What's a full bar look like? The answer will depend on who you talk to but here's a good example.
1 bottle of Bourbon (750ml)
1 bottle of Canadian Whisky
2 bottles of Gin (London Dry Gin)
1 bottle of Scotch
2 bottles of Vodka
Liquers - Benedictine, Chambord, Frangelico, Irish Cream, Triple Sec, coffee liquer and some kind of amaretto.
1 bottle each of dry and sweet vermouth
4 to 6 bottles each of dry white and dry red wines.
2 cases of beer or equivalent in assorted beers
2 6-packs each of cola, diet cola, lemon-lime soda
2 6-packs of 8 or 12 ounce cans or bottles of ginger ale and tonic water
2 1-liter bottles of club soda or seltzer
2 liters of mineral water
1 or 2 Quarts each of Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Grapefruit Juice, Tomato Juice
30 Pounds of ice
Plenty of bitters, grenadine and sweetened lime juice
1 bottle of Bourbon (750ml)
1 bottle of Canadian Whisky
2 bottles of Gin (London Dry Gin)
1 bottle of Scotch
2 bottles of Vodka
Liquers - Benedictine, Chambord, Frangelico, Irish Cream, Triple Sec, coffee liquer and some kind of amaretto.
1 bottle each of dry and sweet vermouth
4 to 6 bottles each of dry white and dry red wines.
2 cases of beer or equivalent in assorted beers
2 6-packs each of cola, diet cola, lemon-lime soda
2 6-packs of 8 or 12 ounce cans or bottles of ginger ale and tonic water
2 1-liter bottles of club soda or seltzer
2 liters of mineral water
1 or 2 Quarts each of Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Grapefruit Juice, Tomato Juice
30 Pounds of ice
Plenty of bitters, grenadine and sweetened lime juice
Wine to keep in the house: a dry white and a dry red, some champagne, dry vermouth and sweet (red) vermouth.
Beer: It's good to have a small selection, preferably of microbrews and not big commercial brands. Keep some stouts or porters, brown ale, pale ale, lager and possibly some Belgian or Lambics.
Mixers to keep around the house: mineral water, club soda, seltzer, cranberry juice cocktail, lemons and limes, orange juice (fresher the better) ginger ale and lots of it, ginger beer if you can find it (only necessary for a few drinks), pineapple juice, a lemon-lime soda like 7up, tomato juice and tonic water. You may want to have some heavy cream and milk in your fridge as well.
Modifiers: Angostura bitters, Freed Brothers Orange bitters, coconut cream, grenadine, sweetened lime juice, and simple syrup. For a good simple syrup boil 1 and a half cups of sugar with 1 cup of water. This will produce a nice, thick and sweet syrup instead of a water one that you'll need more of. If you have it, use all or mostly raw or turbinado sugar. Once at a boil, lower the heat and simmer while stirring until all sugar is dissolved. This should take about 5 minutes after boiling starts. Set aside and let it cool, then use a funnel to pour into a glass bottle and insert a speed pourer in the neck. This will be good for about 2 months.
Garnishes: If you're going to have a party and serve cocktails try to keep lots of lemons, limes, oranges, celery, green olives and maraschino cherries around.
Beer: It's good to have a small selection, preferably of microbrews and not big commercial brands. Keep some stouts or porters, brown ale, pale ale, lager and possibly some Belgian or Lambics.
Mixers to keep around the house: mineral water, club soda, seltzer, cranberry juice cocktail, lemons and limes, orange juice (fresher the better) ginger ale and lots of it, ginger beer if you can find it (only necessary for a few drinks), pineapple juice, a lemon-lime soda like 7up, tomato juice and tonic water. You may want to have some heavy cream and milk in your fridge as well.
Modifiers: Angostura bitters, Freed Brothers Orange bitters, coconut cream, grenadine, sweetened lime juice, and simple syrup. For a good simple syrup boil 1 and a half cups of sugar with 1 cup of water. This will produce a nice, thick and sweet syrup instead of a water one that you'll need more of. If you have it, use all or mostly raw or turbinado sugar. Once at a boil, lower the heat and simmer while stirring until all sugar is dissolved. This should take about 5 minutes after boiling starts. Set aside and let it cool, then use a funnel to pour into a glass bottle and insert a speed pourer in the neck. This will be good for about 2 months.
Garnishes: If you're going to have a party and serve cocktails try to keep lots of lemons, limes, oranges, celery, green olives and maraschino cherries around.
What do you need to have a good home-bar setup? Here's a list of Sprits, Liquers, Wine and Beer you should have on hand.
