The Virtual Cocktail Party
It’s Friday night again, and despite the fact that it’s the day after St. Patrick’s Day the entire Madtini crew is still standing and ready to roll ourselves into yet another weekend.
We’re keeping it simple tonight and serving up two of the most famous vodka cocktails; the Black Russian and its creamy cousin the White Russian.
After a few of these drinks I’m sure we’ll donning our big Russian winter hats and sing-shouting the lyrics to Boney M’s historically-dicey disco ode to infamous Russian nutjob ‘Rasputin’. Everybody sing “Ra-Ra-rasputin… Russia’s Greatest Love Machine…”
Nasdrovie, from the good folks at Madtini!
Black Russian
Ingredients
Preparation
Pour the two ingredients over cracked ice in an old fashioned glass. Add a straw an serve.
Ingredients
Preparation
Pour the two ingredients over cracked ice in an old fashioned glass. Add a straw an serve.
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It’s time for everyone to get up and wave your hands in the air like you just don’t care. Yes, it’s Friday dance time here at Madtini World Headquarters. This Friday, we’re taking our cocktail clue from the good folks over at GirlyDrinks.com to make a toast to the weekend with a glass of liquid chocolate-coffee awesomeness.
Cheers, here’s to the weekend!
Ingredients
Preparation
Drizzle chocolate syrup around the inside of a chilled cocktail glass. Return glass to the freezer. Combine the white chocolate liqueur, Kahlua and Baileys in a cocktail shaker with 2-3 ice cubes. Shake for 7-8 seconds. Strain into the chilled cocktail glass and serve to your chocolate loving friends.
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It Friday and it sure as heck feels like Patio weather to us here in Toronto today. The sun is shining and the temperature outside of our igloos has climbed to a balmy 9 degrees celsius.
We’re throwing caution to the warm breeze and stripping off our gloves, trapper hats and snow pants. Yes, we’re trying to forget that the temperature is forecasted to drop to -6 C overnight with snow on the way for Sunday.
In the meantime, let’s drink to Friday with something simple, yet delicious: Kahlua and Coke over ice. Cheers!
Ingredients
Preparation
Pour Kahlua into a tall cocktail glass. Add ice, then pour coke over the ice. Add a squeeze of lime.
This is our second ‘Madtini 12 Days of Cocktails’ list. It’s been a fun challenge finding new and interesting drinks to share. We hope all of the Madtini readers have a safe and happy holidays. Remember to enjoy your drinks in moderation, and never drink and drive. Have a sober friend drive you home, take a cab, transit or stay over.
Merry Christmas from the entire Madtini Labs crew, even Manuel our unpaid olive-pitting intern who is still recovering from a recent garnishing incident gone horribly wrong. Our best wishes are with his family at this difficult time. (and yes, we are kidding – Manuel is just fine and has been deservingly promoted to Junior Ice Management Technician… still unpaid) ; )
Ingredients
- 2 oz rosemary infused vodka
- 1/2 oz Cointreau
- 1 oz cranberry juice
- rosemary sprig
- frozen cranberries
Preparation
Chop up a few sprigs of rosemary and add them to your vodka for a few days. Add the rosemary vodka, cointreau and cranberry juice to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake a few times and then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Spear a few cranberries with a rosemary sprig and then float it on top of the drink.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Raspberry Vodka
- 1/4 oz fresh lime juice
- 1/4 oz simple syrup
- 1/4 cup raspberries
Preparation
Combine the raspberry vodka, lime juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake vigorously, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Add 3-4 raspberries as a garnish.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz eggnog
- 1 1/2 oz vodka
- 1 1/2 oz amaretto
- nutmeg
- cinnamon
Preparation
Combine the eggnog, vodka and amaretto in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake well then strain into a chilled martini glass. Sprinkle a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon on top and serve.
Ingredients
- 2 oz vodka
- 2 oz prosecco
- 4 oz cranberry juice
- Crushed ice
- 2 strips orange zest
Directions
Combine prosecco, vodka and cranberry juice in a large-stemmed wine glass. Add the crushed ice and stir gently as the mixture becomes completely chilled. Drop in the strips of orange and serve to your eager guests.
Ingredients
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Peppermint Schnapps
- 1 oz creme de cacao
- 1 oz light cream
- crushed candy canes
Preparation
Crush a candy cane into a fine dust. Wet the rim of the glass with peppermint schnapps, drip it into the crushed candy cane dust and place in the freezer to chill. Combine the peppermint schnapps, vodka, creme de cacao and light cream in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake a few times and strain into the chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a candy cane and serve.
Ingredients
- 12 fresh rosemary needles
- 6 fresh raspberries
- 3/4 oz simple syrup
- 1 1/2 oz Martini & Rossi Rosso Vermouth
- 2 oz cranberry juice
Preparation
Strip off a dozen rosemary needles and add them to the bottom a mixing glass with the raspberries and simple syrup. Muddle the items gently. Add ice, then add vermouth and cranberry juice. Shake the ingredients, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with three raspberries speared by a rosemary sprig.
