Recipes for delicious cocktails at home. How to make a milkshake at home with ice cream

Are simple alcoholic cocktails a reality or fiction of unfortunate culinary specialists? Is it possible to repeat drinks from a chic bar at home?

Let's try! Famous alcoholic drinks - whiskey, brandy, cognac or collection wine are not suitable for fun youth parties. These drinks should be tasted thoughtfully, with feeling, plainly and slowly. Alcoholic cocktails are more suitable for fun noisy gatherings with dancing.

What are cocktails? This is a free mixture of various alcoholic drinks, juices, pureed fruits and berries.

Simple recipes for alcoholic cocktails

Initially, such alcoholic mixtures were made to disguise the consumption of expensive and illicit (for women) drinks. The economic factor also played its role - most often cocktails were cheaper than eminent alcohol.

Over time, some alcoholic cocktails have become classics. These are Margarita, Bloody Mary, Sex on the Beach, Cosmopolitan.

Some alcoholic cocktails are quite difficult to prepare without a certain skill, but some are easy to prepare.

Alcoholic cocktails at home

Cocktail recipes are plentiful both in cookbooks and on websites. Let's dwell on the simplest budget drinks.

Let's start with the simplest drink called "Blue Lagoon"

Blue dream on the beach

Ingredients: vodka - 60 g, neutral sparkling water - 200 g, Curacao liqueur, ice - optional. Simply mix all the ingredients in a deep glass and pour into glasses.

Use different liqueurs and get a new cocktail every time.

Alcoholic cocktail "Radler"

Ingredients: light beer - 1 liter, lemonade - 1 liter. Mix and serve chilled. The proportion of beer and sparkling water can be changed according to your taste preferences.

The famous French cocktail "Monaco" can be made from improvised products

Refreshing drink

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of any fruit syrup (you can open a jar of jam), 50 ml of any beer, food ice, any lemonade - 150 ml.

The cocktail is prepared in a serving glass. The bottom layer is syrup, then beer, top up with lemonade and serve. The amount of ingredients can be varied according to your taste. If you want sweeter - add more syrup, more alcohol - more beer.

Cocktail "Cuba Libra"

The famous cocktail is made very simply.

Ingredients: a bottle of any rum - white, gold, dark - for every taste and a bottle of Coca-Cola.

In a tall glass, mix rum and soda in any ratio. Usually it is 30% rum and 70% Coca-Cola. Ice, fruits, mint - at will and possibilities.

Alcoholic cocktail "Cosmopolitan"

Ingredients: vodka - 3 tbsp. spoons; Cointreau orange liqueur - 1 tbsp. a spoon; lime or lemon juice - 1 teaspoon; cranberry juice - 2 tbsp. spoons.

Cranberry juice can be replaced with pureed cranberries with sugar. Mix all ingredients in a shaker, add ice and serve in martini glasses.

Summer "Sangia" - the best drink for a hot summer day

Light, summer cocktail for a great mood

Ingredients: dry red wine - 1 bottle; carbonated water - 300 ml; any fruits and berries - summer and fragrant; sugar - to taste or optional.

Finely chop fruits and berries, put in a capacious decanter, pour wine and add sparkling water. If you want it sweeter, add sugar. Southern, refreshing and Italian "Sangria" is ready. Serve the drink in a wide glass with fruit.

Strong alcoholic cocktail "Kamikaze"

Ingredients: any orange flavored liqueur - 2 tbsp. spoons; lime or lemon juice - 3 tbsp. spoons; vodka - 50 ml.
Mix all ingredients in a shaker. Serve in tall glasses. This cocktail is drunk in one gulp.

Cocktail "Isabella"

Ingredients: champagne or sparkling wine - 1 bottle; wine "Isabella" or grape juice - 1 glass; ice.
Put an ice cube in a tall glass, pour ¾ glass of champagne, top up with wine or grape juice.

As you can see, alcoholic cocktails are delicious, simple and fun. You don't need to be a professional bartender, get expensive equipment, exclusive drinks to please yourself and surprise your friends with an interesting drink.
But remember! Many cocktails include carbonated water. Thanks to carbon dioxide, alcohol enters the blood faster. Alcoholic cocktails intoxicate no less than their stronger counterparts. And you are guaranteed a hangover.

Active evening rest is always dancing, fun and alcohol. Going to a bar or nightclub is accompanied by tasting new or drinking your favorite cocktails. But it’s not at all necessary to go somewhere for this: you can decorate a home party or a meeting with friends by preparing alcoholic cocktails at home on your own.

Feature of cocktails

Why are alcoholic cocktails so attractive for nightlife lovers? The fact is that they have a number of features that distinguish these drinks from other alcoholic products.

An alcoholic cocktail is a mixture of two or more ingredients, one of which necessarily contains alcohol. They can be quite simple in composition and preparation, or they can be multi-component with complex step-by-step preparation. The right combination of cocktail components provides a pleasant taste and a slight dizzying effect, which is more akin not to intoxication, but to relaxation and fun.

Alcoholic cocktails at home can also be prepared, but this requires a certain skill and knowledge of proportions. Therefore, most often for these drinks and turn to bars and nightclubs.

