The Rusty Nail

A new favorite of mine. Those Highlander style Drambuie commercials piqued my interest so I had Mr. Booze bring a bottle home. Am I happy he did. Drambuie is a liqueur from Scotland with...you guessed it, scotch whisky as the base. Some honey, botanicals and spices are added to the scotch and you get Drambuie. As a result Drambuie pairs particularly pleasingly with scotch and that my friends gives you a Rusty Nail. This particular beverage was quite popular amongst the Rat Pack. (For you chillen out there I am not referring to anyone that had anything at all to do with St. Elmo's fire, that's the Brat Pack. The Rat Pack would be Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Peter Lawford, amongst others. Each individual infinitely more stylish and talented than the collective Brat Pack) So for your very own start to a swank filled evening, I give you the :

Rusty Nail
2 oz. Drambuie
2 oz. Scotch Whisky of your choosing, I'm a huge fan of 16 yr old Lagavulin, an Islay Whisky with a good dose of the sea air from it's home, but...I'm pretty sure even the blended whiskys will work well in this.

Put on some swank** clothes.
Grab a rocks glass, put a few ice cubes in it.
Add Drambuie and whisky to glass, swirl to combine.
Pop in a CD from Deano or Frankie and let the festivities begin.


** Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -
swank1 /swæŋk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[swangk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, adjective, -er, -est, verb –noun

1.	dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.

2.	a swagger.

–adjective

3.	stylish or elegant.

4.	pretentiously stylish.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to swagger in behavior; show off.

Hannibal's Dream

If you can figure out why I gave this elixir this particular name, I'll send you a free $10 gift card to WalMart, just don't ask my why I have one in the first place.


Hannibal's Dream
2 oz. Amarula
2 oz. Tuaca
2 oz. Three Olives Vanilla Vodka

Add a few ice cubes to a rocks glass.
Pour all ingredients into glass, swirl to combine.
Sip leisurely and contemplate the wonder of it all.

Three Olives Pomegranate Vodka

Two of my favorite new beverages featuring the fabulous new Pomegranate Vodka from Three Olives. The first is a lovely aperitif, the second a nice sipper on a hot day. Not that we get many of those here this time of year, but I like to pour one of these, crank up the heat, put in an episode of CSI: Miami and pretend I'm in a warmer clime.

Mediterranean Cocktail
(OK, so they call it a Martini...they are wrong! There is NEVER grapefruit juice in a true Martini)

2 0z. Three Olives Pomegranate Vodka
2 oz. grapefruit juice
splash of grenadine

Add ice to a cocktail glass and set aside to chill.
Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker and shake well, till outside of shaker is frosty.
Empty ice from cocktail glass and strain contents of shaker into cocktail glass.
Garnish w/ a lime wedge

Pom n' Tonic

3 0z. Three Olives Pomegranate Vodka
Diet Tonic
Lemon Wedge

Half-fill Pint Glass with ice.
Add vodka to glass.
Fill glass with Diet Tonic
Garnish w/ lemon wedge.