Margarita
Ingredients:
1 ¾ oz Blanco tequila
1 oz Lime juice
¾ oz Triple Sec
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in shaker tin.
Add ice to small shaker tin.
Shake vigorously.
Strain into chilled rocks glass with a salt rim over fresh ice
Garnish with lime and enjoy.
Daiquiri
Ingredients:
2 oz white rum
¾ oz lime juice
¾ oz simple syrup
Lime wedge
Directions:
Combine all ingredients, except lime wedge, in a shaker.
Add ice and shake vigorously, until tin is frosted over.
Strain cocktail into a chilled coupe glass.
Garnish with a lime wedge and enjoy.
Manhattan
Ingredients:
2 ½ oz Rye
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in mixing glass with ice.
Stir.
Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a cherry and enjoy.
Negroni
Ingredients:
1 oz London Dry gin
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Campari
Orange twist
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a chilled rocks glass with ice.
Stir until chilled.
Garnish with an orange twist or wedge.
Espresso Martini
Ingredients:
1 ounce vodka, preferably Ketel One
¾ ounce coffee liqueur, preferably Mr. Black Cold Brew
Coffee Liqueur
1 ¼ ounces fresh espresso
½ ounce simple syrup, (1:1, sugar:water)
Garnish: 3 coffee beans
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and shake vigorously with ice.
Strain into a coupette glass.
Garnish with three coffee beans.
Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 ½ oz Bourbon (or Rye Whiskey)
1/2 oz simple syrup
3 dash Angostura Bitters
1 each Lemon and orange twist
Directions:
Combine first three ingredients in a rocks glass.
Stir ingredients. Add ice.
Garnish with a lemon and orange twist and enjoy.
Gin Martini
Ingredients:
2 ¾ oz Gin
¾ oz Dry vermouth
Lemon twist or olives for garnish
Directions:
Combine ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass or shaker.
Stir vigorously for 15 seconds.
Strain into chilled coupe or Martini glass.
Garnish with lemon twist or olives and enjoy.
Whiskey Sour
Ingredients:
2 ounces whiskey (preferably bourbon)
1 ounce lemon juice
¾ ounce simple syrup
1 egg white
Garnish: brandied cherry, Angostura bitters (to taste),
or lemon peel
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a mixing tin and shake with ice (wet shake)
until properly chilled.
Remove the ice and shake again (dry shake) to emulsify.
Double strain over ice into a rocks glass and garnish as you please.
Aperol Spritz
Ingredients:
2 ounces Aperol
3 ounces Prosecco
Club soda to top
Orange wedge or green olive for garnish (optional)
Directions:
Pour Aperol and Prosecco into a wine glass filled with ice.
Top with soda.
Stir gently to combine.
Add garnish, if using.