HOLIDAY COCKTAILS: SNOW GLOBE

With the holidays fast approaching, it's time to enjoy some new, original cocktails like my "SNOW GLOBE." This frosty libation will warm you through and through. Amaze and amuse your guests with the tipsy Snowman, good enough to eat...

ORIGINAL COCKTAIL BIRTHDAY GIFT

I was recently commissioned to create an Original Birthday Cocktail for a client's friend. SUSIE'S MYSTERY MARTINI was created to feature Susie's favorite things. This dark and stormy libation reflects Susie’s love of Victorian Mysteries, the colors Black & Red Orange and her favorite “Spirit” -- Maker’s Mark! The Lychee Nut "Moon" garnish peeks through the mirky night sky while a squirt of "Liquid Clouds" swirls in the glass when served.

An Original and Exclusive Cocktail is an impressive gift for a birthday or any occasion. Please contact me if you'd like to give one of my Creative Cocktails as a gift for a loved one or business associate.

Check out more libations and my contact info at:

SignatureCocktailCreations.com

JACK-O-LANTERN COCKTAIL

Here's one of my new Halloween Cocktails: "The Jack-O-Lantern."
"Jack" because it features Jack Daniel's
"O" for the Irish Cream
and "Lantern" because it will get you LIT!

JACK-O-LANTERN
1.5 oz Jack Daniel's
1 oz Irish Cream
.5 oz Skim Milk
.5 oz Grenadine
2 tablespoons of Pumpkin Puree
Dash each of ground: Cinnamon, Clove & Ginger

Shake all ingredients over ice, strain into round glass
Top off with a dash of ground Nutmeg
ENJOY!

PURPLE WEDDING COCKTAIL

I had the pleasure of creating a special Signature Wedding Cocktail for a beautiful couple. The cocktail was a Wedding Gift from their friends.

Their Wedding Colors included Purple and White. The original garnish was a tribute to the bride's father who passed away before the wedding: An Edible White Feather.

The Cocktail was called "Birds of a Feather" celebrating the many things they have in common as well as honoring her dad.

The cocktail's key color and flavor were created with the featured liqueur: Creme de Violette.

I wish the happy couple, Jennifer & Sammy, the most wonderful future together!

PROSCIUTTO AND MELON COCKTAIL

Familiar Flavors often inspire new cocktails for me. In this case, the PROSCIUTTO AND MELON COCKTAIL seemed a natural addition to my list of original libations. I mentioned this tasty summer refresher in my interview in ESQUIRE MAGAZINE's "Eat Like a Man" feature.

The following recipe makes two cocktails:

1 cup ripe Honeydew Melon

2 oz Midori Melon Liqueur

2 oz Limoncello

3 oz Vodka

1 teaspoon fresh lemon or lime juice

1 cup of ice

- Salt for glass rim

- 2 melon balls wrapped in Prosciutto on 2 skewers

- Blend all ingredients at high speed (frappe)

- Take a small piece of Prosciutto and run around the rim of each glass, dip in salt to lightly coat the rim

- Pour cocktail into glass

- Garnish with a melon ball wrapped in Prosciutto

HERB'S SIGNATURE COCKTAILS ESQUIRE MAGAZINE

I was interviewed for ESQUIRE MAGAZINE discussing my Signature Cocktails. The Esquire home page listed the link to the article as "Meet Your Cocktail Avatar."

Please take a read and see the kinds of original cocktails I can create for you and your event.

Have fun!

Thanks.

THE MAINE BLUE APPLE COCKTAIL

This cocktail was created for a series of events called "Green Drinks", for a Farmers' Collective, Farmers Fare, in Maine. The ingredients used are local produce and products. Please try it with your own local elements.

THE MAINE BLUE APPLE™

1 oz. Local "Maine Rum"

3 oz. Local Apple Juice

1 teaspoon Local Maple Syrup

Dash of Angostura Bitters

10 local Blueberries (7 to muddle, 3 for garnish)

In a Tumbler or Large Old Fashion glass place 7 blueberries and Maple syrup, Muddle ingredients together. Add rum, bitters and (3-4) Ice Cubes.

Pour Apple Juice over the muddled mixture and ice. Stir.

Garnish with 3 Blueberries on a skewer.