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Endless Summer

The pomegranate juice, lemon, orange, and mint, all combine to create a refreshing drink.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Caliche Rum
• 1 oz orange juice
• 3/4 oz Agave Nectar
• 1/2 oz pomegranate juice
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1 oz chilled club soda
• Lemon wheel and fresh mint sprigs for garnish

Directions:

In a cocktail shaker combine all the ingredients except for the club soda, fill with ice and shake vigorously until the shaker is well frosted outside. Strain into an ice filled Highball or Collins glass. Garnish and serve.

Recipe and Photo Courtesy of Caliche Rum.

Expat

The Expat is a fun mix of Bourbon, lime juice, simple syrup and Angostura bitters and mint, guaranteed to make this fall refreshing and light.

Directions:

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
• .75 oz Simple Syrup
• Mint
• Angostura Bitters

Directions:

Combine ingredients in a shaking tin with ice, shake vigorously and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a mint leaf and Angostura Bitters.

Recipe and photo courtesy of New York's Lantern's Keep and their head barkeep, Theo Lieberman.

Fall Affair

If you're watching your figure, the Fall Affair is for you. It also happens to be one of singer Fergie's favorite cocktails.

Approx Calories: 125

Directions:

• 2 oz Voli Orange Vanilla
• ? oz Lemon Juice
• 1 oz Apple Cider
• 2 Dash of Bitters
• Dash of Cinnamon
• Glass: Martini
• Garnish: Dash of Cinnamon

Recipe and photo courtesy of the low calorie brand Voli Light Vodka.

Truffle Martini

Yields: 2 martinis Ingredients:

• Grey Goose Vodka (750 ml bottle)
• 2 Fresh Black Truffles, Finely Chopped
• Miniature pickled black truffles

Directions:

Two weeks prior to serving add the finely chopped truffles to the vodka. Allow the vodka & truffle mixture to gently infuse by standing the bottle in a cool, dimly lit room or a cellar for two weeks. Chill in freezer.

Fill half the cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Pour four liquid ounces of truffle vodka over the ice.

Shake or stir the mixture, depending on personal preference. Strain the mixture into two chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a miniature pickled truffle skewered on a tooth pick.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley, California. With everything from a spa and gourmet cuisine to a sprawling vineyard and winery, Bernardus is pretty hard to beat.

Hot Manzana

Ingredients:

• 1 Shot Peligroso
• Repo or Anejo
• Hot Apple Cider
• Cinnamon Stick optional

Recipe and photo courtesy of Peligroso Tequila. This tequila is fairly new but may become your favorite since it's bottled at 84 proof instead of the typical 80.

The Peanut Butter Cup

The Peanut Butter Cup is just the cocktail for all of your sweet tooths that can't stay out of the candy aisle, making it the perfect drink to sip while you pass out candy on Halloween.

Ingredients:

• 1 Part Frangelico
• 1 Part Carolans

Directions:

Blend with 3-4 ice cubes. Serve on the rocks.

Whiskey Blue's Pickled Dirty Cocktail

If you're the type that likes salty snacks with your alcohol, this Pickled Dirty Coctail is probably going to appeal to you. Cucumbers may have once been the hot accent but now pickles are steadily taking their place as the newest trend, so now's your chance to try it out for yourself.

Ingredients:

• 3oz Grey Goose
• 1oz pickle juice

Directions:

Muddle fresh dill into shaker add ice Pour ingredients and sake well. Serve On rocks or in a martini glass. Garnish with a speared Gerkin.

Recipe and photo courtesy of the stylish Whiskey Blue New Orleans. The extensive menu prefers fresh ingredients and seasonal favorites, creating timely beverages that highlight trends.

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