Beverage Recipes

Simple Cocktail Recipes for the Drink Kamikaze
Strongly alcoholic cocktails for turning those rough days into smooth evenings.

There are times when cocktail enthusiasts need both the exciting and entertaining look of a beautiful drink as well as the strong alcoholic hit which means they’ll spend less time gulping down fruity drinks which may be watered down and more time savouring a classy sip over good conversations.

These cocktail recipes were especially chosen to showcase their classic style as well as their alcohol content making them excellent for catch up girls’ nights or evening parties.
Simple Tequila Cocktail Recipes

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
2 measures tequila
1 measure rosso vermouth
½ measure dry vermouth
1 maraschino cherry

Method:
Half fill the mixing glass with ice cubes
Pour in the rosso vermouth, dry vermouth and tequila
Stir well and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with the maraschino cherry

The Margarita Cocktail

The Margarita is a quintessential drink for all cocktail enthusiasts and connoisseurs alike and is a celebrated regular at almost all cocktail evenings.

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
2 measures tequila
1 ¼ measurs triple sec or Cointreau
Dash of lime or lemon juice
1 lime wedge

Method:
Rub the rim of the glass with a wedge of lime and dip the rim into a saucer of salt
Half fill the shaker with ice cubes
Pour in the lime juice, triple sec or Cointreau and tequila
Shake well and strain into a champagne saucer
Garnish with a wedge of lime



The Massacre Cocktail

The massacre is part of a group of cocktails called slammers after the particular way of drinking they are characterised by. The glass is covered with a hand or coaster, banged twice on the counter and downed in one. It’s not the most dignified way to drink a cocktail but for those who wish to get the drinking done so they can get the party started, slammers in general with the Massacre in particular is sure to do the trick.

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
2 measures tequila
1 teaspoon campari
4 measures ginger ale

Method:
Near-fill a high ball glass with ice cubes
Pour in the tequila and Campari
Top with ginger ale and stir well
Simple Vodka Cocktail Recipes

Laughing at the Waves Cocktail

This particular cocktail, served in the elegant cocktail glass is sure to have drinkers happily giggling away after the first few sips.

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
1 ½ measures vodka
½ measure dry vermouth
½ measure Campari
1 lemon twist

Method:
Half fill the mixing glass with ice cubes
Add the vodka, dry vermouth and Campari
Stir well and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with the lemon twist

The Soviet Cocktail

This pure white classic look will suit gentlemen who may fancy themselves as looking the part for the next James Bond film.

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
3 measures vodka
½ measure dry vermouth
½ measure dry sherry

Method:
Place the ice cubes into the old fashioned glass
Add the vodka, sherry and stir.
Simple Whisky Cocktail Recipes

The Thunderclap Cocktail

Another cocktail that can easily be a down-in-one go type. However, even strong drinkers should be warned that downing too many of these in one go consecutively could turn them into the on-the-floor type.

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
1 ½ measures whisky
1 measure gin
1 measure brandy

Method:
Half fill the mixing glass with ice cubes
Pour in the brandy, gin and whisky
Stir well and strain into a cocktail glass




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