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how to mix drinks

Have you always wondered how Professional Bartenders prepare those great drinks? Scotty, the world famous bartender has put together a list of his favorite drinks.  

Now you can create these wonderful drinks at home and impress your friends! 

**please remember to drink responsible!**

drink tips

There are many ways to create mixed cocktails, the most traditional being to shake.  You can also stir, blend, slam or layer.  

Shaking: Put all the ingredients into the shaker over crushed ice and shake vigorously for between 20 - 25 seconds.

Stirring: Put the ingredients into a glass mixing jug and stir with a long handled bar spoon or anything really and then strain into glass.  This is usually done for long drinks with lemonade in it.

Blend: This is usually if there is fresh fruit going into the cocktail i.e. Melon, all the drinks are put into the blender/juicer and blended until it has gone smooth.

Slamming: The separate drinks are put into a strong! shot glass, without any stirring, and then slammed down on a table and drunk straight down.

Layer: It will tell you about the order in which you pour the drinks in on the recipe, in order of density.  You pour the amount of first spirit in first and then pouring over the back of a tea spoon pour in the other drinks gently on top of it.  These cocktails are the most spectacular looking.  If you pour them in the right order you will get different colored bands in the glass and if you pour them in wrong then you will be left with a glass full of brown liquor.

toasts from around the world

Toast: Origin:
A votre sante! France
Alla Salute! Italy
Cheers! Britain
Egé szé gé re! Hungary
Kanpai! Japan
Na Zdrowie! Poland
Ooogy Wawa! Africa (Zulu)
Prosit! Germany
Salud! Spain
Saúde! Brazil
Skal! Sweden
Slainte! Ireland
Wen Lie! China
Yasas! Greece
Za vashe zdorovye! Russia

Bar jokes

Some very common traits in two drunks

A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink. "Why of course," comes the reply.

The first man then asks: "Where are you from?"

"I'm from Ireland," replies the second man.

The first man responds: "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland."

"Of course," replies the second man.

I'm curious, the first man then asks: "Where in Ireland are you from?"

"Dublin," comes the reply.

"I can't believe it," says the first man. "I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin."

"Of course," replies the second man.

Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: "What school did you go to?"

"Saint Mary's," replies the second man, "I graduated in '62."

"This is unbelievable!", the first man says. "I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '62, too!"

About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's been going on?" he asks the bartender.

"Nothing much," replies the bartender. "The O'Kelly twins are drunk again."

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The customs of an Irishman

An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender asks him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time." The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together." The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.

The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way: ordering three pints and drinking them in turn. One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss." The Irishman looks confused for a moment, then a light dawns in his eye and he laughs. "Oh, no," he says, "Everyone's fine. I've just quit drinking."

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You can't bring that dog in this bar

A man goes to a bar with his dog. He goes up to the bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says "You can't bring that dog in here!" The guy, without missing a beat, says "This is my seeing-eye dog." "Oh man, " the bartender says, "I'm sorry, here, the first one's on me." The man takes his drink and goes to a table near the door.

Another guy walks in the bar with a Chihuahua. The first guys sees him, stops him and says "You can't bring that dog in here unless you tell him it's a seeing-eye dog." The second man graciously thanks the first man and continues to the bar. He asks for a drink. The bartender says "Hey, you can't bring that dog in here!"

The second man replies "This is my seeing-eye dog." The bartender says, "No, I don't think so. They do not have Chiwauas as seeing-eye dogs." The man pauses for a half-second and replies "What?!?! They gave me a Chihuahua?!?"

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What causes people to have arthritis?

A man who smelled like a distillery flopped on a subway seat next to a priest. The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few minutes, the disheveled guy turned to the priest and asked, "Say, father, what causes arthritis?"

"Mister, it's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol and a contempt for your fellow man."

"Well I'll be." the drunk muttered, returning to his paper.

The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. "I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to come on so strong. How long did you have arthritis?"

"I don't have it father. I was just reading here that the Pope does."

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You looked a lot like my wife!

A serious drunk walked into a bar and, after staring for some time at the only woman seated at the bar, walked over to her and kissed her. She jumped up and slapped him silly. He immediately apologized and explained, "I'm sorry. I thought you were my wife. You look exactly like her."

"Why you worthless, insufferable, wretched, no good drunk!" she screamed.

"Funny," he muttered, "you even sound exactly like her."

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Arriving home very drunk

A man is in a bar and falling off his stool every couple of minutes. He is obviously drunk. So the bartender says to another man in the bar: "Why don't you be a good Samaritan and take him home."

The man takes the drunk out the door and to his car and he stumbles at least ten times. They drive along and the drunk points out his house to the man. He stops the car and the drunk stumbles up the steps to his house with the man.

The drunk's wife greets them at the door: "Why thank you for bringing him home for me, but where's his wheel chair?"