Types of cocktails

The best bartenders annually compete in the skill of creating cocktails, so it’s quite difficult to keep up with the new products. If you decide to prepare alcoholic cocktails at home, then you need to know the basics about them:

• There are "long" and "short" cocktails. They are also referred to by the English words "long" and "shot" respectively.
• Long cocktails usually contain more than three ingredients and are served in a tall glass with plenty of ice. Drinking this version of cocktails is usually offered through a straw.
• Shot cocktails are drunk in one gulp. They are served in a glass or a small special glass. Usually contain more alcoholic components than longs.
• There are classic cocktails, the recipes of which have been established for decades. They have the same name and have the same composition in any bar in the world.
• Bartenders can make signature cocktails based on classic ones, slightly modifying the recipe or completely inventing a new composition.

Making an alcoholic cocktail at home is not difficult at all. The main thing is to know what exactly you want to receive.

Why classic recipes are good

In the cocktail list of any bar you can always find these names. You don't expect anything new from them and you are 100% sure of the taste. Classic recipes for alcoholic cocktails are a taste ratio that has been tested over the years.

If you decide to make alcoholic cocktails at home, then pay your attention, first of all, to the classic compositions.

"Mojito", "Margarita", "Cosmopolitan", B-52 - this list can be continued for a long time and every connoisseur of the taste of good alcohol will be able to find a recipe to their liking.

Before you start preparing, you need to decide: on what occasion will the cocktail be, for which public and what are its preferences. And having studied the theoretical base, making alcoholic cocktails at home: simple and complex, strong and not very strong is a matter of technique and inspiration.

Cocktails for every occasion

A few simple cocktails have a universal taste that will please almost everyone. They are suitable for parties or gatherings with friends.

1. Whiskey cola. To prepare it, you need to mix whiskey with chilled highly carbonated cola in a one-to-one ratio. Add plenty of ice to the glass before serving.
2. Vodka with Sprite. Pour 50 ml of vodka and 150 ml of chilled sprite into a tall glass. Add a few lime wedges or lime juice. Accompany with plenty of ice.
3. "Mojito". At the bottom of a tall glass, you need to pour two teaspoons of sugar (preferably brown) and squeeze the juice from half a lime. After that, you need to put a lot of mint leaves, crushed ice in a glass and pour 60 ml of rum and 150 ml of carbonated mineral water or sprite. Garnish the glass with lime slices.

These recipes show that you can make an alcoholic cocktail at home without the use of complex ingredients and special tools.

Women's version

Surprising the fair sex is usually more difficult. They are demanding on the taste and design of drinks. But nothing is impossible - delicious alcoholic cocktails at home - the task is quite feasible for everyone!

• "Cosmopolitan". In a shaker or large glass, you need to mix 20 ml and the same amount of vodka, 10 ml of cranberry juice and the same amount of lemon juice. Add crushed ice and stir thoroughly. Served in a martini glass.
• "Sea breeze". In a shaker or blender, you need to mix 50 ml of vodka and the same amount of grapefruit juice with 100 ml of cranberry juice. Mix thoroughly with crushed ice, serve in a tall glass, garnish with cranberries.
• Mulled wine. A bottle of red wine (dry or sweet) in an enamel bowl should be brought to a boil. Add spices to the wine: cinnamon, honey, cloves, coriander and simmer for several minutes over low heat. Cool the cocktail to the desired temperature, serve in a mulled wine glass with lemon slices.

The beautiful sex is preferred not too with a pleasant taste. And a beautifully decorated glass with a cocktail will only increase the degree of appetite.

Best Shots

Preparing alcoholic cocktails at home that are drunk in one gulp is also not a problem. The most simple and delicious are the following cocktails.

• B-52. To prepare this classic cocktail, you need to mix coffee, cream and orange liqueur in equal proportions. In a small glass, you need to pour the ingredients in the same sequence, while you need to be extremely careful not to mix the layers. To do this, it is best to pour liquor on the tip of a knife. The contents of the glass must be set on fire when serving and quickly drunk through a straw.
• "Kamikaze". In a small glass, 100 ml of vodka are mixed with 25 ml of orange liqueur. Add a few drops of lime juice.
• "Green Monkey". Mix in a small glass of banana and Pour in layers - first a yellow layer, green liquor is gently poured on top.

Short cocktails are most often preferred by men: they are stronger and have a pronounced alcoholic taste.

Men's cocktails

Vodka is an alcoholic drink that is very popular among the strong half of humanity. Women love to try various cocktails that have original tastes, but men like more strong drinks: cognac, whiskey, vodka, brandy and others. But such strong alcohol is not always appropriate. In some situations, it is more relevant to offer guests a cocktail, but which one is most suitable in a male company? Consider the most popular options:

• Vodka energy drink. Making this cocktail is very simple. This will require a narrow glass of ice. Pour in vodka (50 ml), and 150 ml of an energy drink. Both ingredients are gently mixed with a spoon, and a couple of lemon slices cling to the edge of the glass. You can add grenadine, it will give the cocktail a beautiful color.
• "Cape drink is made from vodka. This will require 50 ml of alcohol and 150 ml of fruit drink. Both ingredients are mixed in a glass with ice. You can use cranberries.
• "IQ". A simple recipe for making a delicious, strong cocktail. Fill a tall glass with ice and add all the ingredients to it: vodka (50 ml), honey syrup (20 ml), grapefruit juice (150 ml). The components of the drink, you need to gently mix with a spoon. Use orange zest for garnish.

These drinks are easy to prepare and do not take much time.

Let's be careful!

Making alcoholic cocktails at home, the recipes of which are simple and appetizing, is as easy as shelling pears. But before that, it is worth recalling some features of these drinks that require special care and caution.

