GIN RICKEY Think a G&T with all the bubbles but sans that tonic sweetness. This highball is a glass of herbal, citrusy refreshment.
TEQUILA SUNRISE Chase those cheesy ‘70s cocktail vibes with this morning-after classic.
CUBA LIBRE A Cuba Libre is, simply, a rum and coke with lime. But that lime makes all the difference. Ingredients • 2 oz. rum (gold rum is best) • 1 lime • Coca-Cola Directions Squeeze a lime into a Collins glass. Add 2 or 3 ice cubes. Pour in the rum. Drop in one of the spent lime shells and fill the glass with cold Coca-Cola. Stir briefly.
Ingredients • 1 1/2 oz. tequila • 3 oz. freshly squeezed orange juice • 1 tsp. grenadine
Ingredients • 2 oz. gin • 1/2 fresh lime • 6 oz. club soda (top off)
Directions Shake tequila and orange juice well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add grenadine and stir gently, for no longer than is necessary to produce layers of oranges and reds. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.
Directions Squeeze the juice from half a lime into a highball glass filled with ice cubes. Drop the lime half in the glass. Pour in the gin, then fill the rest of the glass with club soda. Stir.
MOJITO Half the joy of a Mojito is in its construction—the picking of mint leaves, the muddling of lime and sugar, the top off of bubbly water. Take your time with this one. Ingredients • 2 oz. white rum • 1/2 oz. lime juice (squeezed fresh) • 1 tsp. superfine sugar • 3 mint leaves • club soda or seltzer Directions In a smallish Collins glass, muddle lime juice with 1/2 to 1 tsp. superfine sugar. Add the mint leaves, mushing them against the side of the glass. Fill glass 2/3 with cracked ice and pour in the rum. Pitch in the squeezed-out lime shell and top off with club soda or seltzer.
LONG ISLAND ICED TEA A little-known fact about LIITs: They don’t always taste like the water sopped up by a mop from the bar floor after last call. Make this recipe and you’ll understand. Ingredients • 1/2 oz. vodka • 1/2 oz. gin • 1/2 oz. white rum • 1/2 oz. silver tequila • 1/2 oz. Cointreau • 3/4 oz. lemon juice • 2 tsp. simple syrup • 3/4 oz. Mexican Coke Directions Shake ingredients (except Mexican Coke), then strain into a Collins glass over crushed ice. Top with Coke and garnish with a lemon twist. (All photos courtesy to the Internet)
23
EC Magazines | Summer Edition 2021
Made with FlippingBook Proposal Creator