After a long day, making dinner has a fantastic therapeutic effect. Cooking dinner while holding a beverage in your hand after a long day is even more therapeutic. For a drink that will still leave you somewhat lucid by the time dinner is served, avoid the martini and instead for something quick, cool and relatively low proof. The best beverages to enjoy while preparing a weeknight meal are listed below.
ALCOHOLIC DR.PEPPER
THE INGREDIENTS
- 250 ml Beer, (Get beer bundles now at $45) Express alcohol delivery
- 250 ml Cola,
- 25 ml Amaretto
HOW TO MAKE A ALCOHOLIC DR.PEPPER
Pour the beer in first, then the cola on top. Drop the shot glass of Amaretto in, when it hits the bottom of the glass, drink.
This is a successful recreation of the popular soft drink, so fans of Dr.Pepper will love this.
DID YOU KNOW?
This cocktail doesn’t actually contain any Dr.Pepper. It just gives a similar flavor to it.
ALEXANDER
THE INGREDIENTS
- 25 ml Gin,
- 25 ml Crème de Cacao,
- 25 ml Half & Half,
- Grated Nutmeg
HOW TO MAKE A ALEXANDER
Mix in a cocktail shaker with ice for 10 – 15 seconds. Pour into a cocktail glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg.Express alcohol delivery
A creamy gin cocktail which is topped off perfectly with the nutmeg.
DID YOU KNOW?
This drink is believed to have been named after the tsar, Alexander II of Russia.
AMARETTO SOUR
THE INGREDIENTS
- 50 ml Amaretto,
- 25 ml Lemon Juice,
- 12 1/2 ml Simple Syrup,
- Dash Egg-White,
- Dash Angostura Bitters,
- Lemon Zest
HOW TO MAKE A AMARETTO SOUR
Add all ingredients into a mixing glass. Dry shake for 5 seconds. Add cubed ice into the shaker and shake for 10 seconds. Fill rock glass with cubed ice and strain mixture into glass. Garnish with lemon zest, spreading the oils across the glass. Express alcohol delivery
Quite a complex drink to make but this smooth, sweet tasting combination is worth the effort.
ANGEL DELIGHT
THE INGREDIENTS
- 20 ml Triple Sec,
- 20 ml Gin,
- 25 ml Cream,
- 2 dashes Grenadine Syrup
HOW TO MAKE A ANGEL DELIGHT
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake well for 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
A creamy and sweet recipe which creates a good dessert cocktail which has an appealing pink hue. Express alcohol delivery
DID YOU KNOW?
Triple Sec was invented some time between 1834 and 1848 by Jean-Baptiste Combier Saumur.
AMERICAN COLLINS
THE INGREDIENTS
- 37 1/2 ml Premium Gin,
- 20 ml Simple Syrup,
- 12 1/2 ml Lemon Juice,
- 4 Bing Cherries,
- 8 Blueberries,
- Soda Water,
- Lemon Wheel
HOW TO MAKE A AMERICAN COLLINS
In a Collins glass, muddle the blueberries and the cherries in the lemon juice and simple syrup. Add premium gin and ice and stir briefly.Top up with Soda water. Garnish with a lemon wheel and bing cherry.
This is a fruity and zesty play on the classic Tom Collins.
DID YOU KNOW?
Bing cherries are very high in antioxidants. Express alcohol delivery
AMARULA AND EVE
THE INGREDIENTS
- 37 1/2 ml Amarula Cream,
- 12 1/2 ml Citrus Vodka,
- 65 ml Lychee Juice,
- 20 ml Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice,
- Lychee Fruit
HOW TO MAKE A AMARULA AND EVE
Combine all ingredients in a shaker glass filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a coup glass. Garnish with lychee fruit on the rim.
This is an interesting concoction which is a perfect platform for the creamy Amarula liqueur, which melds nicely with the sweet lychee.
DID YOU KNOW?
Amarula is made with sugar, cream and the fruit of the African Marula tree, which are a favorite with elephants Express alcohol delivery
APOCALYPSE NOW
THE INGREDIENTS
- 10 ml Dry Vermouth,
- 10 ml Irish Cream Liqueur,
- 10 ml Tequila
HOW TO MAKE A APOCALYPSE NOW
Pour the dry vermouth and tequila into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a shot glass. Float the Irish cream liqueur on top.
A potent shooter which tastes as bad as it sounds. Avoid.
DID YOU KNOW?
The film Apocalypse Now grossed £83 million..
APPLETINI
THE INGREDIENTS
- 40 ml Vodka,
- 15 ml Apple Schnapps,
- 15 ml Triple Sec,
- Apple Slice
HOW TO MAKE A APPLETINI
Mix in a shaker and then pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with apple slices and serve.
A sweet tasting Martini which is ideal for apple lovers.
DID YOU KNOW?
Appletini features in the 2010 movie The Social Network. After seeing the film, Mark Zuckerberg made the Appletini Facebook`s official drink.
APPLE SOUR
THE INGREDIENTS
- 37 1/2ml Bourbon Whiskey,
- 20ml Triple Sec,
- 30ml Apple Juice,
- 5ml Lemon Juice,
- 2 dashes Orange Bitters
HOW TO MAKE A APPLE SOUR
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into an Old-Fashioned glass over ice.
Essentially an apple-flavored Whiskey Sour, this is a top-class cocktail which has just the right amount of tart and sweet.
DID YOU KNOW?
Due to the bourbon whisky base, this drink is not tart like most of the sour apple martini recipes in existence.
