Best Cocktails

Cocktails are among the most favored drinks these days. There are innumerable number of mixed drinks that can be made from rum, whiskey, tequila and vodka. Cocktails like Screwdriver and Bloody Mary have become a commonplace and people look for new drinks at a party or other occasions. Margarita recipes used to be among the most experimented on, recipes. These days, a lot of cocktails from rum, whiskey, tequila and vodka are being experimented with, and gaining favor.

Rattlesnake
Ingredients

• Anis, 1 tablespoon
• Egg whites, 2
• Lemon juice, dash of it
• Sugar, superfine, 1 tablespoon
• Whiskey, 3 oz

Recipe

Mix the ingredients, blend egg whites thoroughly and add ice cubes as per requirement. Pour the mix into a cocktail glass and the drink is ready. One of the simplest and best cocktail recipes.

Ward Eight
Ingredients

• Orange juice, 1 oz
• Whiskey, 4 oz
• Grenadine, dash of it
• Lemon juice, 2 oz

Recipe

Mix all the ingredients together, shake well into a cocktail shaker and add cracked ice to the mixture. Strain the mixture into a cocktail glass. The drink is ready to be served.

Brooklyn
Ingredients

• Vermouth dry, 2 oz
• Whiskey, 4 oz
• Liqueur-maraschino, dash of it

Recipe

Mix the ingredients by shaking well in a cocktail shaker, add cracked ice and strain the mixture into a cocktail glass. The drink can be served now.

Liquid Lust
Ingredients

• Irish cream, 30 ml
• Vodka, 30 ml
• Tequila, 30 ml.
• Crème de banane, 30 ml

Recipe

Take all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake well for a couple of minutes. Take crushed ice in the glass and pour the mixture into the glass. For garnishing, whip some of the cream and take it in a icing pouch. With this, you can make circles on drink, along with chocolate syrup.

Harvey Wallbanger
Ingredients

• Galliano, 2 oz
• Orange juice, for topping
• Vodka, 4 oz

Recipe

Mix the ingredients into a tumbler, such as high ball glass containing ice and stir well. Add galliano on top. Vodka cocktail is ready for serving.

White Russian
Ingredients

• Light cream, 4 oz
• Vodka, 4 oz
• Pinch of nutmeg, grated
• Kahlua, 2 oz

Recipe

Take Kahlua and vodka with ice and shake well in a cocktail shaker. Take the mix in cocktail glass and add cream, followed by spreading nutmeg on the top.

Frozen Guava Daiquiri
Ingredients

• Guava juice, 120 ml
• Lemon juice, 30 ml
• White rum, 90 ml
• Sugar syrup, 30 ml
• Crushed ice, 1½ cups

Recipe

Blend the ingredients in a mixer. Take lime juice in a container and coat the border with sugar. Pour the mixture and daiquiri into a cocktail glass and decorate with mint leaves and serve.

Bikini
Ingredients

• Superfine sugar, 2 tablespoons
• Vodka, 6 oz
• Juice of a lemon
• Rum, 2 oz

Recipe

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and add ice cubes. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.

Carmen Miranda
Ingredients

• Fruit juice, 8 oz
• White rum, 4 oz
• Lemon, dash
• Cola, 6 oz

Recipe

Take crushed ice in a highball glass. Add fruit juice cola and rum. Add a dash of lemon, pour soda on the top and stir well. The drink is ready to be served.

Mojito
This is a spiced rum recipe with mint leaves.

Ingredients

• Lemon juice, 1 oz
• Mint leaves, about 15-18
• Captain Morgan spiced rum, 2½ oz
• Soda, 4 oz
• Sugar, 2 tablespoons

Recipe

In a cocktail glass, pour mint leaves at the bottom. Pour lemon juice, sugar, soda and rum and stir well. Decorate with mint leaves and serve.

These cocktails are some of the more popular mixed drinks in the world. These are easy to make and the perfect answer to a hot summer day when you need something to chill you down.