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If you like Pina Coladas then you've come to the right place. I love cocktails, but there are just so many to choose from - where do you start?

Here I have brought you a selection of cocktails starting with P, Q, R & S such as Pina Coladas, Q Martinis, Russian Quaalude and one of my personal favorites Snowballs - delicious.

P of Cocktails



Paisley Martini

6 parts gin
½ tsp dry vermouth
½ tsp scotch

Put all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice, stir well & strain into a Martini glass.

Peppermint Patty

4 parts white creme de cacao
4 parts white creme de menthe
2 parts half-n-half

Combine all the ingredients, with ice, in a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into an old-fashioned glass to serve.

Pina Colada

There are lots of variations on this drink I like the following one:

30ml light rum
45ml pineapple juice
30ml coconut cream
ice

Place in blender to blend. Serve in a collins glass with a pineapple spear and a cherry.

Purple Cocktail

1oz southern comfort
1oz blue curacao
1 oz blueberry liqueur
1oz sloe gin
1 splash lime juice
1 splash sweet and sour mix
1 splash 7-up soda

Combine all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a martini glass to serve.

Purple Magic

1½ oz light rum
1½ oz blue curacao
1½ oz watermelon puker schnapps
1½ oz cranberry juice
1½ oz pomegranate juice

Combine all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a large martini glass to serve.

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Q of Cocktails



Q Martini

3 shots vodka
1/2 shot blue curacao

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice and strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Quarter Deck Cocktail

4 parts dark rum
2 parts cream sherry
1 tbsp fresh lime juice

Put all of the ingredients, with ice, into a cocktail shaker, shake well and strain into a Martini glass.

Queen Elizabeth

6 parts gin
1 part dry bermouth
2 tsp Benedictine

Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice cubes and mix well. Strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

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R of Cocktails



Raspberry Trifle

1 oz vodka
3/4 oz kahlua
3/4 oz chambord
whipped cream

Combine the vodka, kahlua and chambord in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake things up. Strain into a wine flute and top with fresh whipped cream.

Red Apple

4 parts apple brandy
4 parts grapefruit juice
3-5 dashes grenadine

Combine all of the ingredients, with ice, in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Roman Snowball

6 parts white sambuca
5 coffee beans

Half fill a champagne flute with crushed ice, pour in the sambuca, then add the coffee beans and serve with a straw.

Rum Martini

6 parts light rum
1/2 tsp dry vermouth
dash orange bitters

Combine all of the ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. Stir well and strain into a martini glass to serve.

Russian Quaalude

4 parts vodka
2 parts frangelico
2 parts baileys

Combine all of the ingredients, along with cracked ice, into a shaker and shake. Strain into an old fashioned glass to serve.

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S of Cocktails

Saint Moritz

2 shots Chambord
1 1/2 shots double cream
1 1/2 shots milk

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Saketini

6 parts gin
1 part sake

Place the ingredients, along with ice, into a cocktail shaker. Shake and then strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Singapore Sling

30ml Gin,
15ml Cherry Brandy
120ml Pineapple Juice
15ml Lime Juice
7.5ml Cointreau
7.5ml Dom Benedictine
10ml Grenadine
A dash of Angostura Bitters
Garnish with a slice of Pineapple & a Cherry.

Combine all the ingredients with ice in a shaker and shake until well blended, then strain into a highball glass, garnishing with a slice of Pineapple and a Cherry.

Snowball

1 part vodka
1 part advocaat
1 part cream
lemonade

Place vodka, advocaat & cream into a cocktail shaker, shake well and pour into a highball glass. Top up with lemonade slowly (the cream and lemonade cause the drink to froth)

Strawberry & Balsamic Martini

4 fresh hulled strawberries
2 shots vodka
1/4 shot strawberry liqueur
1/4 shot balsamic vinegar

Muddle the strawberries with the vodka in the base of a shaker. Pour in the balsamic vinegar and the strawberry liqueur. Add ice and shake all of the ingredients together. Strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

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Singapore Sling
When in Singapore it is almost mandatory that a visit to Raffles Hotel to partake of the pink cocktail named the Singapore Sling is part of the itinerary. If you're not in Singapore you can just read this article about the Singapore Sling instead.

Share your comments and your favourite cocktails

  • JaguarJulie Jan 31, 2009 @ 9:40 am | delete
    I like appletinis and washington apple martinis when I opt to have a cocktail on special occasions.

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