Bartender/Ex-Bartender Secret Drink Recipes

[SubLo]

Spent 1993 - 2001 tending bar all around Manhattan and Miami Beach. Every now and then I'd break out a very unique recipe for various reasons. A customer would ask for something different, I'd want to impress a chick, etc.

Anyway, here's my grandest - the one I like the best. It's a tad sweet and very, very interesting to make in front of a crowd. Very tasty after dinner cordial.

The Carabinieri:
Ingredients

1 1/2 Oz Vodka
1/2 Oz Galliano
1/2 Oz Cointreau (or Triple Sec if you're on the cheap)
1 Egg Yolk - raw
1 Oz Fresh Orange JuiceThe Prep

Chill a classic Martini glass. In a 16oz glass mixer, combine the raw egg yolk (in front of a crowd), vodka, Galliano, vodka, Cointreau and O.J. Add ice, tap the stainless steel mixer on top of the glass mixer to lock it. Shake vigourously for a minute or two until all ingredients are thoroughly mixed and frothy. Strain (I like to crack open the two mixers rather then use a strainer) into the chilled Martini glass. Garnish with 1 orange wheel.

This drink rocks!!!

:cool:

[Brady]

Oh, now this I must try.

[F1inspiredLGT]

Sicilian Kiss

1/2 oz Amaretto
1/2 oz Southern Comfort


Served best on the rocks.




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[Aczwild]

This is gonna get good

[heightsgtltd]

Great thread idea!

My company's holiday party actually involved a mixology class

I have some good ones I can post up. One that I never thought I would have liked but really did was something called a French 75

[heightsgtltd]

So the guy who lead our class is actually the bartender from a really good restaruant in NYC called Savoy

One of his signature drinks that he taught is called "the red & black"

The Red & the Black
2 oz tequila
1 oz lime juice
1 oz black pepper simple syrup*
2-4 strawberries
Muddle strawberries, add tequila, lime, syrup, and ice, shake and serve in rocks glass rimmed with sugar, salt, & pepper (1 part coarse crushed pepper, 1 part kosher salt, and 2 parts sugar).

Simple Syrup:
Regular: equal parts granulated sugar and water
Black Pepper: add 4 oz coarsely crushed black pepper to 1 quart simple syrup. Stir and refrigerate overnight. Strain and use.

This was REALLY good

[AKLGT]

For New Years, I learned how to make a few drinks:

Red Headed Sluts (my version.. not so Jager-ish)
1 part Jagermeister
2 parts Peach Schnapps
Flavor to taste Cranberry Juice
Best served on ice or extremely cold

Duck Farts
1 part Baileys
1 part Kahluah
1 part Crown
pour in that order, you may want to go heavier on the Baileys if you like it creamier. :lol:

[bosco]

finally a thread i can relate too :lol: bosco

[heightsgtltd]

:rolleyes: :lol:

What do you mix with your metamucil :p

[bosco]

:rolleyes: :lol:

What do you mix with your metamucil :p

a drink with orange juice usually works well :) bosco

[SpecBee]

Mixed drinks at bars and restaurants usually suck and are weak. The only place I would purchase such drinks would be at certain Chineese restaurants. One of my Favs I got the Recipe for the Zombie...Usually I would only have two. Anymore and I would be on the floor.:spin:

Zombie

2 shots of OJ
2 Shots of Pineapple Juice
1 shot light rum
1 shot dark rum Preferably Myers's Dark Rum
1/2 shot Orange Curaco
1/2 shot Sweet Vermoth
1 shot of sweet & Sour mix
splash of grenadine
Mix and Shake very well..
Pour in glass with Ice add straw and top off
with 1 shot of 151
Make sure the straw is filled with 151 when you pour.......;)

[km580]

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[Aczwild]

:rolleyes: :lol:

What do you mix with your metamucil :p
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: OooooooOoOOOoOoooooo

[coxx]

:rolleyes: :lol:

What do you mix with your metamucil :p

meatmucil FTW! :lol: I like a little metamucil from time to time to get things movin.