Spirits: Bourbon, Canadian Whisky, Gin, Irish Whiskey, Rum (white or silver rum is sweet and usually coconut flavored, you will need some good dark rum as well), Scotch, White Tequila and Vodka are the spirits you should have at home if you want to be able to create cocktails for your guests and yourself. You may also want some finer selections of brandies like a good Cognac, some select Bourbon and Whiskey or Scotch for sipping neat or straight.
Liquers you may want to stock: Anisette, Creme de Cassis, Creme de Menthe, Irish Cream Liquer, Creme de Cacao, Kahlua, Sambuca, Galliano, triple sec and a high end triple sec-style liquer like Cointreau and a b&b like Drambuie.
Spirits: Bourbon, Canadian Whisky, Gin, Irish Whiskey, Rum (white or silver rum is sweet and usually coconut flavored, you will need some good dark rum as well), Scotch, White Tequila and Vodka are the spirits you should have at home if you want to be able to create cocktails for your guests and yourself. You may also want some finer selections of brandies like a good Cognac, some select Bourbon and Whiskey or Scotch for sipping neat or straight.
Liquers you may want to stock: Anisette, Creme de Cassis, Creme de Menthe, Irish Cream Liquer, Creme de Cacao, Kahlua, Sambuca, Galliano, triple sec and a high end triple sec-style liquer like Cointreau and a b&b like Drambuie.
Cocktails are making a comeback. Be prepared.
A barspoon, a blender, shaker or boston shaker, bottle opener, citrus reamer, grater or zester, ice bucket, ice scoop, ice crusher and corkscrew are most of the items you'll need for a successful bar. You will definitely need either a jigger or a shot glass with measurement markings. You'll need a strainer if you're using a boston shaker (two cups, one larger than the other). Speed pourers insert into the necks of bottles to make pouring a lot easier. A muddler is a pestle for smashing ingredients, you can use the end of a barspoon. When using a shaker, fill it 2/3 with ice.
There are lots of glasses of different shapes and sizes. To simplify, just have some long, thin glasses for highballs and collins drinks. Short, fat glasses are great for doubles, old-fashioneds and just about anything else. You may want, but don't need, some cocktail or martini glasses. Sherry copita glasses are like tiny wine glasses and are great for sipping drinks neat. Shot glasses are good to have as well as champagne fluts and brandy snifters of any size.
You will want about 1/2 a pound of ice per person if you're having a party and try, if you have room, to chill glasses in the freezer. You can also keep glasses chilled in a cooler undre the bar or by loading a glass with ice before mixing a drink and dumping the ice before pouring.
Here are some measurements:
Dash = 1/8 teaspoon
Teaspoon = 8 dashes or 1/6 of an ounce
Tablespoon - 1/2 ounce
1 ounce can be called a Pony and = 2 Tablespoons
1 Jigger = 3 Tablespoons = 1 1/2 ounces
There are lots of glasses of different shapes and sizes. To simplify, just have some long, thin glasses for highballs and collins drinks. Short, fat glasses are great for doubles, old-fashioneds and just about anything else. You may want, but don't need, some cocktail or martini glasses. Sherry copita glasses are like tiny wine glasses and are great for sipping drinks neat. Shot glasses are good to have as well as champagne fluts and brandy snifters of any size.
You will want about 1/2 a pound of ice per person if you're having a party and try, if you have room, to chill glasses in the freezer. You can also keep glasses chilled in a cooler undre the bar or by loading a glass with ice before mixing a drink and dumping the ice before pouring.
Here are some measurements:
Dash = 1/8 teaspoon
Teaspoon = 8 dashes or 1/6 of an ounce
Tablespoon - 1/2 ounce
1 ounce can be called a Pony and = 2 Tablespoons
1 Jigger = 3 Tablespoons = 1 1/2 ounces
Cocktails are making a big comeback and are even being paired with foods at trendy restaurants. Read this page to learn the basics about cocktails and get some recipes for classics.
Vocabulary - neat means to serve a drink with no ice or mixers and straight or straight up means to serve a drink after it has been shaken with ice and rocks or on the rocks means to serve over ice.
Vocabulary - neat means to serve a drink with no ice or mixers and straight or straight up means to serve a drink after it has been shaken with ice and rocks or on the rocks means to serve over ice.
