Post #127874 by martiki on Mon, Nov 29, 2004 6:48 PM

Anxious to read this thread, huh?

Last night I wanted a cocktail and had no fresh juice to speak of. In fact I only had OJ in the fridge. So I went to the CocktailDB site to see what I could come up with. I made the following five drinks and while some were passable, I wouldn't make any of them again:

(All shaken and strained into a cocktail glass)

The Milan:
1 oz Bourbon
1 oz light rum
.5 oz OJ

(yuck)

The Philomel Cocktail:
1.5 oz sherry
.5 oz light rum
.25 oz OJ
.25 oz Dubonnet Rouge
1 dash pepper (!)

(Interesting, but not likely to become a regular)

The Cuban Cocktail Variation:
1.5 oz light rum
.5 oz OJ
.5 oz sweet vermouth
dash of bitters

(not so good!)

The Donelli:
.5 oz OJ
.5 oz Drambuie
1 oz light rum

(sounds better than it is)

The Frosty Dawn:
1.5 oz white rum
1 oz OJ
.5 oz Falernum
.25 oz maraschino liqueur

(ok, but not a keeper)

So what would you do if faced with the need for a tropical-ish beverage and have only a bar full of booze and some OJ in the fridge?