Mixed Drinks

Mixed Drinks

A mixed drink is a beverage containing two or more ingredients. A cocktail contains one or more types of liquor and one or more mixers.

Cosmopolitan	2 oz. Vodka 1 oz. Cointreau ¾ oz. Fresh lime juice splash Cranberry juice Shake ingredients with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Daquiri Original	2 oz. Light rum 1 oz. Fresh lime juice 1 tsp. Superfine sugar Shake ingredients well with cracked ice; strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of lime. Never, never use Rose’s Lime Juice in this drink. JFK’s preferred before-dinner drink.
Margarita Original	2 oz. Tequila 1 oz. Cointreau 1 oz. Fresh squeezed lime juice Combine all ingredients in a shaker half-filled with ice. Stir vigorously. Pour the mixture into a cocktail glass. Margarita Sames (the drink creator) preferred white tequila, but we prefer a good Anejo. This is the original recipe from 1948. What a classic!
Martini	3 oz. Gin ¼ oz. Dry Vermouth Combine the gin and vermouth in a metal mixing cup half-filled with ice. Stir vigorously. Strain the elixir into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or stuffed green olive. A black olive makes it a Buckeye, an onion makes it a Gibson. The “Silver Bullet” is truly a classic!
Old Fashioned	½ slice orange 1 sugar cube several dashes Angostura bitters Club soda Bourbon, Scotch, or Blended Whiskey Place the (thick) ½ slice of orange in a “rocks” glass. Put the sugar cube on top and splash with a dash or two of bitters. Add club soda to the top of the orange slice. Muddle well. Fill with ice and your choice of bourbon (Graham and Sue), scotch (Big Bob and Mike), or blended whiskey (Jean). Stir well. This is a classic cold weather drink.
Planters Punch	2 oz. Myer’s rum 3 oz. Orange juice juice ½ lemon or lime (about 1 oz.) 1 teaspoon superfine sugar dash grenadine Shake all ingredients in a large shaker with ice. Strain into a Collins glass. Garnish with an orange.
Whiskey Sour	3 oz. Whiskey 1 tablespoon sugar (simple) syrup juice 1 lemon smidgen fresh orange juice Combine whiskey, simple syrup, and lemon juice in a mixing glass with ice. Shake well. Pour into a highball glass with ice. Squeeze a slice of orange into the drink and stir. Throw in that orange slice. The key to this drink is the smidgen of fresh-squeezed orange added at the end – it balances the drink very nicely.