Classic Cocktail Drinks: The Classic Margarita Recipe

How to make a great classic Margarita, with information and recipe.
The margarita is a very easy cocktail to make and is the most popular tequila drink in the United States.
The original margarita drink was not served blended in a blender, but it is a popular option today.
There are many variations and flavors, this article will focus on the classic Margarita cocktail.

Margarita Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1 part tequila
• 1 part Cointreau (or any orange liqueur, like triple sec)
• 1 part fresh lime juice
• Salt or sugar for rim is optional.
• Lime wedge for a garnish.

Procedure:
Combine the above ingredients in a small old fashioned glass with crushed ice and stir to combine. Adding salt to the rim is optional. Serve in a margarita glass. Serve right away.

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Classic Cocktail Drink Recipes: The Stinger cocktail.

Classic Cocktails: How to make the Stinger mixed drink.

The stinger is a mix of brandy and white creme de menthe liqueur. The Stinger makes a great dessert cocktail that goes great with chocolate desserts.

"Stingers, and keep them coming." Cary Grant in Kiss Them for Me.

Stinger Recipe:
Ingredients:
• 1 3/4 oz brandy (Hennessy, Remy Martin, Courvoisier, Asbach Uralt, etc.)
• 3/4 oz white creme de menthe (DeKuyper, Bols, Potter's, Leroux, Hiram Walker, etc.)

Procedure:
Pour all of the ingredients into an old-fashioned or similar glass with crushed ice.
Stir well then serve.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The Manhattan Recipe using Sweet Vermouth and Whiskey.

How to make the classic Manhattan cocktail drink, with information and recipe.

The Manhattan cocktail is one of the six basic classic cocktails. This is a old cocktail dating back to the 1870's. The drink originated in new York at the famous Manhattan Club, hence the name. The inventor of the Manhattan cocktail was Dr. Iain Marshall.

The Manhattan in Popular Culture
•  Dry Version of the Manhattan was made famous by Frank Sinatra and the famous Vegas "Rat Pack" (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. etc.)
• Manhattans and cosmos, were frequently drunk at trendy bars on the HBO series "Sex and the City".


Manhattan Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1 part Sweet Italian Vermouth (Martini and Rossi's, Cinzano, etc.)
• 5 parts whiskey (Normally made with Rye Whiskey, but can be made with Bourbon.)
• 1-2 dashes Angostura Bitters (Do not overdue!)

Procedure:
Stir, do not shake this one, all the ingredients is a cocktail glass with ice.
Strain the mix into another cocktail glass.
Garnish the Manhattan cocktail with a single maraschino cherry.

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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 "Gin Sling" Cocktail Recipe and History

How to make a classic Gin Sling Cocktail drink.

The term "sling" is used in many classic cocktails and refers to a cocktail made with sweetened spirits and water. The first published recipe for a sling dates back to 1759 and used rum.

Gin Sling Cocktail Drink

Gin Sling Recipe
• 1 teaspoon of sugar syrup (bar syrup)
• 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
• 3 ounces of Gin (Bombay Sapphire, Beefeater, Tanqueray, Gordon's London, etc.)
• Optional garnish is nutmeg.

Procedure:
Combine the above listed ingredients in a highball glass. Top the glass with cold soda water. The lemon juice is optional to some drinks.

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Classic Cocktails and Vintage Mixed Drinks: The Moscow Mule Recipe

How to make the Classic Moscow Mule Cocktail, with history and information.

This drink uses it's own type of mug, called of course, the Moscow Mule Mug witch is made of copper. The copper mugs help to keep the cocktail cold and zesty. The Moscow Mule was the drink the made Vodka popular with the general public, and one of the most popular spirits in the world. It was the result of a Vodka maker, a Ginger producer and a copper maker.

Because of the cold and zesty nature of the Moscow Mule, it first became popular in Los Angeles, California. Then the cocktail spread from LA across the United states.

The Moscow Mule today is getting harder to find in Bars and lounges. First, and foremost bar owners hated the fact that the mug's kept getting stolen so they stopped serving them. Second Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer was never really that popular. You can still find a classic Moscow Mule if you try hard. We have a lounge right down the street that still serves the original Moscow Mule, copper mug and all.