[rc0032]

I want a good mojito recipe...anyone?

[heightsgtltd]

I do, but I wont have access to it until the morning. I'll try to post it then. It's kick ass

[SubLo]

I want a good mojito recipe...anyone?

Mojito

Ingredients


2oz Bacardi Light Rum
1 Tablespoon Sugar
Handful of chopped up (cube sized chunks) Lime
Couple sprigs of fresh spearmint
Club SodaThe Prep

I like to make these in a tall, fluted parfait glass (14oz I think). Put the lime, mint and sugar in the empty glass. Muddle very well (you'll need a bartender's muddler obviously ;)). Fill with ice (small hemispherical commercial cubes work best). Pour in Bacardi - don't cheap out on $5 rum :cool:. Take your small stainless steel bar mixer, tap it on top, and shake vigorously. Top off with club soda and enjoy!

[heightsgtltd]

club soda? That's a new one to me..

[rc0032]

I know Heights had a rum thread but i'm not Bacardi fan

I also like a simple syrup over straight sugar I feel it absorbers better into the cold liquids. I know you are using it to "aggravate" the mint and lime but I think a mortal and pestle/ muddler (I don't have one so I use what I have) works just fine.

I have made them at home but they never turn out as well as a good bar. Maybe it is the sugar :(

[heightsgtltd]

Yeah Bacardi FTL :hide:

The bartender who taught us said its really important to make sure you dont over muddle the mint..

[SubLo]

There are times/places for simple syrup - I have recipes that call for it's use too. A Mojito is not one of them. Use plain old sugar for this one - comes out way better.

Oh yeah. Should have mentioned that too about the muddling. Don't overdo it on the mint leaves - absolutely correct. Thanks guys for pointing this out.

In my experience, dark rums (Meyers, Goslings, etc.) screw this drink up and make it something else entirely. Any quality, non-flavored, light rum should work just fine if you're hatin' on Bacardi.

[Gumby]

Oyster Shooters.

Simple, use your favorite Bloody Mary recipe, add one or two fresh oysters depending on size. Use a 4oz glass.

[heightsgtltd]

I had a bad experience with Oysters last April so I am oyster shy :hide:

[F1inspiredLGT]

I just like the name of this one, especially when I order it from the chick behind the bar......."May I have a Slow Comfortable Screw please":p



Slow Comfortable Screw

1 oz. Vodka
3/4 oz. Southern Comfort
3/4 oz. Sloe Gin
Fresh Orange Juice
IcePour alcohol over ice cubes into a chilled highball glass. Stir and fill with orange juice.

[heightsgtltd]

I figured you for some kind of gin & juice drink :lol:

[Penguin]

My idea of a mixed drink:

8 fl oz. of Knob Creek or Maker's Mark

add three to four ice cubes.

Mixed drink.

[dtmenace]

mix 3 garlic stuffed olives w/ 6 oz of chilled youri dolguruki vodka

[F1inspiredLGT]

I figured you for some kind of gin & juice drink :lol:

............layed back, wit my mind on my money and money on my mind.:rolleyes:




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[rc0032]

My idea of a mixed drink:

8 fl oz. of Knob Creek or Maker's Mark

add three to four ice cubes.

Mixed drink.
thats 2-3 too many cubes :mad:


You would be amassed the looks you get for "Double Makers with 1 ice cube" at a bar :confused:

[SubLo]

The Definitive Blody Mary

Ingredients

Good quality tomato juice (I prefer canned Sacramento)
Horseradish
Fresh squeezed lime juice (don't buy the bottled crap)
Sea salt
Fresh pepper
Red Tabasco
Celery Seeds (this is the key ingredient folks)
1 1/2 - 2oz vodka per serving over ice
Celery stalk and lime wheel garnishPlay with the proportions. I've never measured it so I can't tell you precisely though I make it consistently the same every time. The spice quantity is according to taste. I tend to go heavy on the horseradish and seeds - just my style. Shake well. You're better off pre-making the mix without vodka. You can make a gallon or two at a time and add to a glass with vodka and ice when called for.