Cocktails
Cocktail Recipes
You'll Need Some Equipment
Alexander
2 oz. Gin
3 Tbsp white creme de cacao
2 Tbsp light cream
Ground nutmeg for garnish
Shake ingredients, minus garnish, in a shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Americano
3 Tbsp Campari (bitter Italian liquer)
3 Tablespoons sweet vermouth
Orange slice for garnish
Pour into an old fashioned glass and stir with ice.
Baron Cocktail
2 oz. Gin
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
1 Tbsp dry vermouth
1 tsp Grand Marnier
Stir in a mixing glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Between the Sheets
3 Tbsp Brandy
1 Tbsp light rum
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1.5 tspn simple syrup
Shake in a shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Black Russian
2 oz. Vodka
3 Tbsp (1 jigger) coffee liquer
Pour ingredients into an ice-filled old fashioned glass and stir.
Bloodhound Cocktail
2 oz. Gin
1 Tbsp dry vermouth
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
2 tspns strawberry puree
Shake well in a shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Bobby Burns
2 oz. Scotch (blended)
2 Tbsp sweet vermouth
2 tspns Benedictine
Stir in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Bucks (Gin Buck, Rum Buck...)
2 oz of Bourbon, Gin, Rum or Brandy
5 oz. ginger ale
1 lemon wedge
Squeeze lemon into highball glass and toss it in. Fill glass with ice and other ingredients.
Brandy Alexander
Same as the Alexander above with but Brandy. Originally this drink was with made with Gin.
Bronx Cocktail
2 oz. Gin
2 Tbsp Orange Juice
2 tspn dry vermouth
2 tspn sweet vermouth
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Classic Cocktail
Make a Sidecar and add
1 Tbsp maraschino liquer
Collins
2 oz Gin, Scotch (Jock Collins), Bourbon (John Collins)
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
5 oz. club soda
1 lemon wedge garnish
stir with ice in a collins glass.
Corpse Reviver
3 Tbsp brandy
1.5 tspn sweet vermouth
1 tspn applejack (american apple brandy)
Mix with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Cosmopolitan
2 oz. citrus vodka
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp Cranberry Juice
1 Tbsp lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Daisy Drinks
2.5 oz brandy, gin, whiskey or rum
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp grenadine
Lemon twist for garnish
Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
Daiquiri
2 oz light or silver rum
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
Lime wedge
Shake with ice and strain over ice into an old fashioned glass.
Dirty Martini
2.5 oz. gin
1.5 tspn dry vermouth
1 tspn olive juice from the jar of green olives
1 olive for garnish
Mix with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
El Presidente
2.5 oz. light rum
2 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp pineapple juice
Dash of grenadine
Shake and strain into an old-fashioned glass with ice.
Fixes (Rum Fix, Gin Fix...)
2.5 oz Rum, Brandy, Bourbon, Gin, tequila...
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp pineapple juice
1 spear pineapple for garnish
shake with ice and strain into a highball glass with crushed ice.
Flying Dutchman
2 oz gin
1 Tbsp Triple Sec
Pour into an old-fashioned with ice and stir.
2 oz. Gin
3 Tbsp white creme de cacao
2 Tbsp light cream
Ground nutmeg for garnish
Shake ingredients, minus garnish, in a shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Americano
3 Tbsp Campari (bitter Italian liquer)
3 Tablespoons sweet vermouth
Orange slice for garnish
Pour into an old fashioned glass and stir with ice.
Baron Cocktail
2 oz. Gin
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
1 Tbsp dry vermouth
1 tsp Grand Marnier
Stir in a mixing glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Between the Sheets
3 Tbsp Brandy
1 Tbsp light rum
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1.5 tspn simple syrup
Shake in a shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Black Russian
2 oz. Vodka
3 Tbsp (1 jigger) coffee liquer
Pour ingredients into an ice-filled old fashioned glass and stir.
Bloodhound Cocktail
2 oz. Gin
1 Tbsp dry vermouth
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
2 tspns strawberry puree
Shake well in a shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Bobby Burns
2 oz. Scotch (blended)
2 Tbsp sweet vermouth
2 tspns Benedictine
Stir in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Bucks (Gin Buck, Rum Buck...)
2 oz of Bourbon, Gin, Rum or Brandy
5 oz. ginger ale
1 lemon wedge
Squeeze lemon into highball glass and toss it in. Fill glass with ice and other ingredients.
Brandy Alexander
Same as the Alexander above with but Brandy. Originally this drink was with made with Gin.
