oz. Campari

• 3/4 oz. fresh grapefruit juice

• 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice

• 2 grinds black pepper

Directions:

Shake honey and water in a small jar until honey is dissolved. Combine 1 basil sprig, bourbon, Campari, grapefruit juice, lemon juice, 1/2 oz. honey syrup, and pepper in a cocktail shaker. Add ice to shaker and shake until outside of shaker is frosty. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice and garnish with remaining basil sprig. Enjoy!

Episode One: Absinthe Drip

Ingredients Needed:

• 1.5 oz. Absinthe

• 1 Sugar Cube

• 2 oz. Cold Water

Directions:

1. Put the spoon and sugar cube over the glass

2. Pour Absinthe over sugar cube into the glass

3. Light the sugar cube on fire

4. When the sugar cube starts to dissolve, slowly pour the cold water over the sugar cube

5. Drop the sugar cube and spoon into the glass and stir