The American government has a document with the exact rules on how to mix cocktails - here are the 13 best recipes

For a 6 oz drink, stir:

• 2 oz gin
• 1/2 of a squeezed lemon
• Soda

Shake with cracked ice, then remove:

• 3/4 oz fresh cream
• 3/4 oz creme de cacao
• 3/4 oz creme de menthe

Mix:

• 1 1/2 oz bourbon
• Two ice cubes
• One lemon peal
• Drinker's choice for mixer

To make a 14 oz drink, shake with cracked ice and remove:

• 1 oz Jamaica rum
• 2 1/2 oz rum
• 1/2 oz apricot-flavored brandy
• Four squeezed lemons
• 1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
• 1 oz passion fruit juice
• One floater (about 1/2 oz) of Demerara rum
• Orange juice
• One red cherry
• One mint leaf

Make sure to add a straw.

Stir:

• 2 oz bourbon
• Water
• Four crushed sprigs of mint
• One teaspoon granulated sugar
• Four to six crushed ice cubes

To make a 12 oz beverage, stir:

• 1 1/2 oz rum
• 10 1/2 oz cola
• 16 squeezed lime slices, or two full squeezed limes
• Three ice cubes

Stir with cracked ice, then remove:

• 1 1/2 oz gin
• 3/4 oz French (dry) vermouth
• One green olive with red center

To make a Gibson, swap the olive for a white pickled onion.

To make a 6 oz beverage, stir:

• 1 1/2 oz vodka
• 7 1/2 oz orange juice
• Two ice cubes

Shake with cracked ice, then remove:

• 1 1/2 oz bourbon
• 3/4 lemon juice
• One red cherry
• One teaspoon granulated sugar
• One orange on rim

For a 12 oz. beverage, mix:

• 1 1/2 oz gin
• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• 9 3/4 oz soda
• One teaspoon granulated sugar
• One red cherry
• Three cubes of ice
• One orange slice on rim

To make the John Collins, swap the gin for bourbon.

Stir with cracked ice, then remove:

• 1 1/2 oz bourbon
• 3/4 oz Italian vermouth
• One dash angostura bitters
• One red cherry

Shake with cracked ice, then remove:

• 1 1/2 oz rum
• 3/4 oz squeezed lemon or lime juice
• One teaspoon granulated sugar

For an 8 oz beverage, stir:

• 1 1/2 oz bourbon (1 1/2 ounces is roughly 45 milliliters, or one standard shot of liquor)
• 6.5 oz soda
• One sugar cube
• One dash of bitters
• Two ice cubes
• One red cherry
• One orange slice on the rim