Alcoholic cocktails are very deceptive - their taste makes you think that you are not drinking alcohol at all, and forget about the quantity. Nevertheless, each glass of a cocktail is an increased load on the liver and cardiovascular system. It is by combining different types of strong alcoholic beverages that it is possible to ensure that they enhance and multiply the toxic effect of each other. And in combination with a pleasant taste and an atmosphere of general fun, alcoholic cocktails can be very insidious for the body.

But this does not mean that they should be abandoned! It is just necessary to remember about moderation and not to abuse it, to be able to stop in time, no matter how cheerful the company is.

A few alcoholic cocktails, provided you feel good, will only add zest to a party with friends.

Making alcoholic cocktails at home is not only a reason to surprise your friends and acquaintances, it can also be a great element of entertainment at a party: cocktails prepared together are much more interesting to taste together.

Fortunately, there are many such recipes - and not being an expert in this matter, I bring to your attention the translation of the extensive work that was done by the staff of the excellent Serious Eats portal. This article contains 35 (!) recipes and photos of simple cocktails, any of which require no more than 3 ingredients. But if making all these cocktails at home is very simple, then finding some ingredients can be difficult: you probably won’t find them in a convenience store, so specialty stores or departments of large supermarkets will come to your aid.

For those who are new to the cocktail business, I have compiled below a few of the terms used in the article. If at least a couple of them are unfamiliar to you, I recommend that you study the "Foreword" before you start reading.

Champagne glass- a tall and thin flute glass on a leg.

dash is a measure of volume. It does not have an exact reference to liters (data from different sources are in the range from 0.5 to 1 ml), this is, conditionally, one “bulk” of a bitter or other drink when poured through a dispenser on a bottle.

cocktail glass- a glass on a leg with a bowl in the shape of an inverted cone. It differs from a martini glass in the smaller volume of the bowl, which may have a flatter bottom.

Madler A bartender's tool for kneading ingredients to release their flavors. You can replace it with a pestle or, at worst, with a regular spoon.

Mixing glass- a bartender's tool, a capacious glass, sometimes with risks on which the volume is indicated, and a spout for pouring a cocktail into glasses. Can be replaced with any capacious beer glass.

Strainer- a bartender's tool for straining a cocktail to remove ice and solid ingredients. In most cases, it can be replaced with a regular strainer.

old fashion- a low and wide glass, in which whiskey and many classic cocktails are usually served.

Ounce- a unit of measurement of mass, as well as volume of liquids. Initially, all proportions in this article are in ounces, a fluid ounce in the US is equal to 30 ml, so don't be surprised by volumes like 22.5 ml: it's only 3/4 ounce.

highball- a glass expanding upwards, narrower and taller than old fashion.

Shaker- a bartender's tool with a closing lid, in which cocktails are shaken for better mixing and cooling. If you are not a real bartender, you can replace the shaker with any metal vessel with a lid, or use a mixing glass instead (see above).

Gin Cocktails

Martini
Martini

A classic cocktail, one of the most popular cocktails that uses gin. Known variations are "Kangaroo" (replace gin with vodka), "Churchill's Martini" (the same, but without vermouth).

Sherry Martini
sherry martini

Sherry, like vermouth, is a fortified wine, but it does not contain herbs and spices, so the uniqueness of sherry lies in the wine itself. Martini with sherry acquires salty and nutty notes. This cocktail does not need decoration, but a slice of Iberico will help to emphasize its taste.

green ghost
Green Ghost

The younger brother of the famous Last Word cocktail, which uses maraschino liqueur. The Green Ghost doesn't need maraschino, but it does require a green Chartreuse liqueur, whose grassy notes go well with the flavor of gin and the liveliness of lime.

Obituary
Obituary

If you like martinis, then you'll love the Obituary too: it starts with gin and vermouth, to which absinthe or pastis are added, their aniseed aromas bringing to life the grassy aromas of other ingredients.

Negroni
Negroni

If you don’t shy away from cocktails in principle, then you are definitely familiar with the Negroni. This cocktail has hundreds of different variations, but even the classic recipe leaves a lot of room for experimentation: try, for example, using a stronger “navy” gin, choosing your favorite amaro instead of the classic, or playing with proportions.

White Negroni
White Negroni

In this variation on the classic Negroni, the proportions are changed, and a different bitter liquor is used instead of the Italian amaro. It makes sense to change the proportions to your taste, depending on which of the bitters you can find.

Frozen Negroni
Frozen Negroni

In fact, this is the same Negroni, only adapted to your blender. By freezing the ingredients ahead of time, you slow down the melting of the ice, so the drink will retain its flavor longer, and the ratio of the ingredients deviates from the classic proportions for a better balance of flavors, taking into account the serving temperature.

Auld Draper
Old Merchant

An aperitif based on red wine with the addition of cinchona bark was invented in the middle of the 19th century by two cloth merchants from the French city of Thuir - hence the name of the cocktail. If you manage to find this cinchona tincture, you can drink it not only without additives, but also mixed with gin to make a cocktail with hints of coffee and noble bitterness.

Brown Gin
Brown Gin

In the 19th century, sailors of the British Navy treated seasickness with angostura, and since it is quite difficult to drink bitters without additives, they mixed it with gin. Thus was born this cocktail, which is now added with a piece of zest for a light citrus aroma.

whiskey cocktails

old fashioned
Old Fashion

Old Fashioned is one of those drinks that proves that a good cocktail doesn't have to be complicated. All you need is sugar, bitters and whiskey: Bourbon or rye whiskey is usually used, but you can experiment with other varieties of this drink, as well as aged tequila or rum.

