Bigfork Mountain Lake Lodge

Monday, October 17, 2011

Fun Fall Drink Recipes to try

Cranberry Margarita

2 cups of your favorite Tequila
1-1/3 cups cranberry juice
1 cup orange-flavored liqueur (grand mariner triple sec or Cointreau)
2/3 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice

Combine the tequila, cranberry juice, orange liqueur, and lime juice in a large pitcher.
Shake over ice.
Strain into margarita glasses filled with ice.
Serves: 10



Champagne and Pomegranate cocktail
1 sugar cube
1 fluid ounce pomegranate juice
3 fluid ounces dry Champagne
3 Pomegranate seeds

Place a sugar cube in the bottom of a champagne flute.
Pour the pomegranate juice over sugar cube
Add Champagne
Place a few pomegranate seeds into the glass.
Serves: 1











Caramel Apple Martini - with real caramel drizzle
2 parts butterscotch Schnapps
2 parts Sour Apple Pucker
1 part Vodka

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Rim glass with real caramel and crushed nuts or cinnamon sugar or crushed cinnamon almonds.
Serves: 1





Fall Sangria
1 750-ml bottle red wine  Chianti
1/4 cup brandy
1/4 cup orange flavored liqueur (triple sec or Grand Mariner)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 orange, thinly sliced
1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
1 apple, cored, and cut into thin wedges
1 750-ml bottle sparkling water, chilled


Combine everything but the sparkling water in a large plastic container or glass pitchers.
Cover and chill for2 hours.
When ready to serve, add the sparkling water.
Serves: 8

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