I know, I know. Late again.

I should have been prepared and posted my picks for the best drinks to ring in the new year with WEEKS ago, back when people were planning their NYE parties and they could have made it to the grocery store in time to buy the ingredients to make these delicious things.

Oops. My bad.

So I guess instead of making these drinks for your New Years Eve party, you should just find some way to incorporate them into your usual mixed drink repertoire for the year 2008.

Why?
Because they’re just that good.

The Robot Graveyard

Remember when you were a kid and you used to make “the graveyard” (where you mix ALL the sodas together.) with your fountain drinks?

Yeah, its kind of like that, only with fruit juice and a little bit of soda and some alcohol.

The robot graveyard-

2 parts-
orange juice
lemonade
grape juice
cranberry juice
pineapple juice
Lemon lime soda
Cherry cola

1 part-
Strawberry nectar
banana puree
guava juice

1 shot of bacardi white rum for each serving

Mix together all the juices and sodas. In a cocktail glass, pour one shot of bacardi white rum and top off with the juice mixture. (You can also mix all of the ingredients together in a punch bowl or a pitcher, if you’re having a party and don’t want to be bothered with mixing individual drinks!)

Garnish with as many fruits as you have available, the more, the better.

The Poe

I guess you could call it “The Black Cat” but die hard EAP fans will recognize the nod to his short story, The Black Cat. Blue Curacao, fresh squeezed lime juice and cranberry juice make up this strangely coloured (you can’t really tell, but the colour starts out a much brighter purple at the bottom) but beautifully haunting drink.

“But my disease grew upon me –for what disease is like Alcohol!”

The Poe

for each serving-
1 measure blue curacao
1 measure vodka (can be flavoured, if you’re feeling adventurous)
3 measures lemon lime soda
1 measure cranberry juice
1/2 measure fresh squeezed lime juice

Shake together the curacao, vodka, lime juice and soda. Pour the cranberry juice into the bottom of a tall glass. Gently over the back of a spoon, pour the alcohol mixture over top. Serve with black cat cocktail stirrer (the drink should be stirred just before drinking) and a lime curl or slice.

The Cran-Pop

Ok, so this one is an oldie but a goodie (hence the play on “gran-pop” and “cran pop”) and I think I’ll keep drinking it until my liver fails and they pry my last bottle of vodka from my cold, dead, alcohol soaked hands.

…well, that makes me sound like a lush, doesn’t it? haha.. Seriously though, this drink is just as good without the alcohol. Its actually like cranberry lemon lime soda.. only prettier.

The Cran-pop

For each serving-
1 shot premium vodka
lemon lime soda
a few teaspoons of cranberry juice concentrate

In a balloon glass or other decorative (but large) cocktail glass, add the vodka and top off with enough soda to fill the glass 3/4 full. Stir. Pour the cold cranberry juice concentrate (not juice, but the actual frozen juice concentrate. You can use cranberry juice, but it won’t be as pretty) directly into the center of the glass, slowly. It should settle to the bottom of the glass and slowly spread out as you serve it, creating a pretty range of rose colours in the bottom of the glass. Serve with a wedge or slice of lime, which should be squeezed into the glass just before drinking.

The Blue Orange

If I were an alcoholic when I was in high school, I would have instead named this drink “The Oralue” As those of us who had the misfortune of growing up Spudders also had the misfortune of blue and orange being our school colours. (Oralue= ora(nge) + (b)lue, or the Ridgefield high school yearbook title)

Oh my darlin’ Clementine!

The Blue Orange

For each serving-
1 measure blue curacao
3 measures lemonade (the lemon actually accents the orange flavour)
2 measures lemon lime soda
1 scoop orange sherbet

In a tall, small glass, place a scoop of orange sherbet, and press it into the bottom, removing any air pockets. Mix together the curacao, lemonade and lemon lime soda, pour over top just before serving. Serve with an orange wedge and a straw/stirrer.

The Sparkle Ninja

I know what you’re thinking… But where is the ninja? I don’t see a ninja!
…Exactly.

You should never be able to see a good ninja, and with any luck, you’ll never taste the alcohol in this drink.

Just like the ninja, it sneaks up on you, and out of nowhere, it puts you out of your misery.
(if you have questions about ninjas, I suggest checking out Real Ultimate Power! NSFW)

The Sparkle Ninja

3 parts lemon lime soda
2 parts strawberry nectar
1 part guava juice

1 shot banana rum per serving

Dip cocktail glass into lemon juice and then into pink coloured rimming sugar (otherwise, its not sparkly) Allow to dry.

In a large container, mix together the soda, strawberry nectar and guava juice. (you can add the rum if you know how many servings you intend to make, which is why this is a great punch bowl or pitcher drink for parties) when serving, pour in the shot of banana rum and top off with the juice mixture. Serve with the a pink umbrella so the ninjas have something to hide behind.

So there you have it!

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

-A.

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