#203 Cocktail: Meropolitan

      Ther are not so many things to say about this cocktail which is just a variation of the , more known, Cosmopolitan.
     The only difference in this recipe is that , instead of using the normal vodka, you have to use the Absolut Kurant vodka. The story behind the name Absolut Kurant is black currant, a typical Swedish berry from which the flavor is taken. When launched in 1992 it was a tribute to the Swedish origin of Absolut Vodka. Originally it was even supposed to be called Absolut Vinbär since the Swedish word for black currant is vinbär. Only thing was that the English pronunciation would have been wine bar.
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1 1/2 ounce Absolut Kurant

1 ounce triple sec

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

cranberry juice to taste

#202 Cocktail: Mount Gay Rumrita

A simple and delicious, rum based, cocktail.
After he created the Missing Link one (a cocktail tat I will make in the days that will come) because, as he said there was no New Orleans sour cocktail that had a dark rum base, he learned that Jane Scott , the brand manager for Cointreau in New York was drinking this Mount Gay rum version cocktail for quite awhile, so he decided to put it in his book.
  I have no idea about the creator of this cocktail, but the name, it's quite simple, comes from the based rum used in the recipe

1 1/2 ounce Mount Gay Rum

1 ounce Cointreau

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

#201 Cocktail: Mimosa

   A cocktail composed of equal parts champagne (or other sparkling wine) and chilled citrus fruit juice, usually orange juice unless otherwise specified (e.g. a grapefruit juice mimosa). It is traditionally served in a tall champagne flute with a morning brunch, to guests at weddings, or as part of "1st Class" service on some passenger railways and airlines.
   It is believed to have been invented circa 1925 in the Hôtel Ritz Paris by Frank Meier. It is probably named after the common name in Anglophone Europe for the yellow flowers of Acacia dealbata
  The cocktail recipe can be improved by adding the triple sec, Cointreau or Grand Marnier and also play a little with the quantities

1/2 ounce triple sec

1 1/2 once fresh orange juice 

3 1/2 ounce champagne

#200 Cocktail: Millennium

        The cocktail was created for the New Year\s Eve in 1999 by Gaz Regan and his wife, Mardee. It's a simple recipe, but the drink can be quite complex if enough bitters is added ( this ingredient really makes the cocktail come alive).

 2 1/2 ounce bourbon

1/2 ounce peach schnapps 

3 dashes angostura bitters