Top Cocktails Recipes

Top 20 Mixed Drink and Cocktail Recipes By jdaviswrites Cuba Libre Tequila Sunrise Mixed Drink Recipes These drinks are the building blocks of life for any true alcoholic. They make up the majority of drinks ordered in a bar, and they are incredibly simple to make. Usually consisting of one liquor and one mixer. Here is a list of some of the most popular mixed drinks to quench your thirst: Cuba Libre Highball glass, ice - 1 oz light rum - fill w/ coke - garnish w/ lime Presbyterian Highball glass, ice - 1 oz whiskey - 1/2 fill w/ ginerale - 1/2 fill w/ soda - garnish w/ lemon twist Salty Dog Highball glass, ice, salted rim - 1 oz vodka - fill w/ grapefruit juice Tequila Sunrise Collins glass, ice - 1 oz tequila - fill w/ orange juice - top w/ 1/2 oz of grenadine - garnish w/ cherry Hairy Navel Collins glass, ice - 1/2 oz vodka - 1 oz peach schnapps - fill w/ cranberry juice Useful Bartending Handbooks The Professional Bartender's Handbook: A Recipe for Every Drink Known - Including Tricks and Games to Impress Your Guests Amazon Price: $10.97 List Price: $21.95 Bartending For Dummies Amazon Price: $0.97 List Price: $16.99 Bartending: 10 Summer Holiday Drink Recipes A list of 10 drink recipes for the summer holiday. Mai tai, lava flow, rum runner and more. Learn how to pour and create festive drinks that will impress your friends. Shop for bartending tools. Bartending: Hot Drink Recipes In this episode, we will provide a variety of drinks to keep you warm all winter. The Nutty Irishmen, Broken Leg, and Hot Spiced wine are just a few of the tasty concoctions you will be taught to pour. Never spend a Winter alone with these cocktails. Bartending School: Is it Necessary? Thinking about becoming a bartender? If so, you may be thinking about bartending school first. Is it necessary, or just a waste of time and money? Two Liquor Drink Recipes Although containing two parts, these are also very simple. You will want to pour the ingredients in the order given. Whenever you use a liquor and a liqueur, you will want to pour the heavier liqueur last. This way, it will slowly fall to the bottom and mix itself. The first three are more traditional drinks. The final three are considered shooters, which are shaken and poured like a martini. More or less, drinks for the younger crowd. White Russian Rocks glass - 1 1/2 oz vodka - 1/2 oz kahlua - float cream on top Vodka or Gin Gimlet Rocks glass - 1 1/2 oz vodka or gin - 1/2 oz lime juice - garnish w/ lime .357 (Colorado Bull Dog) Rocks glass - 1 1/2 oz vodka - 1/2 oz kahlua - splash of cream - splash of coke - floater of vodka Kamikaze Shooter glass - 1 1/2 oz vodka - splash of triple sec - splash of lime juice - splash of sweet & sour Red Headed Slut Shooter glass - 1/2 oz jagermeister - 1/2 oz peach schnapps - 1/2 oz cranberry juice Oatmeal Cookie Shooter glass - 1/2 oz goldschlager - 1/2 oz baileys - 1/2 oz kahlua Lemon Drop Cosmopolitan Manhattan Martini and Manhattan Recipes I only wish I was classy enough to drink either of these classic cocktails. Bartender: "Straight-up or on the rocks young sir?" Me: "Um, yeah, no ice please, it makes my gums hurt." Regardless, the ability to make a good martini is an important life skill that will never be overlooked and appreciated by all. As Frank Sinatra once said, "If it wasn't for the olives, I'd starve to death." Remember this simple advice: Don't bruise the martini by letting it sit. Once you pour your ingredients into the shaker, shake, and pour out immediately. Use a quality liquor. Vermouth is always poured first Martini Stemmed