Yummm!!!!

[Penguin]

thats 2-3 too many cubes :mad:


You would be amassed the looks you get for "Double Makers with 1 ice cube" at a bar :confused:

One cube or so in a much smaller glass, I'm talking about 8 fluid ounces. A damn Coke can only hold 12 fluid ounces. I like my bourbon a little cooler when I drink it.

To each his own though, just don't ruin good bourbon or Scotch by putting f-cking soda in it.:mad:

[rc0032]

Scotch with with any ice is :mad:

A little water to breakup the oils.

[CTATV]

Oil Slick (sometimes referred to as "liquid cocaine")

1 shot glas
Half shot of Jager in it
Other half of shot Goldshlager


Drink in shot like manner dont sip it you little girl...

[Penguin]

Scotch with with any ice is :mad:

A little water to breakup the oils.

Agreed, although I like to drink good single malt neat with no water at all. Just my own preference.

[heightsgtltd]

I like putting a drop of water into scotch, nothing more than that

[Gumby]

the scots typically drink it with water added to taste, but that just could be them wanting their drink to last longer;)

[eVoMotion]

I was given a bottle of Ginger Vodka http://www.hrdspirits.com/brand_yazi.cfm
for my b-day and I made a Mojito-like drink with it and it was fabulous!

[eVoMotion]

Our secret - we like to infuse:
vodkas - raspberry, marionberry, cucumber
tequila - habanero

They taste nothing like laboratory flavored things like Absolute Razberry - ugh.

[heightsgtltd]

Most flavors unless specified otherwise are synthetic in things like flavored vodka.. :spin:

[dtmenace]

Most flavors unless specified otherwise are synthetic in things like flavored vodka.. :spin:

:orly: i thought stoli (one of the major flavored vakkas) was infused :iam:

[eVoMotion]

If you do not want to infuse your own or want someting different to mix with, here is another way to get real fruit flavored alcohols for drinking and mixing -
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/dining/15pour.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin I am lucky to have these guys in my backyard. I have not tasted anything like this stuff in a bottle before.

[turntable]

Bomb-ass Kronik

1. Take one Regular sized Kronik Energy drink:
(no, this is not my hand holding the can. the pics are courtesy of GIS)
http://www.iwantmywww.com/epiclytrife/mt/archives/kronik.jpg

2. add however many shots of Bombay Sapphire you can handle (hence the "bomb-ass" portion of the name)

http://www.barprofis.de/images/product_images/popup_images/54_0.jpg

if you mix it correctly, the color of the drink will match the color of the Sapphire bottle.


3. Enjoy :)

[heightsgtltd]

:orly: i thought stoli (one of the major flavored vakkas) was infused :iam:

they may say that, but having read an article recently on how many major brands use syntehic flavoring and don't tell you, I'm not so sure :spin:

[rc0032]

Three olive grape press for when I wear my skirt out :lol:

[heightsgtltd]

a skirt and vimytits? :lol:

[Jimbizzle]

Hector Bomb (born on Cinco de Mayo of all days)


Corona® Lager
TequilaQuantities for one drink:


1/2 Bottle Corona® Lager
1 Shot TequilaBlending Instructions:


Fill a glass with half a bottle of Corona
Pour a shot of tequila
Squeeze a lime wedge into the shot glass, and place lime wedge into shot
When you are ready to drink, drop the shot into the glass of Corona and chug fast

[Inigo Montoya]

Recently got some of the Peach and white cranberry juice from the store, wondered what would be good.

Tequila, that's what.

did a mixer of the same ratio of something like a gin and tonic or rum and coke.

