Tequila Sunrise

The Tequila Sunrise is a cocktail made of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup and served unmixed in a tall glass

Main alcohol:  Tequila

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces tequila

• 3/4 cup orange juice 

• 3/4 ounce grenadine syrup 

• Orange slice, for garnish 

• High-quality maraschino cherry, such as Luxardo, for garnish 

Preparation: Pour the tequila and orange juice into glass over ice. Add the grenadine, which will sink to the bottom. Do not stir. Garnish and serve.

• Served: On the rocks; poured over ice
  Standard garnish: Orange slice, Cherry
  Drink ware: Collins glass

Long Island Iced Tea

A Long Island Iced Tea is a type of alcoholic mixed drink typically made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola, which gives the drink the same amber hue as its namesake.

Main alcohol: Triple sec, Vodka, Tequila, Rum, Gin

Ingredients

• 2 cups ice cubes
• 1 ounce vodka
• 1 ounce gin
• 1 ounce white rum
• 1 ounce white tequila
• 1/2 ounce Triple Sec
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 cup cola, or to taste
• 2 lemon wedges

• Directions

  Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, Triple Sec, and lemon juice into the shaker. Cover and shake vigorously to combine and chill. Pour the mixture, ice and all, into 2 glasses or beer mugs and top off with the cola. Garnish with lemon wedges. Serve.
• Served: On the rocks; poured over ice 
• Standard garnish: Lemon spiral
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THE STORY BEHIND THE ROSEMARY-SMOKED NEGRONI

The Negroni is a classic cocktail that splits the world in two. On one side, it is way too bitter for the average Joe or Jane unaccustomed to amaro cocktails. On the other hand, there are the hardened imbibers who find the balance between sweet vermouth, bitter Campari, and floral gin absolutely perfect.

In this Negroni, I added an additional sensory element with the essence of smoke and rosemary. To garnish your cocktail with this savory, aromatic note, simply smoke a sprig of rosemary with a kitchen torch or lighter before garnishing your drink.

INGREDIENTS IN THE ROSEMARY-SMOKED NEGRONI:

• 1 ounce Campari
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 1 ounce London Dry gin
• 1 rosemary sprig

WHITE RUSSIAN

The Dude would be proud. The White Russian is a creamy milk, vodka, and coffee liqueur drink that by no means is designed for all drinking occasions, but does have a time and a place.

Main alcohol: Vodka, Coffee liqueur

Ingredients: 2/3 oz (2 parts) Coffee liqueur, 1 2/3 oz (5 parts) Vodka, 1 oz (3 parts) Fresh cream

Preparation: Pour coffee liqueur and vodka into an Old Fashioned glass filled with ice. Float fresh cream on top and stir slowly.

Served: On the rocks; poured over ice

Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass

Commonly used ingredients: 5 cl (5 parts) Vodka; 2 cl (2 parts) Coffee liqueur; 3 cl (3 parts) fresh cream

Whiskey Sour

 Whiskey Sour

Up in the ranks from number 5 last year, the Whiskey Sour was in the top 10 at nearly 60% of the bars polled. It's make with bourbon, lemon juice, a teaspoon of sugar, and an optional egg white.

INGREDIENTS

2 ounces bourbon    

3/4  ounce fresh lemon juice 

3/4  ounce simple syrup 

1/2  orange wheel (for serving) 

Maraschino cherry (for serving)

Preparation: Shake with ice. Strain into ice-filled old-fashioned glass to serve "on the    rocks."

Served: Shaken; on the rocks

Standard garnish: Maraschino cherry, Lemon rind, Sugared glass, Orange slice

Drinkware: Old fashioned glass, Cobbler

Boulevardier About & Recipe

Consider the Negroni: made with gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth. The Negroni is a cocktail at once sharp and smooth, lean and lush, brusquely bitter and slightly sweet. A cocktail, in other words, with the kind of bright, clean character perfectly suited for a summer day, but robust enough to hold its own at any time of the year.

This isn't a Negroni. It is, however, the Negroni's long-lost autumnal cousin. First noted in print in 1927 in a slender volume called Barflies and Cocktails, and forgotten almost ever since, the Boulevardier takes the same Negroni formula--a good dose of gin brushed up with equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth--and gives it a twist by substituting whiskey for the gin.

Ingredients

• 1 ounce bourbon or rye whiskey
• 1 ounce Campari
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• Garnish: orange twist or cherry

• Directions

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     Pour ingredients into a mixing glass and fill with cracked ice. Stir well for 20 seconds and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry or a twist of orange peel.

Note: As with the Negroni, the Boulevardier is flexible; contemporary palates may appreciate bumping up the whiskey to 1 1/2 ounces and dropping the other ingredients to 3/4 ounce. Try it both ways and see what you prefer.

Mojito

The Mojito complimenting summer perfectly with a fresh minty taste. The mixture of white rum, mint, lime juice, sugar and soda water is crisp and clean with a relatively low alcohol content, the soda water can be replaced with sprite or 7-up. When preparing a mojito always crush the mint leaves as opposed to dicing to unlock oils that will assist with enhancing the minty flavour.

Ingredients;

10 fresh mint leaves

1/2 lime, cut into 4 wedges

2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste

1 cup ice

1 1/2 fluid ounces white rum

1/2 cup club soda

Essential Bar Stock Customized to How You Drink

When stocking your home bar, you have many choices. You can go the traditional route and mimic a professional bar. This will include the essential liquors and other ingredients needed for the most popular cocktails and offers the most versatility. 

However, you don't need to include everything and your home bar should be customized to what you actually drink. If you prefer whiskey over vodka, focus your attention on diversifying your whiskey selection. The same goes for liqueurs andnon-alcoholic mixers. After all, there's no need to stock something you are not going to use.

Think about what you like to drink and make your bar fit your individual style, taste, and budget. You can always add more as you discover new cocktail recipes or find a new distilled spirit to try.

While you are thinking about stocking your bar, you'll also want to think about essential bar tools. These will help you mix those drinks and, again, you can add only what you need when you need it. There are no rules and since it is your bar, it should work for you.

PISCO SOUR

The category of sours is hard to top. The Pisco Sour, which utilizes the Peruvian and Chilean national spirit pisco, is one of the best. It’s a before-dinner cocktail, during- dinner cocktail, and after-dinner cocktail.

• Main alcohol: Pisco

• Ingredients: 1 oz Lemon Juice, 1 Egg white, 1 1/2 oz Pisco, 3/4 oz Simple syrup

• Preparation: Vigorously shake and strain contents in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes, then pour into                        glass and garnish with bitters.

• Served: Straight up; without ice

• Standard garnish: Angostura bitters

• Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass

OLD FASHIONED

The Old Fashioned is a drink that seems like it doesn’t get old for consumers. It’s simple — rye or bourbon whiskey, a sugar cube, Angostura bitters and an orange twist — and it’s classic. It’s also beloved worldwide.

• Main alcohol: Whisky

• Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Bourbon or Rye whiskey, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 Sugar cube, Few dashes plain  water

• Preparation: Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Garnish with orange slice, and a cocktail cherry.

• Served: On the rocks; poured over ice

• Standard garnish: Orange slice, Cocktail cherry

• Drinkware : Old Fashioned glass

The Art of the Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the Classics

From Tokyo to New York, a cocktail renaissance is happening as 'bar chefs' create delicious elixirs worthy of their kitchen counterparts. An epicenter of this barroom artistry can be found at the Absinthe Brasserie & Bar in San Francisco, the city that spends more money per capita on alcohol than any other in the country.