Cocktail Recipes - Basic
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- Alabama Slammer
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Rocks glass
1 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz Amaretto
1/2 oz Sloe Gin
Fill orange juice
Garnish cherry & orange - Amaretto Sour
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Rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Amaretto
1 1/2 oz Sour mix
Garnish cherry - Apple martini
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Shaken, cocktail glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 oz Sour Apple Schnapps
1/2 oz Sour mix
Garnish cherry or apple wedge - Bloody Mary
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
2 Dashes Worcestershire sauce
1 Dash Tabasco sauce
Few shakes Celery salt
Fill Tomato juice
Garnish Lemon wedge & Celery stick
(Often a commercial bloody mary mix is now used instead of the tomato juice and spices) - Black Russian
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Rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 1/2 oz Kahlua - White Russian
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Rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 1/2 oz Kahlua
1 - 2 oz Cream - Cadillac Margarita
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Rocks glass (salt rim optional)
1 1/2 oz 1800 Reposado
1/2 oz Cointreau
2 - 3 oz Sour mix
Float 1 oz Grand Marnier
Garnish lime wedge - California
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 fill Orange juice
1/2 fill Grapefruit juice - Cape Cod
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
Fill Cranberry juice - Daiquiri
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Shaken or blended, cocktail glass
1 1/2 oz Light Rum
3 oz Sour mix
Garnish Pinapple wedge & Cherry - Champagne Cocktail
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Champagne glass
1 cube Sugar
Dash Angostura Bitters
Fill Champagne
Garnish lemon twist - Irish Coffee
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Coffee mug
3/4 mug hot Coffee
1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
Garnish Whipped cream - Mexican Coffee
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Coffee mug
3/4 mug hot Coffee
1 oz Tequila
1 oz Kahlua
Garnish Whipped cream - Venetian Coffee
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Coffee mug
3/4 mug hot Coffee
1 1/2 oz Brandy
Garnish Whipped cream - Keoke Coffee
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Coffee mug
3/4 mug hot Coffee
1 oz Brandy
1 oz Kahlua
1 oz Dark Creme de Cacao
Garnish Whipped cream - John Collins
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Sour mix
Fill 7-Up
Garnish Cherry & Lime wedge - Tom Collins
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Gin
1 oz Sour mix
Fill 7-Up
Garnish Cherry & Lime wedge - Cosmopolitan
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Shaken, cocktail glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1 - 2 oz Cranberry juice
Juice from one lime wedge
Garnish cherry or lime wedge - Cuba Libre
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Light Rum
Fill Cola
Garnish Lime wedge - Fuzzy Navel
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 oz Peach Schnapps
Fill Orange juice - Georgia Peach
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Peach Schnapps
1 1/2 oz Cranberry juice
Fill Orange juice - Gimlet
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Rocks glass
2 oz Vodka or Gin
1/2 oz Rose's Lime Juice
Garnish Lime wedge - Gin Fizz
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Rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Gin
1 oz Sour mix
Fill Soda
Garnish Lime wedge - Godfather
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Rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Scotch
1 oz Amaretto - Greyhound
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
Fill Grapefruit juice - Harvey Wallbanger
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
Fill Orange juice
Float 1 oz Galliano - Kamikaze
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Shooter
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Triple sec
1 oz Lime juice - Kir
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Wine glass
5 oz White wine
1 oz Creme de Cassise - Kir Royale
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Champagne glass
5 oz Champagne
1 oz Creme de Cassise or Chambord - Lemon Drop
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Shaken, cocktail glass
(sugar rim optional)
1 1/2 oz Lemon Vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz Sour mix
1 teaspoon Sugar
Garnish Lemon wedge or twist - Long Beach Iced Tea
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Tall glass
1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz Tequila
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Sour mix
Fill Cranberry juice
Garnish Lemon twist - Long Island Iced Tea
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Tall glass
1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz Tequila
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Sour mix
Fill Cola
Garnish Lemon twist - Electric Lemonade
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Tall glass
1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz Tequila (optional)
1/2 oz Blue Curacao
1 oz Sour mix
Fill 7-Up
Garnish Lemon twist - Tokyo Iced Tea
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Tall glass
1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz Tequila (optional)
1/2 oz Midori
1 oz Sour mix
Fill 7-Up
Garnish Lemon twist - Madras
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 Fill Cranberry juice
1/2 Fill Orange juice - Mai Tai (common)
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Tall glass
1 oz Malibu Rum
1/2 Fill Orange juice
1/2 Fill Pineapple juice
Float 1 oz Dark Rum
Garnish Pineapple wedge, cherry - Mai Tai (original)