Bronx Cocktail
2 oz. Gin
2 Tbsp Orange Juice
2 tspn dry vermouth
2 tspn sweet vermouth
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Classic Cocktail
Make a Sidecar and add
1 Tbsp maraschino liquer
Collins
2 oz Gin, Scotch (Jock Collins), Bourbon (John Collins)
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
5 oz. club soda
1 lemon wedge garnish
stir with ice in a collins glass.
Corpse Reviver
3 Tbsp brandy
1.5 tspn sweet vermouth
1 tspn applejack (american apple brandy)
Mix with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Cosmopolitan
2 oz. citrus vodka
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp Cranberry Juice
1 Tbsp lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Daisy Drinks
2.5 oz brandy, gin, whiskey or rum
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp grenadine
Lemon twist for garnish
Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
Daiquiri
2 oz light or silver rum
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
Lime wedge
Shake with ice and strain over ice into an old fashioned glass.
Dirty Martini
2.5 oz. gin
1.5 tspn dry vermouth
1 tspn olive juice from the jar of green olives
1 olive for garnish
Mix with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
El Presidente
2.5 oz. light rum
2 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp pineapple juice
Dash of grenadine
Shake and strain into an old-fashioned glass with ice.
Fixes (Rum Fix, Gin Fix...)
2.5 oz Rum, Brandy, Bourbon, Gin, tequila...
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp pineapple juice
1 spear pineapple for garnish
shake with ice and strain into a highball glass with crushed ice.
Flying Dutchman
2 oz gin
1 Tbsp Triple Sec
Pour into an old-fashioned with ice and stir.
French Kiss
2 Tbsp each dry and sweet vermouth
1 lemon twist for garnish
Stir with ice in an old-fashioned glass.
Gin and Tonic
2.5 oz gin
4 oz tonic water
lime wedge for garnish
Pour into an ice-filled highball and stir briefly.
Gin Buck
See Bucks in the left column.
Gin Cobbler
2 oz. gin
1 Tbsp simple syrup
1 lemon wedge for garnish
Pour into a wineglass with crushed ice.
Gin Daisy
See Daisy's in the left column.
Gin Flip
2 oz gin
1 Tbsp simple syrup
1 egg
ground nutmeg for garnish
Gin and syrup into a shaker with ice, add egg, shake very well and strain into a wineglass.
Gin Fizz
2 oz gin
2 Tbsp lime juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
6 oz club soda
1 lime wedge for garnish
Pour into a highball glass with ice and stir briefly.
Gin Sling
Same as a Fizz with Triple Sec instead of simple syrup and lemon juice instead of lime.
Godfather
2 oz Scotch
2 Tbsp amaretto
Stir in an old fashioned with ice.
Golden Cadillac
2 oz. white creme de cacao
1.5 Tbsp Galliano Liquer
2 Tbsp light cream
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Golden Dream
2 oz. Galliano
1 Tbsp Tripe Sec
2 Tbsp light cream
2 Tbsp orange juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Greyhound
2.5 oz vodka
4 oz grapefruit juice
Pour into an ice-filled highball and stir.
Harvey Wallbanger (Italian Screwdriver)
2 oz. vodka
6 oz orange juice
1 Tbsp Galliano
Vodka and OJ into a highball with ice, stir, add Galliano as a floater.
Havana Cocktail
2 oz. light rum
2 Tbsp Pineapple Juice
2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Irish Buck
See Bucks in the left column and use Irish Whiskey.
Kamikaze
2 oz vodka
1 Tbsp triple sec
1.5 tspn lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into cocktail glass.
Kir Royale
5 oz champage or sparkling wine
2 teaspn creme de cassis
1 lemon twist for garnish
Pour creme de cassis into champage flute and then champage. Pour a little at a time so yo udon't overflow with fizz. This is a great brunch drink.
Long Island Iced Tea
1 Tbsp each of:
gin, light rum, tequila (silver), vodka and triple sec
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
5 oz. cola
1 lemon wedge
Everything but the cola into a shaker with ice. Strain into a collins glass, add cola ,stir for a second.
Manhattan
2.5 oz any kind of whiskey
1.5 Tbsp sweet vermouth
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 cherry for garnish
Stir in a mixing glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Margarita
2 oz white tequila
3 Tbsp tripe sec
2 Tbsp lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Martini
3 oz gin
1 Tbsp dry vermouth
1 green olive for garnish
Shake the gin and vermouth with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Original Martini
Same as above but add:
1 tspn sweet vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters.
2 Tbsp each dry and sweet vermouth
1 lemon twist for garnish
Stir with ice in an old-fashioned glass.
