Welcome to the Best Lockdown Drink Recipe Contest. The winner will receive $100.
Here are the rules.
Voting will last for 48 hours.
The person with the most votes wins.
You may only vote once. Vote for your Favourite entry.
The contestants are allowed to campaign for votes but are not allowed to spam threads or inboxes.
If the winner is a Gold Verified Member they will win $100. If they aren't gold they'll win $50 plus a Gold Membership.
All Contestants that were not Gold Members have automatically won a Free month of LPSG Gold for Entering. Congrats.
Good Luck To Everyone!
Entry 1 By @mvrwlicht
~300g of Strawberries
1 hearty scoop of chocolate icecream
and 100ml of Baileys Chocolat Luxe
A splash of Chocolate Chilli Kahlúa stirred through at the end (optional, if you want a touch of spice to it after serving)
Toss it all in a blender and that's it. Makes 2 servings.
See video at the bottom for a demo on how to make it
Entry 2 By @Nexolaris
What you need:
– 1 lemon
– a piece of ginger (10g or a 1/3 ounce should be enough)
– honey
– water
How to do it:
Boil enough water to fit one cup. Squeeze the juice of one lemon. Cut up a piece of ginger into very small pieces. Add both the lemon juice and ginger to a cup. Fill up with hot water, add a teaspoonful of honey and stir.
Entry 3 by @jobot23
Entry 4 by @Stro_king
Smoky Sage Tequila Smash
2oz Tequila
1oz fresh lemon juice
1/2oz honey syrup
Fresh sage
Rosemary sprigs
With a match light rosemary on fire and extinguish, once smoking cover with glass.
While glass fills with smoke assemble ingredients into a mixing glass. Clap sage to release oils before adding then muddle.
Add ice to mixing glass and stir until chilled.
Flip over glass filled with smoke and add 1 large cube of ice.
Strain over smoke and ice.
Garnish with sage and enjoy.
**to make honey syrup add 1:1 honey to water ratio in pot and stir over heat until combined**
Entry 5 by @Triasco
The Lovely and Simple Irish Cactus:
Ingredients
Entry 6 by @7a7b7a
Caipirinha
Ingredients:
- 2 limes, chopped into wedges, plus extra lime wedges to serve (optional)
- 6 tablespoons golden caster sugar
- 200ml cachaça
- Few handfuls crushed ice
Method:
1. Put the lime wedges in a large jug with the sugar, then use a muddler or the end of a rolling pin to break them down. Release as much juice from the wedges as possible, and let it mix with the sugar to create a syrup – you can also do this with a large pestle and mortar. Discard the lime peel.
2. Divide the syrup and cachaça between four glasses, then top with the crushed ice. Serve garnished with lime wedges, if you like.
Entry 7 by @Apollo1
Orange Crush
Juice of 2 Medium-Sized Oranges or a quarter cup of OJ
1/2 a cup of Vodka
Quarter cup of Orange liqueur (I use O3 liqueur)
Lemon Lime soda (I use one baby can of Sprite
1. Pour first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake
2. Strain into a cocktail glass filled with ice
3. Top with lemon-lime soda and garnish with a slice of orange
* This is for two people or two drinks, by the way
Entry 8 by @015Dutch
The Vesper
The full recipe:
- 3 ounces of gin (e.g. Tanqueray)
- 1 ounce of vodka (grain, 50%)
- 1/2 ounce of vermouth (Lillet Blanc)
- Garnish: lemon peel
1. Glance over at the absolute bombshell to your right
2. Have the barman combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker
3. Shake well with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
4. Garnish with lemon peel
5. Sip and proceed to do what Bond does best
Entry 9 by @Sweetlysad
The Redheaded Slut
What's in it:
1 3/4 oz. Jägermeister
1 3/4 oz. Peach Schnapps
Cranberry Juice
What to do:
Pour Jägermeister and schnapps over ice and add cranberry juice to fill to top. Stir.
Entry 10 by @JSL
The Blueberry Quarantini
A variation on one of my hometown specialties—served best with some fine West Michigan lakeshore blueberries during the growing season, but delicious any time of the year. Especially when you're sitting behind your desk waiting for the clock to tick to a 3 or a 7.
Ingredients:
Entry 11 by @blue_eyed_soul
These raspberry ginger ale cocktails are SO good, especially in spring/summer when the weather is nice!
Ingredients:
.75 oz raspberry puree
1.5 oz of ginger ale, preferably lemon and lime but regular will work
Splash of limoncello
4 oz champagne
Squeeze of lime juice
Fresh raspberries
Instructions:
Add raspberry puree, ginger beer, and limoncello into a champagne glass and stir. Top with champagne and a squeeze of lime juice. Garnish with fresh raspberries.
Entry 12 by @non6cents
The Not-So-Old Fashioned
This is a take on the classic Old Fashioned and Sazerac cocktails that adds a bright citrus twist from the orange and Grand Marnier, plus some extra sweetness from the cherry. The absinthe rinse gives it some added depth in the aroma and aftertaste. I recommend using a strong, smoky whiskey, but that’s entirely up to you.
