Drink #2 The Famous Dorado Punch

The dorado punch was created in 2002 after coming back from a 8 month vacation in the Bahamas. I was working on a sports fishing yacht and learning about life, cooking, cleaning, fishing, gambling and lots of drinking. I must have tried numerous concoctions that the bartender Peter was dishing out to me and my buddy Captain Wayne. So when I got back to the great state of Texas, I went back to bartending and started creating my own signature drink called the dorado punch. After testing numerous drinks on my friends and my bartender in training Jesse, when watching him spit it out or making that what the hell was that face was very entertaining. I think that a 3 drink minimum should be enforced on this drink. they sneak up on you. So i am finally sharing the recipe with all of you.

Dorado Punch

1/2 oz. Apricot brandy
1    oz. Bacardi light rum
1/2 oz.  Myers dark rum
1/4 oz. coco rum
2 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
2 1/2  oz. orange juice
1/4   oz. grenadine syrup
2     oz. sour mix

1/2 oz. Bacardi 151 on top.


mix and serve in tall glass.


Enjoy!
Keep your lines tight and your drinks cold my friends

Drink #1 The Magnificent Mojito

Supposedly, the drink's name mojito comes from the African word "mojo." But Africa does not get to claim the mojito as its own drink - that right belongs to Cuba where many claim it was crafted by slaves working in sugar cane fields in the late 1800s. They mixed it with some sugar, lime and mint and rum but there is more to making the perfect Mojito. I use to make alot of these at a palapa bar i use to work at down on the Texas coast. They take some time to make but after its done and you have completed your masterpiece its well worth it.

Mojito

2 oz. light rum
1-2 oz. lime juice 
2 tsp. superfine sugar or two packets of sugar
3-4 mint leaves
club soda
lime slice for garnish
Lightly muddle (that is, gently smash up) the mint and sugar with a splash of soda water in a mixing glass until the sugar is dissolved and you can smell the mint. Pour the lime juice into the glass, add the Bacardi light rum and pour into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Give it a few shakes and then strain into a Collins glass. Top with soda water, garnish with a lime slice and and start your drinking. This drink is best served all the time. If properly made it will keep you coming back for more. 
as always,
Keep your lines tight and the drinks cold.