Ingredients
- 3 oz of Melon Liqueur
- 1.5 oz of fresh lemon juice
- tbsp simple syrup
- 1 Maraschino cherry
Preparation
Add the melon liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake vigorously, strain and serve. Add a maraschino cherry as a garnish representing the Grinch’s shrunken heart.
Ingredients
- 2 oz of Malibu Snowflake Rum
- 2 oz of White Cranberry Juice
- Club Soda
- Twist of Lemon
Preparation
Fill a highball glass full of ice. Add the Malibu Snowflake Rum, white cranberry juice and club soda; stir. Add a twist of lemon as a garnish and serve with a smile.
Ingredients
- 2 oz of freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 oz of Malibu Snowflake Rum
- 3 oz of club soda
- 4 mint leaves
- 1 tsp of sugar
Preparation
Muddle 4 mint leaves, lime juice and sugar in the bottom of a high ball glass. Add ice, rum and club soda. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp. creamy peanut butter
- 1 tbsp. chocolate syrup
- 1/2 oz. Kahlua
- 1/2 oz. dark rum
- 1/2 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. Baileys
- Toasted marshmallows
Preparation
Drizzle chocolate syrup on the inside of a cocktail glass and then place the glass in the freezer to chill.Combine the creamy peanut butter and chocolate syrup together in a glass, stir in the Kahlua until the mixture is well blended. Continue to stir in the vodka, dark rum and Baileys. Add the mixture to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake well until the mixture is chilled. Strain the mixture into the chilled cocktail glass. Roast two marshmallows over a flame and then add to the drink and serve.
Ingredients
- 1 oz. blanco tequila
- 6 oz. Baileys
- 1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- Pinch of chili powder
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- Splash of agave nectar
- Paprika
- Cinnamon stick
Preparation
Add cocoa powder, chili powder, cinnamon and cayenne pepper to a saucepan on low heat. Stir lightly for a few minutes until you can begin to smell the roasting spices in the air. Using a wooden spoon, slowly add the Baileys. Bring the mixture to a slow simmer. Next, stir in the agave nectar and then remove from the heat. Rim your mug or cocktail glass by dipping it into a saucer of agave nectar and then into a saucer of paprika. Add the tequila, then the hot cocoa and Baileys mixture. Stir with a cinnamon stick and then serve.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. Jagermeister
- 1 1/2 oz. Vodka
- 1 1/2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
Preparation
Add the ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Stir, then pour into a chilled cocktail glass and serve.
The first record of the S’More appeared in 1927 in “Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts”. The dessert is made of a layer of chocolate and marshmallow sandwiched between two graham crackers and roasted over an open fire or in the fireplace. The Food Network published this recipe and when we saw it we couldn’t stop ourselves from trying it out and sharing it with you.
Ingredients
Preparation
Drizzle chocolate syrup on the inside of a cocktail glass and then place the glass in the freezer to chill.
Combine the creamy peanut butter and chocolate syrup together in a glass, stir in the Kahlua until the mixture is well blended. Continue to stir in the vodka, dark rum and Baileys. Add the mixture to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake well until the mixture is chilled. Strain the mixture into the chilled cocktail glass. Roast two marshmallows over a flame and then add to the drink and serve.
The Boris Karloff version of Count Dracula will always be the ‘definitive’ vampire in our minds here at Madtini Labs (although Gary Oldman did an awesome job too). Our interns may go on dreamily about spending eternal life with Twilight’s Edward, Bill or Eric of True Blood – we know that the Count could have kicked their brooding, sparkling butts around Transylvania any day of the week.
Once we read the name of this drink on the Intoxicologist’s blog we knew we had to include it in our 2010 collection of Halloween drinks. The drink is a classy blend of coffee liqueur and citrus flavours – but be careful we haven’t tested this one is daylight yet.
Cheers and Happy Hallowe’en from Madtini.
Ingredients
Preparation
Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake, then strain into your chilled martini glass. Add a blood-orange wedge s garnish.
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Drink adapted from the Intoxicologist
If this Black Cat ever crosses your path I guarantee it’s not bring you bad luck. A tasty blend of coffee, vanilla and licorice flavours will have you licking your lips until your bartender can bring you another one. If this doesn’t bring you to life, chew on the espresso beans for a wake-up call. Cheers!
Ingredients
Preparation
Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a few espresso beans.
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Drink adapted from the Intoxicologist
While we do love Billy Corgan and the music of the Smashing Pumpkins, this is a cocktail tribute to the delicious spicy taste of pumpkin and cinnamon. Happy Thanksgiving from the Madtini Labs crew.
Ingredients
Preparation
Combine the cinnamon schnapps, Baileys and Kahlua in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake, then strain into the chilled cocktail glass. Sprinkle ground cinnamon on top and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
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