Mixed Alcoholic Drinks
The art of mixing drinks probably owes its origins to chance – with
remnants of drinks at the bottom of bottles it’s only natural to
throw them together to make a drink. Regardless of what it’s going
to do to you.
But occasionally a random mix would work and a new drink would be created.
So people would begin to add other iingredients like fruit, sugar, chocolate,
milk, ice cream in fact almost anything else they can think of in an effort
to create something with a new and unique flavour.
The mistakes no doubt caused headaches and possibly worse reactions.
The secret of a good mixed drink would kept a secret, until the truth
leaked out in an alcoholic daze, and occasionally the listener would be
sober enough to remember the recipe and be able to duplicate it.
And so drinks would spread.
What we have here is a tiny fraction of the workable drinks available
in the world, and an even tinier fraction of the ones that have been tried
and forgotten.
So raise your glass to the perfect mixed drink that was so good that
the inventor drank it until they forgot how it was made.
Punch
Punch is the general term for a mixed drink which is usually alcoholic
(but doesn’t have to be) and containing fruit or fruit juice (though
not always). It is served at parties from large wide bowls called punch
bowls with a ladle. It’s a quick way of serving drinks to a large
group of people.
The word is most likely from Hindi "panch" meaning "five"
because it had five ingredients, although it could be from "puncheon"
which was a 72 galloon cask, the end of which could be turned into a punch
bowl. Considering the cost of a puncheon the idea of chopping the end
off to make a bowl seems unlikely.
The original "Wassail" punch had a wine or brandy base but by
1655 this was replaced by Jamaican rum.
English Christmas Punch (hot)
2 x 750-ml. bottles of Red Wine (dry)
3 cups Tea
Juice of 1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon
1 lb. Sugar
1 750-ml. bottle of Dark Rum
Heat the first four ingredients on a low heat in a saucepan then transfer
to a punch bowl. Fill the ladle with sugar and saturate with rum. Ignite
it. Pour contents into the punch while alight. Add the rest of the rum
and sugar to the punch and stir. Serves about 25.
Bourbon Punch (chilled)
2 litre Bourbon
1 pt. fresh Orange Juice
1 cup Peach Brandy
1 cup fresh Lemon Juice
2/3 cup sugar syrup
2 qt. chilled Club soda
12 Maraschino cherries
Mix ingredients in a chilled punch bowl and add club soda before serving.
Garnish with cherries.
St. Cecelia Society Punch
Lime Slices
Lemon Slices
Pineapple Slices
1 cup Sugar
1 750-ml. bottle of Cognac
1 750-ml. bottle of Peach Brandy
1 qt. of Iced Tea
1 pt. Dark Rum
1 cup Curacao
4 750-ml. bottles of Champagne
2 l. Club Soda
Place fruit in a large pot with a lid. Spread sugar evenly over fruit.
Add cognac. Leave for 24 hours. Add the rest of the ingredients, saving
the champagne and soda until serving. Serves about 70.
Shakes
Milk and cream-based alcoholic drinks.
151 Florida Bushwacker
1/2 oz Malibu rum
1/2 oz Light rum (Bacardi)
1/2 oz Bacardi 151 proof rum
1 oz Dark Creme de Cacao
1 oz Cointreau
3 oz Milk
1 oz Coconut liqueur
1 cup Vanilla ice-cream
Combine all ingredients. Blend until smooth. Garnish with chocolate shavings
if desired.
Caffiene attack
Kahlua
4 scoops coffee Ice-cream
Fill blender with coffee ice-cream and kahula to taste. Blend until smooth,
pour into a beer mug and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Cookies 'n' Cream
1 1/2 shot Creme de Cacao
1 1/2 shot Vanilla schnapps
Milk
Put the creme de cacao in a 14oz glass add the vanilla schnapps and then
top-up with milk.
Long Island Milkshake
1 shot Vodka
1 shot Rum
1 shot Gin
1/2 shot Tequila
1/2 shot Triple sec
4 oz shaved or crushed Ice
2 oz Cream or half-and-half
4 cubes Sugar
1 shot Creme de Cacao
1-2 drop Vanilla extract (optional)
In a large blender cup, add ice, sugar cubes, creme de cacao, vanilla
extract (optional), and the cream or Half & Half. Mix for no more
than 5-10 seconds. Then add the alcoholic beverages in no particular order,
then hit the "frappe" or "whip" button on the blender
for 15-20 seconds, or until you can see that all the ingredients are well-blended,
but before you over-blend and start the ice melting too fast. Serve in
a tall pre-chilled glass. Serve with a large-diameter straw.
Very Cold Drinks
Want something cool, soothing and sophisticated on a hot evening? Try
these cold cocktails for something interesting, refreshing and alcoholic.
Death By Chocolate
1 oz Irish Cream Liqueur
1/2 oz Brown Creme de Cacao
1/2 oz Vodka
1 scoop Chocolate Ice Cream
1 cup Ice
Blend until smooth. Top with whipped cream and chocolate curls. Serve
chilled.
Peppermint Penguin
1/2 oz Green Creme de Menthe
1 oz Chocolate Mint Liqueur
3 Oreo Chocolate Cookies
3 oz Light Cream
1 cup ice
Blend until ice is crushed. Serve chilled.
Banana Frost
1 1/2 oz Dark Rum
1/2 oz Banana Liqueur
2 scoop Vanilla Ice Cream
1 Medium Banana
Blend until smooth. Serve chilled.
References
Mixed Drink
Wikipedia
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