1 1/2 oz. light rum
1/2 oz. simple syrup
3/4 oz. lime juice

Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain in chilled cocktail glass. Or blend and serve.

2 oz. gin
1 oz. heavy cream
1 egg white
1/2 oz. lemon juice
1/2 oz. lime juice
2 tsp. superfine sugar
2 to 3 drops orange flower water

Combine in a chilled cocktail shaker with plenty of cracked ice, then shake for at least one minute and strain into a chilled Collins glass. Top up with cold seltzer or club soda.

1 ¼ oz. Herradura Reposado Tequila
¾ oz. Kahlua
1 oz. cola

Add all ingredients in shaker with ice. Shake well to mix. Strain into shot glass.

1 2/3 oz. Light Bacardi
4 oz. Cola
1/3 oz. Fresh lime juice (optional)

Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge.

½ pint lager or stout
½ pint hard cider
dash black currant syrup

Pour the cider first, then the beer, into a pint glass, and top with syrup.

1 (750-ml) bottle Cabernet Sauvignon, chilled
16 oz. aged rum
12 oz. lemon juice
12 oz. simple syrup
3 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1 oz. Grand Marnier
6 dashes Orange Bitters

Place all of the ingredients in a punch bowl and stir to combine. Serve in highball glasses filled with ice. Garnish each with a slice of orange.

1.5 oz. Makers Mark
.5 oz. maple syrup
half lemon squeezed

Shake & strain into tall glass on ice. Fill with club soda, garnish with lemon slice.

James Wyant
Sioux Falls, SD

3 parts RumChata
1 Part Goldschlager

Shake with ice and strain into shot glass.

4 cups hefeweizen beer
1 1/4 cups applejack
1 1/4 cups lemon juice
3/4 cup maple syrup
6 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup club soda
8 lemon wedges
Combine ingredients in a pitcher with ice, stir and serve.

2 oz. Cucumber infused Vodka
3/4 oz. Basil infused Agave Syrup
3/4 oz. Fresh Cucumber Juice
1/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
3 Basil Leaves

Add all ingredients to ice filled shaker, shake and strain to martini glass. Cucumber wheel garnish.

Christina D'Orta
Ninety Acres Culinary Center
Peapack, NJ