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Tall glass
1 oz Light Rum
1 oz Gold Rum
1/2 oz Orange Curacao
1/2 oz Orgeat (Almond syrup)
1/2 oz Lime juice
Float 1 oz Dark Rum
Garnish cherry - Manhattan
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Shaken, cocktail glass
2 oz Bourbon or Rye
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Garnish cherry - Margarita
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Rocks glass (salt rim optional)
1 1/2 oz Tequila
1/2 Triple Sec
2 - 3 oz Sour mix
Garnish lime wedge - Martini
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Shaken, cocktail glass
2 oz Gin (or Vodka)
Dash Dry Vermouth
Garnish olive (or onion for a Gibson) - Melon Ball
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 oz Midori
Fill Orange juice - Mimosa
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Champagne glass
1/2 Fill Champagne
1/2 Fill Orange juice - Mojito
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Rocks glass
1 tbsp Sugar or Simple syrup
Several Mint leaves
Juice of 1/2 Lime
Muddle Sugar, Mint, Lime juice
Add Ice
1 1/2 oz Light Rum
Fill Soda
Garnish Mint leaves - Mud Slide
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Rocks glass
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Irish Cream
1 oz Kahlua
1 - 2 oz Cream - Old Fashioned
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Rocks glass
Orange slice
1 tsp Sugar
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Splash water (optional)
Muddle, add Ice
2 oz Bourbon or Rye
Garnish cherry - Peach Cooler
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 oz Peach schnapps
1/2 Fill Cranberry juice
1/2 Fill 7-Up - Peach On The Beach
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 oz Peach schnapps
1/2 Fill Cranberry juice
1/2 Fill Grapefruit juice - Pina Colada
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Light Rum
1 oz Sour mix
2 oz Coconut syrup
Fill Pineapple juice
Garnish Pineapple slice and Cherry - Pink Lemonade
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Tall glass
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Gin
1/2 oz Triple Sec
2 oz Sour mix
Splash Cranberry juice or Grenadine
Garnish Lemon twist - Presbyterian
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 Bourbon
1/2 Fill Soda
1/2 Fill 7-Up
Garnish Lemon twist - Road Dog
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 Gin
Fill Grapefruit juice - Rob Roy
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Shaken, cocktail glass
2 oz Scotch
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
Garnish Cherry - Rusty Nail
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Rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Scotch
1/2 oz Drambuie - Salty Dog
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Tall or rocks glass w/ salt rim
1 1/2 oz Vodka
Fill Grapefruit juice - Screwdriver
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
Fill Orange juice - Sea Breeze
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 Fill Grapefruit juice
1/2 Fill Cranberry juice - Bay Breeze
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 Fill Pineapple juice
1/2 Fill Cranberry juice - Sex On The Beach
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 oz Peach schnapps
1/2 Fill Orange juice
1/2 Fill Cranberry juice - Shirley Temple
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Tall glass
Fill 7-Up
Splash Grenadine
Garnish Cherry - Roy Rogers
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Tall glass
Fill Cola
Splash Grenadine
Garnish Cherry - Side Car
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Shaken, cocktail glass w/ sugar rim
2 oz Brandy or Cognac
1 oz Cointreu
1/2 oz Lemon juice - Singapore Sling (common)
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Gin
1 oz Sour mix
Fill 7-Up
Splash Grenadine
Garnish Cherry & Lime wedge - Singapore Sling (original)
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Cherry Brandy
1/4 oz Cointreu
1/4 oz Benedictine
4 oz Pineapple juice
1/2 oz Lime juice
Splash Grenadine
Dash Angostura Bitters
Garnish Cherry & Pineapple wedge - Slow, Comfortable Screw
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Tall or rocks glass
1 oz Sloe gin
1 oz Southern Comfort
Fill Orange juice - Slow, Comfortable Screw Against The Wall
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Tall or rocks glass
1 oz Sloe gin
1 oz Southern Comfort
Fill Orange juice
Float 1/2 oz Galliano - Tequila Sunrise
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Tall glass
1 1/2 oz Tequila
Fill Orange juice
Splash Grenadine
Garnish Orange wedge, Cherry - Whiskey Sour
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Rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Whiskey
2 - 3 oz Sour mix
Garnish Cherry - Wine Spritzer
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Tall glass
5 oz White wine
Fill Soda
Garnish Lemon twist - Wine Cooler
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Tall glass
3 oz Red Wine
Fill 7-Up - Woo Woo
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Tall or rocks glass
1 1/2 oz Vodka
1 1/2 Peach schnapps
Fill Cranberry juice - Adios Motherfucker
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Tall glass
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Rum
1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Tequila
1/2 oz. Blue Curacao
1-2 oz. Sour mix
Fill 7-Up - Almond Joy
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Shaken, cocktail glass
1 oz. Amaretto
1 oz. Dark Creme de Cacao
1 1/2 oz. Cream - Amarita
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1. Rocks glass
1 oz. Amaretto
1/2 oz. Tequila
2 oz. Sour mix
2. Rocks glass
2 oz. Amaretto
6 oz. Sour mix - Blow Job
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Shot glass
3/4 oz. Amaretto
3/4 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
Top with Whipped Cream
(There are many variations on this recipe, most involving Bailey's.)