Dry Martini

Dry Martini

Course Cocktail
Cuisine American, British

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 fl oz Gin
  • 1/2 fl oz Dry Vermouth
  • 1 Olive

Instructions
 

  • Half fill shaker with ice
  • Add Dry Vermouth and shake, then drain vermouth
  • Add Gin and shake vigorously until very cold
  • Strain into a chilled Martini glass
  • Garnish with an olive

French 75

French 75

Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 fl oz Lemon juice
  • 1/2 fl oz Simple Syrup
  • 1 fl oz Gin
  • 3 fl oz Champagne

Instructions
 

  • Add everything except Champagne into the shaker with ice
  • Shake
  • Strain into a flute, and top off with Champagne
  • Garnish with a lemon twist

Sidecar

Sidecar

Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker
  • Margarita Salt dish

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 fl oz Brandy
  • 3/4 fl oz Cointreau
  • 3/4 fl oz Lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • Coat the rim of a Martini glass using water to make sugar stick
  • Add all ingredients to the shaker with ice
  • Shake, strain into the prepared glass
  • Garnish with an orange twist

Rye Sazerac

Rye Sazerac

Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 fl oz Absinthe
  • 2 fl oz Rye Whiskey
  • 1/2 fl oz Simple Syrup
  • 3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
  • 1 strip Lemon peel

Instructions
 

  • Place ice cubes in a rocks glass, add Absinthe and swirl
  • Drain glass but keep ice cubes
  • Add ingredients to shaker with ice and stir
  • Strain into rocks glass and twist lemon peel over it to express oil, then drop in glass

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Summerthyme Screwdriver

Summerthyme Screwdriver

Makes a Screwdriver a little more interesting
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker
  • Muddler

Ingredients
  

  • 1 slice Orange
  • 2 fl oz Vodka
  • 1 fl oz Campari
  • 4 fl oz Orange Juice
  • 2 fl oz Lemon juice
  • 1 sprig Thyme
  • Soda Water

Instructions
 

  • Muddle orange in the shaker
  • Add ice and other liquid ingredients
  • Stir
  • Pour into a tall glass, top off with soda water
  • Garnish with a thyme sprig

Daiquiri

Daiquiri

Course Cocktail
Cuisine Cuban

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 fl oz White Rum
  • 1 fl oz Lime juice
  • 1/2 fl oz Simple Syrup

Instructions
 

  • Fill a Martini glass with crushed ice to chill
  • Combine ingredients in the shaker with ice, and shake well
  • Discard crushed ice from glass, and strain shaker into it

Pina Colada

Pina Colada

Course Cocktail
Cuisine Cuban

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 fl oz White Rum
  • 1 1/2 fl oz Cream of Coconut
  • 1 1/2 fl oz Pineapple Juice
  • 1/2 fl oz Lime juice

Instructions
 

  • Add everything to the shaker and about 1/2 fill with ice
  • Shake very vigorously
  • Strain into a Hurricane glass over crushed ice
  • Garnish with Pineapple wedge

Long Island Ice Tea

Long Island Ice Tea

Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 fl oz Vodka
  • 1/2 fl oz Gin
  • 1/2 fl oz White Rum
  • 1/2 fl oz Triple Sec
  • 1 fl oz Sweet & Sour mix
  • Coke
  • 1 slice Lemon

Instructions
 

  • Add the spirits and Sweet & Sour mix to a shaker filled with ice
  • Shake, then pour (ice included) into a tall glass
  • Top off with Coke, then garnish with a slice of Lemon