my favorite cocktail recipes

Year-Round

Bourbon & Ginger
Buffalo Trace bourbon
canada dry diet ginger ale
on the rocks

Whiskey Sour
sour mix (can be made with simple syrup and fresh lemon/lime juice)
Maker's Mark
on the rocks

Purple Hooter
1 shot vodka
1 shot Razzamatazz
4 ounces sour mix
4 ounces Sprite zero
on the rocks

Limoncello
fresh limeade
limoncello
on the rocks

Black Cherry Cola*
Cherry coke zero
Black Cherry Effen vodka
grenadine
on the rocks

Dark 'n Stormy 
dark rum
ginger beer (or ginger ale)
fresh lime juice

(substitute Grand Mariner for dark rum in the Dark 'n Stormy to create The Perfect Storm, according to Grand Mariner)

Summer

Paloma
Diet Squirt
100% agave silver tequila
fresh lime juice
on the rocks

Frozen Margarita
can of frozen limeade
100% agave silver tequila
splash of margarita mix
fresh lime juice and a little ice
in a blender

Hurricane
Pat O' Brien's mix (or passion fruit juice, lime juice, orange juice)
Myer's dark rum
grenadine
with ice in a blender


Honey Whiskey 
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey
lemonade (or limeade) [this is what I had at our Oak Park going away party, a special memory for me]

Winter

Irish Hot Chocolate
hot chocolate
shot of Bailey's



*okay so I've never had this one, but it sounds good

At a Bar

Long Island Iced Tea
One of my favorites since college, but won't make at home because it has too many ingredients.