Cocktails. Advice please!

PS I should have added, I have no intention of pouring all the contents of this cupboard into one big glass and drinking a Gransnet Punch.

I'm waaaay to sophisticated for that!

You may not have a cocktail cabinet, isthisallthereis, but you must have a much larger drinks cupboard than I have!
I'll leave your query to other gransnetters more knowledgeable on this subject to answer, but I have to say you're certainly putting some interesting threads up.

isthis
A nice starting point for you could be the Savoy Cocktail Book.

Published in1999 by Pavilion Books.

I like the idea of a Gransnet Punch for our virtual parties!

isthis, the contents of your drinks cupboard has given me a headache. Must go to bed and close my eyes!

C'mon Gransnetters! Some cocktail recipes please, I'm thirsty!

Grapparita Cocktail:
2shot Grappa di Moscato
1shot Luxardo limoncello liqueur
1shot Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½fresh Egg white
Garnish:Lime wedge
Method:SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Enjoy!!

Wow grannyactivist, that's exactly the sort of thing I'm after. It sounds lethal.

And I noticed my supermarket sells bottles of limoncello. Not sure if it's Luxardo brand, but needs must.....

More please, gransnetters. Plus advice on what else to buy!

I need yr help. If expensive mistakes are to be avoided.

I love a Clover Club, isthis.

1½ Oz. Gin
3/4 Oz. Lemon Juice
1/4 Oz. Raspberry Syrup (or Grenadine)
1 Egg White

Dry shake ingredients to emulsify, add ice, shake and served straight up.

So it looks like you might need some egg whites, to make mine and grannya's - and then just some lemon juice and you're good to go. I can confirm this is utterly delicious (had one last night!) and very pink!

I suggest yo buy a bar measure.

Sidecar:Put cracked ice, 2 measures brandy, 1 measure Curaçao or other triple sec and 1 measure lemon juice into a cocktail shaker. Shake well, strain into a glass and decorate with an orange peel twist.

Suffering Bastard: Pour 1 tablespoon Angostura bitters into a tumbler, swirl it around to coat and pour away the excess. Half fill the glass with cracked ice, add 2 measures gin, 11/2 measures brandy, 1/2 measure lime juice and 1 teaspoon sugar syrup* (or caster sugar if you don't have sugar syrup) and stir well to mix. Top up with ginger beer, decorate with a sprig of mint and a slice each of lime and cucumber.

French 75: Put cracked ice, 2 measures brandy, 1 measure lemon juice and 1 tablespoon sugar syrup* (or caster sugar if you don't have sugar syrup) into a cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a highball glass, top up with Champagne and decorate with a twist of lemon peel.

Daiquiri: Put cracked ice into a cocktail shaker, add 2 measures Bacardi, 3/4 measure lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon sugar syrup* (or caster sugar if you don't have sugar syrup) and shake well, then pour into a chilled cocktail glass.

*To make sugar syrup, pour 4 tablespoons water into a saucepan, add 4 tablespoons caster sugar and stir over a low heat until the sugar has completely dissolved. Bring to the boil and continue to boil, without stirring, for 1–2 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool, then pour into a covered container and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Chin chin.

Many thanks. These are great and mostly I have the ingredients. The bar measure I use is the cap of the cocktail shaker. I can even make fresh lime juice. Gin and brandy in the same cocktail, no wonder it's called a Suffering Bastard! I'll need to lash out and buy some Angostura Bitters.

For the Sidecar, is Cointreau good, is that an orange-flavour triple sec? I've always rather liked Cointreau. Note to self, need to buy some.

effblinder. I have eggs in the fridge. A Clover Club soon; though sadly not tonight!

The French 75 seems very close to what we used to call a Champagne Cocktail.

Any longer fruity ones please?? Memories of holidays in the Caribbean?

Brandy Alexander, my favourite.
Brandy
Creme de cocoa
Cream
A little nutmeg
Shaken over ice!

My champagne cocktail
1/2measure brandy
1/2measure Cointreau
Top up with champagne
Serve poured over a sugar lump garnish with orange and lemon

isthisallthereis I'm not sure whether it's called a suffering bastard because it makes you feel that way if you drink too many or if it acts a hair of the dog when you've had too many the previous evening.

This is fruity, easy and refreshing.
Bellini: Stir together 2 measures chilled peach juice, 4 measures chilled Champagne or sparkling white wine and a dash of grenadine in a large wine glass. Thread a slice of peach and 2 raspberries on to a cocktail stick and use to decorate the glass.

Now this is what I was hoping to see on Gransnet - I only joined yesterday and my horizons are widening no end!

Personal favourite is a Vodka Martini, very boring but I figure it can't be as calorific as some of these PUDDINGS!

Isthisallthereis - I'm abreviating your name, henceforth I TAT I - easier to remember when you've worked your way through the suggestions!!

absentisnt this a version of a Bellini?

jeni Isn't what a version of a Bellini?

My favourite at the minute isthisallthereis is :

Vodka
Fresh Lime juice
Ginger Beer

Not sure if I can remember it's name but it is a lovely drink.

Your suffering bastard

aaaagh, not vodka please gillybob (see above)

Ooops sorry isthisallthereis perhaps said while looking in the drinks cupboard and finding that there was no Vodka !!

gillybob That's a Moscow Mule. isthisallthereis It is still good if gin is substituted for the vodka when it's called a Delft Donkey. jeni The Suffering Bastard was a different post from the Bellini and isn't at all like a Bellini, not least because it contains no peach juice, wine or grenadine but does contain gin, brandy, lime juice and ginger beer.

Moscow Mule Yes that's the one thanks absent . Its such a lovely drink. My daughter says its also nice with a decent Whisky.

Isthis

I haven't got a cocktail recipe but blimey can I come round to your place?. It sounds just my sort of house. (PARTY PAD).

I'm still not well POGS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ABSENT CALLED HER FOLLOWING COCKTAIL. Oops, left caps lock on!
Think id better go back to bed.