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Cherry Vodka Sour

A pale yellow cocktail with orange peel and cherry

The Cherry Vodka Sour gets its cherry flavor from grenadine and the sour effect from – you guessed it – sweet and sour mix. It’s a simple, tasty drink that makes a nice alternative to the Whiskey Sour. This is a great drink for an evening out – it’s on the weak side, with just ... Read the full article →

Hawaiian Hammer

Hawaiian Hammer served on the beach

The Hawaiian Hammer is one of those sneaky drinks that’s got a lot more kick than you’d think. It’s technically a double, with three ounces of alcohol, but because there’s twice as much fruit juice, it goes down smooth. This drink is a wonderful alternative to traditional tropical rum cocktails. Enjoy it the next time ... Read the full article →

Vodka Sunrise

Vodka Sunrise cocktail served with an orange wheel garnish

The Vodka Sunrise is a lot like the Tequila Sunrise, only with vodka instead of tequila. Or you could think of it as a Screwdriver with a healthy amount of grenadine added in. This is a very tasty drink that’s actually quite light on the alcohol, making it a good choice for breakfast or any ... Read the full article →

New York Cocktail

New York Cocktail on a cork coaster against a white background

The New York Cocktail makes wonderful use of inexpensive whiskey. As with all whiskey cocktails, I recommend using a whiskey that’s palatable, but not good enough to sip alone. This drink is ideal wonderful anytime – like a martini. It goes nicely with most any type of meal or snack, is wonderful for just sipping ... Read the full article →

Pink Diamond

The Pink Diamond cocktail served with a cherry and umbrella

The Pink Diamond is an unapologetic frou frou drink. It’s beautiful, pink and creamy, and it tastes like chocolate with just a hint of pomegranate. People may turn up their noses at it, but it’s hard to imagine actually not liking the taste of it. I love that this cocktail has tequila instead of vodka ... Read the full article →

Amber Haze

Amber Haze cocktail with lime wheel against white background

The Amber Haze cocktail is light, easy-going and refreshing. The flavor is apple with just a touch of pomegranate. This gets combined with soda water for some carbonation. The alcohol content is on the weak side. This is a great choice for light drinkers, or anytime you want just enough alcohol to relax. It’s perfect ... Read the full article →

Safari Juice

Safari Juice cocktail, garnished with pineapple

The Safari Juice cocktail is an extravaganza of fruity flavors – orange, melon and a dash of pomegranate. It’s highly drinkable, has enough orange juice to pass for a breakfast drink (but on the strong side), and is really refreshing. This cocktail is ideal for hot days – the kind of days where it’s hard ... Read the full article →

Centauri Sundown

A Centauri Sundown cocktail against white background

The Centauri Sundown is a very easy-going drink. It puts the famously flavorless vodka with the grenadine of your childhood and the sweet and sour mix that’s not far off from a lemon-limeade. Neither your tastebuds nor your ability to stand up are being challenged much by this cocktail. Think of the Centauri Sundown the ... Read the full article →

Crystal Cranberry

Crystal Cranberry cocktail against white background

The Crystal Cranberry is very smooth and drinkable – a nice choice for light drinkers who aren’t really used to the taste of alcohol. But it also suits experienced drinkers. It’s tasty without being full of sweet liqueurs or simple sugar. This cocktail is one of those drinks that comes with twice as much fruit ... Read the full article →

Angel’s Delight

Angel's Delight cocktail against grassy background

Angel’s Delight isn’t quite as frou frou as it sounds – or looks. With a light pink, opaque color, it certainly looks like something an angel might delight in. But beneath all those features that make it look like something you’d drink while floating on a cloud, it’s got gin, triple sec and grenadine adding ... Read the full article →

Purple Pushover

Purple Pushover cocktail against purple background

The Purple Pushover is a mostly rum-based cocktail, with orange and pineapple juice, and  some very clear notes from a red raspberry liqueur and grenadine. The taste is fruity and sweet – more mellow than citrus. Mixing a Purple Pushover is interesting to watch, so this is a great drink to serve to guests you ... Read the full article →

September Morning

Creamy dark pink September Morning cocktail against white background

The September Morning cocktail is one of those easy-going, highly drinkable cocktails that are just fun and tasty. The traditional recipe calls for a raw egg white; if that worries you, you can use an egg substitute product. Rum, brandy and grenadine form the basis of this flavor, with the egg white marrying the ingredients ... Read the full article →

Georgia Pie

Orange cocktail against gray background

With a name like Georgia Pie, you might expect this cocktail to contain Southern Comfort and taste peachy. And you’d be right. The Georgia Pie cocktail delivers the peachy flavor on two different levels: the Southern Comfort and the peach schnapps. Add to that some pineapple juice and just a touch of grenadine for color ... Read the full article →

Western Sling

Orange-ish cocktail by poolside with cherry, orange and straw

The Western Sling cocktail is an easy-going fruity drink featuring three ounces pineapple juice – and most of an ounce of simple syrup, too. But it’s not as sweet as it sounds, because there’s also lemon juice and gin. It’s a variation on the Singapore Sling, and like the Singapore, the alcohol in it can ... Read the full article →

Raspberry Beret

Red martini against gray background

The Raspberry Beret is a catchy little cocktail named after a catchy little song. It’s sweet and creamy and delicious – perfect as a dessert substitute. It’s also a lot of fun during winter, anytime you want to warm up with something that’s over the top, exciting and goofy all at the same time – ... Read the full article →

German Cherry Bomb

Brown, whitish and dark pink shooter

The German Cherry Bomb is a layered shooter, so see our guide on how to layer a cocktail with nothing more than a spoon and some patience. This drink actually doesn’t involve any cherry ingredients – the grenadine passes for that flavor. The cream cuts down a little on the sweetness. And of course, you’re ... Read the full article →

Zombie cocktail

Cocktail in tiki glass

The Zombie was invented by Donn Beach, of Hollywood’s Don the Beachcomber restaurants, in the late 1930s. This vintage cocktail is called Zombie because that’s what it can turn its drinker into. It’s a high-octane cocktail full of delicious fruit juices that make you feel like you’re downing sophisticated candy. But that deliciousness hides quite ... Read the full article →

Candy Cane

Candy Cane Martini

The Candy Cane is a fabulous holiday dessert drink. Of course, you don’t have to save it for dessert – it’s just deliciously sweet enough that you could. With a name like Candy Cane, you might expect this cocktail to be peppermint flavored, and it certainly does have that element. But there’s so much more: ... Read the full article →

Santa Shot

Nice three-layered cocktail isolated on white with clipping path

The Santa Shot is a gorgeous little red and green layered shot that tastes like a candy cane. It’s Christmas ascetics combined with Christmas flavors, and it packs plenty of Christmas spirit. You might even want to leave one out for Santa with his cookies. This is a great treat for parties, especially as an ... Read the full article →

Betsie Temple

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The Betsie Temple tastes like candy. Pineapple juice, four freakin’ ounces of coconut rum, a little grenadine and some cherries on top. Usually drinks that taste like candy are a little weak, but once in a while, they’re so not. Once in a while, they’re like wolves in sheep’s clothing: deceptively palatable infiltrators capable of ... Read the full article →

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