Drink in style : 5 best cocktails
Recipes — By Neha K Kulkarni on February 17, 2012 at 12:56 PM
Having a small party for your friends or planning a BBQ night with them? Pairing the right kind of drink with the right kind of food is really important. Here are some cocktails that will add that extra zing to your evening with friends. These easy to make recipes not only save time but will leave all happy and looking for more!
Take a look!
Traditional Pimm’s No. 1
This is the perfect drink for a lazy afternoon or a BBQ party with your buddies.
Ingredients
Ice
Pimm’s
Lemonade
Mint
Cucumber
Orange
Strawberries
Method
Take a jug or glass and fill it with ice, mix one part Pimm’s No. 1 with 3 parts chilled lemonade, add some mint, cucumber, orange and strawberry.
Bourbon Sour
Bourbon lovers, your surely going to love this cocktail.
Ingredients
2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 tsp superfine sugar
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cherry
Method
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the bourbon, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a whiskey sour glass, garnish with the orange slice and cherry.
Tequila Sunrise
This bight coloured cocktail combined with some delicious food and your all set to have a really good time.
Ingredients
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger tequila
3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
ice cubes
1/2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger grenadine syrup
1 slice orange, for garnish
1 maraschino cherry for garnish
Method
Stir or shake together tequila and orange juice. Fill a chilled 12 ounce glass with ice cubes; pour in orange juice mixture. Slowly pour in the grenadine, and allow it to settle to the bottom of the glass (be patient). Garnish with a slice of orange, and a maraschino cherry.
Moscow Mule
This Vodka delight is yet another drink for a nice laid-back evening.
Ingredients
1 ounce vodka
1 tsp. sugar syrup
Fresh lime juice
1/2 cup ginger beer
1 sprig fresh mint
1 slice of lime
Method
In a copper mug, pour vodka over ice. Add sugar syrup and lime juice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with mint sprig and lime slice.
Mojito
This Cuban legend is a wonderful fusion of sweetness,citrus and refreshing mint flavours all combined to create one wonderful concoction.
Ingredients
1.25 oz spiced rum
12 mint leaves
1 tbsp sugar
0.5 oz lime juice
2 oz soda
Directions
Place mint leaves in bottom of glass. Add crushed ice, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, sugar, and lime juice, and muddle. Add soda water and garnish with mint leaves.
So this weekend sit back and have a nice time!
CHEERS!
