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Delta Heat {MixThatDrink Original}

The Delta Heat Cocktail - a chartreuse drink in a martini glass

The Delta Heat cocktail is pure Dixie charm, featuring notes of pear and magnolia – yes, magnolia – with honeydew. It comes out a bright cheerful chartreuse, so it’s visually interesting, too. This is a fairly sweet drink. The Midori and soda take the edge off the brandy, while the brandy brings out the pear ... Read the full article →

Caribbean Mist

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The Caribbean Mist cocktail is one of those drinks that’s all about the flavor, except for the part that’s about the color.  It blends citrus, pineapple, lemon and coconut notes into a lovely blue-green liquid reminiscent of the Caribbean sea. I think of this one as a cross between your traditional tropical rum drink and ... Read the full article →

Neon Tea

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The Neon Tea cocktail, like the Long Island Iced Tea cocktail, throws a bunch of white liquors in together and disguises the surprising strength of the alcohol in a beguiling sweet flavor: in this case, sour apple schnapps. The taste of the Neon Tea starts out nicely tart-sour, and mellows as you finish. It’s a ... Read the full article →

Safari Juice

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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 →

Honeydew Martini

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The Honeydew Martini tastes about the way you’d expect. Midori tastes like honeydew, vodka adds no particular flavor, and the triple sec is in a small enough amount to just give it a little edge of sweet and tart. It’s delicious if you like Midori, and it’s four ounces of alcohol in one serving (the ... Read the full article →

Seaweed

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The Seaweed cocktail gets its name from its looks: it’s blueish-green and a little murky looking. But it tastes a lot better than it looks – fruity, with flavors of orange and melon, and a little on the sweet side. As with most cocktails containing a soft drink as a mixer, this one is all ... Read the full article →

Lawnmower

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The Lawnmower cocktail is a bit of an odd combination. It’s one of those drinks that often has to grow on a person, though some people love it right off the bat. The main flavors are melon, peach and lemon-lime, and the marrying ingredient is dry vermouth. That is, the dry vermouth’s herbal notes are ... Read the full article →

Garden Fresh

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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 →

El Cid

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With a name like El Cid, you might expect the cocktail to be tequila based, but you’d be wrong. The El Cid defies many expectations. It’s low on alcohol (only an ounce, two-thirds of a standard drink serving), and it mixes gin with melon liqueur, lime juice and orange juice. It tastes like a mellow ... Read the full article →

Gatorade

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There’s more than one recipe for a Gatorade Cocktail out there. Some are so named because they involve energy drinks, and therefore give you the effect of the drink. This one is so named for tasting a little like it. It will for sure not give you energy like a Gatorade. If you’re a lightweight, ... Read the full article →

Grinch

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Tired of Christmas drinks with cute names and more peppermint schnapps than you can drink in a month? Then the Grinch is the cocktail for you. Let’s face it. Who doesn’t get the holiday grouches at least now and again during the interminable eighteen-month Christmas season? Who doesn’t feel a little homicidal upon realizing you ... Read the full article →

Geisha Delight

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The Geisha Delight cocktail originated in Japan. It’s fruity and fairly sweet, and the flavors are hard to separate and identify, which is part of its charm. This is a great cocktail in most any setting, but there’s something about it that makes it perfect for sipping at home. It’s as if it’s meant to ... Read the full article →

Ultimate June Bug

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The Ultimate June Bug blends four tropical flavors together with Sweet and Sour mix for a taste that’s not quite like anything else. This one uses a lot of ingredients, so there is some measuring, but otherwise it’s very easy to make. Perfect for making up a pre-mixed pitcher for guests. Ultimate June Bug 1 ... Read the full article →

Quick Fox

Quick Fox

The Quick Fox is a layered cocktail – three layers, to be precise. Pouring three layers without messing any of them up is slightly tricky and takes a bit of practice. The specific gravity of a liqueur from one brand to the next can also vary, so you need to try this one out with ... Read the full article →

Fickle Pickle

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The Fickle Pickle blends four different alcohols with Sweet and Sour mix for a flavor that’s definitely different: melon and whiskey with a touch of orange. But the Sweet and Sour is what pulls it all together and makes it work. This is a nice mild drink that’s good for sipping along when you want ... Read the full article →

Mountain Dew

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This one’s for all of you heading off to college this week. We know how you feel about Mountain Dew. We know how you feel about drinking. Yes, you can combine the two, and here’s how. The Mountain Dew cocktail doesn’t actually involve any Mountain Dew. It just tastes like it. And it’s one of ... Read the full article →

Jade

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There are a couple of different recipes called Jade cocktails. For maximum enjoyment, you will need both of them. The first one reminds me of a Mojito. Jade #1 2 ounces white rum 1/4 ounce green creme de menthe 1/2 ounce Cointreau 1/2 ounce lime juice Shake everything up with ice and strain it into ... 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 →