Do you like dogs? Are you old enough to drink? Then you will enjoy making dog cocktails and other dog-inspired drinks. Any responsible, hardworking, and healthy adult has the luxury of enjoying an alcoholic drink from time to time.
Moderate alcohol intake (1-2 drinks a day) is a nice way to blow off some steam, meet new people, and may even reduce your chances of developing heart disease according to the Mayo Clinic.
Here are some dog-inspired alcoholic beverage recipes you could try this weekend:
1. Big Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Kahlua® coffee liqueur
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 4 oz. milk
- 1 splash Pepsi®
Pour the Kahlua and vodka over ice in a glass. Then fill the remainder of the glass with milk. Top it off with Pepsi. Stir.
2. Black Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 3 oz. light rum
- .5 oz. dry vermouth
Mix the light rum and dry vermouth in a glass with ice. Strain and pour the mixture into a chilled glass. Finally, garnish with black olive.
3. Blue Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Skyy® vodka
- 5 oz. grapefruit juice
Mix the Skyy® vodka and the grapefruit juice in a cup and then pour the concoction over ice in a chilled glass.
4. Devil Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 3 oz. Jose Cuervo® gold tequila
- 5 oz. unsweetened grapefruit juice
5. Dirty Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Hennessy® cognac
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 5 oz. chilled orange juice
- 1 oz. chilled cranberry juice
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice; shake well, strain, and then serve in a chilled glass.
6. Fuzzy Dog
Ingredients:
- 1 shot peach schnapps
- 1 shot amaretto almond liqueur
- 1 shot coconut rum
- Orange juice
Pour each shot of peach schnapps, amaretto almond liqueur, coconut rum, and orange juice over ice. Fill the glass with orange juice.
7. Mad Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. cherry juice
- 1 drop Tabasco® sauce
To make this drink, you must layer the cherry juice, vodka, and then the Tabasco sauce over ice.
8. Red Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- .5 oz. orange vodka
- 2 oz. Crown Royal® Canadian whisky
- 3 oz. ginger ale
- 1.5 oz. orange juice
- 1.5 oz. cranberry juice
Add the orange vodka, Canadian whisky, orange juice, and cranberry juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake, strain, and then pour over an ice-filled glass with the ginger ale.
9. Salty Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 6 oz. grapefruit juice
- 1.5 oz. vodka or gin
- 1/4 tsp salt
Salt rim of glass. Mix grapefruit juice and vodka (or gin) in a shaker and then serve over ice.
10. The Regal Beagle Cocktail
Ingredients:
- .5 oz. Crown Royal® Canadian whisky
- .5 oz. peach schnapps
- .5 oz. sweet and sour mix
Mix Canadian whisky, peach schnapps, and sweet and sour over ice in a shaker and then pour into a shot glass.
11. Bichon Frise Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. St-Germain elderflower liqueur
- 2 oz. ruby red grapefruit juice
- 1 lemon wedge
Combine vodka, St-Germain elderflower liqueur, and ruby red grapefruit juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice then squeeze lemon. Add lemon wedge to the shaker; shake and strain then pour into chilled glass.
12. Bloodhound Cocktail
Ingredients:
- .5 oz. sweet vermouth
- .5 oz. dry vermouth
- 1 oz. gin
- 1 strawberry (sliced)
Mix sweet vermouth, dry vermouth, and gin in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain and pour liquids into chilled glass. Top with a strawberry.
13. Salty Chihuahua Cocktail
Ingredients:
- Coarse salt
- 4 oz. tequila, divided
- 2 oz. orange-flavored liqueur, divided
- 3 cups grapefruit juice, divided
- 4 grapefruit slices, for garnish
Salt rims of glasses. Add tequila and liqueur to each glass over ice then top each glass with grapefruit juice. Stir.
14. Golden Retriever Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 4 oz. apple juice
This is probably the easiest drink to make on the list. Mix the vodka and apple juice then serve over ice. Voila!
15. Great Dane Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Aquavit
- .5 oz. cherry brandy
- .5 oz. orange bitters
- 1 dash cranberry juice
Mix Aquavit, cherry brandy, orange bitters, and cranberry juice in a cocktail shaker with ice; strain and pour into chilled glass.
16. Greyhound Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz vodka
- 3 oz grapefruit juice
Fill a glass with ice and pour in your vodka. Add grapefruit juice. Stir. Then garnish with a lemon or lime wedge.
17. Italian Greyhound
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- .5 oz. Campari® bitters
- 5 oz. grapefruit juice
Mix vodka and grapefruit juice; pour in glass. Top with Campari bitters for that extra flavor.
18. Pomeranian Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. white rum
- 1 oz. pomegranate juice
- .5 oz. triple sec
- .5 oz. lemon juice
- .25 oz. grapefruit juice
Shake white rum, pomegranate, triple sec, lemon juice, and grapefruit in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; strain and serve in a chilled glass.
19. Pink Poodle Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. vanilla vodka
- Splash of Grenadine syrup
- 7-Up® soda
Pour the vanilla vodka and a splash of grenadine over ice and then fill the rest of the glass with 7-up. Top with a cherry for the finale.
20. Colorado Pug Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Bailey’s® Irish cream
- 1 oz. Kahlua® coffee liqueur
- 4 oz. club soda
Pour in the Kahlua and Bailey’s Irish Cream in a glass over ice. Top with club soda. Stir and serve.
21. Portuguese Water Dog Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. sweet vermouth
- 4 oz. cranberry juice
Mix vodka, sweet vermouth, and cranberry juice and then serve in a glass over ice.
22. Whippet Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. vodka
- 4 oz. orange juice
- 1 dash raspberry cordial
Pour the vodka and orange juice over glass with ice and then top with raspberry cordial.
23. Yellow Labrador Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. gin
- 4 oz. apple juice
Mix gin and apple juice and then serve over ice. Stir well and serve.
24. Colorado Bulldog
Ingredients:
- 1 .25 oz Vodka (well or call brand)
- .75 oz Kahlúa
- 1/4 c whole milk or half-and-half
- Splash of Coca-Cola
Mix vodka, Kahlua, and milk one at a time in an old-fashioned glass 2/3 full of cubed ice. Top with a splash of coke. Serve this dog cocktail with Stir-Stick.
