Classic cocktails with three ingredients:
The Piper Pointsettia
3/4 cup vodka, chilled
1 1/2 cups cranberry juice
Crushed ice
3/4 cup Piper-Heidsieck Brut Champagne, chilled
12 (2-inch-long, 1/4-inch-wide) strips orange zest, for garnish
In a large pitcher, mix together vodka and cranberry juice. (This can be done ahead of time and refrigerated until ready to serve.) Fill six champagne flutes with crushed ice. Add champagne to pitcher and pour mixture into prepared glasses. Twist two strips of orange zest over each drink and drop in; serve immediately.
Side Car Recipe (a little spicy)
Pour into a shaker with ice:
2 oz Remy Martin VSOP cognac
1 oz Cointreau
0.5 oz lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Strain into a sugar-rimmed Martini glass.
White Lady Recipe (clean and refreshing)
Pour into a shaker with ice:
2 oz gin
1 oz Cointreau
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
B52 Recipe (sweet and creamy)
Pour into a shaker with ice:
1 oz Cointreau
1 oz Irish cream liqueur
1 oz coffee liqueur
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Rum Punch (rum punches traditionally have 5 ingredients)
4 oz lime juice
1 oz Angastura Bitters
12 oz grenadine
19 oz of Mount Gay Rum Eclipse
13 oz simple syrup (1 part water to 1 part sugar)
Place all items in a punch bowl with large piece of ice. Garnish ground nutmeg on top.
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