Frozen Apple

It's nearly a dessert drink with its egg white foam whipped up into lime juice and apple brandy. I used some bootleg apple brandy that has been infused with actual winesap apples. It was really fruity and rich. The texture was perfect, like a foam, not a slushy, so this is definitely a good cocktail to do. I recommend using apple brandy, not calvados or applejack. You want that rich apple flavor to come through since it is the only source.

• 2 oz. apple brandy
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 egg white
• 1 tsp. sugar
• apple slice

Combine all ingredients except the apple slice in a blender with cracked ice. Blend until smooth and pour into a chilled Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with the apple slice. 

Derby Daiquiri

This is a Daiquiri with orange juice served frozen in a champagne flute. I'm not sure what justifies this cocktail being distinct from a frozen Daiquiri, but my sense is that it is used to placate country club members looking for the tropical drink they had in Havana (Yes, that long ago!) with something that wouldn't look to exotic on their white table cloths. It's the cocktail equivalent to a popular white singer covering a Cuban song so that the original remains unknown to white audiences. I'm not accusing this cocktail of racism, though the name Derby has other connotations. I'm just saying that the history of cocktails is like the history of America. It is what it is.

• 2 oz. light rum (Cruzan aged rum used)
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1 oz. orange juice
• 1 tsp. sugar

Combine all ingredients in a blender with ice. Blend until slushy and pour into a chilled champagne flute. 

Frozen Mint Daiquiri

By extension, the Frozen Mint Daiquiri is also a Mojito. The recipe says to put it in a Collins glass, but let's not be too hasty. There's plenty of pretty mugs that will disguise what's in them, particularly that messy blended mint. A parrot or hula girl tiki mug like these I found in our apartment on St. Thomas Island are perfect for this kind of thing and give the right tropical vibe that's necessary for beach drinking.

• 2 oz. light rum
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 6 mint leaves
• 1 tsp. sugar

Combine all ingredients in a blender with cracked ice. Blend until smooth and pour into a Collins glass or tiki mug. If you have more mint and lime slices on hand, garnish at will. 

Frozen Daiquiri

The NY Bartender's Guide shows this drink served in a champagne flute. I have reservations about this. The first being that this hacienda on St. Thomas Island didn't have any champagne flutes, and second; who sees Frozen Daiquiris served in such small containers nowadays? Nobody. They're always in a cocktail glass (Margarita pictured) or a Hurricane glass. So while this drink is less traditional and more mainstream, it is as it should be. A big and rewarding boat drink riff on the classic Daiquiri.

• 2 oz. light rum
• 3/4 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 tsp. sugar
• lime slice

Combine all ingredients except lime slice in a blender with 1/2 cup cracked ice. Blend slowly until smooth but not watery. Pour into a champagne flute (cocktail glass recommended) and garnish with lime slice.