Gin and Tonic
2.5 oz gin
4 oz tonic water
lime wedge for garnish
Pour into an ice-filled highball and stir briefly.
Gin Buck
See Bucks in the left column.
Gin Cobbler
2 oz. gin
1 Tbsp simple syrup
1 lemon wedge for garnish
Pour into a wineglass with crushed ice.
Gin Daisy
See Daisy's in the left column.
Gin Flip
2 oz gin
1 Tbsp simple syrup
1 egg
ground nutmeg for garnish
Gin and syrup into a shaker with ice, add egg, shake very well and strain into a wineglass.
Gin Fizz
2 oz gin
2 Tbsp lime juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
6 oz club soda
1 lime wedge for garnish
Pour into a highball glass with ice and stir briefly.
Gin Sling
Same as a Fizz with Triple Sec instead of simple syrup and lemon juice instead of lime.
Godfather
2 oz Scotch
2 Tbsp amaretto
Stir in an old fashioned with ice.
Golden Cadillac
2 oz. white creme de cacao
1.5 Tbsp Galliano Liquer
2 Tbsp light cream
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Golden Dream
2 oz. Galliano
1 Tbsp Tripe Sec
2 Tbsp light cream
2 Tbsp orange juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Greyhound
2.5 oz vodka
4 oz grapefruit juice
Pour into an ice-filled highball and stir.
Harvey Wallbanger (Italian Screwdriver)
2 oz. vodka
6 oz orange juice
1 Tbsp Galliano
Vodka and OJ into a highball with ice, stir, add Galliano as a floater.
Havana Cocktail
2 oz. light rum
2 Tbsp Pineapple Juice
2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Irish Buck
See Bucks in the left column and use Irish Whiskey.
Kamikaze
2 oz vodka
1 Tbsp triple sec
1.5 tspn lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into cocktail glass.
Kir Royale
5 oz champage or sparkling wine
2 teaspn creme de cassis
1 lemon twist for garnish
Pour creme de cassis into champage flute and then champage. Pour a little at a time so yo udon't overflow with fizz. This is a great brunch drink.
Long Island Iced Tea
1 Tbsp each of:
gin, light rum, tequila (silver), vodka and triple sec
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp simple syrup
5 oz. cola
1 lemon wedge
Everything but the cola into a shaker with ice. Strain into a collins glass, add cola ,stir for a second.
Manhattan
2.5 oz any kind of whiskey
1.5 Tbsp sweet vermouth
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 cherry for garnish
Stir in a mixing glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Margarita
2 oz white tequila
3 Tbsp tripe sec
2 Tbsp lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Martini
3 oz gin
1 Tbsp dry vermouth
1 green olive for garnish
Shake the gin and vermouth with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Original Martini
Same as above but add:
1 tspn sweet vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters.
Mint Julep
2 Tbsp simple syrup
3 oz bourbon
3 mint sprigs
Best results use a julep cup (silver) - pour into cup with crushed ice and stir before adding mint.
Mojito
6 Mint leaves
1.5 Tbsp simple syrup
1 Tbsp lime juice
2 oz light rum
2 oz club soda
1 lime wedge garnish
Muddle mint and simple syrup at the bottom of a highball glass. Add ice and pour the drink. Stir briefly.
Old Fashioned
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 orange slice
1 lemon wedge
1 maraschino cherry
1 sugar cube
2.5 oz blended whisky
Muddle everything in an old fashioned glass before adding ice and whisky. stir.
Peg O' My Heart
2 oz dark rum
2 Tbsp lime juice
1 Tbsp grenadine
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Pina Colada
2 oz light rum
6 oz pineapple juice
2 oz. coconut cream
1 pineapple spear for garnish
shake with ice and strain into a wine glass with ice.
Pony's Neck (low alcohol)
6 - 8 oz ginger ale
2 dashes of bitters
1 lemon peel for garnish
pour and serve in a collins glass.
Rob Roy
2.5 oz Scotch
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
1 cherry for garnish
Mix in a glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Rum Buck
See Bucks in the left column
Rum Collins
See Collins in the left column
Rickey Drinks (Gin Rickey, Rum Rickey...)
2.5 oz. light rum, gin, brandy
2 Tbsp lime juice
5 oz. club soda
1 lime wedge for garnish
stir in an ice filled highball glass.
Rusty Nail
2 oz Scotch
1 Tbsp Drambuie
1 lemon twist for garnish
Serve in an ice filled old-fashioned glass.
Salty Dog
See Greyhoud and rim the glass with salt.
