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Martini Madness Variations
Hamlet's Martini
1 oz iced vodka, 1 oz iced gin and a splash of dry vermouth
Garnish with a cocktail onion on a sword.
The Melontini
2 oz iced vodka, 1/2 oz Midori
Garnished with a melon ball.
The Fuzzitini
- 2 oz iced vodka
- 1/2 oz Peach schnapps
- Splash of Triple Sec
Garnished with a lime twist.
The Chocotini
- 2 oz iced vodka
- 1/2 oz chilled expresso
- Splash of dark crème de cacao
Garnished with three espresso beans and rimmed with chocolate shavings.
The above martini recipes are served at The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
Note: Always serve martinis in chilled glasses.
Bar supply requirements for a 2-3 hour party
- For a full bar- For every 10 guests:
1 case beer (mix light, regular, domestic and imported)
5 bottles of wine (4 to 1 white to red)
5 bottles of champagne
1 liter premium vodka- 1 half-liter of scotch
- 1 half-liter of rum.
- (For twenty or more guests add another choice, e.g., tequila, gin)
- 4 liters soda (cola and 7-up™ or ginger ale --a mix of diet and regular)
4 quarts of juice (2 orange, 1 cranberry and 1 grapefruit)
1 liter each sparkling water, seltzer, tonic
3 lemons, 3 limes, olives
Ice: 3 5-Lbs
20-30 drink glasses and cocktail napkins
Bulk Beverage Information:
 | Wine One case yields 76 4-oz glasses |
| Whisky 1 750-ml bottle of yields 17 (1.5) oz drinks. |
| Punch 1-½ gallon yields 50 (4-oz) servings |
| Soft Drinks 1 liter bottle or 6 pack yields 10 (6-oz) servings |
| Mineral Water 5 (16 oz) bottles yields 10 servings |
| Coffee 2 cups percolator grind coffee yields 30 (6-oz) servings |
| Beer Keg serves:1 20 gallon keg serves 320 8 ounce servings, 160 16 ounce
servings |
Beverage Service Ideas:
| Write guests names on cups or glasses to conserve with re-use. |
| Serve your guests a first drink and then let them serve themselves, at smaller
parties. |
| Set out non-alcoholic punch, coffee, juices and sodas and bottles of alcohol.
Guests may then add alcohol to their beverages, as they desire. This precludes the chance
of any alcoholic beverage being served by mistake. |
| Remove alcohol from serving areas one hour before party is scheduled to end. |
| Present designated drivers with a token gift of a lighthearted nature. |
| Be adamant about not allowing a guest to drive home drunk. This is a host's
responsibility. If necessary send a guest home in a taxicab. |
Fastest way to chill a bottle of wine or champagne:
| Place bottle in a bucket or any tall container, lay some ice around the bottom
and sprinkle it with a few tablespoons of salt. |
| Continue to add salt and ice until it reaches the neck of the bottle |
| Fill the container with tepid water for 10 minutes. |
| Bottle is chilled.
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Freeze an inch of water in the bottom of an ice bucket to keep
ice frozen longer.
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