Frisco Sour
Frisco Sour

Benedictine liqueur has a sweetish, slightly grassy taste, and goes well with whiskey. A couple of drops of bitters make this an Old Fashioned variation, where the sugar is replaced with Benedictine and the lemon juice is there to balance the taste.

Boulevardier
Boulevardier

As the most famous variation on the Negroni theme, the Boulevardier is nonetheless worthy of attention on its own: the combination of whiskey, amaro and sweet vermouth make this cocktail one of the most delicious and simple cocktails.

Man About Town
Playboy

Another variation on the Negroni theme from the New York Gramercy Tavern. The bartenders there use more whiskey and also use artichoke amaro from Sicily.

Manhattan
Manhattan

A classic cocktail where spicy rye whiskey and sweet vermouth meet, and angostura ties them together. You can decorate the cocktail with a cherry in brandy or a piece of lemon zest.

Rob Roy
Rob Roy

A variation of the Manhattan cocktail that uses scotch. It is not necessary to take an expensive single malt - any decent blend goes well with sweet vermouth. If until now you have not been a fan of vermouths, try opening a fresh bottle - perhaps the whole point is that before that you only drank stale.

Gold Rush
Golden fever

Despite the name, which refers to the 19th century, this cocktail was invented in the mid-2000s. For honey syrup, combine a glass of water and a glass of honey and heat, stirring, over medium heat until the honey dissolves, cool and store in the refrigerator.

Blushing Betty
Blushing Betty

This simple cocktail has the flavor of a grapefruit cut in half, generously sprinkled with sugar and grilled. Grill is not needed: the missing caramel notes are brought in by bourbon. In order to prepare the syrup, combine a glass of water and a glass of sugar and heat, stirring, over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, cool and store in the refrigerator.

Moto Guzzi
Moto Guzzi

Another variety of Manhattan, the easiest to prepare. It uses red Piedmontese vermouth, especially bitter: it is good on its own, and in alliance with bourbon does not even require the addition of bitters.

tequila cocktails

margarita
margarita

To be known as an experienced cocktail mixer, you just need to learn how to make a good Margarita. There are many classic recipes for this cocktail, they all revolve around the right balance of good tequila, lime and salt - but sugar, if you took a good liquor, you do not need at all.

Cocktails with rum and cachaca

Daiquiri
Daiquiri

A little lime, a little sugar - and the rum is literally transformed! The daiquiri is especially good in hot weather, and if you use a blender (see the Frozen Negroni recipe), you get a completely different refreshing cocktail with the same ingredients.

Cuba Libre
Cuba Libre

The right Cuba Libre cocktail is more than just rum and cola, especially if you add a squeezed lemon slice so that the cocktail contains not only its juice, but also essential ones. Good with both aged rum and inexpensive.

Barbados Cocktail
Barbados

A dark rum, falernum liqueur, which is known for its balanced flavor of lime and spices - and is ready for a simple and relaxing cocktail with a distinct aroma of tropical islands. A little alcoholic, a little sweet, a little sour, everything in moderation, in a word, the perfect summer cocktail.

Dark & ​​Stormy
Dark End Stormy

A beach vacation wouldn't be complete without this cocktail, which requires dark rum, lime juice, and ginger beer (in case you're not in the know, ginger beer is not beer). Served in layers, but before tasting, it is better to mix - you are unlikely to like pure lime juice.

Caipirinha
Caipirinha

Caipirinha is the cousin of the Daiquiri, native to Brazil. The base for the cocktail is about the same, only in Caipirinha cachaca is used instead of rum. Caipirinha is now one of the most popular cocktails in the world.

Cocktails with vodka

Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

In the Bordeaux village of Podenzac, they make a special aperitif, which consists of 85% local wines, and 15% a mixture of various liqueurs, mainly citrus fruits. If you manage to find one, consider that you have a cocktail ready for a light snack before dinner or for Sunday brunch.

Moscow Mule
Moscow Mule

A classic drink for those who do not consider themselves a big fan of vodka. Western ideas about how they drink vodka in Moscow have made a copper mug a classic glass for serving this cocktail, but you can use half a shaker or a regular glass instead.

brandy cocktails

side car
Sidecar

The sidecar, which can be called a version of Margarita with cognac instead of tequila and lemon instead of lime, is much less popular. However, if you like Margarita, you should also try Sidecar, it is a warming and tasty cocktail, especially if you take a good cognac.

Japanese Cocktail
Japanese Cocktail

Although the popularity of cognac in the world of cocktails is a relatively recent phenomenon, this cocktail is by no means a novelty: it has been known since at least 1862. For this, you will need almond syrup - not the most common product, so it is better to order it online or make it at home.

Aperitifs, amaro, sparkling wine and more…

Adriatic
Adriatic

At first glance, it may seem that all cocktails are similar to each other, but this one is quite special. Amaro and Aperol create a bitter and sweet base that brings out the orange juice in a new way. This cocktail is the perfect aperitif, and since it is quite light, it makes sense to mix a whole jug at once.

Campari Spritz
Campari Syringe

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How nice it is to drink a glass of your favorite cocktail in the evening - alcoholic or not, it doesn't matter, it all depends on your desire and taste. I must say a huge thank you to the person who first thought of mixing several ingredients, as a result of which the first cocktail was born.

