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Cocktails	Photos	Ingredients	Recipe
Black Russian		1 oz. vodka 2/3 oz. Kahlua	Pour the vodka, then the Kahlua into an old-fashioned glass straight up or over crushes ice, then serve.
Bloody Mary		1½ oz. vodka 5 oz. tomato juice ½ oz. fresh lemon juice pinch celery salt 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 2 dashes Tabasco sauce ground black pepper celery stick lemon wedge as garnish	Fill a highball with ice, then pour in the tomato and lemon juices. Add the vodka. Add the spices. Stir. Add black pepper. Garnish with a lemon wedge, a stirrer and a celery stick.
Caipirinha		2 oz. cachaça 1 medium fresh lime 1 tsp. superfine sugar	Cut the lime into quarters vertically and place them in the base of a chilled tumbler. Add the sugar and crush the lime pieces until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cachaça, then ice cubes, and stir.
Cape Codder		1½ oz. vodka 3 oz. cranberry juice 1 wedge of lime	Pour the vodka and cranberry juice into a highball glass over ice. Stir well. Add the lime and serve.
Cosmopolitan		1½ oz. vodka ¾ Cointreau splash of cranberry juice ¼ oz. fresh lime juice lime wedge as garnish	Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Daiquiri		1½ oz. white rum ½ oz. lime juice 2-3 dashes gomme syrup lime wedge as garnish	Crack the ice using a blender. Pour the ingredients into a shaker with cracked ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lime wedge in the glass.
Lemon Drop		1½ oz. vodka ½ oz. Triple Sec 1 tsp superfine sugar ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice Superfine sugar for dipping Twisted peel of lemon	Mix the vodka, Triple Sec, sugar, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake well to blend the sugar. Pour strained liquor into sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with a twisted peel of lemon.
Long Island Ice Tea		¾ oz. light rum ¾ oz. vodka ¾ oz. gin ¾ oz. tequila ¼ oz. triple sec ¾ oz. orange juice ½ lime freshly squeezed cola to fill	Squeeze lime into a collins glass, add ice cubes, spirits, triple sec and orange juice. Stip and top up with cola.
Manhattan		2 oz. rye whiskey ½ oz. sweet vermouth dash of Angostura bitters maraschino cherry as garnish	Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir. Strain into a cocktail glass. Drop a maraschino cherry in a watch it settle.
Margarita		1½ oz. silver tequila ½ oz. fresh lime juice ¾ oz. Cointreau lime wedge saucer of salt lime slice to garnish	Rub a wedge of lime around the rim of a margarita glass and dip the glass into a saucer of salt to create a salt-crusted rim. Pour all ingredients into a shaker containing cracked ice and shake. Strain into the glass. Garnish with a lime slice.
Martini		3 oz. gin ½ oz. extra dry vermouth thin twist of lemon or green olive as garnish	Pour the dry vermouth into a mixing glass filled with the coldest ice you can imagine. Let it dribble down the ice and then strain it from the mixing glass. Add the chilled gin and stir quickly with a barspoon. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add a thin twist of lemon or an olive before serving.
Mint Julep		2 oz. bourbon 6 sprigs fresh mint 1 tsp superfine sugar ½ oz. cold water spring soda water	Place the mint in a highball glass and then add the sugar and water. Mix for about a minute. Add the bourbon. Fill the glass with crushed ice. Stir. Add a sprig of mint as garnish. Serve with a straw and a stirrer.
Mojito		2 oz. white rum dash of gomme syrup ½ lime freshly squeezed fresh mint leaves soda water to fill sprig of mint as garnish	In a large highball glass, muddle the mint leaves and gomme. Squeeze lime juice into the glass and add half lime. Then add the rum and some ice. Stir, then add the soda, stir again, briefly, and garnish with the sprig of mint.
Moscow Mule		1½ oz. vodka ½ oz. fresh lime juice ginger beer to fill lime wedge as garnish	Pour the Vodka and the lime juice into a highball over ice. Fill the top with ginger beer. Stir. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve with a stirrer.
Pimm's No.1 Cup		2 oz. Pimm's No.1 Cup ginger ale to fill few strips cucumber peel lemon slice as garnish	Pour the Pimm's into a pint glass filled with ice. Top up with ginger ale. Add the cucumber to the drink. Garnish with a slice of lemon, and serve with a straw.
Pisco Sour		2 oz. pisco ½ oz. lime juice 1 Tbsp. egg white, beaten dash of Angostura bitters dash of gomme syrup	Shake all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Strain into a white wine glass or a champagne bowl.
Screwdriver		2 oz. vodka 5 oz. freshly squeezed orange juice	Pour the vodka into a highball glass with ice. Add orange juice, stir and serve with a stirrer.
Sex on the Beach		½ oz. Chambord ½ oz. Midori ½ oz. Vodka 1 oz. pineapple juice cranberry juice to fill	Stir all ingredients together, then strain into a shot glass. Top up with the cranberry juice and serve.
Sidecar		1 oz. brandy ¾ oz. Cointreau ½ oz.fresh lemon juice lemon wedge as garnish	Pour all ingredients into a shaker with cracked ice. Shake and strain into an ice-cold cocktail glass. Garnish with a discreet lemon wedge.
Singapore Sling		½ oz. gin ½ oz. cherry brandy ¼ oz. Cointreau ¼ oz. Benedictine 2 oz. orange juice ¼ oz. lime juice 2 oz. pineapple juice slice of pineapple to garnish maraschino cherry to garnish	Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball with glass. Garnish with a pineapple slice and a maraschino cherry and serve with a straw and a stirrer.
Tequila Sunrise		2 oz. tequila 4 oz. freshly squeezed orange juice 2 dashes grenadine orange spiral as garnish	Pour the tequila and orange juice into a highball glass filled with ice. Stir, then slowly add the grenadine. Add an orange spiral as garnish and serve with a straw and a stirrer.
Tom Collins		2 oz. London dry gin 1 oz. fresh lemon juice 2 dashes gomme syrup soda water maraschino cherry as garnish lime or orange slice as garnish	Add the gin, lemon juice and syrup to a collins or highball glass filled with lots of ice. Top up with soda. Add a slice of cherry and a slice of lime (for East Coast residents, substitute with a slice of orange and a maraschino cherry). Serve with a stirrer.
Vodka Martini		2 oz. chilled vodka spray of dry vermouth from an atomizer green olive or twist of lemon to serve	Pour the vodka into a chilled martini glass with a spray of dry vermouth. Add the olive or lemon to serve.
White Lady		1 oz. gin 1 oz. Cointreau 1 oz. fresh lemon juice	Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
White Russian		1 oz. vodka 1 oz. kahlua 1 oz. heavy cream	Mix the ingredients together in a shaker, then strain into a martini glass and serve. Alternatively, layer the ingredients in an ice-filled old-fashioned glass.

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