Mexican Sunset:
White Cran Peach juice
White Tequila (non aged, we use herradura)
Splash of grenadine or regular cranberry on top.


Friends gave us a Cream Soda and vanilla vodka mix, that was pretty tasty too.

[eVoMotion]

Wife told me about having this on Fisherman's Wharf last week -

Hendrix Gin
pomegranate juice
lime
sparkling wine/Prosecco

Sounded great. Love Hendrix!

[SilverLeg]

Sicilian Kiss

1/2 oz Amaretto
1/2 oz Southern Comfort


Served best on the rocks.
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Add a little pineapple juice to your Sicilian Kiss for a tasty Pineapple Bomber

1 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz Amaretto
Pineapple Juice

Sometimes add 1oz rum if really want to get bombed !;)

[Go~Rilla]

Blood Orange Mojito

Ingredients



2oz Bacardi Light Rum
4 lime slices
Couple sprigs of fresh spearmint
Freshly squeezed blood orange juice.The Prep

Put the lime, mint and sugar in a tall chilled glass. Muddle limes and mint. Fill with ice.Pour in Bacardi. Fill with Blood orange juice. Shake. Enjoy. Very tasty concoction I had in Cayman Islands.

[twisted]

i want a nice Sangria recipe for ze summer time plz?

[Gire]

this thread makes me want to start drinking again.:redface:


:salivate:

[eVoMotion]

White or red wine? We like whites for summer. I will write up both of ours later.

i want a nice Sangria recipe for ze summer time plz?

[Aczwild]

Learned this at a bar in Steamboat Springs, CO last week,

Jager Float (Shot)

1/3 Jager
1/3 Baileys
1/3 Root Beer

Pretty good for the ladies, or those that dont like the taste of Jager (I'm German, I was born with that taste in my mouth, so dont give me crap)

[eldiablo]

Fall is my favorite season for drinking. Apple pie punch kicks ass!

2 cups apple cider
4 oz captain morgans
2 oz goldschlager

[Jimbizzle]

Hector Bomb (born on Cinco de Mayo of all days)

Corona® Lager
TequilaQuantities for one drink:

1/2 Bottle Corona® Lager
1 Shot TequilaBlending Instructions:

Fill a glass with half a bottle of Corona
Pour a shot of tequila
Squeeze a lime wedge into the shot glass, and place lime wedge into shot
When you are ready to drink, drop the shot into the glass of Corona and chug fast

bump for Cinco de Mayo coming up... Make sure you guys give this a try!!

[jrotes]

Audios Mother F**ker

Rum
Gin
Vodka
Triple Sec
Blue Curiso

Add a slice of Lemon

Sooo Good

[j0ebert]

So good, yet so deadly...

Audios Mother F**ker

Rum
Gin
Vodka
Triple Sec
Blue Curiso

Add a slice of Lemon

Sooo Good


Also for the real quick buzz just drink the neck out of the Corona and then replace with either tequila or vodka, add a lime wedge, and flip the bottle over with finger over the opening; you can't taste either but you'll get that 2 beer buzz real quick.

[rc0032]

Also for the real quick buzz just drink the neck out of the Corona and then replace with either tequila or vodka, add a lime wedge, and flip the bottle over with finger over the opening; you can't taste either but you'll get that 2 beer buzz real quick.
We called that a "loaded Corona" around here...tasty!

[SubLo]

Don't know what this is called, but some industry folks came into my bar last night and had me make a whole bunch of these (yes, I'm back bartending part-time for some extra cash). It's super yummy!

Espresso Martini (Needs some kind of official name)

Ingredients



1oz room temp espresso
1oz Kaluha
2oz Stoli Vanilla Vodka
Lemon Twist Garnish

The Prep

Typical Martini prep... Chill the glass first, combine ingredients in 16oz glass mixer (aka, pint glass), add ice, shake mildly, strain into Martini glass. Twist your twist to get some oil out, rub around the rim and drape twist over brim of glass. Enjoy!

