Cocktailss
There may be no better test of a bartender's mettle than ordering an Old Fashioned. The recipe is simple: - 2 oz bourbon or rye whiskey - 2 dashes Angostura bitters - 1 sugar cube or 1 tsp sugar - Orange twist garnish Put sugar in glass. Cover it with dashes of bitters. Add whiskey and stir until sugar dissolves. Add ice, stir again, and serve. If the barman starts shaking the ingredients or muddling fruit, have your next round at another bar.
Cloyingly sweet margarita mixes have given this drink a bad name. A well-made version is a fresh mix of lime juice and tequila, with a hint of sweetener: - 2 oz silver tequila - 1 oz Cointreau - 1 oz lime juice - Salt for the rim Since this recipe includes fresh juice, it should be shaken. Serve over ice in a glass with a salted rim.
The cosmo became almost ubiquitous in the '90s thanks to the TV show Sex and the City, but this spin on the martini remains just as tasty today as when Carrie Bradshaw made it famous. - 1.5 oz citrus vodka - 1 oz Cointreau - .5 oz lime juice - .25 oz cranberry juice Build all ingredients in a shaker tine with ice and shake. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with lime wheel or zest.
A favorite of bartenders all over the world, the Negroni is a simple three-ingredient cocktail: - 1 oz gin - 1 oz Campari - 1 oz sweet vermouth Stir ingredients with ice.
Popular for good reason, the Moscow Mule is one of the most refreshing things to sip on a hot summer day. Its suggested vessel, a copper mug, also just looks sharp. - 2 oz vodka - 4 to 6 oz ginger beer - .5 oz lime juice Squeeze lime juice into a Moscow Mule mug. Add two or three ice cubes, pour in the vodka, and fill with cold ginger beer. Stir and serve.
