Mix One of These Classic Drinks

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Mix One of These Classic Drinks

1. We were thinking about putting these in ascending order of the average specific gravity of their ingredients, but we decided to be original and list them alphabetically.
   
   B-52
   
   1 part Grand Marnier
   1 part Kahlua
   1 part Bailey's Irish Cream
   
   Shake ingredients in equal parts with ice. Strain into tumblers or serve as shooters.
   
   Bellini
   
   1 oz. peach schnapps
   3 oz. champagne
   
   Pour the peach schnapps into a champagne glass (if you have one) or a cocktail glass and add champagne.
   
   Black Russian
   
   1.5 oz. vodka
   .75 oz. coffee liqueur
   
   Pour vodka (preferably Russian) into a tumbler filled with ice. Add coffee liqueur and stir. This drink looks jaunty with a swizzle stick in it, but don't worry if you don't have any.
   
   Bloody Mary
   
   1.25 oz. vodka
   2.5 oz. tomato juice
   Dash of Worcestershire sauce
   Dash of tabasco sauce
   Dash of salt and pepper
   
   Pour vodka into a tall glass with ice and pour tomato juice on top. Add the spicy stuff, then garnish with a celery stick. For a "Bloody Caesar," replace tomato juice with clam-tomato cocktail.
   
   Brandy Alexander
   
   1.5 oz. brandy or cognac
   .5 oz. dark creme de cacao
   1 oz. cream or ice cream
   
   Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
   
   Champagne Cocktail
   
   3 oz. chilled champagne
   1 cube sugar
   Dash Angostura bitters
   
   Place a cube of sugar in a chilled champagne flute (if you have one) or cocktail glass, fill with champagne and stir once. Garnish with a lemon twist.
   
   Daiquiri
   
   1.5 oz. light rum
   .5 oz. lemon juice
   1 tsp. powdered sugar
   
   Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. If you're wondering where the ice slush is, you must be thinking of a frozen daiquiri, which we don't discuss in this article because of our emphasis on classic drinks.
   
   Fuzzy Navel
   
   1.5 oz. peach schnapps
   3 oz. orange juice
   
   Pour the peach schnapps into a tumbler with ice, add the orange juice and stir.
   
   Grasshopper
   
   .5 oz. green creme de menthe
   .5 oz. white creme de menthe
   .5 oz. cream
   
   Put the ingredients into a blender with a glassful of ice and blend until smooth. Serve in a margarita glass (if you have one), a cocktail glass or a tumbler.
   
   Harvey Wallbanger
   
   .25 oz. Galliano
   1 oz. vodka
   4 oz. orange juice
   
   Pour vodka and orange juice into a tall glass with ice. Float the Galliano on top of the other ingredients (don't stir) and serve.
   
   Irish Coffee
   
   1.5 oz. Irish whiskey
   Hot coffee
   Sugar
   Cream
   
   Pour Irish whiskey into a mug, fill with coffee and add cream and sugar to taste. It's Irish because it has booze in it--Irish booze, no less.
   
   Long Island Iced Tea
   
   .5 oz. vodka
   .5 oz. light rum
   .5 oz. gin
   .5 oz. light tequila
   .5 oz. triple sec
   Cola
   
   Shake the booze with ice and strain into a tall glass. Fill the glass up with cola and make your apologies in the morning. Can also be served over ice.
   
   Manhattan
   
   2 oz. whiskey (not Scotch--use Irish or bourbon)
   1 tbsp. sweet or dry vermouth
   Dash Angostura bitters
   
   Pour ingredients into a tumbler, stir and garnish with a cherry.
   
   Margarita
   
   1 oz. tequila (your preference)
   1 oz. cointreau or triple sec
   1 oz. sweet & sour mix or lime juice
   
   Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a salt-rimmed margarita glass or cocktail glass with ice. Alternatively, you can blend the ingredients with a glassful of ice. Garnish with a slice of lime. This is the classic margarita; all other "margaritas" are usually just fruity booze smoothies. To rim the glass with salt, you simply place a small amount of it (coarse salt looks the coolest) on a dry surface, rub a lemon or lime slice around the rim of an empty glass then rub the rim of the glass in the salt.
   
   Martini
   
   2 oz. gin
   Dash extra dry vermouth
   
   Shaken, or stirred? You can make your martini either way. Shake or stir the ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an olive (or several olives) or a slice of lemon rind (a.k.a. a lemon twist). A drink of this importance deserves further comment. This recipe will yield a very dry martini; the less vermouth you add, the drier the martini will be. Some recipes call for a 2-to-1 or 3-to-1 gin-to-vermouth ratio, and there's nothing wrong with mixing your martinis that way if you like them that sweet. Experiment with different ratios and see if you like your martini sweeter or drier. Try not to shake or stir long enough to allow the ice to melt and dilute the drink. Eight good shakes or about five seconds of stirring should be enough; then you strain it into a glass immediately. Real martinis are made with gin, and they precede vodka martinis by decades. Do not upset purists by asking whether they want vodka or gin in their martinis; if someone asks for a martini, he wants gin, and if he wants vodka, he'll have to say so.
   