Some argue that the word "cocktail" comes from the Spanish expression cola di gallo - the tail of a rooster. So for the outward resemblance, they called the root of one of the plants with which the bartender from the town of Campeche on the Gulf of Mexico mixed the drinks he prepared. American sailors, who did not miss a single bar, liked to visit this one, in Campeche. When asked what kind of instrument he had in his hands, the polite bartender answered in English: "Cocktail" - "rooster's tail". There is another story that connects the origin of the "cocktail" with the "rooster's tail". This story belongs to James Fenimore Cooper. According to him, the first cocktail was prepared in the 70s of the 18th century by Elizabeth Flanagan, a canker of the troops of General Washington. One day, she served the officers a drink of rum, rye whiskey, and fruit juices, adorning the glasses with feathers from the tails of fighting cocks. One of the officers, a Frenchman by birth, at the sight of such decoration of glasses, exclaimed: "Vive le cog's tail!" ("Long live the cock's tail!"). Everyone liked this half-French, half-English phrase, and the drink began to be called "cocktail" - cock's tail.

To date, there are many recipes for all kinds of cocktails. But there are some among them that are 100 percent present in any bar in the world, whether it's a French restaurant or an American eatery.

The world's most popular 10 alcoholic cocktails

This cocktail was created by Monsieur Piet Petiot at the Harris Bar in Paris in 1921. The drink inherited its name, apparently, from the daughter of the English king Henry VIII, who received the nickname Bloody Mary from her cruelty.

Ingredients:

• 3/10 vodka
• 6/10 tomato juice
• 1/10 lemon juice
• Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces
• celery salt
• salt, pepper to taste

What to do: Stir all ingredients in a highball glass with ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of celery. Served heavily chilled.

Screwdriver

The birthplace of this cocktail is the USA. At first, the cocktail was very simple in nature - orange juice and vodka. Today, this cocktail can contain rum, whiskey, and other strong drinks instead of vodka. For example, "Mexican Screwdriver" contains tequila, "Honey Screwdriver" - honey beer, "Ginger Screwdriver" - ginger liqueur. In many countries, "screwdriver" is referred to by the English word "screwdriver" (pronounced skryudryver), which also means "screwdriver". There is a variation of this cocktail with a reverse proportion of ingredients, which is called "drivesrewer". The first written mention of the Screwdriver cocktail is found in the American magazine "Time" in the issue of October 24, 1949.

Ingredients:

• 50 g vodka
• 100 g orange juice

What to do: Mix vodka with orange juice in a tall glass filled with ice. Serve with a straw.

This cocktail at one time was very fond of the famous writer Ernest Hemingway. It is prepared from lime juice, white rum, fresh mint, tonic water, sugar or syrup and crushed ice. Drink this cocktail only through a straw so that mint leaves and ice do not get into your mouth and you do not have to spit.
There are 2 types of mojito: low-alcohol and non-alcoholic. Originates from the island of Cuba, became popular in the USA in the 1980s. There are several theories about the origin of the name "mojito". One says that the word comes from Spanish. Mojo (moho, mojito - diminutive). Mojo is a sauce presumably in Cuba and the Canaries, usually it includes garlic, pepper, lemon juice, vegetable oil, herbs. Another states that mojito is a modified mojadito (Spanish: Mojadito, abbreviated from mojado), which means "slightly moist".
Mojito traditionally consists of five ingredients: rum, sugar, lime, sparkling water and mint. Its combination of sweet and refreshing citrus with mint, which may have been added to the rum to "mask" the strength of the latter, made this cocktail one of the most popular summer drinks. Some hotels in Havana also add Angostura to mojitos. In a non-alcoholic mojito, white rum is replaced with water with cane brown sugar.

Ingredients:

• mint 20 leaves
• lime 2 slices
• sugar syrup 15 ml
• ice cubes
• white rum 50 ml
• soda 10 ml

What to do: In a tall glass, put fresh mint leaves, a few lime slices and pour the whole composition with sugar syrup. Remember the pestle well. Next, crush the ice and pour it into a glass, add rum, top up the soda to the rim of the glass, stir with a cocktail spoon and finally garnish with a sprig of mint.

Alaska

This cocktail of American origin is considered a classic. It is prepared from yellow chartreuse and gin, served with ice.

Ingredients:

Gin 60 ml
yellow Chartreuse 15 ml
orange liqueur 5 ml
crushed ice

What to do: In a mixing glass filled halfway with ice, combine gin, Chartreuse yellow liqueur, and orange liqueur. Pour into a cocktail glass and serve. Serve in a cocktail glass. Decorate with a slice of orange.

Pina colada

The Pina Colada cocktail is made from pineapple juice, Malibu liqueur, coconut cream and Bacardi rum and garnished with a cherry or pineapple wedge.
Bahia is a type of Pina Colada. It contains, in addition to the usual ingredients, the pulp of a lemon. The glass itself is decorated not with fruits and berries, but with a sprig of mint.
Traditional Caribbean alcoholic cocktail containing rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice. The name of the cocktail is translated as "filtered pineapple". Initially, this name meant fresh pineapple juice, which was served strained (colado). Unstrained was called sin colar. Then rum and sugar were included in the composition. In the middle of the 20th century, in one of the Puerto Rican bars, the piña colada recipe was born, which gained immense popularity and became the pride of Puerto Rico. The piña colada is considered the official drink of Puerto Rico.

Ingredients:

• 4-6 ice cubes
• 2 parts Rum Light
• 1 part Rum Dark
• 3 parts Pineapple Juice
• 2 parts Malibu liqueur
• pineapple pieces for garnish

What to do: Fill a shaker with crushed ice, light rum, coconut liqueur and pineapple juice. Shake lightly to mix. Strain into a large glass and garnish with a cherry and pineapple wedges.

