SO, you're celebrating the arrival of spring with a pre-summer party. Some of your friends, of course, prefer beer and wine. That part is easy enough.
SO, you're celebrating the arrival of spring with a pre-summer party. Some of your friends, of course, prefer beer and wine. That part is easy enough.
But what should you do about the other guests? Here are some colourful cocktail drink recipes that will brighten up the patio and get you shaking and stirring.
WOO WOO
50ml vodka
15ml peach schnapps
lime wedge
cranberry juice
ice cubes
Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Squeeze in lime, then add the vodka and schnapps. Shake, then strain into an old-fashioned glass half filled with ice. Add the squeezed lime wedge and top up with cranberry juice.
CAIPIRINHA
50ml cachaça (a clear Brazilian spirit made from sugar cane)
1 whole lime, chopped
1 tablespoon super-fine sugar
15ml sugar syrup
Ice cubes
Mint sprig
Mash up lime, sugar, and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add a scoop of ice and the cachaça. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled tumbler. Garnish with mint.
CHAPALA
5 small chunks of watermelon
1 lime, chopped
15ml sugar syrup
45ml gold tequila
apple juice
ice cubes
Mash up watermelon, lime, and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add a scoop of ice, then the tequila. Shake vigorously and strain into a tall, chilled glass one inch from the rim. Top with apple juice.
BELLINI
15ml peach liqueur
25ml peach juice or nectar
chilled champagne or sparkling wine
Pour liqueur and juice into a chilled champagne flute. Slowly top up with champagne or sparkling wine.
BAHAMA MAMA
15ml Malibu
15ml Kahlúa
15ml dark and white rum
pineapple juice
pineapple wedge
mint sprig
ice cubes
crushed ice
Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Add the Malibu, Kahlúa, and rum. Shake vigorously and strain into a highball glass half filled with crushed ice. Top off with juice. Garnish with pineapple wedges and mint.
MOJITO
50ml white rum
8 mint leaves
half a lime, chopped
15ml sugar syrup; club soda
ice cubes
Mash up mint, lime and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add a scoop of ice, then the rum. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled tumbler one inch from the rim. Top up with club soda.
CUBA LIBRE
50ml white rum
7 lime wedges
cola
ice cubes
Half fill a highball glass with ice. Add rum and squeeze in six lime wedges, adding the squeezed wedges to the glass. Top up with cola and garnish last lime wedge.
PIÑA COLADA
45ml white rum
15ml coconut cream
15ml Malibu
60ml pineapple juice
15ml sugar syrup
1 cup crushed ice
pineapple leaves
Place all ingredients except the pineapple leaves in a blender and blend until the consistency of shaved ice.
Pour into a large, chilled cocktail glass and garnish with leaves.
SHAMPOO
15ml gin
15ml lemon juice
dash of Pernod
dash of blue curaçao
chilled champagne or sparkling wine
Lemon twist
Pour gin, then lemon juice, Pernod and blue curaçao into a chilled champagne flute.
Slowly top up with champagne or sparkling wine.
Garnish with a twist of lemon.
ALIEN SECRETION
fill a 250ml cocktail glass with ice
add 20ml of melon liqueur
add 20ml of coconut rum
fill with pineapple juice
Garnish with a pineapple slice
COSMOPOLITAN
fill a cocktail shaker with ice
add 35ml of vodka
add a splash of lime juice
add a splash of triple sec
add a splash of cranberry juice
shake
Drain liquid into a martini glass. Garnish with a lime slice
HURRICANE
fill a 500ml cocktail glass with ice
add 35ml of clear rum
add 35ml of spiced rum
add 35ml of almond liqueur
add a splash of orange juice
fill with cranberry juice
stir
Top with a splash of dark rum Garnish with an orange slice. - marieclaire.com
Cocktails for all times
SO, you're celebrating the arrival of spring with a pre-summer party. Some of your friends, of course, prefer beer and wine. That part is easy enough.
SO, you're celebrating the arrival of spring with a pre-summer party. Some of your friends, of course, prefer beer and wine. That part is easy enough.
But what should you do about the other guests? Here are some colourful cocktail drink recipes that will brighten up the patio and get you shaking and stirring.
WOO WOO
50ml vodka
15ml peach schnapps
lime wedge
cranberry juice
ice cubes
Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Squeeze in lime, then add the vodka and schnapps. Shake, then strain into an old-fashioned glass half filled with ice. Add the squeezed lime wedge and top up with cranberry juice.
CAIPIRINHA
50ml cachaça (a clear Brazilian spirit made from sugar cane)
1 whole lime, chopped
1 tablespoon super-fine sugar
15ml sugar syrup
Ice cubes
Mint sprig
Mash up lime, sugar, and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add a scoop of ice and the cachaça. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled tumbler. Garnish with mint.
CHAPALA
5 small chunks of watermelon
1 lime, chopped
15ml sugar syrup
45ml gold tequila
apple juice
ice cubes
Mash up watermelon, lime, and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add a scoop of ice, then the tequila. Shake vigorously and strain into a tall, chilled glass one inch from the rim. Top with apple juice.
BELLINI
15ml peach liqueur
25ml peach juice or nectar
chilled champagne or sparkling wine
Pour liqueur and juice into a chilled champagne flute. Slowly top up with champagne or sparkling wine.
BAHAMA MAMA
15ml Malibu
15ml Kahlúa
15ml dark and white rum
pineapple juice
pineapple wedge
mint sprig
ice cubes
crushed ice
Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Add the Malibu, Kahlúa, and rum. Shake vigorously and strain into a highball glass half filled with crushed ice. Top off with juice. Garnish with pineapple wedges and mint.
MOJITO
50ml white rum
8 mint leaves
half a lime, chopped
15ml sugar syrup; club soda
ice cubes
Mash up mint, lime and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add a scoop of ice, then the rum. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled tumbler one inch from the rim. Top up with club soda.
CUBA LIBRE
50ml white rum
7 lime wedges
cola
ice cubes
Half fill a highball glass with ice. Add rum and squeeze in six lime wedges, adding the squeezed wedges to the glass. Top up with cola and garnish last lime wedge.
PIÑA COLADA
45ml white rum
15ml coconut cream
15ml Malibu
60ml pineapple juice
15ml sugar syrup
1 cup crushed ice
pineapple leaves
Place all ingredients except the pineapple leaves in a blender and blend until the consistency of shaved ice.
Pour into a large, chilled cocktail glass and garnish with leaves.
SHAMPOO
15ml gin
15ml lemon juice
dash of Pernod
dash of blue curaçao
chilled champagne or sparkling wine
Lemon twist
Pour gin, then lemon juice, Pernod and blue curaçao into a chilled champagne flute.
Slowly top up with champagne or sparkling wine.
Garnish with a twist of lemon.
ALIEN SECRETION
fill a 250ml cocktail glass with ice
add 20ml of melon liqueur
add 20ml of coconut rum
fill with pineapple juice
Garnish with a pineapple slice
COSMOPOLITAN
fill a cocktail shaker with ice
add 35ml of vodka
add a splash of lime juice
add a splash of triple sec
add a splash of cranberry juice
shake
Drain liquid into a martini glass. Garnish with a lime slice
HURRICANE
fill a 500ml cocktail glass with ice
add 35ml of clear rum
add 35ml of spiced rum
add 35ml of almond liqueur
add a splash of orange juice
fill with cranberry juice
stir
Top with a splash of dark rum Garnish with an orange slice. - marieclaire.com
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