Sling Drinks (Bourbon Sling, Rum Sling...)
6 mint leaves
1 Tbsp simiple syrup
2.5 oz rum, bourbon...
5 oz club soda
1 mint sprig for garnish
Muddle the syrup and mint leaves bottom of a highball glass. fill with ice and pour other ingredients; stir.
Screwdriver
See Harvey Wallbanger and lose the Galliano.
Sea Breeze
2 oz vodka
2 oz grapefruit juice
3 Tbsp cranberry juice cocktail
1 lime wednge for garnish
Pour in an ice-filled highball glass and stir.
Sidecar
2.5 oz brandy
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Southside Cocktail
2.5 oz bourbon
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
1 tspn Benedictine
1 tspn brandy
shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Tequila Sunrise
2.5 oz white or silver tequila
4 oz orange juice
1.5 tspn grenadine
Stir in an ice-filled highball glass.
Vodka Tonic
See Gin and Tonic and replace Gin with Vodka.
Vodka Maritini
See Maritini and switch the Gin out for Vodka.
White Russian
2 oz vodka
2 Tbsp coffee liquer
2 Tbsp light cream
shake with ice and strain into and ice-filled old-fashioned glass.
XYZ Cocktail
2 oz dark rum
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Yellowbird
2 Tbsp light rum
1 Tbsp Galliano
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lime juice
shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
2 Tbsp simple syrup
3 oz bourbon
3 mint sprigs
Best results use a julep cup (silver) - pour into cup with crushed ice and stir before adding mint.
Mojito
6 Mint leaves
1.5 Tbsp simple syrup
1 Tbsp lime juice
2 oz light rum
2 oz club soda
1 lime wedge garnish
Muddle mint and simple syrup at the bottom of a highball glass. Add ice and pour the drink. Stir briefly.
Old Fashioned
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 orange slice
1 lemon wedge
1 maraschino cherry
1 sugar cube
2.5 oz blended whisky
Muddle everything in an old fashioned glass before adding ice and whisky. stir.
Peg O' My Heart
2 oz dark rum
2 Tbsp lime juice
1 Tbsp grenadine
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Pina Colada
2 oz light rum
6 oz pineapple juice
2 oz. coconut cream
1 pineapple spear for garnish
shake with ice and strain into a wine glass with ice.
Pony's Neck (low alcohol)
6 - 8 oz ginger ale
2 dashes of bitters
1 lemon peel for garnish
pour and serve in a collins glass.
Rob Roy
2.5 oz Scotch
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
1 cherry for garnish
Mix in a glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Rum Buck
See Bucks in the left column
Rum Collins
See Collins in the left column
Rickey Drinks (Gin Rickey, Rum Rickey...)
2.5 oz. light rum, gin, brandy
2 Tbsp lime juice
5 oz. club soda
1 lime wedge for garnish
stir in an ice filled highball glass.
Rusty Nail
2 oz Scotch
1 Tbsp Drambuie
1 lemon twist for garnish
Serve in an ice filled old-fashioned glass.
Salty Dog
See Greyhoud and rim the glass with salt.
Sling Drinks (Bourbon Sling, Rum Sling...)
6 mint leaves
1 Tbsp simiple syrup
2.5 oz rum, bourbon...
5 oz club soda
1 mint sprig for garnish
Muddle the syrup and mint leaves bottom of a highball glass. fill with ice and pour other ingredients; stir.
Screwdriver
See Harvey Wallbanger and lose the Galliano.
Sea Breeze
2 oz vodka
2 oz grapefruit juice
3 Tbsp cranberry juice cocktail
1 lime wednge for garnish
Pour in an ice-filled highball glass and stir.
Sidecar
2.5 oz brandy
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Southside Cocktail
2.5 oz bourbon
1 Tbsp sweet vermouth
1 tspn Benedictine
1 tspn brandy
shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Tequila Sunrise
2.5 oz white or silver tequila
4 oz orange juice
1.5 tspn grenadine
Stir in an ice-filled highball glass.
Vodka Tonic
See Gin and Tonic and replace Gin with Vodka.
Vodka Maritini
See Maritini and switch the Gin out for Vodka.
White Russian
2 oz vodka
2 Tbsp coffee liquer
2 Tbsp light cream
shake with ice and strain into and ice-filled old-fashioned glass.
XYZ Cocktail
2 oz dark rum
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Yellowbird
2 Tbsp light rum
1 Tbsp Galliano
1 Tbsp triple sec
1 Tbsp lime juice
shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
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