Astral Cocktails

The following cocktails have been chosen to represent the signs of the Zodiac (Some for more obvious reasons than others).

Aries - TNT

¾ oz Pernod
¾ oz. Whisky
Mix the ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker/blender. Serve in a chilled cocktail glass.

Taurus - Brave Bull

1½ oz Tequila
¾ oz coffee liqueur
Lemon peel to garnish
Mix the ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker/blender and serve in an old fashioned glass. Twist the lemon peel and drop into the glass.

Gemini - Double Trouble

1 part Jack Daniels or Three Barrels brandy
4 parts Bollinger champagne
Slice of orange
Serve in a tall glass or champagne flute with ice and a slice of orange.

Cancer - Moonshine

1 oz Galliano
¾ oz white creme de caçao
¼ oz orange juice
1 oz vanilla ice cream
Mix the ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker/blender and serve in a large, chilled cocktail glass.

Leo - Red Lion

1 oz. Gin
1 oz Grand Marnier
½ oz. lemon juice
½ oz. orange juice
Mix the ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker/blender and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Virgo - Virgin Mary

6 oz. Tomato juice
¼ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
Several pinches celery salt
Several dashes Tabasco sauce
Pinch white pepper
Celery stick to garnish
Stir the ingredients well in a mixing glass and pour into a chilled highball glass with several ice cubes. Garnish with a celery stick.

Libra - Cuba Libre

1 ½ oz.Rum
½ oz. lime juice
Cola (ice cold)
Lime wedge to garnish
Pour the rum and lime juice over ice in a highball or Collins glass. Fill with Cola and garnish with the lime wedge.

Scorpio - Scorpion

1 ½ oz. light rum
1 oz. brandy
2 oz. orange juice
1 oz. lemon juice
½ oz. orgeat syrup or 2 tsp. almond essence
Slice of orange and mint to garnish
Mix the ingredients with some ice in a blender and pour over ice in an old fashioned glass. Garnish with orange and mint.

Sagittarius - Moscow Mule

1 ½ oz. Vodka
1 tsp. lime juice
Ginger beer or ginger ale
Lime slice or wedge
Pour the vodka and lime juice into a highball glass with several ice cubes. Stir and fill with ginger beer or ginger ale. Garnish with lime.

Capricorn - Capri

1 ½ oz. crème de banane
1 ½ oz. white crème de cacao
1 oz. cream
Mix the ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker/blender and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Aquarius - Aquarius

1½ oz Scotch whisky
¾ oz Cherry Liqueur
1 oz Cranberry juice
¼ oz Sugar syrup
Maraschino cherry to garnish
Shake the ingredients and strain into an ice filled Rocks glass. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.

Pisces - Sea Waves

1½ oz vodka
½ oz dry vermouth
½ oz blue Curaçao
½ oz Galliano
Maraschino cherries to garnish
Half fill a cocktail glass or wine goblet with ice, add the ingredients, stir well and garnish with the cherries.