#268 Cocktail: Seven&Seven

      This one is a simple combination between a whiskey and 7Up juice. But, there is a catch. It works really good only with Seagram's Seven Crown whiskey. A really good American blended whiskey.
       Easy drink to make and really enjoyable. Not one of my favorites though

2 ounces Seagram's Seven Crown whiskey

3 ounces 7Up juice

#267 Cocktail: Satan's Whiskers

     At a first look, the combination of all these drinks seem not to work thatwell, but I tell you it does, and it is very, very tasty.
      It seems apparent that the Satan’s Whiskers is a variation on a favorite cocktail of the early 20th Century, The Bronx. It is perhaps inevitable that some of the other boroughs of New York clamored for a cocktail of their own after the success of The Manhattan, with The Brooklyn - a very nice mix of Rye, Dry Vermouth, Maraschino and the nearly impossible to source Amer Picon - being far better and far more delicious than the Bronx, which is simply a Perfect Martini (equal parts sweet and dry vermouth), tarted up with some orange juice. While not offensive, the Bronx is lacking, but it was incredibly popular in its day; President Taft once scandalized the nation by having one with his breakfast and it was deemed one of the ten most popular cocktails of 1934 by Burke's Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes. On the flip side, Esquire put the Bronx on its list of the 10 Worst Drinks from 1924-1934.

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1/2 ounce gin

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce fresh orange juice

1/4 ounce Grand Marnier

Orange bitters to taste

#266 Cocktail: Salty Dog

     Well, this is really simple....the cocktail and the origin. The recipe is exactly like the Greyhound, the only difference is the adding of salt. Taaaa-daaaaa! That's all!
      Nonetheless, a really great summer drink.

2 ounces Vodka

3 ounces fresh grapefruit juice

#265 Cocktail: Southside

    Its origins are subject to speculation. It has been proposed that it gets its name from either the South Side district of the city of Chicago, Illinois, or from the Southside Sportsmen's Club on Long Island.
   The drink may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago's South Side. The gin imported by Capone's rivals on the North Side of Chicago was smooth, and usually consumed with ginger ale. However, the gin consumed by Al Capone's gang had a rougher finish, and required more sweeteners to make it palatable. Thus the South Side was born.

Wikipedia

4 lemon wedges

2 to 3 teaspoon granulated sugar

4 to 5 fresh mint leaves

2 1/2 ounces Gin

#264 Cocktail: Sloe Comfortable Screw

   There is no known history of this drink combination, but the name is really easy to decipher. It comes, obviously from the usage of Sloe gin, Southern Comfort and the orange juice which turns this cocktail in a "Screw"
    Very tasty and summery cocktail, despite the fact that here are 2 degrees Celsius. But that doesn't mean we have to stick on drinking only hot beverages

 3/4 ounce Vodka

3/4 ounce Sloe Gin

3/4 ounce Southern Comfort

3 ounces fresh orange juice

#263 Cocktail: Sex on the Beach

   Well, because it's Valentine's Day, I thought this would be a good idea and a great opportunity to post this "naughty" cocktail.
    There are several stories claiming to describe the origin of the Sex on the Beach. One claims that the cocktail originated in Florida, USA in the spring of 1987 coinciding with the introduction of peach schnapps. A bartender at Confetti's Bar devised the drink and gave it the name in a nod to the many tourists visiting Florida's beaches each spring.
    Happy Valentine's Day!!

1 1/2 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce peach schnapps

1 1/2 ounce fresh orange juice

1 1/2 ounce cranberry juice

#261 & 262 Cocktails: Scotch and Soda/ Scotch and Water

  First of all, I would like to apologize to all the scotch drinkers for this post. I know it is an abomination combining good scotch with water or anything that derives from water.....like ice. But I had these 2 mixes in my book and I wanted to be done with them, that is why I put them in 1 post.
   I would like to tell you that I drank both glasses and that no alcohol was wasted or harmed.

2 ounces scotch 

3 ounces soda water

2 ounces scotch

3 ounces water