It’s Cocktail Hour all day today (not just 6pm) because it’s World Cocktail Day, and I’ve been swallowing up the hours.
And while holidaymakers may like to mark their territory with their towel, I like to claim a coaster at the bar.
For my fave Strawberry Daiquiri cocktail.
Which I have savoured… from the Maldives to the Caribbean My kiss with Rihanna and Turtle recall and https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/2020/03/17/ready-steady-goat-racing-in-tobago/. And http://www.visitbarbados.org and http://www.visittobago.gov.tt
Now if we can’t get out there to our exotic locations we can at least conjure up the taste of the Tropics at home.
With these cocktails:
Something for Buffalo Bill
The Colorado Bulldog, Colorado:
Ingredients: Vodka, coffee liqueur, cream or milk and coca-cola.
A White Russian with a fizz… and this would put even more whiskers on Tsar Alexander’s bushy beard.
How to: In a shaker mix vodka Kahlua, cream/milk. Pour into a glass with ice and add Coke.
Visit www.colorado.com and take in Beertown Denver www.denver.org and Go West and The New Frontiersmen.
Take it as red
The Redhead in Bed, 25 Degrees, Huntington Beach, California:
Ingredients: Ketel One Citroen vodka, strawberries, lemon juice, sparkling wine.
I’ve yet to have a Redhead in Bed anywhere (honestly) but if I did it would be in Huntington Beach.
How to: Mix One Citroen vodka, strawberries, lemon juice, and sparkling wine for an added kick.
For those who like to drink their dessert, 25 Degrees offers four spiked shakes, mixing vanilla ice cream and your choice of Guinness, Maker’s Mark, Kraken Black Spiced Rum, or Kahlua among other sweet milkshake additions.
Visit www.surfcityusa.com and My weekend with Marilyn and Stair Wars.
Turning Japanese
Shochu Mojito, Japan
Ingredients: Mint, shochu, sugar, lime, fizzy water
If you had been planning to get out to Japan this year for the Olympics then you have our sympathies but here’s a multi-discipline event you can do from the safety of your own home.
This is a Japanese twist on a classic mojito which swaps the rum usually found in a Mojito with shochu, a Japanese liquor typically made from buckwheat, sweet potatoes or barley.
This is an easy cocktail to whip up once your guests arrive (two minutes prep time) and is a guaranteed crowd pleaser.
How to: Add the lime, mint and sugar to a tall glass and bruise with a muddler. To this, add the shochu and fizzy water and stir. Serve over ice with mint to garnish. www.japan.travel/en/uk/
And, of course, you all know by now that all your favourite Scottish bartender needs is a cocktail brolly, a maraschino cherry and a shaker and we’re talking Jocktail Hour… Jocktails… the Strawberry Daiquiri, Jocktails – Whisky Sour, Hungry and Thursday – sangria and La Sagrada, Jocktails: The Bajan Monkey,
Jocktails – the Hurricane Jocktails – Mimosas Jocktails – the Sazerac.
And a host of others.
