After a few nights of practice, I did it!  I was able to measure a few alcoholic masterpieces!  To spread the joy, here the three tasty cocktails I perfected to help you start your evening out right!  Enjoy!   

Grass Skirt

Ice Cubes

1 1/2 oz Gin

1 oz Triple Sec or Cointreau

1 oz Pineapple Juice

1/2 teaspoon Grenadine

1 Pineapple Slice

Half-fill a shaker with ice cubes.  Add the gin, triple sec/Cointreau, pineapple juice, and grenadine.  Shake well and pour (unstrained) into an old-fashioned glass.  Garnish with the pineapple slice and enjoy!   

Jamaica Sunday

Crushed Ice

2 oz Jamaican Rum

1 teaspoon Clear Honey

1/2 oz Lime Juice

2 oz Lemonade

Dissolve the honey in the rum and then pour into an old-fashioned glass filled with the crushed ice.  Top with lime juice and lemonade.  Enjoy! 

Hawaiian Vodka

Ice Cubes

3 oz Vodka

1 oz Pineapple Juice

1 oz Orange Juice

1 oz Lemon Juice

1 teaspoon Grenadine

1 Lemon Slice

Half-fill a shaker with ice cubes.  Pour in the all the juices and vodka.  Shake well and strain into an old-fashioned glass.  Garnish with the lemon slice and enjoy! 

Recipes from The Cocktail Handbook

Designated as the unoffical starter drink of Aruba, rum, amaretto, and a splash of fruit juice mingle and tingle throughout your body.  And a little booby shake is required to warm up your internal organs.  Sip.  Sip.  Sip.  You’re officially buzzed. 

As the ice melts and cherry pickles, it feels good to be alive.  You are numb to reality.  What war in Iraq?  Kids starving where?  Aruba is the only place in the world you know and love.  Hey, this moment is the moment of your life.  Not your wedding.  Not the birth of your first born.  But this moment.  And you owe it all to a half litre of alcohol and a millilitre of juice.  Aaahhh heaven…   

Now, doesn’t it feel good knowing all of this only cost $9.00?

 If you are interested in Rusty Beach Therapy, please visit Iguana Joe’s in Aruba.  The food  and service is great!  You will not be disappointed!  It has been a tradition in family for the past 14 years!  (Please note that prices may have changed, so don’t be cheap!)