The American government has a document with the exact rules on how to mix cocktails - here are the 13 best recipes
Gin Fizz
Grasshopper
Shake with cracked ice, then remove:
- 3/4 oz fresh cream
- 3/4 oz creme de cacao
- 3/4 oz creme de menthe
High Ball
Mix:
- 1 1/2 oz bourbon
- Two ice cubes
- One lemon peal
- Drinker's choice for mixer
Zombie
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.
Mint Julep
Stir:
- 2 oz bourbon
- Water
- Four crushed sprigs of mint
- One teaspoon granulated sugar
- Four to six crushed ice cubes
Rum and Cola
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
Martini
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.
Screwdriver
To make a 6 oz beverage, stir:
- 1 1/2 oz vodka
- 7 1/2 oz orange juice
- Two ice cubes
Whiskey Sour
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
Tom Collins
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.
Manhattan
Stir with cracked ice, then remove:
- 1 1/2 oz bourbon
- 3/4 oz Italian vermouth
- One dash angostura bitters
- One red cherry
Daiquiri
Shake with cracked ice, then remove:
- 1 1/2 oz rum
- 3/4 oz squeezed lemon or lime juice
- One teaspoon granulated sugar
Old Fashioned
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
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