Ingredients:
2 oz of your favorite whiskey
A few dashes of absinthe
A splash of Grand Marnier
A few dashes of orange bitters
2 maraschino cherries
1 sugar cube
A slice of orange peel
1 large ice cube
Instructions:
Muddle the bitters, 1 cherry, and the sugar cube in the bottom of a chilled old fashioned glass. Pour a little bit of absinthe on the orange peel and use it to rinse the sides of the glass. Add the ice cube and pour your whiskey over top. Use a bar spoon to float the Grand Marnier. Garnish with the remaining cherry and the orange peel, and enjoy!
Entry 13 by @alysha7
FRENCH 75
Ingredients
Entry 14 by @MissScarlett
This is a cocktail I created and called ‘Miss Scarlett’ as just like me it is a little sweet, very fruity, stronger than you expect and a few of these will leave you feeling very sexy. Perfect for sipping on hot days.
INGREDIENTS (for 2 drinks):
2 measures vodka
1 measure crème de banana
1 1/2 measures crème de strawberry
2 measures pomegranate juice
Red fruits – e.g. raspberries, strawberries or anything you fancy
Ice
METHOD:
Puree a few berries and press through a sieve into a cocktail shaker. Add the other ingredients and a handful of ice. Shake well and strain to glasses.
Video By @mvrwlicht
One last addition this is the How To Make It Video by Entry 1 @mvrwlicht
View attachment 16095291_InShot_202_3fcfdcf828f89c95ca46e9bc84af5faa.mp4
Here are the rules.
Voting will last for 48 hours.
The person with the most votes wins.
You may only vote once. Vote for your Favourite entry.
The contestants are allowed to campaign for votes but are not allowed to spam threads or inboxes.
If the winner is a Gold Verified Member they will win $100. If they aren't gold they'll win $50 plus a Gold Membership.
All Contestants that were not Gold Members have automatically won a Free month of LPSG Gold for Entering. Congrats.
Good Luck To Everyone!
Entry 1 By @mvrwlicht
~300g of Strawberries
1 hearty scoop of chocolate icecream
and 100ml of Baileys Chocolat Luxe
A splash of Chocolate Chilli Kahlúa stirred through at the end (optional, if you want a touch of spice to it after serving)
Toss it all in a blender and that's it. Makes 2 servings.
See video at the bottom for a demo on how to make it
Entry 2 By @Nexolaris
What you need:
– 1 lemon
– a piece of ginger (10g or a 1/3 ounce should be enough)
– honey
– water
How to do it:
Boil enough water to fit one cup. Squeeze the juice of one lemon. Cut up a piece of ginger into very small pieces. Add both the lemon juice and ginger to a cup. Fill up with hot water, add a teaspoonful of honey and stir.
Entry 3 by @jobot23
- 1/2 ripe nectarine/peach/mango (your pick), sliced
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
- 2 Rosemary sprigs, plus additional for garnish
- 1 1/2 ounces Dry Gin
- 1/2 ounce vodka
- 3/4 ounce Campari
- 3/4 ounce fresh juice from 1 lemon (Meyer if available)
- Club soda or tonic water (depending on your sweetness preference)
- In a cocktail shaker, muddle your fruit, simple syrup, and rosemary sprig. Add gin, vodka, Campari, and lemon juice, fill shaker with ice, and shake until well chilled (about 15 seconds.) I usually let it sit for about a minute or two to get super cold - especially during these hot months.
- Fill a highball with ice. Fine-strain cocktail into serving glass. Top with soda/tonic and garnish with additional rosemary.
Entry 4 by @Stro_king
Smoky Sage Tequila Smash
2oz Tequila
1oz fresh lemon juice
1/2oz honey syrup
Fresh sage
Rosemary sprigs
With a match light rosemary on fire and extinguish, once smoking cover with glass.
While glass fills with smoke assemble ingredients into a mixing glass. Clap sage to release oils before adding then muddle.
Add ice to mixing glass and stir until chilled.
Flip over glass filled with smoke and add 1 large cube of ice.
Strain over smoke and ice.
Garnish with sage and enjoy.
**to make honey syrup add 1:1 honey to water ratio in pot and stir over heat until combined**
Entry 5 by @Triasco
The Lovely and Simple Irish Cactus:
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Irish Cream
- 1 ounces of Tequila Blanco
- Gather the ingredients. Adjust less or more of either based on taste. I personally prefer a ratio of about 2 to 0.75 Irish cream to tequila Blanco.
- In an old-fashioned glass filled with ice, pour the Irish cream and tequila.
- Stir well.
- Serve and enjoy!
Entry 6 by @7a7b7a
Caipirinha
Ingredients:
- 2 limes, chopped into wedges, plus extra lime wedges to serve (optional)
- 6 tablespoons golden caster sugar
- 200ml cachaça
- Few handfuls crushed ice
Method:
1. Put the lime wedges in a large jug with the sugar, then use a muddler or the end of a rolling pin to break them down. Release as much juice from the wedges as possible, and let it mix with the sugar to create a syrup – you can also do this with a large pestle and mortar. Discard the lime peel.
