40ml. Citrus Vodka 15ml. Triple sec 20ml. Cranberry juice 10ml. Fresh lime juice Garnish: Flamed orange peel Add all the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice, shake sharply, and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish and serve. “The TV Program Sex and the City made this cocktail popular. The origins of the Cosmopolitan…
Kir Royale
15ml. creme de cassis Champagne to top up Add creme de cassis to a champagne flute and top with champagne. Stir gently and serve. The German soldiers who ransacked a French village’s supply of wine didn’t know what they were starting. The villagers weren’t going to give up their precious wine that easily! A rescue…
Mai Tai
30ml. Jamaican Rum 30ml. Dark Rum 20ml. Orange curacao 20ml. Fresh lime juice 10ml. Orgeat Syrup Garnish: a mint spring and lime wedge Add all the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice, shake sharply, and strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Invented in 1944 by Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron, when he…
Manhattan
50ml. Rye whiskey 25ml. Sweet vermouth 2 dashes Angostura bitters Garnish: orange zest or maraschino cherry Add the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, add the garnish, and serve. In the 1870’s, Winston Churchill’s mother was hosting a party for then presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden….
Margarita
50 ml Gold tequila 25 ml triple sec Cointreau 25 ml lime juice salt for the glass Shake all the ingredients with cracked ice in shaker. Rum the rim of a cocktail glass with lime juice, and dip in salt. Strain into the glass, and serve. The Margarita is the most popular tequila-based cocktail. Everyone…
Martini
75ml. Gin a dash of vermouth extra dry an olive to garnish Method of preparation of this cocktail are two stirred or shaken. Add product in a mixing glass filled with ice and stir vigorously. Pour into chilled martini glass and decorate with olives. The Martini is an enduring classic. Though it has evolved since…