Lovely Libations, Sensuous Sales

Valentine's Day Specialties Set the Mood

      While cupid is busy preparing to shoot out his amorous arrows next month, beat him to the bar by preparing the punch that patrons will fall in love with, and shoot up the sales at your place this Valentine’s Day.
     Guests not only are lonely for love (or lust, as it goes), they also are lonely for quality libations to set the mood. So why not create the connection? Hook up your guests and heat up the environment with a healthy dose of creativity, something new and different, and the revenue sure to result will be pure business bliss.
     Try out the following recipes, market the menu, and make it fun. It’s not every holiday that allows for some exquisitely delicious, and profitable, debauchery.

Passionate Sunset
House specialty glass, ice
1.5 ounces RémyRed Berry Infusion
1 ounce Casa Noble tequila
1/2 ounce grenadine
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce grapefruit juice
1 ounce sweet and sour
Pour ingredients into iced mixing glass. Shake and strain. Float 3/4 ounce Grand Marnier. Add orange slice garnish.

Courtesy of “The Original Guide to American Cocktails and Drinks” by Robert Plotkin.

Bella Donna
1 ounce Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
1 ounce Amaretto Disaronno
2 tablespoons fresh sour mix
Shake vigorously with ice and strain into a Martini glass. Rim with cinnamon and sugar combination.

The Crush
1 ounce Stoli Razberi
1 ounce Chambord
1 ounce Cointreau
Juice from 1 lime wedge
1 ounce Champagne
Berries, preferably blackberries and raspberries                                                      
In a shaker with ice, mix Stoli Razberi, Chambord, Cointreau and lime juice. Shake and strain into a chilled Martini glass. Top off with Champagne. Garnish with fresh berries.
 
Adapted from Grill 23 & Bar in Boston


WET Passion
1.5 ounces WET by Beefeater
3/4 ounce amaretto
1/2 ounce passion fruit puree
1 ounce fresh-squeezed orange juice
Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice. Shake well for 7-8 seconds. Strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with an orange half wheel.

Courtesy of Qorvis Communications


The Aphrodisiac
1 ounce vodka
1/2 ounce Chambord
2 ounces Maui Raspberry Puree
1/2 ounce white chocolate
1 ounce Maui Ice Cream
Place all ingredients in a cocktail
shaker with ice and strain over a
Martini glass filled with ice. Top off with a chocolate kiss.

Frozen Peach Bellini
16-ounce drink
4 ounces dry sparkling wine or
Champagne
3 ounces Maui Peach Puree
8 ounces ice
Blend until smooth.

The above recipes are courtesy of Maui Beverages