Creme de cassis, lemon juice, bourbon, simple syrup and bitters

This drink is popular in Scotland and parts of England. Made from vodka, bitters, fresh lime juice and tonic water…

Vodka orange, raspberry liqueur and lime juice with cherry and orange slice as garnish…

Tequila (gold), spiced rum and sweet vermouth.

Gin, syrup, pineapple juice, orange juice, lemon juice and blood orange bitters…

Bourbon, fresh lemon juice, syrup and ginger ale

There is a story behind this drink. Remember the front desk lady, Margaret, in our Lexington office who I had walked up to sheepishly and requested that the reserved parking sign for the CEO be taken down? (http://www.rajibroy.com/?p=5826) Well, last week when I was in Lexington, she came up to me and gave me – what looked like a gift magazine with the picture of a model showing off nice clothes, watches etc. In my mind, I was going “I don’t think Sharmila needs any more ideas” 🙂

In any case, she flipped to a page that she had put a post-it note on as a marker and it had a couple of cocktail recipes. As I read that page, I realized that there is an organization called “The Bourbon Woman Organization” (www.bourbonwomen.org). They host an annual bourbon cocktail contest called “Not your Pink Drink” and there are two awards – one for the best original cocktail by a professional and one similarly for an amateur.

Last year (2013) Marla Zimmerman from Louisville, KY was the Amateur Winner for this drink. I promised Margaret that, for her thoughtfulness, I will make both those cocktails in the next couple of weeks.

Christened Palm Breeze, it has Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon, Peychaud’s bitters, Splenda, orange slice, grapefruit slice, lemon slice and club soda.

Gin, fresh lime juice, little sugar syrup, soda water and bitters…

Love the color of the drink. The theme of Puerto Rican rum continues..

Rum, triple sec, grenadine, orange juice and pineapple juice

I could not find the origin of the name of this drink. All Google searches led to a movie by the same name.
Dark rum, lime juice, elderflower liqueur and angostura bitters