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Purple People Eater

Purple cocktail over ice with orange straw

The Purple People Eater is – you guessed it – a purple cocktail. This one is all about a delicious way to imbibe a moderately large quantity of alcohol quickly. It blends lots of fruity flavors with amaretto and some actual fruit juices, which enables it to sneak up on you. It tastes innocent, but ... Read the full article →

Nantucket Cocktail

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The Nantucket Cocktail is one of those classy alternatives to a frou frou drink. It’s a little bit sweet and fruity, but never in a million years would anyone begin to think of it as a candy drink. This is one cocktail I find remarkably refreshing. The tartness of the white grapefruit and cranberry juices ... Read the full article →

San Remo

Orange-ish cocktail in champagne flute

Good champagne cocktails are a little bit hard to come by. So many of them are a little on the strange side. The San Remo cocktail is definitely different. It blends champagne with grapefruit juice and some orange liqueur. It’s a lot like the Mimosa, but more exciting. The San Remo is fairly strong on ... Read the full article →

Garden Fresh

Green cocktail with blue umbrella.

The Garden Fresh cocktail is all about flavor and visual appeal. It gets a pretty green hue from the Midori (or whatever melon liqueur you like). The taste is wonderfully fruity, a mix of tart and sweet with grapefruit and pineapple juices leading the way. Next time you want a sipping drink – something to ... Read the full article →

China Blue

China Blue cocktail

The China Blue gets its color like so many blue drinks – from blue curacao. But it gets a very special flavor from the lychee liqueur. The taste of lychee is sweet and slightly flowery. This contrasts beautifully with the tartness of the grapefruit juice and the sweet-tart of the curacao. The China Blue is ... Read the full article →

White Lizard

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Tequila is usually paired with lime and occasionally orange juice. Grapefruit juice is a less common pairing, but once you try the White Lizard, you’ll wonder why. The White Lizard cocktail pairs tequila with a lot of grapefruit juice and a little touch of Rose’s Lime to bring it all together. All the sharp notes ... Read the full article →

Ruby Red

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There are a number of different recipes for cocktails called “Ruby Red”, and they’re quite dissimilar. Some involve vodka, others use gin. Some add brandy, others campari. There’s also a ludicrous version that’s served with an actual ruby in it at some posh nightclub looking for a drink to satisfy clientele who suffer from the ... Read the full article →

Shady Lady

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Tequila cocktails are among my favorites. Maybe it’s because tequila gives me such an easy-going good feeling. Maybe it’s the way tequila blends with so many flavors so smoothly. The Shady Lady is a tequila cocktail with a difference: grapefruit juice. So many tequila cocktails involve lime, lemon or orange, but grapefruit juice is more ... Read the full article →