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This tells me that I must be drunk

A man walks into a bar and orders one shot. Then he looks into his shirt pocket and orders another shot. After he finishes, he looks into his shirt pocket again and orders another shot. The bartender is curious and askes him "every time you order a shot, you look in your shirt pocket. Why?" The man replies, "I have a picture of my wife in my pocket and when she starts to look good, I go home."

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My girlfriend is out in the car

A man had been drinking at the bar for hours when he mentioned something about his girlfriend being out in the car. The bartender, concerned because it was so cold, went to check on her. When he looked inside the car, he saw the man's friend, Dave, and his girlfriend kissing one another. The bartender shook his head and walked back inside.

He told the drunk that he thought it might be a good idea to check on his girlfriend. The fellow staggered outside to the car, saw his buddy and his girlfriend kissing, then walked back into the bar laughing.

"What's so funny?" the bartender asked.

"That stupid Dave!" the fellow chortled, "He's so drunk, he thinks he's me!"

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drinking quotes and sayings

"Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."

St Luke - Bible

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"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Drink and the devil had done for the rest--

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"

Stevenson - Treasure Island.

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"Best while you have it use your breath, There is no drinking after death."

John Fletcher

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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Oscar Wilde

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"Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, this is good ale."

George Borrow

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"Man wants but little drink below, But wants that little strong."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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"Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him."

Mark Twain

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"Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say, I'm thirsty, not dirty."

Joe E. Lewis

Title:

Ingredients:

Absolute Qualud's

1/3 Vodka, 1/3 Frangelico's, 1/3 Bailey's And Some Ice. 
Then shake it!

Alexander

1/3 Chocolate Liqueur, 1/3 Cognac, 1/3 Cream. 
Shake it!

Apple Dream

1/5 Amaretto, 1/5 Banana Liqueur, 3/5 Apple Juice.

Artic Sea

2/3 Vodka, 1/3 Orange Liqueur and lots of Ice. And after that some Bitter Lemon.

B52

2/3 oz.  Tia Maria, 2/3 oz.  Baileys, 2/3 oz.  Cointreau. 
Serve On Fire.

Baby Baby

2/3 oz. Cointreau, 2/3 oz.  Vodka, Orange Juice.

Bacardi Dance

1/3 Bacardi Limon, 2/3 Tonic or 7 Up.

Bacardi Kiss

1/3 Bacardi Limon, 2/3 Orange Juice.

Bacardi Talk

1/3 Bacardi Limon, 2/3 Ice-Tea.

Back in Black

1 oz. Cointreau, 1 1/4 oz. Tequila, 3 oz. Coke.

Banana Berry

1/3 oz. Banana Liqueur, 2/3 oz. Pina Colada, 
Shake and Fill Up With Milk.

Banana Boat

1/2 Pina Colada, 1/2 Banana Liqueur, Filled with Pineapple & Fresh Orange.

Banana Colada

1/3 Coconut Cream, 1/3 Pineapple Juice, 1/3 Rum And A Dash Of Cream De Banana.

Banana Flip

1/4 Gin, 1/4 Banana Liqueur, 1/6 Banana Juice, 1/6 Eggs Liqueur, 1/6 Cream.

Bartender

1/4 Dry Gin, 1/4 Sherry, 1/4 Dubonnet, 1/4 French Vermouth, Some Drops Grand Marnier. 
Shake it!

Between the Sheets

3/4 oz. brandy, 3/4 oz.  Cointreau, 3/4 oz. light rum, 1/2 oz. lemon juice. 
Shake and strain into cocktail glass.

Black Velvet

1/4 Black Vodka, 1/4 Gin, 2/4 Red Bull.

Bloody Mary

1/3 Vodka, 2/3 Tomato Juice, Pepper and Salt, Three spoons of Lemon Juice, Worchestershire Sauce, Drop of Tabasco.

Blow Job

1/3 Baileys, 1/3 Banana Liqueur, 1/3 Kahlua.

Blue Beer

8 oz. Beer, 3/4 oz. Blue Curacao.

Blue Champagne

3/4 Orange Liqueur, 1/4 Peach Champagne.

Blue Charlie

1/5 Orange Liqueur, 1/5 Pina Colada, 3/5 7-Up.

Blue Flugel

1/5 Orange Liqueur, 4/5 Up (In a Long drink Glass). Drop 1 Bottle Flugel Into The Glass.

Blue F**k

3/4 Orange Liqueur, 1/4 Sambuca. 
Set It On Fire, And Make It Out Quick With Your Hand. Now Drink It With A Straw.

Blue Hawaian

2/10 Coconut Liqueur, 2/10 Blue Curacao, 1/10 Gin, 5/10 Pineapple Juice.

Blue Lagoon

1/6 Orange Liqueur, 2/6 Milk, 1/6 Vodka, 2/6 Vanilla Ice. 
Shake until the ice is gone.

