What would Downton Abbey drink?

I recently saw some links on Pinterest for drinks inspired by Downton Abbey characters. The recipes were a bit too highfalutin for a midwest girl like me. So I wondered: if the Downton girls went to a martini bar here in the States in the modern day, what would they order? Here's what I think.

Lady Mary - Traditional Martini. No need to modernize the martini for Mary. She's all about tradition.

Lady Edith - Lemon Drop Martini. She's a little bit of a sour puss sometimes, but she can also be quite sweet when she wants to be.

Lady Sybil - Peaches and Cream Martini. Sybil is sweet and beautiful, just like this martini. And since we know how much she loves those Irish lads, she'd ask for it with a bit of Bailey's Irish Cream.

Anna Bates - Nuts and Berries Martini. She's a strong lady, tough like a nut shell. But she's also very sweet and kind. So this martini fits her perfectly.

Daisy Mason - Shirley Temple. Because she just "wouldn't feel right" about consuming alcohol.

O'Brien - Guinness, straight from the bottle. C'mon, what else is she going to drink? She isn't frilly, she's Irish and she's bitter.

Thomas (because he's kind of one of the girls) - blood orange juice and vodka. Slightly sinister, but always dignified.

Kinky Refreshment

Kinky Refreshment 

1 oz. Kinky Liquor

1 oz. Pineapple Juice

4 oz. Lemon-Lime Soda

Lindsay's Toffee Martini

Toffee Martini

I tried a recipe for a toffee martini which contained equal parts vodka, buttershots, creme de cacao and almond milk. It was lacking both creaminess and nuttiness. So I tweaked it by adding in Bailey's and a little amaretto. The result was spot on.

1 part vodka

1 part buttershots

1 part vanilla almond milk

1 part creme de cacao

1 part Bailey's Irish Creme (Carolan's works too)

1 part amaretto

Lindsay's Brownie Batter Martini

I don't know if you could really call this a martini, but it is a thick, delicious treat. Bonus - it clocks in at less than 150 calories if you use light chocolate almond milk.

Lindsay's Brownie Batter Martini

1 oz cake vodka
4 oz chocolate almond milk

Shake in a martini mixer (no ice!), pour into either a martini glass or short glass, and enjoy.

Lindsay's Snowball, baby! Martini

This martini mixes the flavors of marshmallow, vanilla, and coconut. Totally delectable!

Snowball, baby! Martini

 1 1/2 oz. marshmallow vodka
1/2 oz. vanilla vodka
1 1/2 oz Malibu coconut rum
2 oz. vanilla almond milk (could use milk or cream, too)

 Shake in martini shaker and pour into glass.

Lindsay's Blueberry Muffin Martini

Recently, my cousin and I were trying to figure out what one could do with a crazy new fad liquor that tastes like buttered popcorn. I actually took some inspiration from Jelly Belly "recipes" on this -- to make a "blueberry muffin" with Jelly Belly jelly beans, put 2 blueberry jelly beans and 1 buttered popcorn jelly bean in your mouth. The point being, the butter flavor mimics a freshly buttered muffin. Why not try the same with your liquor? Since this one uses so little of it, you could pick up a sample bottle of it.

Blueberry Muffin Martini

1 part blueberry liquor
1 part vanilla vodka
1 part cake vodka (NOT Smirnoff Iced Cake)
Splash Buttered Popcorn liquor
Milk or cream to taste

Lindsay's Pineapple Upside Down Cake Martini

The usual recipe for this martini contains cake vodka and pineapple juice, but it isn't enough for me. My mom's homemade pineapple upside down cake always had this delicious crispy, sugary glaze after it cooled. Get the same flavor in your martini by choosing to use Smirnoff Iced Cake for the cake-flavored vodka, and add a splash of Rum Chata.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Martini

1 part pineapple juice
1 part Smirnoff Iced Cake vodka
Splash RumChata
Cherry

Mix liquid ingredients in a martini shaker. Put a cherry in the bottom of your martini glass, and pour in the liquid ingredients. Garnish with a pineapple slice, if you feel like being fancy.

Intro

I have a secret passion for "mixology". Well, I guess it isn't so secret anymore. I like to make martinis for myself and for friends and family. I like creating new martini recipes, or tweaking established ones. Since I don't feel like spending $45 for a bottle of Chamboard, my ingredients are generally pretty inexpensive. I buy sampler bottles pretty often, especially if I'm not sure if I'll like a certain flavor or find it versatile.

On this blog, I'll be posting recipes I've created or tweaked. If you try them yourself, let me know what you think.