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May 20-25, 2013

US Marine Corps Martini (makes 6 cocktails)

Ingredients
5 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers Ketel One vodka
4 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers New Amsterdam gin
3 cubes ice
2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers Taylor’s pale dry sherry
1 1/2 fluid ounces water

Directions
1. Pour vodka, gin, ice cubes, sherry, and water into a glass container and freeze until mix is slushy, at least 3 hours.
2. At the same time, freeze martini glasses.
3. Pour martinis into glasses, straining out any remaining ice cubes.


Purple Heart
(makes one cocktail)

Ingredients
1 oz. Heroes Vodka
Chambord Raspberry liqueur
1 splash grape juice
1 squirt lime juice

Directions
1. Combine ingredients and mix together.
2. Serve in a lowball glass with ice.