This one has some really tasty and fragrant liqueurs. Gin, lime juice, elderflower liqueur, hibiscus flower liqueur and then topped off with prosecco.

Rather unimaginatively named, this has, as you must have guessed, Pisco, Elderflower liqueur and lime juice.

This has Rum and Tia Maria.
I get the Jamaican part – the Rum originates from the Caribbean (well actually Columbus brought sugarcane from Spain to the Caribbean and the Caribbeans must have gone – “What good is a nice sweet plant? Let’s leave it for rotting and then drink the juice” 🙂 ). Tia Maria is a coffee liqueur made from Jamaican coffee.

But why the Yo Yo? Is it because the rum makes you sleepy and the coffee keeps you up? 🙂

Sweet Vermouth, Brandy, sugar syrup and bitters

In keeping with the mid seventies temperature, a perfect colored, slightly sweet drink. Vodka, Rum, Triple Sec, Orange Juice, Grenadine and Sour.

Bourbon, Southern Comfort and Coca Cola

Innocuously named, this sweet and stiff drink can hit you quickly if you don’t watch out.

Buttershots, Vanilla Vodka, Rum Chata and Banana Liqueur.

This drink is dedicated to Jayeeta Bose – my friend from Chennai days who I have not seen in over a quarter century. Yesterday, through FB, she requested that I make a pink drink today in deference to International Women’s Day. (By the way, that is how I found out today is so).

This is the classic version of the Pink Lady with gin, white of an egg and a few dashes of grenadine. The garnishing is inspired by a picture I saw while researching for a pink drink. This was one of the first popular “girly” drink. This was the drink of choice for high society ladies in the 1930s – just around the time when Moscow Mule (based on vodka) was snatching popularity from traditional drinks like whiskey among men. Over more than a century, various mixologists have come up with different versions of this drink with applejack, lemon juice, lemonade and so on.

Since Anastassia had asked me to rate drinks, I would say this is “sweet and smooth with occasional bite if you have too much”. Just like a woman, I guess 🙂 🙂 ha ha!!! Okay, okay, I am kidding. It is more of a martini taste without the edge of dry vermouth. And the slightest hint of the smell of an egg.

Interesting name. Gin, extra dry vermouth and orange bitters.

Gin, Dry Vermouth and Benedictine