Gentlemen, We Have Boat Drinks

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Perfected the Margarita

First try for Margaritas

Whatever season comes, boat drinks bring us to the sunny tropics. No umbrellas or silly tiki glasses needed. Pineapple juice, orange juice, limes, rum, coconut, cherries, or tequila is all you need, and you are on the white Kona Beaches of Hawaii or any Caribbean Island.

Nothing too heavy, coffee and cream kept to a minimum, but uplifting.

• 1 jigger = 1.5 ounces
• .5 jigger = .75 ounce = 1 pony
• .25 jigger = 3 drams = .75 T

1. Mai Tai: "Out of this World" -original from Trader Vics in Hawaii
2. Zombie: dark rum, light rum, 151 rum, apricot brandy, pineapple juice, orange juice (ma'm your airline is no more--as I sipped a Zombie-- stuck in Hawaii? True Story)
3. Mexican Martini: 2 oz tequila, 1 oz Grand Marnier, 1 oz Sprite, 1 oz orange juice, 1 T lime juice, 2nd version
4. Margarita: lime juice, tequila, margarita mix, grand marnier, add a touch of agave syrup for added yum (boat tested/approved)
5. Peach Daiquiris: peach and rum recipe
6. Bushwhacker: 1 ½ oz Vodka, ¾ oz Kahlua, ¾ oz Dark Crème De Cocoa, 2 oz half-half, 1 oz Coco Lopez cream of coconut, 1 splash triple sec
7. Pina Colada: 3 teaspoons pineapple, 3 teaspoons coconut cream, 3oz light rum and its origins
8. Banana Boat Cocktail: 1 oz each of light rum,banana liqueur, white cacao liqueur, 4 oz vanilla Ice Cream, 1 slice banana
9. Banana Cow: light rum, creme de banana, milk, grenadine
10. Bahama Mama: light, golden, and dark rums, sour mix, pineapple juice, orange juice, grenadine
11. Rum Punches: splash lemon juice, 2 c Cruzan light rum, 2 liters ginger ale, 1 qt. fruit punch, 1 qt. orange or pineapple juice, ice
12. Hurricanes: 1.5 oz each light rum & dark rum, 1 oz orange juice, 1 oz lime juice, 2 oz passion fruit juice, 1 t pomegranate grenadine
13. Cuba Libres: cola, lime, white rum
14. Bloody Marys: Fresh peeled, sliced, deseeded Tomatoes (concassée), fresh Tomato juice, horseradish, Worcerstershire sauce, Lime, vodka, spices (Outriggers, add shrimp and celery for a meal)
15. Sangria: spanish wine punch
16. Mimosa: origins (sparkling wine, orange juice, Grand Marnier)
17. Mojito: origins and recipe (similar to KY Mint Julep, rum not Bourbon)
18. Painkiller: Pussers rum recipe, rum, pineapple, orange juice, Coconut Cream, nutmeg
19. Bellini: sparkling wine and peach puree (2:1), origins from Venice, Italy and recipe

Dear CBSnews and Houston Press, tropical drinks never went out of style for boaters... Try our new local rum, Railean Rum... Boat Drinks

For the helmsman try the virgin versions until we tie up to the slip and Captain Morgan takes over. 

Hot (or cold) Apple Cider Boat Drink: 1 quart apple cider, 1 1/2 cup cranberry juice, 1/2 cup water, 1 stick cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon each allspice and cloves.

Other virgin yummies to help you escape to paradise is the Hawaiian shaved ice at Kahuna Joe's in League City and Kemah. We have tried 2 different flavors and both were delicious, but it tasted more like (cubed versus blocked ice) crushed ice than the true shaved ice (felt like a real snowball) that we had in Pahoa, Big Island of Hawaii, in a food truck on the road to see the lava flow into the ocean.

See how to make Homemade Ginger Ale which is perfect on the boat to prevent motion sickness and nausea.

• 1 c cane sugar 
• 1 T grated ginger root
• 1/4 t yeast
• cold water (option 1 lemon juiced)