Classic Cocktail Recipes: The "Long Island Iced Tea" Recipe. Classic Summer Cocktail.

Classic Cocktail Recipes: The "Long Island Iced Tea" Recipe. Classic Summer Cocktail.

I remember my first Long Island Iced Tea, Before I tasted it, i was like, how can a drink with so many contrasting flavors taste good? I tried it and was like, wow, how can that tastes soo good!

This is one of the most famous drinks of all time.  The "Long Island Iced Tea" was created in 1976 at the Oak Beach Inn located in the Hampton Bays, in New York City, by bartender Robert "Rosebud" Butt.  There is a version that dates back to the roaring 20's. And yes, from what i have heard, it is still a popular mixed drink in Long Island.

This is a very popular summer cocktail, but watch out, it's got a lot of spirit to it. Most people will little there intact of these potent concoctions to two drinks.

"Long Island Iced Tea" Cocktail drink.

"Long Island Iced Tea" Recipe:

Ingredients

• 15 ml 1 part Vodka    (Smirnoff, kettle one, absolut, skky, grey goose, etc.)
• 15 ml 1 part Tequila    (Jose Cuervo, Patron, Sauza, 1800 tequila, cabo wabo, etc.)
• 15 ml 1 part White rum     (Bacardi, Barbancourt white rum, etc.)
• 15 ml 1 part Triple sec
• 15 ml 1 part Gin       (Beefeater, Bombay Sapphire, Tanqueray, etc.)
• 25 ml 1.5 parts Lemon juice
• 30 ml 2 parts Gomme Syrup
• Splash of Coke

Long Island Iced Tea Preparation: 
Simply mix all of the listed ingredients in a highball glass with ice.
Give a quick stir, garnish with a lemon wedge and serve.

Serve in: Highball glass.

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Learn to make a classic summer cocktail drink called the "Long Island Iced Tea". A potent blend of vodka, tequila, white rum, triple sec, and gin.

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Classic cocktail drinks: The "Buttered Rum Coffee" recipe and information.:

Classic coktail drinks, how to make the "Butter Rum Coffee" cocktail, with complete recipe.

Butter Rum Coffee Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1 shot butterscotch schnapps (DeKuyper, Arrow Butterscotch, Bols, etc)
• 1 shot vanilla rum (Cruzan , Charbay Tahitian Vanilla Bean Rum, Brinley Gold Vanilla Rum, etc.)
• 1/2 shot Irish Cream (Baileys, Mccormick Irish Cream, Carolans Finest , Duggan's, etc.)
• Coffee
• Whipped cream

Directions
Mix the butterscotch schnapps, rum, Irish cream and coffee together.
Top the cocktail with whipped cream.
Serve in a coffee mug

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Classic Cocktail Recipes: The Red Apple Martini Recipe.

Classic Cocktails: How to make a great Apple Martini with complete recipe.

There are green apple martini recipes, but this is for the red version of the drink.
Sweet, tart and tangy are the general taste of the drink.

Apple Martini Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1 part Apple Brandy (Germain-Robin, Laird's, Clear Creek, Etc.)
• 1 part White Rum (Bacardi, Appleton, Brugal, Etc.)
• 1 part Sweet & Sour Mix
• 1/4 part Grenadine
• OPTIONAL Garnish with a red apple slice.

Directions:
Mix all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake the mix until cold and frosty.

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Classic Cocktails: The basic Daiquiri Recipe and information

How to make a great tasting classic Daiquiri cocktail drink with recipe and information.

FUN FACTS:
The Daiquiri was once called a Bacardi, until the rum company won a lawsuit against the name, know we know it as a Daiquiri.

Daiquiri Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1 part sugar syrup (Bar syrup, Sugar Water)
• 2 parts fresh lime juice
• 8 parts of a white rum (Bacardi, Cruzan, etc.)

Procedure:
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker until cold and frosty. Then strain into a cold old fashioned or similar cocktail glass.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "El Presidente" Cocktail Recipe and History

How to make the classic cocktail "El Presidente".

The "El Presidente" was popular in the 1920's through the 1940's. It is very rare to find this cocktail anymore in the United Staes, one place you can still sip the "El Presidente"is in Havana, Cuba.

The "El Presidente" cocktail was invented by an american bartender at the famous Jockey Club in Havana, Cuba. The bartenders name was Eddie Woelke. He named the drink after President Gerardo Machado.  "It is the aristocrat of cocktails and is the one preferred by the better class of Cuban." this was taken from When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba, published in 1928.

Trader Vic, is quoted as saying: "Cuban Presidente" was "the 'martini' of Cuba and, to me, a lot better than our own."

"El Presidente" Recipe One:
• 1 part French vermouth  (Noilly Prat French Dry Vermouth, etc.)
• 3 parts Rum (Cuban Rum, Bacardi, Cruzan, etc.)
• 1 dash of Grenadine
•  Garnish with Orange peel twist and a cherry is optional.

"El Presidente" Recipe Two:

• 1-1/2 oz. Light Rum
• 3/4 oz. Curacao
• 3/4 oz. Dry Vermouth
• 1/2 tsp of grenadine

Procedure:
Mix ingredients in a old-fashioned glass with ice.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Tom and Jerry" Cocktail Recipe and History

Classic Cocktails: How to make the famous "Tom and Jerry" mixed drink cocktail with recipe and instructions.

The Tom and Jerry is a favorite winter time drink for many cocktail lovers, but of course can be enjoyed all year long. This drink was inspired by eggnog. This classic cocktail drink is frothy, warm and sweet. This drink is based on dark rum and brandy, mainly cognac along with warm milk. It is a traditional Christmas cocktail in the United States.

The Tom and Jerry cocktail has no relation to the cartoon. The drink was invented in the 1820's by writer Pierce Egan to promote his book Life in London, or The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom and play titled Tom and Jerry.

Tom and Jerry Ingredients:
• 1 egg (can use egg substitute)
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 1 oz dark rum ( Bacardi, Captain Morgan, Cruzan, Mount Gay, Myers Dark Rum, Whalers, etc.)
• 1 oz Cognac or brandy (Ravenscroft Crystal Cognac, Remy Martin Cognac, Hennessy, Hardy Perfection, etc.)
• hot milk or hot water
• grated nutmeg for garnish

Tom and Jerry Procedure:
Divide the egg whites from the yoke and beat them separately.
Mix the eggs together and then place them into a Irish coffee glass.
Then mix in the simple syrup, dark rum and the brandy.
Fill with hot milk or even hot water.
Stir to mix.

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