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These extremely useful wooden cocktail sticks are needed for spearing through pieces of fruit and cherries. These are not re - usable. Plastic cocktail sticks, however, are re-usable provided they are washed and boiled.

 

 

 

 

Frosting/Rimming

 

 

Margaritas and other mixed drinks often call for the rim of the glass to be coated with salt, sugar, or some other ingredient. This is known as frosting or rimming. The easiest way to do this is to rub the rim of the glass with a slice of citrus fruit and then dip the very edge of the rim into a small bowl filled with the sugar or salt.

 

Rimming Video

 

Maraschino Cherries

 

You should always have a plentiful supply of red maraschino cherries to decorate your cocktails with. These are the most widely used of decorations, as well as being available in multiple colors and flavors.

 

Olives or Onions

 

 

Martinis are often garnished with olives or cocktail onions. Simply skewer one or two with a toothpick and drop into the drink.

 

 

Straws

 

 

Straws are essential and go well with many cocktails. These, of course, should never be re-used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRINK RECIPES

 

 

There are a myriad of drinks out there concocted in someone’s basement or kitchen when there were just a few drops of liquor left and some type of mixer. Others have been created by bored bartenders who thought certain combinations might taste good together. Still others are staples that are ordered nearly every day in a bar.

 

 

We can’t include all drink recipes, but here are some of the most popular ones.

 

 

Alabama Slammer

 

1/2 oz  amaretto almond liqueur

 

1/2 oz  Southern Comfort® peach liqueur 1/2 oz  sloe gin

 

1 splash  orange juice

 

1 splash  sweet and sour mix

 

Pour above ingredients into a stainless steel shaker over ice and shake until completely cold. Strain into an old-fashioned glass and serve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amaretto Sour

 

1 1/2 oz  amaretto almond liqueur

 

1 - 2 splashes  sweet and sour mix

 

 

Pour the amaretto liqueur into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Add a splash or two of sweet and sour mix, and shake well. Strain or pour into an old-fashioned glass, garnish with a maraschino cherry and a slice of orange, and serve.Brandy Alexander

 

1 1/2 oz  brandy

1 oz  dark crème de cacao

1 oz  half-and-half

 

1/4 tsp grated  nutmeg

 

 

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the brandy, crème de cacao, and half-and-half. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with the nutmeg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloody Mary

 

1 1/2 oz  vodka

3 oz  tomato juice

 

1 dash  lemon juice

 

1/2 tsp  Worcestershire sauce 2 - 3 drops  Tabasco® sauce 1  lime wedge

 

Shake all ingredients (except lime wedge) with ice and strain into an old- fashioned glass over ice cubes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the wedge of lime and serve.

 

Blue Hawaiian

 

1 oz  light rum

 

1  cherry

 

2  oz  pineapple juice

 

1 oz  Blue Curacao liqueur

1 oz  cream of coconut

 

1 slice  pineapple

 

 

Blend light rum, blue Curacao, pineapple juice, and cream of coconut with one cup ice in an electric blender at high speed. Pour contents into a highball glass. Decorate with the slice of pineapple and a cherry.

 

 

 

 

Cosmopolitan

 

1 oz  vodka

 

1/2 oz  triple sec 1/2 oz  lime juice

1/2 oz  cranberry juice

 

 

Shake vodka, triple sec, lime and cranberry juice vigorously in a shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lime wedge on the rim, and serve.

 

Fuzzy Navel

 

1 part  peach schnapps

1 part  orange juice

 

 

Mix equal parts of each ingredient in a highball glass, top with ice, and serve.

 

 

Gibson

 

1 1/2 oz  gin

3/4 oz   vermouth

2 cocktail  onions

 

 

 

Stir gin and vermouth over ice cubes in a mixing glass. Strain into a cocktail glass. Add the cocktail onions and serve.

Gimlet

 

2 oz  gin

 

1/2 oz  lime juice

 1  lime wedge

 

Pour the gin and lime juice into a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with the lime wedge.

 

Harvey Wallbanger

 

1 oz  vodka

 

1/2 oz  Galliano® herbal liqueur 4 oz  orange juice

 

 

Pour vodka and orange juice into a Collins glass over ice cubes and stir. Float Galliano on top and serve.

 

Kamikaze

 

1 oz  vodka

 

1 oz  triple sec

 

1 oz  lime juice

 

 

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes, and serve.

 

 

 

Lemon Drop

 

1/2 oz  vodka

 

1/2 oz  lemon juice

1  sugar cube

 

Add sugar to the rim of an old-fashioned glass, and drop a cube or packet of sugar into the bottom of the glass. Pour vodka and lemon juice into a stainless steel shaker over ice, and shake until completely cold. Pour into the prepared old-fashioned glass, and serve.