Cartões: 25 Most Common Cocktails

Margarita

2 oz blanco tequila; 1 oz lime juice; 3/4 oz Cointreau or triple sec — Shake — Rocks glass, salt rim — Lime wheel

Old Fashioned

2 oz bourbon or rye; 1/4 oz simple syrup (or 1 sugar cube); 2 dashes Angostura bitters — Stir — Rocks glass, large cube — Orange peel

Mojito

2 oz white rum; 3/4 oz lime juice; 3/4 oz simple syrup; 6-8 mint leaves; top with soda — Gently muddle mint, build — Highball, crushed ice — Mint sprig

Martini

2.5 oz gin; 1/2 oz dry vermouth; optional dash orange bitters — Stir — Chilled coupe or martini glass — Lemon twist or olive

Manhattan

2 oz rye whiskey; 1 oz sweet vermouth; 2 dashes Angostura bitters — Stir — Chilled coupe — Brandied cherry

Cosmopolitan

1.5 oz citrus vodka; 3/4 oz Cointreau; 3/4 oz cranberry juice; 1/2 oz lime juice — Shake — Martini glass — Orange twist

Moscow Mule

2 oz vodka; 1/2 oz lime juice; 4 oz ginger beer — Build over ice — Copper mug — Lime wedge

Negroni

1 oz gin; 1 oz Campari; 1 oz sweet vermouth — Stir — Rocks glass, large cube — Orange peel

Daiquiri

2 oz white rum; 1 oz lime juice; 3/4 oz simple syrup — Shake — Chilled coupe — Lime wheel

Whiskey Sour

2 oz bourbon; 3/4 oz lemon juice; 3/4 oz simple syrup; optional egg white — Dry shake (if egg), then shake with ice — Rocks glass — Cherry and orange flag, bitters on foam

Piña Colada

2 oz white rum; 1.5 oz cream of coconut; 1.5 oz pineapple juice; 1/2 oz lime juice — Blend with ice or shake — Hurricane glass — Pineapple wedge and cherry

Long Island Iced Tea

1/2 oz each vodka, gin, white rum, blanco tequila, triple sec; 3/4 oz lemon juice; 1/2 oz simple syrup; top with cola — Shake (except cola), top with cola — Collins glass — Lemon wedge

Bloody Mary

2 oz vodka; 4 oz tomato juice; 1/2 oz lemon juice; 2 dashes Worcestershire; 2 dashes hot sauce; pinch salt, pepper, celery salt — Roll between tins — Highball — Celery stalk and lemon wedge

Mimosa

3 oz sparkling wine; 3 oz orange juice — Build, bubbles first — Champagne flute — Orange slice (optional)

Aperol Spritz

3 oz prosecco; 2 oz Aperol; 1 oz soda water — Build over ice — Wine glass — Orange slice

Espresso Martini

2 oz vodka; 1 oz fresh espresso; 1/2 oz coffee liqueur; 1/4 oz simple syrup — Hard shake — Chilled coupe — 3 coffee beans

Paloma

2 oz blanco tequila; 1/2 oz lime juice; pinch of salt; top with grapefruit soda — Build over ice — Highball, optional salt rim — Lime wedge

Tom Collins

2 oz gin; 1 oz lemon juice; 1/2 oz simple syrup; top with soda — Shake (except soda), top with soda — Collins glass — Lemon wheel and cherry

Mai Tai

2 oz aged rum; 3/4 oz lime juice; 1/2 oz orange curaçao; 1/4 oz orgeat; 1/4 oz simple syrup — Shake — Rocks glass, crushed ice — Mint sprig and spent lime shell

Gimlet

2 oz gin; 3/4 oz lime juice; 3/4 oz simple syrup — Shake — Chilled coupe — Lime wheel

White Russian

2 oz vodka; 1 oz coffee liqueur; 1 oz heavy cream — Build over ice, float cream — Rocks glass — None

Lemon Drop

2 oz citrus vodka; 3/4 oz triple sec; 3/4 oz lemon juice; 1/2 oz simple syrup — Shake — Martini glass, sugar rim — Lemon twist

French 75

1 oz gin; 1/2 oz lemon juice; 1/2 oz simple syrup; top with 3 oz champagne — Shake (except champagne), top with champagne — Champagne flute — Lemon twist

Dark 'n Stormy

2 oz Gosling's Black Seal rum; 4 oz ginger beer; optional 1/2 oz lime juice — Build ginger beer over ice, float rum on top — Highball — Lime wedge

Tequila Sunrise

2 oz blanco tequila; 4 oz orange juice; 1/2 oz grenadine — Build, then slowly pour grenadine so it sinks — Highball — Orange slice and cherry