Popular cocktails Tom Collins 1 1/2 oz Gin 1/2 oz Simple Syrup* Juice of 1/2 Lemon Soda Water Shake

Gin, Simple Syrup and Lemon Juice over ice. Fill Collins glass with ice and strain drink into glass. Top with soda water and gently stir. Garnish with orange slice and maraschino cherry. Side car 1 part Cognac (brandy will do, but Cognac is best) 1 part Cointreau (Grand Marnier or other triple sec) 1 part lemon juice Shake over ice and pour into sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with lemon twist. Martini 4 parts Gin 1 part dry vermouth (sometimes called French or white vermouth) Pour all ingredients into mixing glass over ice and stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Squeeze lemon peel over the drink, discard. Garnish with one green olive. Cosmopolitan

Planter's Punch
6cl (6 parts) dark rum 3cl (3 parts) fresh lemon juice 1cl (one part) grenadine syrup Soda water as necessary

Mix in shaker with ice. Pour into glass and top up with soda water. Garnish and serve. Black Russian / White Russian

2 ounces Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka 1 ounce Kahlua Especial Fill a rocks glass two-thirds full of ice. Build drink in glass beginning with vodka and then Kahlua. Insert stir straw. To turn this into a White Russian: 1 ounce Vodka, 1 ounce Kahlua, 1 ounce half and half. Build in a rocks glass in the same manner.

Bloody Mary 2 ounces Pepper Infused Vodka 1/2 Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice 6-8 Dashes Worcestershire Sauce 4-6 Dashes Tabasco Sauce 2-3 Dashes Peychauds Bitters 3 Dashes Celery Salt 2 Dashes White Pepper 2 Dashes Garlic Powder 2 Dashes Onion Powder Clamato Juice Coarse salt for rimming Garnishes: Celery stalk is standard. Try a dill pickle spear, jalapeo stuff olives on a skewer or shrimp cocktail for something off the beaten track. Rim a Collins glass with salt. Fill glass half full with ice. Season ice with sauces, bitters, powders, peppers and salts. Pour in vodka. Top off with Clamato Juice leaving a half inch at the rim of the glass. Squeeze in lime and drop into glass. Garnish. For a fantastic Bloody Mary Vodka infusion recipe click on my recipe here Bloody Mary.

Irish Coffee Unsweetened 1-1/4 ounce Irish Whiskey Hot Strong Coffee Whipped Cream (optional)

Three Whole Coffee Beans for Garnish Place a metal spoon in hot toddy glass. Measure in whiskey. Top off with hot coffee. Optional whipped cream may be added to the top with three coffee beans sprinkled on top. Irish Coffee Sweetened 1/2 ounce Irish Whiskey 3/4 ounce Baileys Irish Cream Hot Strong Coffee Whipped Cream (optional) Three Whole Coffee Beans or three chocolate covered espresso beans for Garnish Place metal spoon in hot toddy glass. Measure in whiskey and Baileys Irish Cream. Top off with coffee. Optional whipped cream may be added to the top with coffee bean garnish sprinkled atop. Kamikaze Cocktail While most twenty-one year olds are throwing back shots, this Kamikaze is a cocktail instead. An easy way to remember this one; throwing back too many will make for a Very Tough Landing. 1-1/2 ounce Vodka 1 ounce Triple Sec 3/4 ounce Lemon Juice Lime Wedge for Garnish Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled two-thirds full of ice. Shake for ten to fifteen seconds. Strain into a well chilled cocktail shaker. Garnish with a lime wedge. Margarita Everyone has their version of the perfect Margarita and their favorite tequila to add to the equation. Here is a basic recipe to build upon so you wont have to pick up a mix from the corner grocery. 2 ounces Tequila 1 ounce Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice 1/2 ounce Triple Sec

Lime Wedge for Garnish Salt for Rimming Rim edge of margarita glass with salt. Combine liquid ingredients in cocktail shaker filled two-thirds with ice. Shake for 10 to 15 seconds. Place ice in margarita glass. Strain contents of shaker into margarita glass. Garnish with lime wedge. To upgrade this margarita use quality tequilas such as Patron Silver or Reposado and Cointreau or Grand Marnier in place of the Triple Sec. Martini 2-1/2 ounces Tanqueray 10 Gin Noilly Pratt Dry Vermouth Lemon Twist Place ice in a martini glass. Drizzle approximately 1/4 to 1/2 ounce of dry vermouth in the ice and set aside. Measure out Tanqueray 10 Gin into a cocktail shaker filled one-third full of ice. Shake or swirl the gin (depending on your theory of bruising the gin) for at least fifteen seconds. Your goal is to chill the gin thoroughly. Take the martini glass with vermouth in hand. Swirl the glass so the vermouth coats the inside and pour out. Do not shake the glass until every drop is gone. Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker into the vermouth coated martini glass. Take your lemon twist and circle it around the rim of the martini glass before placing it halfway on the edge and partially inside the gin as garnish. Serve and drink while still chilled. Old Fashioned 2 ounces Bourbon 2 Dashes Peychauds Bitters 3 Maraschino Cherries (save one for garnish) 2 orange slices (save one for garnish) Bar Spoon of Maraschino Cherry Juice from Jar Place all ingredients (save one cherry and one orange slice) into a cocktail shaker. Muddle. Fill one-third full of ice. Shake for ten to fifteen seconds. Fill an oldfashioned glass half full with ice. Strain contents of shaker into old-fashioned glass. Garnish with cherry and orange slice skewered. Long Island Iced Tea(LIIT) 1/2 ounce Light Rum 1/2 ounce Gin