Moscow Mule Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1/2 the juice of lime.
• Lime Shell
• 2 ounces Vodka (Skky, Smirnoff, Grey Goose, Absolut, etc.)
• Ginger Beer (Ginger Ale)

Procedure:
Squeeze the lime juice into the chilled Moscow Mule Mug.
Then put the used shell in the mug.
Add the ice cubes.
Add the Vodak.
Top of this cocktail drink with ginger beer.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Mint Julep" Cocktail Recipe and History of this Vintage Cocktail.

Excellent recipe and information for the Mint Julep Cocktail drink.

The Mint Julep first appears in print in 1803. This drink is very popular in the Southern States and is the house drink at the Kentucky Derby. It is a great drink to cool off to during the hot summer months. The cocktail is made with four basic ingredients. Spearmint is the traditional mint used.  This drink is a close relation to the Mojito. The garnish of mint is a important part of the aroma of this drink. Traditionaly the Mint Julep was served in a silver glass with wide rims on which to hold the drink.

Mint Julep Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1 tablespoon of bar sugar syrup
• a dozen fresh mint leaves
• 2 or 3 dashes of angostura bitters.
• 2 oz. Bourbon Whiskey (Maker's Mark, Knob Creek, Jefferson Reserve, Woodford, Wild Turkey)

Mint Julep Procedure: 
To make this drink muddle to bruise the mint with a muddler stick in a mixing glass and do not crush the leaves.  Chill the drinking glasses in the frig, then fill with ice. Pour half over top of ice and then stir. Add more ice. Then top with the Bourbon. Garnish with mint leaves, which your can sugar.

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

Recipe, History and how to make the classic cocktail drink the "Tom Collins".

Tom Collins Cocktail Drink

Tom Collins Recipe:

Ingredients
• 1 tablespoon sugar syrup or simple syrup (Sugar water)
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 3 to 4 oz. Gin
(Bombay Sapphire, Hendrick's Gin, Beefeater Gin, Gordon's London Dry, New Amsterdam Gin, Tanqueray Gin, Gilbey's Gin, Citadelle, etc.)

Stir all ingredients together into a Tom Collins. Add ice to the glass. Fill the glass with soda water, then stir again, and serve right away.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Old-fashioned" Cocktail Recipe and History

How to make the Old Fashioned cocktail drink, with history.

The Old Fashioned is maybe one of the first drinks to actually be called a cocktail. The Old Fashioned bar glass is named after this mixed drink. The Old Fashioned cocktail is listed as top six in essential cocktails.  Many think this is what a classic cocktail should contain: a spirit, a sweet, a bitter, a sour and water.

We can trace the origins of this cocktail back to the 1880's. The first use of the name "Old Fashioned" was used at the Pendennis Club, a gentlemen’s club located in Louisville, Kentucky. It was created by a bartender at the club.

The drink as many variations and evolutions, we will cover the most popular of the Old fashioned recipes in this article.

The Old Fashioned Cocktail Drink

Old Fashioned Recipe (Oldest 1895)

Ingredients:

• 1.5 ounce or a jigger 44 ml of Whiskey (Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, etc.)

• Sugar Cube

• Lemon Peel

• Angostura Bitters

Mixing Procedure:

1. Dissolve a lump of sugar with a little water in a whiskey-glass

2. Add two dashes Angostura bitters, 

3. Add a small piece ice

4. A piece lemon-peel

5. Add the jigger of whiskey. 

6. Mix the cocktail with a small bar-spoon and serve, leaving spoon in glass.

Old Fashioned Recipe (two)
Ingredients:
• 1 Sugar cube
• 2-3 Dashes of Angostura bitters
• 2 Orange slices
• 3 Ounce Bourbon Whiskey (Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, etc.)
• Maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation:
Place the sugar cube at the bottom of an old-fashioned glass. Saturate the cube with the bitters. Add one orange slice. Muddle these ingredients. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Add the bourbon. Stir well. Garnish with a second orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Sazerac" Mixed Drink Recipe and History.

How to make the classic Sazerac cocktail drink.

The Sazerac my be one of the oldest cocktails invented in America. The Sazerac cocktail was invented in the early part of the 1800's. The Sezerac first appeared in print in the 1930's. The inventor of this drink was Antoine Amedee Peychaud. He discovered the drink when he mixed Cognac with his eychaud bitters. The drink also used to use Absinthe. Absinthe was used until it became harder to find, then Herbsaint, Pernod or Absente was used. It was the house drink at the Sazerac Coffee House in New Orleans, where the Sazerac got it's proper name by John Schiller in 1859. They both got there names from a popular brand of cognac called Sazerac-de-Forge et Fils. Today it is not clear why but Rye Whiskey is used in place of the Cognac.

