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Bee’s Knees II

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice
  • 1 (46 fluid ounce) can grapefruit juice
  • 1 (8 ounce) jar honey
  • 2 cups gin

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a blender combine pineapple juice, grapefruit juice, honey and gin. Blend until frothy. Pour into a pitcher and serve.

Beefy Bloody Caesar

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 pinch celery salt
  • ice cubes
  • 1 fluid ounce vodka
  • 6 fluid ounces tomato and clam juice cocktail
  • 1 dash dry beef bouillon powder
  • 1 dash hot pepper sauce
  • 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 stalk celery

DIRECTIONS

  1. Rub the rim of a cocktail glass with celery salt. Place ice in the glass, and pour in vodka and tomato and clam juice cocktail. Mix in the bouillon powder, hot pepper sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Garnish with celery.

Basic Margarita

INGREDIENTS

  • 5 fluid ounces tequila
  • 3 fluid ounces triple sec
  • 2 (6 ounce) cans frozen limeade concentrate
  • 4 cups ice cubes
  • coarse salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Salt the rims of 2 large margarita glasses. To do so, pour salt onto a small plate, moisten the rims of the glasses on a damp towel and press them into the salt.
  2. In a blender combine tequila, triple sec and limeade concentrate. Fill blender with ice cubes. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, garnish with slice of lime and serve.

Basic Daiquiri

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 fluid ounces light rum
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 2 cups cracked ice

DIRECTIONS

  1. Pour the rum, lime juice, sugar and ice into the container of a blender. Blend for 10 seconds, or until ice is fine. Pour into two daiquiri glasses.

Basic Bloody Mary

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 (11.5 ounce) can tomato-vegetable juice cocktail
  • 1/3 cup vodka

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a large glass over ice, pour 1/2 can of tomato-vegetable juice cocktail. Stir in the vodka.

Banana Margaritas

INGREDIENTS

  • 6 fluid ounces tequila
  • 1 (6 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
  • 4 fluid ounces triple sec liqueur
  • 6 cups ice
  • 2 bananas
  • 1/4 cup coarse granulated sugar

DIRECTIONS

  1. Sugar the rims of 4 large margarita glasses. To do so, pour sugar onto a small plate, moisten the rims of the glasses on a damp towel and press them into the sugar.
  2. In a blender, combine tequila, limeade, triple sec and ice. Blend until smooth. Add bananas and blend again until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

Balalaika

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 fluid ounce vodka
  • 1/2 fluid ounce cointreau
  • 1 fluid ounce lemon juice
  • 1 slice lemon, for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  1. Pour the vodka and Cointreau in a highball glass with ice. Add enough lemon juice to reach the halfway point of the glass, or to taste. Garnish with a slice of lemon on the outside of glass.

Bailey’s Sundae Coffee Drink

INGREDIENTS

  • 12 cups brewed coffee
  • 1 pint French vanilla ice cream
  • 12 fluid ounces Irish cream liqueur

DIRECTIONS

  1. Brew 12 cups of coffee. While the coffee is brewing, fill each cup with a scoop of ice cream. Be sure to use large cups (the oversized types you get at coffee houses are best). Top each scoop of ice cream with just enough Irish cream so that the ice cream looks lightly coated.
  2. When the coffee is brewed, pour it so that each cup is filled up about halfway. It is then up to each individual to add more Irish cream, half-and-half, or sugar to suit his/her taste.

Bahama Mama I

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 fluid ounce coffee-flavored liqueur
  • 1/2 fluid ounce dark rum
  • 1/2 fluid ounce coconut liqueur
  • 1/4 fluid ounce 151 proof rum
  • 1/2 lemon, juiced
  • 4 fluid ounces pineapple juice
  • 1 maraschino cherry

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a mixing glass combine coffee liqueur, dark rum, coconut liqueur, 151 rum, lemon juice and pineapple juice. Pour over ice into a tall glass and garnish with a cherry.

Bahama Mama II

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 fluid ounce dark rum
  • 1/2 fluid ounce apricot brandy
  • 3 1/2 fluid ounces fruit punch
  • 1/2 fluid ounce pina colada mix

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a mixing glass combine the rum, apricot brandy, fruit punch and pina colada mix. Stir to blend and serve over ice.