Hammer's mixology

Here are some quick and tasty drinks for your next cocktail party or hedonistic drunken orgy.

French 75

3 ounces champagne, 2 ounces gin 1/2 ounce lemon juice, splash of lemon lime soda

Large tumbler or hurricane glass, fill 1/4 with ice, add alcohol, then lemon juice followed by a splash of soda. Stir well. This drink was invented in 1915 and named such because it hits you like a French 75mm mortar

Stout float

1/2 bottle of Guinness or your favorite porter/stout beer. 1 pint glass, 1 scoop of french vanilla ice cream. Pour 1/2 the beer, add ice cream then carefully top off with the beer (it foams).

This sounds crazy but it makes the best damn chocolate float you will ever taste with just a hint of roast coffee flavor.

Hammer's kick me pick me up

2 shots espresso or strong coffee

1 shot Kahlua

1 shot baileys Irish cream

Get the coffee hot and add the liquors. Serve in a glass mug.

Lemon squeezer

2 shots lemon vodka

1 ounce lemon juice

3 ounces lemonade

splash of lemon lime soda

crushed ice

Mix all ingredients in a shaker

Serve in a tall glass with a sugared rim if desired

These are great on a hot day.

Hammer's ultimate bloody Mary

1 small can of regular or spicy tomato juice

2 1/2 ounces high quality vodka

1 ounce lime juice

1 dash of Worcestershire

1 dash celery salt

1 dash of cholula or your favorite type of bottled hot sauce (optional)

Mix very well in a shaker with crushed ice and pour into a tall glass. Leave the ice in the shaker. Add a celery stalk and some green olives on a skewer if desired.