Blue Spot

1/5 Orange Liqueur, 1/5 Flügel, 3/5 7-Up.

Bob Marley

1/4 Banana Liqueur, 1/4 Bessen, 2/4 Orange Juice.

Brainduster

1/2 Calvados, 1/2 Cointreau and a bit of augustura bitters. Mix with ice, serve without ice.

Bronx

3/6 Dry Gin, 1/6 French Vermouth, 1/6 Italian Vermouth (red), 1/6 Orange Juice 
Shake it!

Brown Lady (Shooter)

1/3 vodka, 1/3 kahlua ,1/3 baileys. 
Serve in small glass, drink in one time.

Canediup

1/5 Canedian, 1/5 Bacardi Limon, 3/5 Up and Ice.

Caribbean Spirit

1/3 Coconut Liqueur, 2/3 of your favorite Juice.

Chemistry

1/4 Goldstrike, 3/4 Strawberry Juice.

Chi Chi

1/3 Coconut Cream, 1/3 Pineapple Juice, 1/3 Vodka and a dash of Grenadine.

Cocktail Americano

1/2 Campari, 1/2 Red Vermouth, Ice.

Cocktail K*T

1/3 Coconut Liqueur, 2/3 Cold Chocolate Milk.

Cocktail Negroni

1/3 Campari, 1/3 Dry Gin, 1/3 Red Vermouth, Ice.

Cocktail du Chef

1/10 Grenadine-syrup, 2/10 Blue Curacao, 2/10 Coconut Liqueur, 5/10 Pineapple Juice.

Cocktail du MaMe

1/5 Amaretto, 1/5 Pisang Ambon, 3/5 Orange Juice.

Cocobeach

1/10 Grenadine-syrup, 2/10 Coconut Liqueur, 2/10 Vodka, 5/10 Orange Juice.

Cointreau Tonic

1/3 Cointreau, 2/3 Tonic.

Cool Breeze

1/4 Gin, 1/4 Blue Curacao, 1/2 Sweet Vermouth, And an olive.

Cosmopolitan

1/3 oz. Cointreau, 2/3 oz. Vodka, 1/6 oz. Lime Juice, a Dash of Cranberry Juice.

Cyka

1 1/4 oz. Baileys, 1 1/4 oz. Stolichnaja Vodka, Ice.

De Dobbelaar

1/3 Flugel, 1/3 Coconut Liqueur, 1/10 Vodka, 2/10 Orange Liqueur, Double It With 7UP.

Deep Purple

1/3 Flügel, 1/3 Vodka, 1/3 Cassis. 
Shake and serve on ice.

Deep Valley

3/10 Gin, 3/10 Orange Liqueur, 4/10 Pineapple Juice, A Dash of Lemon Juice. Fill up with water.

Dry Martini

4/5 Gin, 1/5 Dry Vermouth.
Shake it!

E&E Cocktail

1/4 Kontiki, 1/4 Banana Liqueur, 1/4 Apfelkorn, 1/4 Green Syrup, a Twist of Bailey's.

Earthquake

1/3 Whiskey, 1/3 Pernod, 1/3 Vodka.

El Presidente

1/10 Syrup Grenadine, 4/10 Rum, 5/10 Pineapple Juice.

Embryo

1/2 Grand Marnier, 1/2 Cointreau, Drop Of Baileys.

Exlusita

1/4 Cointreau, 1/4 Passoa, 1/2 Orange Juice, A Dash Of Lemon Juice. 
Shake With Ice And Decorate With Strawberry.

Flügel

1/3 Red Vodka, 2/3 Red Bull.

Fresh Mill

1/8 Gin, 2/8 Apricot Brandy, 2/8 Cherry Brandy, 3/8 Orange Juice.

Froggi

2/3 Banana Liqueur, 1/3 Coconut Liqueur, Crushed Ice.

Fuzzy Navel

1/6 Peach Schnapps, 1/6 Vodka , 4/6 Orange Juice.

Gin Fizz

3/6 Gin, 1/6 Lemon Juice, 2/6 Sugar Syrup.

Godfather

2/3 Scotch Whiskey, 1/3 Amaretto. 
Use a Rock-Glass with Ice Cubes and Stir Well.

Golden Pepper

1/6 Gold Strike, 5/6 Dr. Pepper.

Grasshopper

1/3 Crème De Menthe (Teardrop), 1/3 White Crème De Cacao, 1/3 Whipped Cream. 
Serve Without Ice.

Green Delight

1/5 Vodka, 1/5 Banana Liqueur, 2/5 Orange Juice, 1/5 7-Up.

Green Moon

1/3 Orange Liqueur, 2/3 Orange Juice.

Green Velvet

3/4 Banana Liqueur, 1/4 Of Your Favorite Juice.

