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and remember that we use real fruit in our cocktails
at The Beach Bar. It makes a huge difference!
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This Month's Shot:
Red Snapper
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for one shot:)
- 1 1/4 oz Crown Royal
- 1/2 oz Amaretto
- Splash of Cranberry Juice
- Mix it all over ice, strain into a shot glass.
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Painkiller
A Most Famous Virgin Island Specialty
(for one drink)
- 1.5 oz Dark Rum
- 1.5 oz Orange Juice
- 1 oz Pineapple Juice
- 1 oz Coco Lopez
- Fresh Nutmeg
(regular can be substituted)
- Slice of Orange &/or Pineapple & Maraschino Cherry for garnish
Mix juices together in a cocktail shaker. Pour juices into a glass filled with ice. Add rum then top with a grating of fresh nutmeg (you can be pretty liberal with the nutmeg; see how much you like but it is a definite ingredient not just a garnish). Finish with a swizzle stick or straw. Painkillers are best made with Pusser's Rum and fresh nutmeg, both of which you can get here in St John. Our neighbors: St John Spice have fresh nutmeg and graters for sale.
Painkillers are, as directed here, not shaken.
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Lime & Coconut
If you like Piña Coladas,
but Not Getting Caught in The Rain...
Then You'll like this More Unique
Virgin Island Frozen Selection
(for one drink)
- 1.5 oz Coconut Rum
(light or dark rum can be substituted)
- 2 oz Rose's Lime Juice
- 1 oz Coco Lopez
- 1/2 slice of lime
- Splash of Sprite (optional)
- Slice of Lime Garnish
Put all ingredients in a blender. Add 1 glass of ice. Blend till smooth. You can add a dash of Sprite or simple syrup to sweeten and/or to make blending easier if it is too thick. We get the most compliments on the Lime and Coconuts that we make with Sprite, and the lime in the blender is very important.
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BBC
Similar in Texture and Richness to a Bushwacker. This Lesser Known, Easier Prepared, Concoction Can't be Beat When the Banana is Really Ripe. Just Like in Baking, an Overripe Banana is Going to Be Delicious Here!
(for one drink)
- 1.5 oz Bailey's
- 1 oz Light Rum
- 1.5 oz Coco Lopez
- 1/2 of a Fresh Very Ripe Banana
Put all ingredients in a blender. Blend till Smooth.
We garnish with a cherry, but you may think of something more creative...
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Bushwacker
Six of the Most Heavenly Alcoholic Creations blended to
a Creamy Delicious Coconut Tinged Crescendo!
(for one drink)
- 1 oz Bailey's
- 1 oz Frangelico
- 1 oz Kahlua
- 1 oz Dark Creme de Cacao
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Light Rum
- 1 oz Coco Lopez
- Chocolate Syrup in a Squeeze bottle
- Fresh Nutmeg
- Maraschino Cherry Garnish
Put all ingredients in a blender. Add 1 glass of ice. Blend till smooth. To prepare the glass: The chocolate should be in a pointed tipped bottle. Drizzle chocolate along inside sides of glass. Try different designs by turning the glass as you drizzle. Once you have chocolate design in glass pour drink in, garnish with fresh grating of nutmeg (very little; the nutmeg is more of garnish but the amount is to your liking) and cherry. Alternately to do the chocolate decoration: pour the blended drink into a glass with just a little chocolate swirled around bottom inside. Don't put the nutmeg! On top of drink draw 3 or 4 concentric circles with the chocolate sauce. When circles are done, take a tooth pick, stick it straight down about 1/8th of an inch into the inner most circle (which can be a dot in the very middle). Holding the toothpick straight up and down drag it in a straight line to the outside of the rim of the glass. Continue that a few more times around the circle (like the spokes of a wheel). Once you get the hang of that, you can pretty much do any design you like with the chocolate on top and a toothpick. Adam got our bartenders started doing this, and they get pretty fancy with it. Just be sure to not put too much chocolate; if your doing a lot on top then don't put any in the glass. After your done with your top design, grate a tad of nutmeg on top and finish with an artfully placed cherry.
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