Martini

This legendary cocktail continues to be popular all over the world, including in Russia. It is made from vermouth and gin and is always garnished with olives. The cocktail is served in special glasses.
At the beginning of the last century, "Martini" was called Italian vermouth, which in reality had nothing to do with this cocktail. However, around the middle of the 20th century. both concepts have united, and today both vermouth and a cocktail, so beloved by visitors to respectable casinos, are called so.
The cocktail is named after its creator - Martini de Anna de Toggia. The original version consisted of equal parts vermouth and gin and is now called "fifty-fifty", but now the proportions of the martini are changed until the appearance of an ultra-dry martini, when the glass is barely rinsed with vermouth before pouring the gin.

Ingredients:

• 4-6 crushed ice cubes
• 3 parts gin
• 1 tbsp dry vermouth or to taste
• cocktail olive for garnish

What to do: Put ice cubes in a pitcher. Pour in the gin and vermouth and stir. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with a cocktail olive.

A cocktail of Latin American origin, the appearance dates back approximately to the interval between 1936-1948, there are many versions of its appearance, almost all of them feature a woman named Margarita. The first version is that the author of the first Margarita is the Mexican bartender Carlos Harrera. In 1938, he worked at the Rancho La Gloria bar in Tijuana, where the aspiring actress Margarita once dropped by. Her blond curls and heavenly beauty inspired Carlos to create the first glass of a cocktail - spicy and tender at the same time.
But there is another story that tells about the Texas aristocrat Margarita Sames. Allegedly, one year, somewhere in 1948, she arranged a grand reception in her villa in Acapulco. She treated her guests to a new tequila cocktail of her own invention. The guests liked it, they slowly got drunk and had fun. That's how everyone would drink and forget the creation of the hostess, but among the guests was Tommy Hilton, the owner of the Hilton hotel chain. Tommy, as a pragmatic businessman, realized that good money could be made on the invention of a bohemian lady. A couple of days later, the cocktail appeared on the menu of bars and restaurants of his hotels. It is not known whether he shared the profits from sales with Madame Sames, but he secured her copyright in the name of the cocktail.

Ingredients:

1 part Blanco tequila
1 part lime juice
1/2 part Cointreau orange liqueur

What to do: Prepared in a shaker and served chilled in a wide stemmed cocktail glass, rimmed with a salty rim (the rim of the glass is moistened with lime juice and dipped in finely crystalline salt) and garnished with a lime wedge.

Long Island

Sometimes called "Long Island Ice Tea" on the menu. This is a strong cocktail, which, contrary to its name, does not include tea. This drink is made from tequila, vodka, rum and gin. Sometimes Triple Sec is added to it. When preparing this drink, it is important to strictly observe the proportion. If you understand that the bartender mixed the cocktail by eye, then you have every right to be indignant and refuse to pay for the drink.
According to the rules, a cocktail should be made with no more than 5 different ingredients, but Long Island is an exception. It consists of 6 to 7 ingredients. A popular version is that the cocktail was first invented during the years of Prohibition, as it resembles ice tea (iced tea) in appearance and aroma. However, the cocktail is believed to have been first made in the 1970s by Chris Bendixen, a bartender at a nightclub in Smithtown, Long Island.

Ingredients:

Vodka 30 ml.
white rum 30 ml.
Cointreau liqueur 30 ml.
tequila 30 ml.
lemon juice 30 ml.
sugar syrup 30 ml.
coca cola to taste

What to do: Put ice in the glass first. Pour in all the listed ingredients in sequence. Pour the Coca-Cola last. Garnish with a lemon wedge and mint sprig. Served with a straw.

Cosmopolitan

This cocktail is currently the most popular in the casino. It was created by American bartender Dale Degrof personally for the singer Madonna. It soon became fashionable. This drink is prepared from cranberry juice, vodka, lime and liquor, and served in martini glasses.

Ingredients:

• lemon vodka 40 ml
• liqueur "Cointreau" 15 ml
• lime juice 15 ml
• cranberry juice 30 ml

What to do: Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake well and pour into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon zest.

Tom Collins

This classic cocktail has its origins in the early 19th century. Although no one will tell you its exact origin, what we do know is that it was invented by a bartender named Collins at the famous Limmers Hotel in London. The original recipe used juniperberry Dutch alcohol, similar to gin. Ultimately, this ingredient was replaced by the sweeter London dry gin "Old Tom" (Old Tom) - thus the name Tom Collins. In fact, the Collins name is now used for a variety of other cocktails that are made with soda, sugar syrup, lemon juice, and an alcohol ingredient. In the US, the John Collins cocktail is made with Bourbon whiskey instead of gin. Other drinks called Collins are mixed using brandy, rum or Scotch whisky. This cocktail is refreshing, stylish, elegant, with a rich taste palette: just made to enjoy it in sophisticated society by the pool.

Ingredients:

• 60 ml dry London gin
• 30 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar syrup
• 90 ml soda

What to do: Fill shaker halfway with ice. Add gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup. Shake well. Strain through a strainer into a tall, half-filled glass with ice, and carefully top up with soda. Stir gently to keep bubbles in. Garnish with a cherry in liqueur or a slice of lemon that can be placed directly into the drink or on the rim of the glass.

And one more cocktail, which also occupies a leading position in all the bars and restaurants of the world.