   Old Fashioned
   
   1.5 oz. whiskey (any kind)
   .25 oz. powdered sugar
   2 dashes Angostura bitters
   1 tbsp. club soda
   Cherry
   Slice of orange
   
   Place the cherry (without stem), orange slice, sugar and club soda in a tumbler and mash them around with a spoon until they have blended well. Add the whiskey and bitters and stir.
   
   Pina Colada
   
   1.5 oz. rum (your preference)
   2 oz. pineapple juice
   2 oz. cream of coconut
   
   Shake with ice and serve in a margarita glass or cocktail glass over ice. Alternatively, you can blend it with a glassful of ice.
   
   Pink Lady
   
   1.5 oz. gin
   2 tsp. grenadine
   3 oz. cream
   
   Shake all ingredients with ice until well-blended and strain into a cocktail glass.
   
   Planter's Punch
   
   2 oz. light rum
   1 tsp. sugar
   2 oz. orange juice
   Dash grenadine
   1 tbsp. dark rum
   
   Shake light rum, orange juice, sugar and grenadine with ice and strain into a tall glass. Top with dark rum.
   
   Rob Roy
   
   2 oz. Scotch
   .5 oz. sweet vermouth
   
   Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. After a few of these, you'll be convinced you're Scottish, and might be tempted to speak with a Scottish accent. Don't.
   
   Rusty Nail
   
   1 oz. Scotch
   1 oz. drambuie
   
   This stuff is an alcoholic's candy. Pour the booze into a tumbler with ice and stir. Swirl the booze and the ice cubes around under your nose and inhale the sweet smell of excess.
   
   Singapore Sling
   
   1.5 oz. gin
   .5 oz. benedictine
   .5 oz. grenadine
   Dash lemon juice
   .5 oz. cherry brandy
   Club soda
   
   Pour the first four ingredients into a tall glass with ice and stir well. Fill almost to the top with club soda and top with cherry brandy. Garnish with a cherry.
   
   Stinger
   
   1.75 oz. brandy or cognac
   .25 oz. white creme de menthe
   
   Pour ingredients into a tumbler with ice and stir.
   
   Tequila Sunrise
   
   1.5 oz. tequila (your preference)
   .5 oz. grenadine
   Orange juice
   
   The idea of this drink is to pour it so that there are recognizable layers. You must pour it very gently, or the ingredients will mix together and ruin the effect. Pour grenadine into a tall glass, then place ice cubes into the glass with ice tongs until full. Then gently pour in tequila, then orange juice. It should go from bright red to deep orange to light orange. If it doesn't, it's probably because you poured it too fast, so don't blame us. Garnish with a slice of orange, then stop worrying about the layers and serve it or drink it.
   
   Tom Collins
   
   1.5 oz. gin
   1 oz. lemon juice
   Club soda
   
   Shake gin and lemon juice and pour into a tall glass over ice. Fill with club soda and serve.
   
   Velvet Hammer
   
   1 tbsp. white creme de cacao
   1.5 oz. vodka
   1 tbsp. cream
   
   Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
   
   Vodka Martini
   
   2 oz. vodka
   Dash extra dry vermouth
   
   Shake or stir ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with olive(s) or a lemon twist. This recipe makes a very dry vodka martini (see the discussion of the martini, above), so if you like it sweeter, use more vermouth--up to about .75 oz., depending on your taste. James Bond likes his vodka martinis dry, so that's how we mix them.
   
   Whiskey Sour
   
   1.5 oz. whiskey (not Scotch, Irish or bourbon)
   1 oz. lemon juice
   1 tsp. powdered sugar
   
   Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass (if you have one) or cocktail glass. This can also be served over ice.
   
   White Russian
   
   1.5 oz. vodka
   .5 oz. coffee liqueur
   .5 oz. cream
   
   Shake all ingredients and serve in a tumbler over ice.
   
   Zombie
   
   .75 oz. light rum
   .75 oz. dark rum
   1 oz. pineapple juice
   1 oz. orange juice
   1 oz. lemon juice
   1 tsp. powdered sugar
   Dash overproof rum ("151")
   
   Shake all ingredients except overproof rum with ice and strain into a tall glass (with or without ice). Then float the overproof rum on top and garnish with a slice of pineapple (if you have one kicking around) and/or a cherry.

Next: Drink and Enjoy

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[hami1080]

on 10/17/2009 bigger glass sorry

[hami1080]

on 10/17/2009 The Gambler
2oz white rum
3oz blue
1 strawberry
1 slice of orange
3oz Orange juice
2oz 7up(recommended)
mix in a nice 8oz glass

now drink