Ultimat Ghost: The Ultimate Halloween Cocktail

We found this really cool recipe for the Ultimat Ghost on Fiji Water's website. Yeah, Fiji Water. Go figure! Anyway, enjoy!

Ultimat Ghost

1 1/4 ounces Ultimat Vodka
1/4 ounce Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
1/4 ounce half and half
1 teaspoon grated white chocolate

1. Add half and half, simple syrup, Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur, and Ultimat Vodka.

2. Shake with ice and strain into a pre-chilled martini glass.

3. Garnish with grated white chocolate.

The Black Cat Cocktail

In honor of Friday 13th, here's an interesting recipe to try.

Black Cat
Recipe from A History of Drinking blog by way of Hiram Walker. Photo from here.

1/3 part Kahlua®
1/3 part Hiram Walker® Anisette
1/3 part Tequila

Glass: Shot
Garnish: None

Layer slowly into a chilled shot glass starting with the Kahlua.

Island Dogs Featured Drink: Angry Firebomb

The guys over at Fireball Whiskey loved our Angry Firebomb so much that they're making it a signature drink in bars across Key West. And soon you'll see table tents at Island Dogs with the coveted recipe. But we're giving it to you here, so just remember: you heard it here first!

ANGRY FIREBOMB

1/2 pint Angry Orchard Cider
Shot of Fireball Cinnamon Flavored Whiskey

Pour the cider in a pint glass. Pour a shot of Fireball Cinnamon Flavored Whiskey in a separate shot glass. Drop the shot into the pint glass and pound it like a shot. Rinse and repeat as desired.

Featured Drink: Key Lime Pie Martini

Our signature drink was featured on HDNet's Drinking Made Easy. Want to try one on your own? Go for it!

Key Lime Pie Martini

Makes 3 drinks. Chill Martini glasses with ice and water. Add into a shaker:

4 count of Vanilla Vodka
Long pour Coconut Rum
3 count Lime Cream Liqueur
Splash of Lime Juice

Use fresh Key Lime wedges on the edge of the glass and coat with graham cracker crumbs. Garnish with lime wedge.

Featured Halloween Drink: Black Martini

You probably celebrated Halloween over the weekend, instead of leaving the tricking for today, but there's no reason you can't commemorate the day with a drink!

This Black Martini is really easy to make. You can find this recipe and others on About.com Cocktails.

This Black Martini replaces vermouth with either blackberry brandy or black raspberry liqueur (Chambord is a good choice). The drink will be dark, but not black-black, so another option is to make a Vodka Martini with Blavod, a black-colored vodka.

Black Martini

Photo Credit: Colleen Graham/About.com

Black Martini

Ingredients:
3 1/2 oz. gin or vodka
1/2 oz. blackberry brandy or black raspberry liqueur
Lemon twist for garnish

Preparation:

- Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake well.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or serve on the rocks in an old-fashioned glass.
- Garnish with a lemon twist.

Featured Drink: Caicos Cooler

Here's a quick fact about rum: While there are rum producers in places such as Australia, India, Reunion Island, and elsewhere around the world, most rum production occurs in and around the Caribbean and along the Demerara River in South America.

Caicos Cooler

2 oz. Rum
1 oz. Cointreau
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Banana Liquor
2 oz. Orange Juice

Combine ingredients with ice in cocktail shaker and shake well. Pour into cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry and a pineapple wedge.

A Tribute to Steve Jobs: The Steve Jobs Drink

RIP, Steve Jobs

This week, the world lost a visionary and a change-maker when Steve Jobs died at 56. We came across this libation tribute to Jobs on Drink Philly and we're honored to share it with you.

The Steve Jobs Drink

4 oz. Apple Cider
2 oz. Whiskey
1/2 oz. Orange Liqueur (Combier preferred)
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

Shake ingredients with ice, serve neat. Garnish with iPod Shuffle. Serve on an iPad.


Read the rest of the article on Drink Philly

The Lost Wedding Dress Cocktail

You've probably heard about Sandra Scharf and her lost wedding dress adventure starring Island Dogs co-owner David Thibault.

Well, it inspired us to add a new drink to the Island Dogs menu--the Lost Wedding Dress! So without further ado, we reveal The Dress, created by our very own Liz Podlucky.

The Lost Wedding Dress

White wine

Ginger Ale

Topped off with Blue Curacao

Chilled served in a martini glass

Order one next time you stop by!

Featured Drink: Bloody, bloody Mary

Yes, we're featuring an alcoholic beverage two weeks in a row! Any complaints? Didn't think so. :-)

Introducing... *drum roll* the Island Dogs Bloody Mary:

Photo from untapped new york

Absolut Citron
Two Shrimp
Olives
Lemon & Lime
A Celery Stalk.
Add a Little Spice; try it with Absolut Peppar

Featured Drink: Orange Crush

This week's featured drink is Orange Crush, made with none other than 4 Orange Vodka, the world's first vodka made with Florida orange. (Gotta support good ole Fla., right?)

Here's what you need to try Orange Crush at home:

4 Orange Vodka (doh!)
Muddled Mint
Lime
A splash of soda

How strong it is will all depend on your palate (or tolerance level). Mix and enjoy!

¡Cuba Libre!

Cuba Libre

The Rum & Coke is not dead!

If you're in Key West looking for a drink that does the job and goes down smoother than your mom's Rum & Coke, this would be the one.

Or if you're at home dreaming of one, you just need a couple stellar ingredients. Here's our bartenders' special mix:


Cuba Libre

Ron Zacapa 23-year-old rum on the rocks (Side note: The barrels for this rum are supposedly stored 2,300 meters above sea level just below the upper slopes of the mountains and volcanoes of Guatemala, where the temperature averages 62 degrees Fahrenheit.)

A splash of Coke

A squeeze of lime

Island Dogs Featured Drink: Endless Summer

In anticipation of the official beginning of summer (not that it isn't always pretty much summer in Key West), here's the tried and tested recipe to Endless Summer, one of our signature Island Dogs drinks.

Feel free to try and test it at home. Of course, if you'd rather have one of our bartenders make it for you, we'd love to liquor you up. That is, if you're not driving or operating machinery or reading the news live at 8...

Endless Summer

Absolut Mango
Lime juice (fresh squeezed optional)
Simply syrup
Mango puree with a float of cranberry (it sets like the sun)

Nommy, right?

Now, here's some music you can sip it to. For them 80s babies...

Island Dogs Featured Drink: Skinny in the City

The 'New Cosmo': Skinny in the City

There's no reason, in this day and age (as grandma would say before swigging the whiskey) to not have your cake and eat it to.

Which is to say, one should be able to imbibe and worry a little less about those calories.

And that's where Island Dogs comes in.

We figured we'd share a recipe with you guys of one of our more popular drinks: The Skinny In the City. It's only 64 calories, with no sugar and no carbs.

Do try this at home. And don't say we never gave you anything. Especially on a Monday!

SKINNY IN THE CITY

Absolut Rasberry
Raspberry Pomegranate Skinny Water 

Mix as strong as you'd like and serve in a martini glass, chilled.

Check out the rest of our menu HERE