1/2 ounce Vodka 1/2 ounce Tequila Blanco 1/2 ounce Triple Sec 1 ounce Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup 1/2 to 1 ounce Cola Lemon Slice Garnish Build over fresh ice in Collins or Sling style glass saving cola topper as last addition. Stir. Garnish with lemon slice.

ORAL SEX ON THE BEACH 1 oz Smirnoff vodka 1 oz peach schnapps 1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur 3 1/2 oz pineapple juice

Pinacolada
60ml Malibu/white rum 40ml coconut milk 20ml fresh cream 120ml pineapple juice Crushed ice of 4 cubes 1 pineapple slice 1 cherry Method: 1. 2. 3. 4. Put all ingredients except pineapple slice & cherry into a blender & blend well. Pour the contents into a pineapple shell/Long drink glass. Garnish with pineapple slice & cherry. Serve with a straw, napkin & a coaster.

Tequila Sunrise
60ml Silver Tequila 10ml Grenadine 180ml Orange juice 4cubes ice 1 slice of orange Method: 1. Put 4 cubes ice & tequila in a Hi Ball Glass. 2. Top up with orange juice. 3. Drizzle grenadine into the drink & garnish with slice of orange.

Blue Lagoon
45ml Vodka 15ml Blue Curacao 120ml mix fruit juice or sprite 4 cubes ice 1 Pineapple slice with leaves 1 cherry Method: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Put all the ingredients except pineapple slice & cherry into a cocktail shaker. Shake for about 5 seconds. (Do not shake sprite, if using instead of juice) Strain into a long glass. (Top up if using sprite) Garnish with pineapple slice/leaves & cherry. Serve with a straw, napkin & a coaster. Method = Shaken Glass = Long glass

*Gin Fizz
45ml Gin 15ml lemon juice 10ml sugar syrup

Egg white of 1 egg Soda to top 4 cubes ice 2 Lemon wedges Method: 1. Put all the ingredients except the soda into a cocktail shaker. 2. Shake well for 8-10 seconds. 3. Pour into a Collins glass.

Gin Fizz
45ml Gin 15ml lemon juice 10ml sugar syrup Egg white of 1 egg Soda to top 4 cubes ice 2 Lemon wedges Method: 4. 5. 6. 7. Put all the ingredients except the soda into a cocktail shaker. Shake well for 8-10 seconds. Pour into a Collins glass. Top with soda & serve with a napkin, straw & coaster.

Black Russian
45ml Vodka 15ml Kahlua 4 cubes ice Method: 1. Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker & shake well for 7-8 seconds. 2. Pour into a cocktail glass. Method = Shaken Glass = Cocktail

3. Serve with a napkin & coaster.

Gimlet
45ml Gin 15ml lemon juice 10ml sugar syrup 4 cubes crushed ice Method: 1. Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker & shake well for 7-8 seconds. 2. Pour into a cocktail glass. 3. Serve with a napkin & coaster. Method = Shaken Glass = Cocktail

White Lady
45ml Gin 15ml Cointreau 10ml lemon juice 15ml fresh cream 1 egg white 5 cubes of ice Slice of lemon Method: 1. Put all the ingredients in a shaker except lemon & shake well for 7-8 seconds. 2. Strain into a champagne saucer & garnish with a lemon slice 3. Serve with a napkin & coaster. Method = Shaken Glass = Champagne Saucer

Brandy Alexander
45ml Brandy 15ml Cacao Dark Method = Shaken Glass = Champagne saucer

15ml fresh cream Little grated nutmeg 5 cubes of ice Method: 1. Put all the ingredients in a shaker except nutmeg & shake well for 5-6 seconds. 4. Strain into a champagne saucer & garnish with grated nutmeg. 5. Serve with a napkin & coaster.

Dry Martini
60ml Gin/Vodka 10ml dry vermouth 6 ice cubes 1olive Method: 1. 2. 3. 4. Put Gin/Vodka & dry vermouth with ice into a cocktail shaker. Shake well for 10 seconds. Strain into a martini glass. Drop an olive into the glass. Method = Shaken Glass = Martini