Cowboy Western Drink Recipes
Cowboy Christmas Drinks
Your thirsty, it's 3am Christmas
Eve. You tip toe on down to the kitchen
for a toasty mug-o-cocoa. Flip on the
lights and what to your wandering eyes should appear? Why it's 3 eyed Jake, and
he's looking for beer.
You are plum outta beer and you for sure
don't want this optical nightmare around when Santa shows up, there's only solution- get this weak-eyed
westerner a substitute favorite drink and he'll be on his way.
Our Own Wild Rose Julep
1 1/2 teaspoon raw sugar
handful of fresh mint
crushed ice
Brew a cup of tea (strong) add sugar & chill
(this is a good time to make the glass if you are doing so)
Reserve a few sprigs of mint for garnish
Crush (not chop) rest of mint
Add crushed mint to bottom of glass
Add crushed ice to 1" from rim
Add Jack
Garnish with mint sprigs
The Cowgirl Cocktail
1/2 oz Brandy
1/2 oz Creme de Casis
1/2 oz heavy cream
Shake with crushed ice, strain into
cocktail glass
Hee Haw
2 1/2 oz Gin
1 oz Grenadine
1 oz dry Vermouth
3 Drops of Bitters
Shake well with crushed ice, strain into
cocktail glass
O.K. Corral Hot Spiced Wassail
(o.k. it's not western)
3Cinnamon sticks
16 Whole Cloves
1 tsp Allspice
6 cups Apple Cider
2 cups Cranberry juice cocktail
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup of Rum
2 Oranges
Break cinnamon in peices tie in
cheesecloth bag along with cloves and allspice. Combine apple cider, cranberry
juice and sugar in saucepan, add bag of spices simmer 10 minutes, remove bag
add rum, allow to warm, but do not boil. Pour in serving bowl with sliced
oranges.Makes 2 1/2 quarts
Shoot Out Spiced Cider
1 Gallon Apple Cider
1 cup Sugar
2 tsp Whole Cloves
1 Whole Nutmeg
2 Cups Orange Juice
1/2 cup Lemon juice
3/4 cup Apple Brandy
Combine cider and sugar in large pot. Tie
spices in cheesecloth bag, add to cider. Bring to boil, reduce heat simmer 15
minutes, remove from heat add brandy.Makes 2 1/2 quarts
Buffalo Milk
4 ponies of Brandy Sweet cider
1 teaspoon Bar sugar
Milk !
egg white
half and half
dash each of: Orange clove Vanilla
Cinnamon extract
Beat egg white, shake with brandy and
ice. Strain, pour into Tom Collins glasses fill with equal amounts of sweet
cider,milk and half and half. ( 2 drinks )
Madame Gertrudes Garter
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Grenadine
1/2 oz Lemon juice
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Shake with ice then strain.Drop in one
lump of ice,fill with seltzer and add lemon twist.
House Raisin
A house raisin' was just like a barn
raisin' only fer a house. All the neighbor folk would get together to help
another build a home. The men folk did the building while the women folk did
the cooking. Except for this recipe that is. All the men drew straws for the
job of making up the batch of House Raisin'. This recipe is for 50 drinks!
2 bottles White Rum
3 quarts orange juice
2 bottles Jamaica
3 quarts lime juice
1 bottle Demarara (150 proof)
1 quart Grenadine
2 bottles Curacao
2 oz Pernod
Mix ingredients in either well or
bathtub, over 100 lb. of ice.
Cheyenne Warhoop
1/4 oz Gin
1/2 teaspoon powdered sugar
1/4 oz lemon juice
1 egg
1/4 oz orange juice
1 teaspoon apricot brandy
1/4 oz rye
Shake with cracked ice then strain.
Black Barts Bomb
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 dash grenadine
1 oz good bourbon
Shake with crushed ice, strain.
Trade Wiskey
1 cup water
1 liter bourbon
2 tablespoons cut tobacco
4 small dried red peppers
Make a tobacco tea by boiling water
tobacco and peppers for 5 minutes, strain and add to wiskey to taste. The
gunpowder is added last.
The wiskey of the early west was both
flavored and watered down a bit. This recipe originally called for 1/2 teaspoon
black gunpowder in addition to the other ingredients listed....we do not think
thats a good idea. If you simply must do it, DO NOT use the modern high-speed
powder it's poisonous!!!!!!!!
Hail Storm Julip
From the 1830's the earliest known mixed
drink served in Colorado, from Bent's Fort. Originally made with Monongahela
whiskey from Pittsburgh, or wheat whiskey from Taos.
3 oz bourbon
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
2 sprigs of fresh mint leaves
place crushed ice in pint size mason jar,
add bourbon, sugar and mint screw top in place, shake at least 50
times...remove lid and drink from jar.
Egg Wine
O.K. this sounds gross, but it is a
pioneer recipe.
Vigorously beat 4 whole eggs plus the
yolks of 4 more with 1/2 pound of fine sugar;
next add 2 quarts of white wine and beat
over moderate heat until rising, do not boil.
A Frontier German Drink
To 100 parts of water add from 10 to 15
parts of sugar, dissolve and add to the syrup thus formed an aqueous extract of
0.8 parts of green or black tea. Add fresh beer or brewers yeast, put in a warm
place and let ferment. When fermentation has progressed to a certain point the
liquid is cleared, and then bottled, corked and the corks are tied down.
Cherry Bounce
1 quart mashed cherries (including crushed
stones)
1 quart dark rum
Combine ingredients, let stand for a week. Strain through fine
cheesecloth and sweeten to taste with
brown sugar. Store in closed container for a week before using.
Santa Fe Gin Cocktail
United States Hotel 1848
3 oz gin
dash of bitters
2 dashes maraschino liquor
2 dashes white vermouth
2 small ice cubes
lemon slice for garnish
Stir all ingredients, strain, and serve
with lemon slice