[coxx]

Don't know what this is called, but some industry folks came into my bar last night and had me make a whole bunch of these (yes, I'm back bartending part-time for some extra cash). It's super yummy!

Espresso Martini (Needs some kind of official name)

Ingredients




1oz room temp espresso
1oz Kaluha
2oz Stoli Vanilla Vodka
Lemon Twist Garnish
The Prep

Typical Martini prep... Chill the glass first, combine ingredients in 16oz glass mixer (aka, pint glass), add ice, shake mildly, strain into Martini glass. Twist your twist to get some oil out, rub around the rim and drape twist over brim of glass. Enjoy!
they make that at a few places by me.

They just call it "Espresso martini" like you did :lol:

[SubLo]

they make that at a few places by me.

They just call it "Espresso martini" like you did :lol:

:lol:

Funny. Well, I've been away from the scene for 7 years and a lot of new drinks have popped up. It's strange reacquainting myself with all of them and the "kids" they have "working" behind the bar now a days ;) Redbull wasn't even around back then!

Espresso Martini it is and it's damned good - I sampled it :wub:

[coxx]

:lol:

Funny. Well, I've been away from the scene for 7 years and a lot of new drinks have popped up. It's strange reacquainting myself with all of them and the "kids" they have "working" behind the bar now a days ;) Redbull wasn't even around back then!

Espresso Martini it is and it's damned good - I sampled it :wub:
:lol::lol:

I know what you mean. Everyone's got a new favorite like redbull & vodka & they act like that was always around forever. Either that or they think the world is a better place for such a concoction :lol:

I dig the espresso martinis though but only like 1 of em.

[rc0032]

I dig the espresso martinis though but only like 1 of em.
you sit to pee after dont you?

[coxx]

you sit to pee after dont you?
on your lap ;)

[808LGT]

subscribe!

BTW i just became of age!

[BLACKeNeD]

Here's a few favs...
Jameson on the rocks
Place two 2x2 inch ice cubes in a glass and pour Jameson 12 year over ice.
Guinness
Open bottle (pref with bottle opener) pour into frozen glass, or say "Guinness" when ordering from bar.

These are trade secrets, so use them only to dazzle close friends or members of opposite sex.

WAKA WAKA indeed

[jomamma]

Don't know what this is called, but some industry folks came into my bar last night and had me make a whole bunch of these (yes, I'm back bartending part-time for some extra cash). It's super yummy!

Espresso Martini (Needs some kind of official name)

Ingredients




1oz room temp espresso
1oz Kaluha
2oz Stoli Vanilla Vodka
Lemon Twist Garnish
The Prep

Typical Martini prep... Chill the glass first, combine ingredients in 16oz glass mixer (aka, pint glass), add ice, shake mildly, strain into Martini glass. Twist your twist to get some oil out, rub around the rim and drape twist over brim of glass. Enjoy!
hey Freddy,where are you working

mike

[Regal05LGT]

Whoever likes strawberry shortcake has to try this mix-

3/4 Pineapple Juice
1/4 Bailey's
Decent sized splash of grenadine

I thought it sounded disgusting at first bit it tastes identical to strawberry shortcake, lol

[eVoMotion]

My wife had this drink at Rick Bayless's Topolobampo in Chicago last week. She talked the bartender out of the recipe. We made it for a party as a ceviche pairing on the weekend.

Prickly Pear Margarita
1T prickly pear puree
1oz tequila
.5oz lime juice
1oz water

Put in shaker with ice, shake and pour in cold glass.
http://digitalfotographer.com/gallery/1/279_26_06_08_3_34_51.JPG

[theemofairyness]

:rolleyes:this is so very alcoholic but i love it lol
1 measure of vodka
1 measure of white rum
1 measure of tequila
2 measure's of archers peach snapps
and a dash of blue curiso
stir and enjoy
its soo yummmy!!!!
lol