This is one of the true classics when it comes to cocktails and mixed drinks.

Sazerac cocktail drink

Sazerac Ingredients:
• 3 oz rye whiskey (Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, etc.) (Cognac for original recipe)
• 3/4 oz simple syrup (Sugar water or Bar syrup) or a sugar cube.
• 2-3 Dashes of Peychaud bitters
• absinthe (Herbsaint, Pernod or Absente)
• A lemon twist for garnish

Preparation:
Use a chilled glass. In another glass, muddle or mix the simple syrup and the Peychaud bitters.
Then mix the rye whiskey and the ice to the bitters mixture and stir.
Rinse the chilled glass with absinthe just enough to coat the glass.
Pour the whiskey mixture from the mixing glass into the old fashioned glass.
Squeeze the lemon over the cocktail.
Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Bloody Mary" recipe and historic information.

How to make the great classic cocktail the Bloody Mary.

This cocktail drink is a great drink in the morning to cure a hangover. It's the number one cocktail drink of the morning hours.  This cocktail drink has a spicy tomato flavor.

The Bloody Mary cocktail was invented in the 1920's in Paris France by the bartender Fernand Petiot who used to work at Harry's New York Bar. The drink became popular in the US when he started bartending at the St. Regis Hotel. He spiced it up for his classy New York patrons. The name itself is rumored to be from the infamous Bloody Mary herself.

Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary Ingredients:
• 3 ounce Canned tomato juice
• 1 1/2 ounce Vodka (Smirnoff, Grey Goose, Absolut, Skyy, etc)
• 1/2 ounce Fresh lemon juice
• 2-3 splashes of Worcestershire sauce
• 1 splash of Tabasco
• celery salt
• ground black pepper
• hot sauce

GARNISH: 
celery stalk and a pickle spear is optional.
A lemon and or lime wedge is also used.

Preparation:
Pour the liquid ingredients into a highball glass over ice cubes.
Add the salt and spice to taste.

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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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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Sidecar" Cocktail Recipe and History

How to make the Sidecar cocktail drink with recipe and history.

The sidecar cocktail drink was made famous in Paris France during the 1920's WWI era. There are variations on how the drink is made. Early on it was made with Cognac or Armagnac. Now the drink is usually made with bourbon and not the brandy. It has a sweet and sour taste with fruity undertones.
It is considered a "Sour Drink" cocktail and is one of the original cocktails.

Sidecar Cocktail Drink

Sidecar Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 oz Bourbon, Cognac or Armagnac (Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, etc.) & (Ravenscroft Crystal Cognac, Remy Martin Cognac, Hennessy, Hardy Perfection, etc.)
• 3/4 oz Cointreau
• 1/4 oz Fresh lemon juice
• Lemon Slice as garnish


Procedure:
1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
2. Shake until cold and frosty.
3. Strain into a cold cocktail glass.
4. Garnish the sidecar cocktail with a lemon slice.

You can garnish the rim with sugar as well. 

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Whiskey Sour" Recipe and History

How to make the Whiskey Sour cocktail drink.
The Whiskey Sour Cocktail drink is the most famous of all the "Sour Drinks".
The history of the "Sour Drinks" can be traced back to before 1862. Reports say that Edgar Allen Poe was a fan of the Whiskey Sour. The drink started to become very popular in the 1960's and 1970's. The whiskey sour is part of the original cocktails. Your choice of bourbon will effect how the drink tastes. Rye Whiskey is usually the standard but any bourbon will do. Can be served shaken or over ice.

Classic Whiskey Sour Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey  (Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, etc.)
• 1 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 3/4 oz sugar syrup or simple syrup
• maraschino cherry as a garnish (optional is a orange slice)

Procedure:
1. Pour the whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake the cocktail shaker until cold and frosty.
3. Pour and strain into a chilled sour glass or cocktail glass.
4. Garnish the whiskey cocktail with a cherry or two.


1862 Version Recipe:Using a small bar-glass.
• Take 1 large teaspoonful of powdered white sugar, dissolved in a little Seltzer or Apollinaris water.
• The juice of half a small lemon.
• 1 wine-glass of Bourbon or rye whiskey.

Procedure:
Fill the glass full of shaved ice, shake it and then strain into a claret glass.
Ornament with berries.

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