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Row of Drinks

Classic Cocktails

Martini

Dirty Martini

  • 1 1/2 oz. vodka
  • 1/2 oz. dry vermouth
  • 1/2 oz. olive brine
  • Glass = Martini Glass

Stir or shake with ice, strain into chilled martini glass and garnish with lemon, olive or cocktail onion.

Manhattan

Manhattan

  • 2 oz. of Bourbon or rye
  • 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
  • couple dashes of bitters
  • Glass = Low Ball/Rocks Glass

Stir with ice, strain into chilled glass and garnish with a cherry & orange wedge.

Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary

  • 6 oz. of tomato juice
  • 2 oz. vodka
  • 1 TB Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 TB lime juice
  • 1/4 tsp celery salt
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
  • Glass = Pint Glass or Glass larger than a Collins/High Ball Glass

Add all ingredients to ice filled shaker, thoroughly mix. Pour into a large glass and garnish with celery stalk, pickle, bacon, beef stick, pepper cheese or your other favorite snack. Visit Best Bloody Mary Recipe for more bloody mary recipes.

Margarita

Margarita

  • 1 1/2 oz. tequila
  • 1/2 oz. triple sec
  • 1 oz. fresh lime juice
  • Glass = Margarita Glass or Low Ball/Rocks Glass

Add all ingredients to ice filled shaker, shake well, if desired rim chilled glass with salt. Pour contents into glass and garnish with a lime wedge.

Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned

  • 2 oz. bourbon whiskey
  • 2 dashes of bitters
  • 1 splash of water
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 cherry
  • 1 orange wedge
  • Glass = Low Ball/Rocks Glass

Mix sugar, water, and bitters into a high ball glass. Drop in the cherry & orange wedge and muddle into a paste with a muddler or back end of spoon. Pour in bourbon, fill with ice cubes and stir.

Mojito

Mojito

  • 1 1/2 oz white rum
  • 1/2 cup club soda
  • 10 fresh mint leaves
  • 4 lime wedges
  • 2 TB white sugar
  • Glass = Low Ball/Rocks Glass

Place mint leaves and 1 lime wedge into a pint glass. Use a muddler to crush mint and lime. Add 2 more lime wedges and sugar. Muddle again. Fill the glass with ice. Pour rum over ice and top with club soda. Stir and taste. Add more sugar if desired. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Mint Julep

Mint Julep

  • 3 oz. bourbon whiskey
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • splash of water
  • 6-8 springs of mint
  • Glass = Collins/High Ball Glass

Place 5 or 6 mint leaves in the bottom of a chilled glass. Add sugar and muddle with the mint. Fill glass with ice and pour a whiskey over the ice. Stir briskly until glass frosts. Add more ice and stir again before serving. Garnish with mint leaves on top of the glass.

Moscow Mule

Moscow Mule

  • 2 oz. vodka
  • 1 tablespoon of lime juice
  • Ginger beer
  • Glass = Copper Mug or Low Ball/Rocks Glass

Add vodka and lime juice into a chilled copper mug filled with ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime.