10 classic alcoholic cocktails that never go out of style

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Delicious drinks that are easy to prepare at home.

1. Mojito

Ingredients

• ½ lime;
• 10 fresh mint leaves;
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 200 g of crushed ice;
• 50 ml of white rum;
• 100 ml of soda.

Preparation

Cut the lime into 4 wedges. Place mint leaves and 2 lime wedges in a thick glass. Squeeze the mint and lime with a muddler or spoon to let the juice drain. Add 1 more lime wedge and sugar, then crush again.

Fill the glass almost to the top with ice. Pour rum on ice and add soda. Stir gently with a cocktail spoon and add more sugar if needed. Garnish with a lime wedge and mint leaves.

2. Daiquiri

Ingredients

• 60 ml white rum;
• 30 ml lime juice;
• 1 teaspoon sugar syrup
• 200 g of crushed ice.

Preparation

Pour rum, lime juice, and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker. Add ice, cover and shake until cooled. Strain into a chilled glass.

3. Manhattan

Ingredients

• 50 ml bourbon;
• 25 ml red vermouth;
• 1 ml Angostura;
• 200 g ice cubes;
• 1 cocktail cherry.

Preparation

Pour bourbon, vermouth and angostura into a cocktail shaker and shake. Place the ice cubes in a glass, and then strain the mixture from the shaker into it. Garnish the cocktail with a cherry.

4. Bloody Mary

Ingredients

• 380 g ice cubes;
• 120 ml tomato juice;
• 50 ml of vodka;
• 10 ml lemon juice;
• 1 ml tabasco sauce;
• 1 ml Worcester sauce
• 1 g salt;
• 1 g black pepper;
• 1 stalk of celery

Preparation

Fill the glass halfway with ice cubes. Combine tomato juice, vodka, lemon juice, tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, black pepper, and leftover ice in a shaker. Stir until cooled, then strain into a glass with ice cubes. Garnish the finished shake with a celery stalk.

5. Blue Lagoon

Ingredients

• 200 g ice cubes;
• 50 ml of vodka;
• 20 ml blue curaçao;
• 150 ml Sprite;
• 1 pineapple wedge.

Preparation

Fill a tall glass halfway with ice cubes. Pour in vodka and liquor, and then fill the Sprite glass to the top and stir gently. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

6. Pina colada

Ingredients

• 30 ml of white rum;
• 90 ml pineapple juice;
• 30 ml coconut milk;
• 50 g ice cubes;
• 1 pineapple slice or cocktail cherry.

Preparation

Combine rum, pineapple juice, coconut milk and ice in a blender. Pour into a glass and garnish with a pineapple wedge or cherry.

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7. Margarita

Ingredients

• 50 ml tequila;
• 25 ml triple-sec;
• 10 ml sugar syrup;
• 30 ml lime juice;
• 200 g ice cubes;
• 2 g salt;
• 1 wedge of lime.

Preparation

Pour tequila, triple sec, sugar syrup and lime juice into a shaker, then add ice cubes to them. Stir until cooled. Make a strip of salt on the rim of the glass and pour the mixture from a shaker into it. Garnish with a lime wedge.

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8. Old fashion

Ingredients

• 5 g brown sugar, cubed;
• 1 ml Angostura;
• 120 g ice cubes;
• 50 ml bourbon;
• 1 orange slice.

Preparation

Place the cubed sugar in a thick glass, add angostura and muddle. Fill a glass with ice cubes, add bourbon and stir gently with a cocktail spoon. Garnish the finished cocktail with an orange slice.

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9. Gin and tonic

Ingredients

• 180 g ice cubes;
• 50 ml gin;
• 150 ml tonic;
• 1 wedge of lime.

Preparation

Fill a tall, narrow glass with ice to the top. Pour in the gin and tonic, and then gently stir with a cocktail spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.

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10. Gimlet

Ingredients

• 60 ml gin;
• 30 ml lime juice;
• 200 g ice cubes;
• 1 strip of lime zest

Preparation

Pour gin and lime juice into a shaker, and then add ice cubes to them. Stir until cooled. Pour everything into a chilled glass. Garnish the finished cocktail with a strip of zest.

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