Daiquiri

This cocktail is believed to be of Cuban origin. It contains lime juice, rum and syrup. In the casino, such varieties of this cocktail as "Derby Daiquiri", "Peach Daiquiri", "Banana Daiquiri", etc., are in the greatest demand. Fruit pulp is added to them. The drink was invented in the town of Daiquiri at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1896, a certain Jennings Cox (American mining engineer), cursing the heat, mixed the above-mentioned rum with lime juice for himself and his friends, and not just mix, but pour these ingredients on ice cubes. This is how the Daiquiri (Daiquiri) cocktail turned out. And Ernest Hemingway promoted this invention in his novels, he was a big fan of this drink. And in 1893, during the celebration of Cuban independence, an American army officer toasted a free Cuba by mixing Bacardi rum, symbolizing the free spirit of Cuba, with Coca-Cola, America's new drink. The slogan of those days - "Long live free Cuba!" forever preserved in the name of the Cuba Libre cocktail.
The popularity of the daiquiri skyrocketed when F. Scott Fitzgerald mentioned it in his book 2 Beyond Paradise, published in 1920. In an episode that warns against drinking rum in moderation, a group of characters order double daiquiris each as a harbinger of the "intoxicating evening," which ends in hallucinations.

Ingredients:

6/10 white rum Bacardi or Havana Club
3/10 lemon or lime juice
1/10 sugar syrup

What to do: Pour the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake for 10 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass. You can get Pink Daiquiri ("Pink Daiquiri") by adding a few drops of Grenadine.

Learn recipes for making alcoholic cocktails using various ingredients.

When holidays are planned for you, you always want to surprise your guests with something - an unusual dish or drinks prepared by yourself. Most often, hostesses prepare food according to new recipes for festivities, and special attention is not paid to drinks.

It's a pity, because alcohol is served to guests to relax. And to make it more pleasant to drink, you can prepare an original, beautifully designed, with a pleasant aroma and unusual taste.

Recipes for making delicious and simple alcoholic cocktails and their names

For a bright party, ordinary strong drinks are not suitable for young people; they will definitely want to try something interesting. Let's look at examples of recipes from simple alcoholic and non-alcoholic ingredients that can be found in any supermarket.

Blue Lagoon

Recipe: Fill glasses with ice cubes. Take 30 grams of Curacao liqueur, a glass of plain unsweetened carbonated water, 60 milliliters of vodka. Mix all ingredients, pour into glasses. Decorate the drink with fruit as your imagination tells you.

Cocktail Blue Lagoon

Monaco

Recipe: The drink is prepared in layers. A thick syrup is carefully poured onto the bottom of a tall glass - 20-25 milliliters, beer is added with a second layer along the blade of a wide knife so that a thin stream flows down the wall into a container. Also, the third layer is poured 150 grams of lemonade. Decorate the glass with fruit, insert a tube, serve to guests.

Easy to make - Monaco cocktail

sangiya

Recipe: Take fresh berries, peel them, cut them. Put them in a decanter. Pour one bottle of dry, red wine into the same container. Then pour sparkling water - three hundred grams and add ice.

Sangiya cocktail with red wine

Strong alcoholic cocktails

To make strong cocktails, you will need to add more alcohol to the drink. So, if you want to get drunk quickly, then see how to make strong intoxicating cocktails.

Jungle sap

Recipe: It will take one hundred milliliters of vodka, 20 milliliters of juice, pieces of fresh, aromatic fruit, ice cubes.

Strong Cocktail - Jungle Juice

Robert's aunt

Recipe: Be careful when consuming this drink, you will feel its effect quickly. For this drink, you will need to mix three parts of vodka, one and a half - gin, two parts of absinthe, one part of brandy, one - blackberry liqueur. The cocktail consists entirely of strong drinks alone.

Strong Cocktail - Aunt Roberta

Recipe: The composition of this strong, male drink includes only vodka, beer. According to the classic recipe, you will need 375 milliliters of beer, 125 grams of 40-degree vodka. Beer is poured at the bottom of the glass, after it stops foaming, vodka is poured. It is recommended to drink in large sips. Also, you can add ice if you like.

Strong drink - Ruff

Alcoholic cocktails with vodka

You can adjust the strength of vodka cocktails yourself. For those who like stronger cocktails, add more hot liquid when preparing them than in the classic recipe.

James Bond drink

Recipe: Pour two alcoholic drinks alternately into a chilled container: martini - 40 milliliters, vodka - 80 milliliters. Then gently mix, just do not shake, add the olive.

Cocktail - Martini with vodka

Harvey Wallbanger

Recipe: Pour fifteen milliliters of Galliano liqueur, 180 milliliters of orange juice, thirty grams of vodka into a glass. Then it remains to add one cherry, a slice of lemon, a teaspoon of cane sugar, four ice cubes.

Bloody Mary

Recipe: Pour 135 milliliters of tomato juice, fifty milliliters of vodka into a glass, add three ice cubes, one stalk of celery, three drops of Worcester sauce.

Vodka Cocktail - Bloody Mary

Zombie:

Recipe: You will need fifteen milliliters of apricot liqueur, 30 milliliters of golden rum, 75 milliliters of white and 30 milliliters of orange juice, the same amount of vodka, mango juice, pineapple juice, 15 milliliters of dark rum. Then add a sprig of mint, one lime wedge, one small spoonful of cane sugar, a cherry.

Cocktail - Zombie

Cocktails with liquor

Below you will see interesting cocktail recipes that include liquor.

Jack Sparrow

Recipe: In a tall glass, mix 100 ml black rum, 30 ml Amaretto liqueur, 20 ml cocoa liqueur, 100 ml cola. Add three ice cubes from the freezer.

