Mixed Drinks With Olives
Olives are a tangy way to add flavor to your cocktails. Garnishes in mixed drinks are there to complement, contrast or bring out the flavor of the liquor and other ingredients in the beverage. They are not meant to overpower the drink. Olives are often a garnish in drinks with salted rims or tart ingredients. Whether you use tequila, whiskey, gin or vodka in your mixed drinks, the olive adds an enticing flavor
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Vodka Drinks
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Pour vodka, dry vermouth and olive juice over ice in a shaker glass to mix a dirty vodka martini. Strain it into a chilled glass and garnish with an olive. The peppertini is another vodka drink except it uses pepper-flavored vodka and dry vermouth. Shake the drink with ice and serve in an old-fashioned glass with ice. Garnish with an olive.
Gin Drinks
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Adding olive juice to gin and sweet vermouth creates an olive martini. Pour the ingredients into a shaker half full of ice cubes. Shake and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish the cocktail with olives on a spear if you desire. Make a colonial cocktail by combining grapefruit juice, maraschino liqueur and gin into a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain the liquids into a glass and top with an olive.
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Tequila Drinks
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Make a Mexican martini by combining tequila, lime juice, Cointreau, a lemon-lime carbonated beverage, orange juice and sweet and sour mix into a shaker with ice. Pour it into an 8 oz. martini or cocktail glass and garnish with two olives on a spear. The tequini recipe calls for tequila, a dash of bitters and dry vermouth. Shake it in a shaker with ice cubes. Strain it into a glass that you garnish with an olive and a lemon peel twist.
Whiskey Drinks
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A traditional drink that contains whiskey, sweet vermouth and is served with an olive is the Manhattan. Combine the liquids into a shaker with ice, strain and add an olive for the garnish. Make an old yeller drink by adding olives, prune juice and whiskey into a blender. Grind the ingredients until it is a smooth consistency. Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
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