Thursday, December 19, 2013

Drink: Liquor - How To Make Some Mixed Beverages For Any Occasion

(Warning: Alcohol content)

Drink:  Dry Martini
Ingredients:  4 parts gin (or vodka);  1 part DRY vermouth
Procedure: Stir with cracked ice; strain into glass.  Add green olive or a twist of lemon peel.

Drink: Manhattan
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Bourbon (or rye);  1/2 oz. sweet vermouth;  Dash of Angostura bitters (optional)
Procedure: Stir with cracked ice and strain into glass.  Add a cherry.

Drink: Sour
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Bourbon (or rye);  3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice;  1 teaspoon sugar
Procedure: Shake with cracked ice; strain into glass.  Add orange slice on rim of glass and a cherry.

Drink: Bloody Mary
Ingredients: 3 oz. tomato juice;  1/2 oz. lemon juice;  Dash of Worchestershire sauce;  1 1/2 oz. vodka
Procedure: Add salt and pepper to taste.  Shake with cracked ice; strain into six oz. glass.

Drink: Gimlet
Ingredients: 4 parts gin (or vodka);  1 part sweetened lime juice
Procedure: Shake with cracked ice and strain into a cocktail glass.  Serve with small slice of fresh lime.\

Drink: Daiquiri
Ingredients: Juice from 1/2 lime or 1/4 lemon;  1 teaspon sugar; 1 1/2 oz. light rum
Procedure: Shake thoroughly with cracked ice, until the shaker frosts. Strain into cocktail glass.

Drink: Whiskey Collins
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Whiskey;  Juice of 1/4 lime;  7-up
Procedure: Mix whiskey and lime juice in a tall glass. Add ice cubes; fill with 7-up.

Drink: Old-fashioned
Ingredients: Dash of Angostura bitters; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 oz. sparkling water; 1 1/2 oz. whiskey
Procedure: Stir bitters, sugar, and water in glass; add ice cubes, and whiskey. Add twist of lemon peel, orange slice, and cherry.

Drink: Margarita
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Tequila;  1/2 oz. Triple Sec;  1 oz. fresh lime or lemon juice
Procedure: Moisten cocktail glass with fruit rind; spin rim in salt. Shake ingredients with cracked ice. Strain into glass.  Sip over rim.

Drink: Screwdriver
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Vodka;  orange juice
Procedure: Put ice cubes in six-oz. glass. Add vodka; fill with orange juice; stir.

Drink: Bacardi
Ingredients: Juice of 1/2 lime (or lemon);  1/2 teaspon sugar; one teaspoon grenadine;  1 1/2 oz. Bacardi rum
Procedure: Shake well with cracked ice and strain into cocktail glass.

Drink: Tequila Sunrise
Ingredients: 2-3 dashes grenadine; orange juice; 1 1/2 oz. of Tequila
Procedure: Put grenadine into eight-oz. glass. Fill with ice cubes. Add tequila. Fill with orange juice. Do not stir.

Drink: Whiskey Wallbanger
Ingredients: 1 oz.  Whiskey;  1/2 oz. Liquore Gilliano; Orang  juice
Procedure: Fill tall glass with ice cubes. Add liquors. Fill with orange juice; stir.

Drink: Gin 'n Tonic
Ingredients: Juice and rind of 1/4 lime;  1 1/2 oz gin; tonic water (Schweppes is reccommended)
Procedure: Squeeze lime over ice cubes in tall glass and add rind. Pour in gin; fill with tonic and stir.

Drink: Sombrero
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. coffee liquer; chilled milk
Procedure: Fill eight-oz. glass with ice cubes. Add liquer; fill with milk; stir.

Drink: Stinger
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. brandy;  3/4 oz. white creme de menthe
Procedure: Shake with cracked ice;  strain into glass.

Drink: Pina Colada
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. rum;  1 oz. cream of coconut;  2 oz. Pineapple juice
Procedure: Shake with 1/2 cup crushed ice (use a blender). Pour into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Add a chery.

Drink: Rob Roy
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Scotch;  3/4 oz. sweet vermouth; dash of Angostura bitters
Procedure: Stir with cracked ice; strain into cocktail glass. Add a twist of lemon peel. This drink is often called a "Scotch Manhattan".

Drink: Black Russian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. vodka;  3/4 oz. coffee liquer
Procedure: Shake with cracked ice; strain over ice cubes in a pre-chilled short glass (slightly larger than a teacup).

Drink: Scarlett O'Harra
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz whiskey;  juice of 1/4 lime; 1 1/2 oz. cranberry juice cocktain (Ocean Spray)
Procedure: Shake with cracked ice; strain into a glass.

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