5 On Friday - Sailing Season

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Duchess Linda of Are We There Yet is about to take off on her first ever cruise. Just to get her in the mood, here are some party and/or silly songs and the beverages to go with them.



Kokomo Joe

1 oz white rum
1 oz banana liqueur
5 oz orange juice
3 oz pina colada mix
1/2 banana

Combine ingredients with one cup of crushed ice in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a hurricane glass, garnish with a slice of orange, and serve.

Spike Jones - Cocktails For Two

Crazy Cocktail

2 oz Malibu® coconut rum

1 - 1 1/2 oz DeKuyper® Raspberry Pucker schnapps

1 - 1 1/2 oz melon liqueur

2 oz Mountain Dew® lime soda

4 - 6 oz pineapple juice

Combine all ingredients together in a collins glass filled with ice cubes. Stir well, and serve.

Five O'Clock Somewhere

Five Before Flying

1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur
1/2 oz creme de bananes
2 tsp brandy
2 tsp white creme de cacao
4 oz coffee
2 oz heavy cream

Pour the bourbon whiskey, Southern Comfort, creme de bananes, brandy, creme de cacao and coffee into an Irish coffee cup or glass. Pour the cream carefully over the back of a teaspoon, so that it floats on top of the drink, and serve.



Key Largo

1 oz DeKuyper® Key Largo schnapps
1/2 oz Captain Morgan® Original spiced rum
4 oz orange juice
4 oz pineapple juice
2 oz cranberry juice
1/2 oz Bacardi® 151 rum

Mix juices and alcohol in a mixing tin, flash blend, and pour over ice in a 23 oz. squall glass and float bacardi 151 rum. Garnish with an orange flag and umbrella.




Jamaica Farewell

Jamaican Bahama Mama

1 1/2 oz white rum
2 oz orange juice
2 oz pineapple juice
1 oz coconut cream
1 oz spiced rum
1 splash grenadine syrup

Pour the white rum, juices and coconut cream into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well and pour into a hurricane glass. Float spiced rum and grenadine on top, and serve.

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China Girl Singapore Sling

2 oz gin
1 oz cherry brandy
1 ozReal lemon juice
1 pinchpowdered sugar
3 oz club soda
1 oz grenadine syrup
1 dash Angostura® bitters
1 maraschino cherry
1 slice orange

In a shaker half-filled with crushed ice, add lemon juice, grenadine, gin, Cherry Brandy, bitters, and pinch of sugar to taste if desired. Shake well and slip into tall glass. Sparkle with club soda, float lemon "junk", and top with cherry. Add "sun-shade" and serve with straw.