Froupe Cocktail

Olga searched for the origin of a 'Froupe Cocktail'  but had no luck. 
It was not the "best-of-the-best cocktail, at least for Olga and me.  The sweet vermouth taste was a bit overwhelming. 
We had it as an after-dinner cocktail, so I guess the sweetness was appropriate.
We dined at our new restaurant at the golf club after our Sunday tennis game and waited til after for our cocktail.

To mix a 'Froupe Cocktail' (page no.84 from the Bartender's Guide):

1 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
1 1/2 oz Brandy (E&J XO)
1 teaspoon Benedictine

Stir with ice and strain into cocktail glass.

(I garnished with an orange slice)

For those kind enough to visit my blog, please know that I will probably be off-line for about a month; I'm having surgery and taking a medication which alcohol affects. Although "Shirley Temples" and "Virgin Marys" have been mentioned, I think I'll wait until I can do the real thing!

A bientot.

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Darb Cocktail

What is a 'Darb Cocktail'?  Googling it, I found:

quoting “The Columbia Guide to Standard American English”, “Darb is an Americanism probably nearly obsolete today, a slang word from the 1920s meaning ‘something or someone very handsome, valuable, attractive, or otherwise excellent.’”
 
It is a very good drink, arguably one of the best we've tried. It is well worth having again, being especially good after Auburn and LSU won their football games! Since LSU was playing Alabama, that made it taste even better.


The recipe (found on page 71 of our Bartender's Guide) :

1 teaspoon lemon juice (Meyer)
3/4 oz Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
3/4 oz Gin (Booth's)
 3/4 oz Apricot Brandy (LeRoux)


Shake with ice and strain into cocktail glass. I garnished it with a slice of tangerine.


I apologize for the late posting; I got tied up watching football games until late last evening.

Sante.

Betsy Ross Cocktail

Friday tennis with friends, a good shrimp creole for dinner - the only down side is ...it's going to be around 32 degrees tonight.

Our cocktail for tonight is a 'Betsy Ross Cocktail'  
It is a very good looking cocktail and tasted pretty good too!

The recipe (page no. 39 from our Bartender's Guide):

1 1/2 oz Brandy (E&J XO)
1 1/2 oz Port (Sandeman Ruby Port)
1 dash Triple Sec (LeRoux)

Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. I used an orange garnish. The drink was somewhat different but pretty good!

Cheers!

Brandy Crusta Cocktail

It's supposed to get down to 40 degrees F. tonight!  Brrrr...but 35 degrees tomorrow night.
Tonight's drink kept us warm, a 'Brandy Crusta Cocktail'.

The recipe (frompage no.48, Bartender's Guide):

1 teaspoon Maraschino (Luxardo)
1 dash bitters
1 teaspoon lemon juice (Meyer)
1/2 oz Triple Sec (LeRoux)
2 oz Brandy (E&J XO)

Stir with ice and strain into sugar rimmed glass.  Add a slice of orange.

Cheers.

Carrol Cocktail

Today we had a lot of rain, but it was interspersed with sun. It's rained so much my centipede grass lawn has developed areas of fungus.

A  'Carrol Cocktail' was the choice of the day.


The recipe (page no.58 from the Bartender's Guide):

1 1/2 oz Brandy (St. Remy)
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth (Noilly Prat)

Stir with ice and strain into cocktail glass.  Serve with a cherry.  (I used cherries and an orange slice).

A pretty good cocktail.

Salud!

Three Miller Cocktail

A great dinner tonight!  The new restaurant at our golf course opened.  The food was great - and the company was wonderful.

Before we went to dinner, I fixed a cocktail at home.  It was called a 'Three Miller Cocktail'.  I enjoyed it more than Olga did.... .


The recipe (page no. 172 from the Bartender's Guide):

1 1/2 oz Rum (Ronrico)
3/4 oz Brandy (St. Remy)
1 teaspoon Grenadine
1/4 teaspoon lemon juice (Meyer)

Shake with ice and strain into cocktail glass. I used an orange slice garnish.

Cheers!

Jim Cocktail

We were at our neighbors' house tonight at 5 PM - sitting on their porch watching the rain come down.  I didn't have my Bartender's Guide with me - so I raided my neighbors liquor cabinet and mixed a strange, new (to us, anyway) cocktail.
It was named it for my neighbor, since he supplied the booze. 

The recipe, generally:

1 oz. Rum (Bacardi Light)
1 oz. Gin (Seagram's)

1 1/2 Teaspoons Cremé de Cacoa (LeRoux)
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)

Shake with ice and strain into cocktail glass.

It was good, but not great.  We tried it again, but without the Cremé de Cacoa.  I think it needed a splash of fresh lemon juice maybe, but it was better than the first one. It needs some refinement. My apologies if I've reproduced someone's cocktail inadvertently!

Enjoy.