Cocktail - Jack Sparrow

Summer liqueur cocktail

Recipe: You will need to peel, cut 70 grams of bananas, 100 grams of apricots (separate from the pits, cut into cubes), add 20 grams of sugar. Then pour in 130 milliliters of dry wine (white), the same amount of champagne, 70 grams of banana liqueur, mix, add ice cubes from the freezer.

Chocolate liqueur cocktail

Recipe: You will need to stock up on gin or cognac, chocolate liqueur, cream. For a serving of a cocktail, the following proportions will be needed: 45 milliliters of gin, 25 milliliters of liquor (chocolate), 45 milliliters of cream.

Cocktail - Alexander

Rum cocktails

Cocktails with rum are no less tasty, then read the recipes for their preparation.

Cuba libre

Recipe: Pour ice into a glass. Separately, mix 150 milliliters of cola, 50 grams of golden rum, 10 milliliters of freshly squeezed lime juice, pour into a glass. Decorate the glass with lime wedges .

Cocktail Cuba libre

Mojito

Recipe: In a chilled tall glass, place a sliced ​​lime (half a fruit). Take 6 stalks of mint, crush it a little so that you can hear its aroma and put it in a container. Then add ice (chipped) and pour in light rum (60 milliliters), syrup (25 milliliters), sparkling water (50 milliliters). Mix the ingredients, the cocktail is ready.

Cocktail - Mojito

Citrus rum cocktail

Recipe: For this drink, you need to grind 50 grams of green kiwi in a blender. Then add 40 ml fresh orange juice, 40 ml pineapple juice, 20 ml passion fruit syrup, 50 ml white rum. Mix everything, decorate, serve with ice.

tequila cocktails

These simple tequila cocktail recipes are available to everyone, you just need to buy the necessary ingredients in the hypermarket and mix them.

Sunrise

Recipe: Take a tall glass, dip ice cubes into it, pour 60 milliliters of silver tequila. Then add 140 grams of fresh orange juice, 10 milliliters of syrup (grenadine). Stir with a bar spoon, decorate, serve to guests.

Rum Cocktail - Sunrise

Boom tequila

Recipe: Pour 60 ml of silver tequila, 90 ml of sprite into a glass. Tap the bottom of the table, repeating three times the word: Boom. The drink will foam, drink it in one gulp.

Rum Cocktail - Boom

Alcoholic cocktails with beer

On the basis of this, beloved by many, alcoholic drink, original cocktails are obtained.

Cyclist

Recipe: Pour two components of light beer (100 milligrams) into a shaker, regular lemonade is also 100 milliliters. Mix and pour into a tall glass - garnish with a lime.

Cocktail with beer and lemonade - Cyclist

beer rascal

Recipe: The name of this drink speaks for itself, this cocktail is not for women's gatherings. To prepare it, you need to pour tomato juice (30 milliliters) mixed with 2 large spoons of ketchup into a beer glass, pour 200 milliliters of beer on top. And then a neat trickle of vodka (50 milliliters). You don't need to mix the content.

Strong Cocktail - Beer Scoundrel

beer with juice

Recipe: Mix equal amounts of cherry juice with dark beer. Add ice and serve to guests.

Cocktail - beer with cherry juice

Alcoholic cocktail with wine

chocolate kiss

Recipe: Pour 100 milliliters of chocolate liqueur, 50 milliliters of dry red wine, 100 milliliters of cream into a shaker. Mix the ingredients, pour into a tall glass, add ice. Sprinkle grated chocolate on top.

Cocktail - Chocolate Kiss

calimocho

Recipe: Mix red wine (100 ml) with 100 ml Coca-Cola. Pour ice into a tall glass, pour the drink into it, garnish with a lime, and serve to guests.

Cocktail with wine - Kalimocho

Light alcoholic cocktails

Soft drinks with alcohol contain a small amount of alcohol. As a rule, they are served to guests in tall glasses or tall glasses. Read the recipes for these cocktails below.

Alcoholic milkshake

orange milk drink

Recipe: Pour orange juice into the blender bowl - 200 milliliters, 100 milliliters of milk, 40 milliliters of milk liquor, 100 grams of ice cream. Whisk the contents. Then pour into tall glasses, you can choose any berry or orange slice as decoration.

Light, alcoholic, milkshakes

Chocolate Miracle

Recipe: Heat 200 milliliters of milk, dissolve 100 grams of chocolate and a teaspoon of sugar in it. Then refrigerate the resulting drink. Finally, before serving, pour the milk with chocolate and 50 ml of chocolate liqueur into a tall glass with ice.

Milkshake - Chocolate Miracle

Alcoholic cocktails with juice

Italian sunset

Recipe: Take tall glasses, pour ice cubes into them. First, pour Amaretto (50 milliliters) there, then 90 milliliters of juice from fresh oranges and ordinary soda. At the end, add a small spoonful of Grenadine (sweet syrup).

Cocktail with juice and Amaretto

blueberry cocktail

Recipe: In a blender, grind 100 grams of blueberries with 1 large spoonful of sugar. Add ice there and crush it until it crumbles. In a shaker, mix 200 milliliters of semi-sweet champagne and 50 milliliters of pomegranate juice. Put two tablespoons of blueberries with ice in each glass, and top with a drink from a shaker.

Low alcohol cocktail – Blueberry

After reading the recipes for various alcoholic cocktails, you can now choose which drinks you like. And you will be able to cook them yourself to surprise your guests (relatives, friends, colleagues) at any celebration.

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