Mixed Drinks

Tom Collins

Screwdriver

7&7

Long Island Iced Tea

Appletini

Bloody Mary

Cosmopolitan

Gimlet

Gin & Tonic

Manhattan

White Russian

Mojito

Moscow Mule

Old Fashioned

Sidecar

Whiskey Sour

Margarita

Martini

Piña Colada

Greyhound

09. margarita cocktail

A Margarita is a cocktail consisting of Tequila, Orange Liqueur, and Lime Juice often served with Salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice, blended with ice, or without ice.

Ingredients:

2 oz. tequila

1 oz. lime juice

1/2 oz. triple sec

Salt for rimming

Lime wedge for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Rocks glass

Preparation:

Rim a rocks glass with salt by rubbing a lime wedge around the rim and dipping it in salt.

Fill the glass with ice.

In a shaker, add tequila, lime juice, triple sec, and ice.

Shake the mixture well and strain it over the ice in the glass.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: Lime wedge

10. martini cocktail

The Martini is a cocktail made with Gin and Vermouth and garnished with an Olive or a Lemon Twist. Over the years, the Martini has become one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages. H. L. Mencken called the Martini “the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet”.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 oz. gin or vodka

1/2 oz. dry vermouth

Ice

Olives or lemon twist for garnish

Drinkware: Chilled martini glass

Preparation:

Fill a mixing glass with ice and add the gin or vodka and dry vermouth.

Stir the mixture well until it’s chilled and diluted.

Strain the mixture into a chilled martini glass.

Served: Up, without ice

Garnish: Olives or a lemon twist

12. Moscow mule cocktail

A Moscow Mule is a cocktail made with Vodka, Ginger Beer, and Lime Juice, garnished with a Lime Slice or Lime Wedge. The Moscow Mule is popularly served in a Copper Mug, which takes on the cold temperature of the liquid.

Ingredients:

2 oz. vodka

1/2 oz. lime juice

4 oz. ginger beer

Lime wedge for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Copper mug

Preparation:

Fill a copper mug with ice.

Add vodka and lime juice to the mug.

Top off the mug with ginger beer.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: Lime wedge

05. gin and tonic cocktail

A Gin & Tonic is a highball cocktail made with Gin and Tonic Water poured over a large amount of ice. The ratio of Gin to Tonic varies according to taste, strength of the Gin and other drink mixers being added, with most recipes calling for a ratio between 1:1 to 1:3.

Ingredients:

2 oz. gin

4-6 oz. tonic water

Lime wedge for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Highball glass

Preparation:

Fill a highball glass with ice.

Add the gin to the glass.

Top with tonic water.

Stir well.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: Lime wedge

08. Manhattan cocktail

A Manhattan is a cocktail made with Whisky, Sweet Vermouth, and Bitters. While rye is the traditional Whisky of choice, other commonly used whiskies include Canadian Whisky, Bourbon, blended Whisky, and Tennessee Whisky.

Ingredients:

2 oz. rye whiskey

1 oz. sweet vermouth

2 dashes of bitters

Maraschino cherry for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Chilled cocktail glass

Preparation:

Fill a mixing glass with ice and add the rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters.

Stir the mixture well until it’s chilled and diluted.

Strain the mixture into a chilled cocktail glass.

Served: Up, without ice

Garnish: Maraschino cherry

07. long island iced tea cocktail

A Long Island Iced Tea is a type of alcoholic mixed drink typically made with Vodka, Tequila, Light Rum, Triple Sec, Gin, and a splash of Cola, which gives the drink the same amber hue as its namesake. A popular version mixes equal parts Vodka, Gin, Rum, Triple Sec, with 1 1/2 parts Sour Mix and a splash of Cola.

Ingredients:

1/2 oz. vodka

1/2 oz. gin

1/2 oz. rum

1/2 oz. tequila

1/2 oz. triple sec

1 oz. sour mix

Cola

Lemon wedge for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Highball glass

Preparation:

Fill a highball glass with ice.

