Summer Santa

It's a FREEZING cold day here today, well, freezing for Seattlites a it was about 40.... but I thought it might be fun to recall summer just a bit.  So let's have a Bramble! Since it's boozemas we'll call it the Summer Santa.  Fruity and delicious, it was a perfect.

2 oz Gin

2 oz Lemon Juice

1 oz Simple Syrup

1 oz Blackberry Liquor

Mix the first three ingredients and plenty of ice in a cocktail shaker.  Shake like crazy and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice.  Top with blackberry liquor and enjoy.

Cheers!

Floating Away

You know what goes with almost anything? A shot of booze.  A shot of booze will get almost any drink up on it's feet and make it a lot more fun to drink.  Case in point; a root beer float is absolutely DELIGHTFUL with a shot of dark rum.  Now you may not think that cold drink like this would be a good choice on such a cold winter day, but I learned long ago from Cliff Claven that you should drink cold drinks on cold days, and hot drinks on hot days, despite what common sense would dictate.  I have no idea if that's true or not, but in my opinion, any day is a good day for a root beer float with booze in it!

Winter Root Beer Float

1 oz Dark Rum

1 Can RootBeer

Vanilla IceCream

Cheers!