Spirits guru : Championship Cocktail Recipes!

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From local brewers to the vineyards of Italy, exotic wines and spirits land on the shelves of our local stores and favorite bars. This site will inform and educate you about what's good and why. I'll share my best cocktail recipes; please send feedback. Together we'll explore what specialties local bartenders are mixing, and mark our calendars for special events. Salut!

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Keith Saunders

I honed my mixology skills at the Oak Room of the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. Other experience includes the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, and the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, where I facilitated community tasting events while bartending at the Crow's Nest. I am currently working with a team of mixologists at Simon & Seafort's. To date, I have created more than 300 new cocktails. I've lived in Anchorage since 1999.

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Championship Cocktail Recipes!

Posted by wineglass

Posted: January 29, 2009 - 5:24 pm

Not sure who to root for?

Drink your favorite teams cocktail.

About.com had a few drinks I thought were worth mentioning!

Steel Helmet (rich and manly)

1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Kahlua
cream to taste
Splash of Galiano

Mix frst three ingredients together in a tumbler with ice and stir. Top off with a splash of Galiano.

Cardinal Cocktail

Fill a glass with your favorite red wine and add a splash of Cassis.
Add strawberries or blackberries to this wonderful elixir to lift up an already smooth drink.

Back and Red

1oz. Black Bush Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes of Bitters
Cherry garnish

Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass and drop your cherry in.

Salut!