Add all of the liquors and the sour mix to the glass.

Top with cola.

Stir well.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: Lemon wedge

13. old fashioned cocktail

The Old Fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling Sugar with Angostura Bitters, adding Whisky or, less commonly, Brandy, and garnishing with a Citrus Rind Twist. It is traditionally served in an Old Fashioned Glass, which predated the cocktail.

Ingredients:

2 oz. whiskey (bourbon or rye)

1 tsp. sugar

2 dashes of bitters

Orange or lemon twist

Ice

Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass

Preparation:

In an Old Fashioned glass, add the sugar, bitters, and a splash of water.

Use a muddler or the back of a spoon to dissolve the sugar and mix everything together.

Add a large ice cube to the glass and pour in the whiskey.

Stir until the drink is chilled.

Served: Neat, without ice

Garnish: Orange or lemon twist

17. whisky sour cocktail

The Whiskey Sour is a mixed drink containing Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Sugar, and optionally, a dash of Egg Whites. With the Egg Whites, it is sometimes called a Boston Sour. With a few bar spoons of full-bodied Red Wine floated on top, it is often referred to as a New York Sour.

Ingredients:

2 oz. whiskey

3/4 oz. lemon juice

1/2 oz. simple syrup

Cherry and/or orange slice for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Rocks glass

Preparation:

Fill a shaker with ice and add the whiskey, lemon juice, and simple syrup.

Shake well.

Strain the mixture into a rocks glass filled with ice.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: Cherry and/or orange slice

18. white russian cocktail

A White Russian is a cocktail made with Vodka, Coffee Liqueur and Cream served with ice in an Old Fashioned Glass. Often Milk or Half & Half will be used as an alternative to Cream.

Ingredients:

2 oz. vodka

1 oz. Kahlúa or other coffee liqueur

1 oz. heavy cream or half-and-half

Ice

Drinkware: Rocks glass

Preparation:

Fill a rocks glass with ice.

Add the vodka and Kahlúa to the glass.

Top with heavy cream or half-and-half.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: None

11. mojito cocktail

Mojito is a traditional Cuban Highball. Traditionally, a Mojito is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients: White Rum, Sugar, Lime Juice, Soda Water, and Mint. Its combination of sweetness, citrus, and herbaceous mint flavors is intended to complement the Rum, and has made the Mojito a popular summer drink.

Ingredients:

2 oz. white rum

3/4 oz. lime juice

1 oz. simple syrup

8-10 fresh mint leaves

Club soda

Lime wedge and/or mint sprig for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Highball glass

Preparation:

In a shaker, muddle the mint leaves with the lime juice and simple syrup.

Add the rum and ice to the shaker and shake well.

Strain the mixture into a highball glass filled with ice.

Top with club soda.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: Lime wedge and/or mint sprig

13. cosmopolitan cocktail

A Cosmopolitan, also known as a Cosmo, is a cocktail made with Vodka, Triple Sec, Cranberry Juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened Lime Juice.

Ingredients:

2 oz. vodka

1 oz. cranberry juice

1/2 oz. triple sec

1/2 oz. lime juice

Lime wedge for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Chilled cocktail glass

Preparation:

Fill a shaker with ice and add vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec, and lime juice.

Shake the mixture well and strain it into a chilled cocktail glass.

Served: Up, without ice

Garnish: Lime wedge

15. sidecar cocktail

The Sidecar is a cocktail traditionally made with Cognac, Orange Liqueur and Lemon Juice. In its ingredients, the drink is perhaps most closely related to the older Brandy Crusta, which differs both in presentation and in proportions of its components.

Ingredients:

2 oz. cognac

3/4 oz. triple sec

3/4 oz. lemon juice

Sugar for rimming

Lemon twist for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Chilled cocktail glass

Preparation:

Rim a chilled cocktail glass with sugar.

Fill a shaker with ice and add the cognac, triple sec, and lemon juice.

Shake the mixture well and strain it into the glass.

