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Jamaica Glow

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The Jamaica Glow cocktail is oddly named because it’s mostly comprised of gin. It features just a teaspoon of Jamaican rum. Maybe it’s supposed to make you feel like you’re in Jamaica? Whatever the case, it’s an unusual and interesting little cocktail. Be sure to use a good gin, as that will provide a lot ... Read the full article →

Executive Sunrise

Reddish-orange cocktail

The Executive Sunrise is sort of a riff on the Tequila Sunrise. You upgrade the white tequila to gold tequila, and instead of grenadine for the sunrise effect, you use creme de cassis. The drinks look pretty much identical. The creme de cassis falls to the bottom and creates the reddish “sunrise” effect. This is ... Read the full article →

Georgia Pie

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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 →

Seaweed

Murky green-blue cocktail against water background.

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 →

Flying Kangaroo

Pale yellow creamy drink in cocktail glass with pineapple garnish.

I’m not sure where the Flying Kangaroo cocktail gets its name. No kangaroos are involved. There’s not quite enough alcohol in this drink to make you see flying kangaroos. Whatever the case, this is a really fun drink. It’s got the tropical feel of a Pina Colada with its coconut cream, rum and pineapple juice, ... Read the full article →

Chameleon

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The Chameleon cocktail may get its name from the fact that the recipe isn’t very exact, so it tends to come out a little different every time you do it. It doesn’t matter, though – it’s always tasty. Or it may get its name from the fact that the standard recipe calls for blue curacao ... Read the full article →

Fat Charley

Yellowish cocktail with lemon wedges

The Fat Charley cocktail features the flavors of orange, coconut and banana with a touch of cranberry just to marry it all together. This cocktail has enough of a tropical feel that drinking it during winter can make you feel like you’re somewhere warm and balmy. It’s a double – three ounces of alcohol – ... Read the full article →

Lunchbox

Amber colored drink in glass mug

The Lunchbox is designed for chugging. There’s nothing sophisticated about it, and no reason to linger. It’s not even very pretty: there’s no garnish, and it tends to look like weak beer. But it tastes better than it looks, and it’s the equivalent of a good couple of other cocktails in terms of alcohol. Lunchbox ... Read the full article →

El Cid

El Cid cocktail

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 →

Hamlet

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The Hamlet cocktail is basically a Screwdriver with less orange juice and a half-ounce of Campari instead of a pinch of salt. The Campari adds a little bitterness to it, which works well against the sweetness of the orange juice (not unlike the pinch of salt in the Screwdriver). This is a drink that wakes ... Read the full article →

Edith’s Fizz

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The Edith’s Fizz cocktail blends Lillet blanc wine with maraschino liqueur, orange juice and just a little soda water for the fizz. It’s a light drink, perfect for a hot summer afternoon, with lunch or just for sipping along. It’s fruity, but not frou frou. Well, not terribly frou frou, at least. Edith’s Fizz 1 ... Read the full article →

Vodka Cranberry

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You might think the Vodka Cranberry cocktail is simply vodka and cranberry juice, especially since that’s how some bars serve it. Well, some bars are lazy and shameful. This drink is actually a little more complicated than its name might lead you to believe. A proper Vodka Cranberry also uses a touch of Rose’s lime ... Read the full article →

Emerald Rain

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The Emerald Rain blends a blue liqueur – Hpnotiq – with orange juice and lime, and the end result is a pretty green cocktail. Hpnotiq has a tropical fruit sort of flavor that’s captivating because it’s not quite like anything else. It’s been heavily marketed toward women, but I recommend against men letting that stop ... Read the full article →

Big Bird

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The Big Bird cocktail is so named because it’s very yellow, just like the “Sesame Street” character. But there the resemblance ends. This drink pairs one ounce of alcohol with five ounces of fruit juice, so it’s almost healthy. If you want to add a kick, just replace some of the fruit juice with rum ... Read the full article →

Marble Hill

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Marble Hill is a neighborhood in Manhattan that’s actually associated more closely with the Bronx. This cocktail was named for it. The Marble Hill is a sophisticated cocktail with a strong kick – three ounces of alcohol. Two of them are gin, so this drink is not for gin-haters. It does have some orange juice, ... Read the full article →

Strawberry Sunrise

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The Strawberry Sunrise is a dessert cocktail.  You can certainly drink it as an aperitif or with a meal or by itself, but if you’ve got a hankering for sweets, this drink will take care of it. No cheesecake necessary. The Creme de Fraises is a very sweet and powerfully flavored strawberry liqueur. Combined with ... Read the full article →

South Beach

Mango and orange juice mix served in a tall round glass

The South Beach is perfect for a day on the beach. It’s a little more sophisticated than the usual fruit juice based cocktails associated with hot summer sun and white sand that burns your feet. But it’s mostly orange juice with a reasonably good helping of alcohol that’s very drinkable. The South Beach 1 ounce ... Read the full article →

Blossom

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The Blossom is a very straightforward cocktail with only three ingredients. It’s extremely similar to its cousin, the Orange Blossom, except the ratios change and it always includes grenadine rather than simple syrup. While the Orange Blossom is great for breakfast, because it’s low on alcohol and has four ounces of orange juice, the Blossom ... Read the full article →

Fuzzy Navel

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The Fuzzy Navel is basically a screwdriver with peach schnapps instead of vodka. It’s an extremely simple cocktail to mix, a little on the sweet and fruity side. There are variations that add rum into the mix, with all the ingredients being one part each. But the most common recipe is simple peach schnapps and ... Read the full article →

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