2. Divide the syrup and cachaça between four glasses, then top with the crushed ice. Serve garnished with lime wedges, if you like.
Entry 7 by @Apollo1
Orange Crush
Juice of 2 Medium-Sized Oranges or a quarter cup of OJ
1/2 a cup of Vodka
Quarter cup of Orange liqueur (I use O3 liqueur)
Lemon Lime soda (I use one baby can of Sprite
1. Pour first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake
2. Strain into a cocktail glass filled with ice
3. Top with lemon-lime soda and garnish with a slice of orange
* This is for two people or two drinks, by the way
Entry 8 by @015Dutch
The Vesper
The full recipe:
- 3 ounces of gin (e.g. Tanqueray)
- 1 ounce of vodka (grain, 50%)
- 1/2 ounce of vermouth (Lillet Blanc)
- Garnish: lemon peel
1. Glance over at the absolute bombshell to your right
2. Have the barman combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker
3. Shake well with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
4. Garnish with lemon peel
5. Sip and proceed to do what Bond does best
Entry 9 by @Sweetlysad
The Redheaded Slut
What's in it:
1 3/4 oz. Jägermeister
1 3/4 oz. Peach Schnapps
Cranberry Juice
What to do:
Pour Jägermeister and schnapps over ice and add cranberry juice to fill to top. Stir.
Entry 10 by @JSL
The Blueberry Quarantini
A variation on one of my hometown specialties—served best with some fine West Michigan lakeshore blueberries during the growing season, but delicious any time of the year. Especially when you're sitting behind your desk waiting for the clock to tick to a 3 or a 7.
Ingredients:
- 3 units of a floral dry gin (e.g., Hendricks)
- 0.5 unit of a white vermouth (e.g., Dolin)
- 0.5 unit of Michigan Blueberry Liqueur from Long Road Distillers, or an equivalent
- Three whole, fresh Michigan blueberries
- One slice of fresh lemon peel
- Stir the gin and vermouth over ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
- Add the blueberry liqueur. Stir gently.
- Add three fresh blueberries into the glass or (preferably) on a skewer.
- Twist the lemon peel over the glass then garnish.
Entry 11 by @blue_eyed_soul
These raspberry ginger ale cocktails are SO good, especially in spring/summer when the weather is nice!
Ingredients:
.75 oz raspberry puree
1.5 oz of ginger ale, preferably lemon and lime but regular will work
Splash of limoncello
4 oz champagne
Squeeze of lime juice
Fresh raspberries
Instructions:
Add raspberry puree, ginger beer, and limoncello into a champagne glass and stir. Top with champagne and a squeeze of lime juice. Garnish with fresh raspberries.
Entry 12 by @non6cents
The Not-So-Old Fashioned
This is a take on the classic Old Fashioned and Sazerac cocktails that adds a bright citrus twist from the orange and Grand Marnier, plus some extra sweetness from the cherry. The absinthe rinse gives it some added depth in the aroma and aftertaste. I recommend using a strong, smoky whiskey, but that’s entirely up to you.
Ingredients:
2 oz of your favorite whiskey
A few dashes of absinthe
A splash of Grand Marnier
A few dashes of orange bitters
2 maraschino cherries
1 sugar cube
A slice of orange peel
1 large ice cube
Instructions:
Muddle the bitters, 1 cherry, and the sugar cube in the bottom of a chilled old fashioned glass. Pour a little bit of absinthe on the orange peel and use it to rinse the sides of the glass. Add the ice cube and pour your whiskey over top. Use a bar spoon to float the Grand Marnier. Garnish with the remaining cherry and the orange peel, and enjoy!
Entry 13 by @alysha7
FRENCH 75
Ingredients
- 1/2 oz Fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz Simple syrup
- 1 oz Gin
- 3 oz Champagne
- Garnish: Lemon twist
- Add all the ingredients except the Champagne into a shaker with ice and shake well.
- Strain into a Champagne flute.
- Top with the Champagne.
- Garnish with a lemon twist.
Entry 14 by @MissScarlett
This is a cocktail I created and called ‘Miss Scarlett’ as just like me it is a little sweet, very fruity, stronger than you expect and a few of these will leave you feeling very sexy. Perfect for sipping on hot days.
INGREDIENTS (for 2 drinks):
2 measures vodka
1 measure crème de banana
1 1/2 measures crème de strawberry
2 measures pomegranate juice
Red fruits – e.g. raspberries, strawberries or anything you fancy
Ice
METHOD:
Puree a few berries and press through a sieve into a cocktail shaker. Add the other ingredients and a handful of ice. Shake well and strain to glasses.
Video By @mvrwlicht
One last addition this is the How To Make It Video by Entry 1 @mvrwlicht
View attachment 16095291_InShot_202_3fcfdcf828f89c95ca46e9bc84af5faa.mp4
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