The Friday Cocktail

Welcome to Friday Cocktails! Each week I’ll make, photograph and provide recipes for favorite cocktails I love as well as specialty drinks and foods from local establishments. Let me know if you have a favorite you would like to see included and I’ll see what I can do!

Cheers!

Spiked Lemon and Raspberry Snowcones

Spiked Lemon and Raspberry Snowcones

May 17, 2013

I hope you’ll allow me to make this short and sweet; just like these snowcones. I was already late to the gate that I’m writing on Friday AM and then my daughter just called. She’s subletting her apartment for the summer so she can concentrate on her health more and finances less and today is [...]

Strawberry and Basil Margarita for Mother’s Day

Strawberry and Basil Margarita

May 10, 2013

I know better but I’ve done it again. Eager to have spring start and not content to just buy some basil at the grocery store, I decided to purchase a couple of plants last week and put them into pots and harvest their leaves instead. Then it snowed and night temperatures fell into the 20′s [...]

Sparkling Blackberry Mint Julep

Sparkling Blackberry Mint Julep

May 3, 2013

I lived in the South for many years and while I can’t brag about having been to the Kentucky Derby, I can say I’ve driven through that part of the country during our moves and it is amazingly beautiful. Wide, rolling expanses of green grass are accentuated with white fences that stretch for miles. You [...]

Bourbon and Hot Fudge Milkshake

Bourbon and Hot Fudge Milkshake

April 26, 2013

I’ve even asked myself if this bourbon and hot fudge milkshake belongs in Friday Cocktails but I could not come up with definitive criteria that negated it; after all it does include bourbon…so my final answer? Why yes, yes it does!

Margaritaville – Get Ready for Summer with these Beauties!

Margaritaville - Some great choices for summer margaritas!

April 19, 2013

Let’s get one thing straight…as much as I love making all manner of cocktails, my true confession is that I just plain LOVE margaritas. For me, the whole cocktail making thing started with this one; this one very special margarita. Although it might use what one would consider pretty standard ingredients; it is the quality [...]

Blood Orange Snowbird Spritzer – Vodka, Blood Orange Juice and Sparkling Soda

Blood Orange Snowbird Spritzer - Vodka, Blood Orange Juice and Sparkling Soda

April 5, 2013

Snowbird: A northerner who moves to a warmer southern state in the winter. It’s springtime in the Rockies and we’ve had more snow lately than we’ve seen all winter long so I’m calling this cocktail the Blood Orange Snowbird because, like the folks who head south for the winter to warmer climates, I’m about ready [...]

The Papal Maple – Cognac, Blood Orange Juice and Maple Syrup

The Papal Maple - Cognac, Blood Orange Juice and Maple Syrup

March 29, 2013

I was born into a Catholic family. I need to get that out in the open so that someone doesn’t think I’m making fun of Catholics with this Papal Maple cocktail. My Aunt Jane goes by Sister Mary Lizette so I mean a REALLY Catholic family. My Dad was the Catholic and my mom was [...]

Ypocras – Spiced Red Wine with Cabernet Sauvignon from Mira Winery

Ypocras - Spiced Cabernet Sauvignon from Mira Winery

March 22, 2013

I spied a recipe on Food 52 a couple of weeks ago that took me back many years. It was a method for making a spiced wine at room temperature that I haven’t done since I lived in an apartment complex as a young woman and had a neighbor Alma of Greek descent who shared [...]

A Baby Guinness for St. Patrick’s Day

A Baby Guinness for St. Patrick's Day

March 15, 2013

My daughter Emily shared a photo of this cocktail (well really a shot) with me last week; I have to admit I had never heard of it. Still, I thought it was not only so cute but just perfect for St Patty’s Paddy’s Day. You might wonder what the big deal is about putting a [...]

Very Pink Raspberry Cosmopolitan

Very Pink Raspberry Cosmopolitan

March 8, 2013

I’ve been blogging for a LONG time and I’ve never had another food blogger guest post before…but I do believe things are ‘gonna be a-changin.’ I’m admittedly beyond overwhelmed right now trying to manage a full time business, this blog, sell my home and be a part of the support team for my daughter Lauren [...]

Rosemary Cherry Crush with Tequila, Cherry Preserves, Rosemary and Lime

Rosemary Cherry Crush with Tequila, Cherry Preserves, Rosemary and Lime

March 1, 2013

One fun and unexpected benefit from crafting a cocktail each week has been the discovery of how versatile tequila is. I say with some confidence that before I started The Friday Cocktail I only thought of tequila cocktails as either a margarita or a shot. Period. I really have come a long way baby!

I Missed National Margarita Day?

National Margarita Day

February 23, 2013

Well, not really missed it but I’ve heard from enough folks to know they sort of expected a margarita post from me yesterday. Oops! I had to make a choice and thought an Oscar Cocktail needed to happen instead for The Friday Cocktail. Besides, we really need to start a movement to change this day. [...]

The Red Carpet – A Pomegranate Cocktail and Mocktail for The Oscars

A Pomegranate Cocktail and Mocktail for The Oscars

February 22, 2013

Several months ago my friend Paula from the blog Vanilla Bean Baker sent me a variety of periodicals that included ‘mocktails’ – a cocktail that is devoid of alcohol. I’ve been thinking of adding a selection of mocktails to The Friday Cocktail but until today I’ve sure not acted on it. When my friend Rachael [...]

Blood & Sand – A Classic Cocktail

Blood & Sand Cocktail

February 15, 2013

The Blood and Sand, considered the essential scotch cocktail, was created in London in the 1920s and named for the 1922 movie Blood and Sand starring Rudolph Valentino. The recipe first appeared in print in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book so it definitely has a long history. It combines scotch, Cherry Heering, vermouth, and orange juice [...]

Fourth and Long – Wild Turkey makes a Super Cocktail for the Super Bowl

Fourth and Long - Wild Turkey makes a Super Cocktail for the Super Bowl

February 1, 2013

I had planned to do a post today about this amazing salted caramel hot chocolate with tequila that I created last week but decided to save that for next week; my ode to the perfect Valentine’s cocktail perhaps? Besides, the ‘big’ game is Sunday and I decided it might be more fitting to add another [...]

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