Served: Up, without ice

Garnish: Lemon twist

04. gimlet cocktail

The Gimlet is a cocktail typically made of 2 parts Gin and 1 part Lime Juice. A 1928 description of the drink was “gin, and a spot of lime”. The description in the 1953 Raymond Chandler novel The Long Goodbye stated that “a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s lime juice and nothing else.

Ingredients:

2 oz. gin

3/4 oz. lime juice

1/2 oz. simple syrup

Lime wedge for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Chilled cocktail glass

Preparation:

Fill a shaker with ice and add the gin, lime juice, and simple syrup.

Shake the mixture well and strain it into a chilled cocktail glass.

Served: Up, without ice

Garnish: Lime wedge

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14. pina colada cocktail

The Piña Colada is a sweet cocktail made with Rum, Cream of Coconut or Coconut Milk, and Pineapple Juice, usually served blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a Pineapple Wedge, Maraschino Cherry, or both.

Ingredients:

2 oz. white rum

2 oz. pineapple juice

2 oz. coconut cream or coconut milk

Pineapple wedge and/or cherry for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Hurricane glass

Preparation:

Fill a blender with ice and add the rum, pineapple juice, and coconut cream or milk.

Blend until the mixture is smooth.

Pour the mixture into a hurricane glass.

Served: Blended with ice

Garnish: Pineapple wedge and/or cherry

02. bloody mary cocktail

A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing Vodka, Tomato Juice, and other spices and flavorings including Worcestershire Sauce, Tabasco Sauce, Garlic, Horseradish, Celery, Olives, Salt, Black Pepper, Lemon Juice, Lime Juice and/or celery salt.

Ingredients:

2 oz. vodka

4 oz. tomato juice

1/2 oz. lemon juice

1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

2 dashes of Tabasco sauce

Pinch of salt and black pepper

Celery stalk and/or other garnishes (olives, pickles, shrimp, etc.)

Ice

Drinkware: Highball glass

Preparation:

Rim a highball glass with celery salt by rubbing a lemon wedge around the rim and dipping it in celery salt.

Fill the glass with ice.

Add vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt, and black pepper to a shaker with ice.

Shake the mixture well and strain it into the glass.

Served: On the rocks

Garnish: Celery stalk and/or other garnishes

06. irish coffee cocktail

Irish Coffee is a cocktail consisting of Hot Coffee, Irish Whisky, and Sugar, stirred and topped with Cream.

Ingredients:

2 oz. Irish whiskey

1 oz. simple syrup

6 oz. hot coffee

Heavy cream or whipped cream

Cinnamon or nutmeg for garnish

Drinkware: Irish coffee glass

Preparation:

In an Irish coffee glass, add whiskey and simple syrup.

Fill the glass with hot coffee.

Top with heavy cream or whipped cream.

Sprinkle with cinnamon or nutmeg.

Served: Hot

Garnish: Cinnamon or nutmeg

01. appletini cocktail

An Appletini is an Apple Martini cocktail containing Vodka and one or more of Apple Juice, Apple Cider, Apple Liqueur, or Apple Brandy. This drink, originally called an Adam’s Apple Martini because the bartender who created it was named Adam, was created in 1996 at Lola’s West Hollywood restaurant.

Ingredients:

2 oz. vodka

1 oz. sour apple schnapps

Splash of lemon juice

Apple slice or cherry for garnish

Ice

Drinkware: Chilled cocktail glass

Preparation:

Fill a shaker with ice and add vodka, sour apple schnapps, and lemon juice.

Shake the mixture well and strain it into a chilled cocktail glass.

Served: Up, without ice

Garnish: Apple slice or cherry

19. Grayhound

The Greyhound is a refreshing cocktail made with either gin or vodka and grapefruit juice.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces vodka or gin

Grapefruit juice, freshly squeezed, to top

Garnish: lime wheel

Preparation:

Fill a rocks glass with ice, then add the vodka or gin and the grapefruit juice and stir gently.

Some people may like a little sugar.