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Cocktails For Those Missing New Orleans On Mardi Gras - Posted: February 21, 2009

By BoozeMonger

Former residents of the French Quarter probably miss Mardi Gras more than anything else about the city. With the majestic celebrations that side of the world during the festival, who wouldn’t?

If you can’t make it to New Orleans for Fat Tuesday, you can celebrate its memories with cocktails that bring to mind its spirit. With thousands of places to enjoy a good cocktail in the city during the height of the annual festivities, there surely must have been a couple of drinks that completely snagged your fancy. Plop down on the couch, turn on the TV to whatever Mardi Gras programming is being shown and mix up a few of these French Quarter favorites.
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Selected Bourbon Drinks: APPLE JACK - DEAD BASTARD - NEVINS - More Bourbon Drinks

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1. CABARET (1279 views)
Excerpt: Stir all ingredients (except cherry) with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with the cherry and serve. ...

2. CABLEGRAM (1485 views)
Excerpt: Stir blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice cubes in a highball glass. Fill with ginger ale, stir, and serve. ...

3. CABO (1094 views)
Excerpt: Fill a shaker half full with ice cubes. Pour all ingredients into shaker and shake well. Strain drink into a Cocktail glass.

4. CACKLE (1019 views)
Excerpt: Fill a shaker half full with ice cubes. Pour all ingredients into shaker and shake well. Strain drink into a Cocktail glass and serve.

5. CACTUS BITE (1417 views)
Excerpt: In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass.

6. CACTUS JUICE (2157 views) ***
Excerpt: Build in a Collins glass over ice

7. CACTUS PRICK (1140 views)
Excerpt: Fill a shaker half full with ice cubes. Pour all ingredients into shaker and shake well. Strain drink into a Cocktail glass and serve.

8. CACTUS VENOM (1288 views)
Excerpt: Fill a shaker half full with ice cubes. Pour all ingredients into shaker and shake well. Strain drink into a Cocktail glass.

9. CADIZ (880 views)
Excerpt: Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes, and serve. ...

10. CAESAR MAKES SENSE (1927 views)
Excerpt: In a blender, combine the orange juice, grenadine, and ice cream with 6 ice cubes. Blend well. Pour into a collins glass and garnish with the orange...

11. CAFÉ AMARETTO (2470 views) **
Excerpt: Pour amaretto into coffee and stir well. Float cognac on top, using the back of a spoon, and top with a generous portion of whipped cream.

12. CAFE DE PARIS (916 views)
Excerpt: In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a sour glass.

13. CAFÉ DE PARIS (873 views)
Excerpt: In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a sour glass.

14. CAFE DE PARIS COCKTAIL (1319 views)
Excerpt: Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve. ...

15. CAFÉ DE PARIS COCKTAIL (1163 views)
Excerpt: Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.

16. CAFE ROYALE NO. 1 (1831 views)
Excerpt: Place sugar cube in each of 4 warmed demitasse cups and fill almost full of hot coffee. Carefully float 1 Oz. of bourbon in each cup, ignite, and fla...

17. CAFE ROYALE NO. 2 (1666 views)
Excerpt: Place sugar cube in each of 4 demitasse cups that have been rinsed with boiling water. Fill each cup nearly full with hot coffee and carefully float ...

18. CAFÉ WELLINGTON (1449 views)
Excerpt: Blend whipping cream with instant coffee until it stands up in stiff peaks. In a heat-proof cup add coconut syrup and a little coffee and stir until ...

19. CAIPIRINHA (1974 views) *****
Excerpt: Muddle the sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the cachaca into the glass. Stir well.

20. CAJUN TOMATO (2541 views) ***
Excerpt: Shake well over ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

21. CALEDONIA (887 views)
Excerpt: Shake all ingredients (except cinnamon) with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes. Sprinkle cinnamon on top and serve. ...

22. CALEIGH (1228 views)
Excerpt: In a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass.

23. CALIFORNIA DREAM (1467 views) *
Excerpt: In a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes, combine the tequila, sweet vermouth, and dry vermouth. Stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass and gar...

24. CALIFORNIA LEMONADE (2390 views) *
Excerpt: Shake all ingredients (except carbonated water) with ice and strain into a collins glass over shaved ice. Fill with carbonated water and stir. Decorat...

25. CALIFORNIA ROOT BEER (2156 views) **
Excerpt: Fill a Highball glass almost full with ice cubes. Pour all ingredients into Highball glass, stir well, and serve.

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