glass - dash of dry vermouth - 1 3/4 oz vodka or gin - garnish w/ olive Lemon Drop Stemmed glass, sugared rim - 1 1/2 oz lemon vodka - splash of sweet & sour - 1/2 oz triple sec or cointreau - lemon wedge and sugar into shaker is optional - garnish w/ lemon Cosmopolitan Stemmed glass - 1 oz vodka - 1/2 oz triple sec or cointreau - splash of lime juice - splash of cranberry juice for color - garnish w/ lime or lemon twist Manhattan Stemmed glass - 1/4 oz sweet vermouth - 1 3/4 oz whiskey - garnish w/ cherry Glassware Anchor Hocking Heavy Base 1-1/2-Ounce Shot Glass - 12 Pack Amazon Price: $9.92 List Price: $11.99 Libbey Glass, 14 1/2 Oz Hurricane , Set of 4 Amazon Price: Anchor Hocking Heavy Base Rocks Glass, Set of 12 Amazon Price: $19.94 List Price: $21.00 Libbey Vina Martini Glass, Set of 6 Amazon Price: $18.63 List Price: $27.99 Libbey Vina Margarita Glass, Set of 6 Amazon Price: $17.50 List Price: $21.99 Riedel H2O Longdrink/Highball Glass, Set of 2 Amazon Price: $24.90 List Price: $29.50 Tools Rattleware 11-1/2-Inch Twist Bar Stirrer/Spoon used for stirring drinks made in a glass mixing cup Amazon Price: $2.95 OXO SteeL Cocktail Strainer used for straining martinis and manhattans Amazon Price: $6.89 List Price: $6.99 Bormioli Rocco Pary Boston Cocktail Shaker with Glass, Gift Boxed used for mixing martinis and manhattans Amazon Price: $29.00 Oster BPST02-B Professional Series Blender, Black necessary for when Jimmy Buffet comes over to go "wasting away in margaritaville" with you. Amazon Price: $139.99 Pedrini Wine & Bar 5-Inch Corkscrew, Chrome necessary for opening beer, wine, and mixes Amazon Price: $4.99 List Price: $5.99 Holiday Drink Recipes These are the drinks that everyone likes to drink when they're on vacation. These are also the drinks that everyone likes to drink when they aren't on vacation, because it reminds them of being on vacation. They are more complicated to make, but taste great, and usually involve more alcohol, which means funny funny times. Who doesn't want to be like Tom Cruise in the movie Cocktail? Just me eh? Well at any rate, in order to do that, you must learn these drinks. Strawberry Daiquiri Pina Colada What is your favorite holiday drink? Long Island Ice Tea Electric Ice Tea Mai Tai Cadillac Margarita Strawberry Daiquiri Pina Colada See results without voting   Long Island Ice Tea Collins glass, ice - 1/2 oz vodka - 1/2 oz gin - 1/2 oz tequila - 1/2 oz triple sec - 1/2 oz rum - 1 1/2 oz sweet & sour - splash of coke - garnish w/ lemon Electric Ice Tea (double all the alcohol for an Adios MF) Collins glass, ice - 1/2 oz vodka - 1/2 oz gin - 1/2 oz tequila - 1/2 oz light rum - 1/2 oz blue curacao - 1 1/2 oz sweet & sour - fill w/ 7up - garnish w/ lemon Mai Tai Collins glass, ice - 1 oz light rum - 1 oz dark rum - 1/2 oz creme de almond - Fill with pineapple and orange juice - top w/ Myers rum - garnish w/ cherry and pineapple Cadillac Margarita Margarita glass and shot glass - salt rim (optional) - 1 oz premium tequila - 1/2 oz cointreau - 1 1/2 oz sweet & sour - a shot of grand marnier on the side - garnish w/ lime Strawberry Daiquiri Hurricane glass - 1/2 oz light rum - 1 1/2 oz sweet & sour - 1 cup of strawberries - scoop of ice - blend Pina Colada Hurricane glass - 1 oz light rum - 3 oz pina colada mix - garnish w/ pineapple or cherry Well kids, there it is, my beginners guide to bartending. Essentials in mixology lesson one of who knows how many. But first, before you invite your friends over for presbyterians and poker, you will need a few more things besides liquor and mixers in your arsenal.