Harvey Wallbanger

1/3 Vodka, 1/3 Galliano (Yellow), 1/3 Orange Juice.

IT

1/2 Dropshot, 1/2 Vodka.

Ibiza Cocktail

1/4 Sambuca, 1/4 Tequila, 1/4 Orange Liqueur, 1/4 Gold Strike, A Dash Of Tabasco.

Ireland Orange

1 1/3 oz. Baileys, 2/3 oz.L Amaretto, 1 1/2 oz. Orange Juice.

Italian Sunset

1/3 Galliano, 1/3 Orange Liqueur, 1/3 Black Vodka. 
Put into glass with a spoon (Bold Side).

Jackbull

2/5 Jack Daniels, 3/5 Red Bull, 2-3 Drops Lime Juice, Ice.

Jacobs Haze

1/2 Jagermeister, 1/2 Absolute Kurant (Vodka), 1 Can Red Bull, 1 Slice Kiwi, Ice.

Jens Special

1/5 Bacardi Limon, 2/5 Sprite, 3/5 Red Bull.

Jungle Juice

2/6 Banana Liqueur, 1/6 Apricot Brandy, 1/6 Gin, 2/6 Orange Juice and some Ice.

Jungle Power

1/3 Banana Liqueur, 2/3 Orange Juice.

Kanariepietje

1/4 Bacardi, 1/4 Advocate, 2/4 7-Up.

Kansas Cocktail

2/14 Passoa, 2/14 Red Vodka, 1/14 Vodka, 1/14 Coconut Liqueur, 1/14 Lemon Juice. 
Shake with al lot of ice, and then fill it up with 6/14 Orange Juice.

Karibik Night

1/6 Banana Liqueur, 1/6 Amaretto, 1/6 Orange Liqueur, 1/6 Kiwi Liqueur, 1/6 Kiwi Juice, 1/6 Maracuja Juice.

Kauwgomballen Mix

1/4 Pisang, 1/4 Amaretto, 2/4 Orange Juice.

Kiewie Juice

1/3 Orange Liqueur, 1/3 Coconut Liqueur, Twist of Vodka, 1/3 Orange Juice.

Knock Out (K.O.)

1/5 Vodka, 1/4 Pina Colada, 1/5 Malibu, 1 small bottle of Feigling, Fill up with Orange Juice.

Lady Lover

1/9 Safari, 1/9 Vodka, 1/9 Jenever, 3/9 Orange Juice, 3/9 Cassis. Top with foam of beer.

Lemon 45er

1/4 Lemon Vodka, 1/4 Coconut Liqueur, 1/2 Pineapple Juice, A Little Cream, A Lot Of Ice.

Liquid Cocaine

2/8 Vodka, 2/8 Orange Liqueur, 1/8 Lime Cordial, 3/8 Sprite. 
Serve in Shooter Glass.

Long Island Ice Tea

3 oz.  Sweet-and-sour mix, 1/4 oz. white crème de menthe, 1/2 oz.  Gin, 1/2 oz.  Vodka, 1/2 oz. white rum, 1/2 oz. white tequila, Cola, Lemon wedge, Mint sprigs. 
Mix all ingredients (except cola, lemon, and mint) with ice in a blender.  
Pour in Collins glass with ice and add other ingredients, stir.

Long Island Ice Tea

1/6 Cointreau, 1/6 Gin, 1/6 Rum, 1/6 Vodka, 1/6 Tequila, 1/6 Cola.

Love Elixer

1/4 Vodka, 1/4 Orange Liqueur, 1/4 Piña Colada, 1/4 Pineapple Juice.

Macarena

2/6 Tequila, 1/6 Grenadine-Syrup, 3/6 Tonic, a Dash of Lemon Juice, 1 Table-Spoon Sugar.

Madonna

1/6 Grenadine Syrup, 5/6 Water and a Bottle of Whiskey On The Side.

Malibu Massacre

1/4 Coconut Liqueur, 1/4 Passoa, 2/4 Coconut Milk.

Manhattan

1/4-1/2 oz. sweet vermouth, 1 1/2 oz.  Canadian whisky, Dash  Angostura bitters, Cherry Brandy. 
Stir and strain into a Cocktail glass.

Margarita Strawberry

2/4 Tequila, 1/4 Strawberry-Syrup, 1/4 Sprite, 1 Drop of Triple Sec.

Margarita

2/4 Tequila, 1/4 Sweet & Sour, 1/4 Sprite, 1 Drop Of Triple Sec.

Martini

2 oz. Gin, 1/2 tsp. dry vermouth or to taste, Olive or lemon twist. Shake and strain into Cocktail or Martini glass.

Mind sweep

1/4 Cointreau, 1/4 Baileys, 2/4 Lemon Juice.

MoLiz In The Sea.