Kyle Branche’s Cocktail Puzzlers

Theme – “Cocktails of the American West”

16 Drinks

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Cocktails of the American West

The Recipes

Border Crossing

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Glass – Bucket or Tumbler Prep – Build over ice in glass

1½ oz tequila ¼ oz of fresh lime juice1 teaspoon lemon juice fill with ice-cold cola soda

Garnish with a lime

Broken Spur Cocktail

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Glass – Cocktail Prep – Shake & Strain

¾ oz gin ¾ oz white port ¾ oz vermouth bianco(dry)2 dashes of anisette 1 egg yolk

No garnish

Cactus Juice

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Glass – Collins Prep – Shake & Strain

½ oz each of the following:spiced rum tequila triple sec amarettoadd splashes of sweet & sour, pineapple and cranberry juices

Garnish with half-wheels of lime, lemon and orange

Cowboy Martini

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Glass – Martini Prep – Shake & Strain

2oz gin dash of simple syrup dash of orange bitters

Garnish with fresh, crisp mint leaves

Denim Lemonade

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Glass – Poco Grande Prep – Build over cracked ice in glass

½ oz each of the following:vodka gin rum triple secadd 2oz of lemonadesplash-fill with lemon-lime soda and top withdashes of pineapple juice and blue curacao

Garnish with a cherry and a pineapple slice

Desert Sunrise

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Glass – Tumbler Prep – Build over ice in glass