I'm Baaack!

Missed me?  Yes, I've been away from the blog for a while - I've missed Recipe Mondays for the past two weeks.  The Brave Astronaut and the clan had a great Christmas season and I hope you had the same.  2015 has gotten off to a good start - though I was sick for awhile, including a sinus infection and then a bad reaction to the anti-biotics I was on.

This past Saturday, Mrs. BA and I went to an Anniversary Gala at the American Legion here in town - it was a grand affair and we had a great time.  This Saturday will be Casino Night at LBA and SoBA's school, where I will be tending bar.  It's an eighties theme and I am making four signature cocktails for the evening.  One is a distinctly eighties drink and the other three are ones that I found on the Internet with eighties-themed titles.

Which one would you like?

Purple Rain

• Vodka
• Raspberry Liqueur
• Blue Curacao
• Lime juice
• Grenadine
• Pineapple juice
• Garnish: purple grape

Long Island Iced Tea

• 1 part vodka
• 1 part tequila
• 1 part rum
• 1 part gin
• 1 part triple sec
• 1 ½ parts sweet and sour mix
• Splash of coke
• Garnish : lemon wheel 

Pretty in Pink

• ½ oz vodka
• 1 oz pineapple rum
• 1 oz Blue Pucker schnapps
• 1 oz peach schnapps
• ½ oz grenadine
• ½ oz sweet and sour mix 

Thriller!

• 1 ½ oz brown liquor (whiskey / bourbon)
• 1 oz green ginger wine
• 1 oz orange juice