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| x Gimlet |
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Old fashioned glass | Lime slice |
The gimlet is a cocktail typically made of gin or vodka and lime juice. The name comes from the name of the naval surgeon - Gimlette - who introduced this drink as a means of inducing his messmates to take lime juice as an anti-scorbutic. (Sir...
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The Tremblement de Terre (or "Earthquake") Cocktail has been attributed to the French Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The name is derived from its effects, which tend to "shake up" the drinker.
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| x Vesper |
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Goblet | Lemon peel |
The Vesper or Vesper Martini is a cocktail that was originally made of gin, vodka, and Kina Lillet (the closest modern equivalent is Lillet Blanc).
The drink was invented and named by fictional secret agent James Bond in the 1953 novel Casino Royale...
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| x Monkey glands |
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Cocktail glass |
The Monkey Gland is a cocktail of gin, orange juice, grenadine and absinthe named after a surgical technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue into humans. The practice was started by Dr Serge Voronoff, and was intended to produce longevity.
The...
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| x Sazerac |
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Old fashioned glass | Lemon peel |
The Sazerac is one of the oldest known cocktails, with its origins in pre-Civil War New Orleans, Louisiana. The original drink is based on a combination of Cognac and bitters created by Antoine Amédée Peychaud in the 1830s, and is reported to be the...
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| x Brandy Alexander |
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Cocktail glass |
Brandy Alexander is a sweet, brandy-based cocktail that became popular during the early 20th century.
It was supposedly created at the time of the wedding of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood and Viscount Lascelles, in London, in 1922 ...
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| x Brandy Daisy |
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Collins glass |
The Brandy Daisy is a cocktail which first gained popularity in the late 19th century. One of the earliest known recipes was published in 1876 in the second edition of Jerry Thomas's The Bartenders Guide or How To Mix Drinks: The Bon-Vivants...
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| x Brandy Sour |
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Collins glass |
The Brandy Sour is a mixed alcoholic cocktail that has been cited as the national drink of Cyprus. While other forms of the Brandy Sour cocktail exist, the Cypriot variety is a distinct mixture, which only shares the basic brandy and lemon...
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| x Jack Rose |
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Cocktail glass | Cherry |
Jack Rose is the name of a classic cocktail, popular in the 1920s and 1930s, containing applejack, grenadine, and lemon or lime juice. It notably appeared in a scene in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 classic, The Sun Also Rises, in which Jake Barnes, the...
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| x Hayride | Cocktail glass | Orange Peel |
The Hayride is a cocktail invented by Boston Metro newspaper columnist Dan "The Imbiber" Dunn. It was featured in his "Cocktail of the Week" column in the November 2 - 4, 2007 issue of The Metro.
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When made with Hennessy...
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| x Incredible hulk |
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Cocktail glass |
An Incredible Hulk, Green Eyed Monster, or Hip and Hen is a green-colored cocktail made by equal parts (2 fl oz each) of the fruit liqueur Hpnotiq and Hennessy brand cognac poured over ice. It is named for the famously green comic book superhero,...
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| x Nikolaschka |
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Snifter |
A Nikolaschka is typically an after dinner drink.
Pour cognac brandy snifter and place the lemon disk on top of the glass. Next cover half of the disk with coffee powder and the other half with a powdered sugar and serve.
For a Vodka Nikolaschka,...
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| x Orgasm |
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Old fashioned glass | Cherry |
The Orgasm is a cocktail that can be either served on the rocks or layered and drunk as a shooter. It is an IBA official cocktail.
There are many other versions of this popular mixed drink. One of those forms is remembered by "being made on your B.A...
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| x Paradise |
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Cocktail glass |
The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, made with gin and brandy. It is classified as a "pre-dinner" drink, an apéritif.
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| x Pisco Sour |
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Old fashioned glass |
A Pisco Sour is a cocktail containing pisco, lemon or lime juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and regional bitters (like Amargo bitters, though Angostura bitters work if regional bitters are unavailable).
With the increased availability of Pisco and...
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| x Porto flip |
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Cocktail glass | Grated Nutmeg |
A Porto flip is a type of alcoholic beverage.
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| x Sidecar cocktail |
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Cocktail glass | Lemon Rind |
The Sidecar is a classic cocktail traditionally made with Cognac, orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier or another triple sec), and lemon juice. In its ingredients, the drink is perhaps most closely related to the older Brandy Daisy, which...
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| x Singapore Sling |
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Highball glass | Maraschino cherry |
The Singapore Sling is a cocktail that was invented by Ngiam Tong Boon (嚴崇文) a bartender working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel Singapore before 1910. The recipes published in articles about the Raffles Hotel prior to the 1970s are significantly...
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| x Tom and Jerry |
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Mug |
A Tom and Jerry is a traditional Christmastime cocktail in the United States. It was devised by sports writer Pierce Egan in the 1820s.
It is a variant of eggnog with brandy and rum added and served hot, usually in a mug or a bowl.
Another method...
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| x Zombie cocktail |
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Zombie glass | Cherry |
The Zombie is a cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums, so named for its perceived effects upon the drinker. It first appeared in the late 1930s, invented by Donn Beach (formerly Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gannt) of Hollywood's Don...
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| x Caipirinha |
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Old fashioned glass | Lime wedge |
Caipirinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [kajpiˈɾĩɲɐ]) is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça (pronounced [kaˈʃasɐ]), sugar and lemon. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Like rum, cachaça is made from alcohol...
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| x 20th Century |
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Cocktail glass | Lemon twist |
A cocktail created in 1939 connection with the introduction of the new streamlined Dreyfus Hudson Engine which began pulling the Twentieth Century Limited train between New York City and Chicago in 1938. The recipe was first published in 1939 in the...
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| x Bijou Cocktail |
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Cocktail glass | Cherry |
Bijou means "Jewel" in French, and the reason this cocktail is called Bijou is because it combines all the colors of the three most precious jewels in the world: diamond (gin), ruby (vermouth), and emerald (chartreuse). The real Bijou is supposed to...
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| x Bronx cocktail |
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Cocktail glass |
The Bronx Cocktail is essentially a perfect martini with orange juice added. It was ranked number three in "The World's 10 Most Famous Cocktails in 1934", making it a very popular rival to the Martini (#1) and the Manhattan (#2). Today, it remains a...
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| x French 75 |
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Collins glass | Cherry |
French 75 is a cocktail made from cognac, champagne, lemon juice, and sugar. There is some controversy over whether the cocktail was originally made with cognac or with gin and champagne.
The drink was originally concocted by the Franco-American...
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| x Gin and tonic |
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Highball glass | Lemon |
A gin and tonic is a highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water, usually garnished with a slice of lime or lemon and often served over ice. The ratio of gin to tonic water can vary considerably according to taste, with up to 50% gin being...
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| x Gin pahit |
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Gin pahit is an alcoholic drink made with gin and bitters, as enjoyed in colonial Malaya. The name means "bitter gin" in Malay.
The recipe, according to the food and beverage service of the Raffles Hotel, is 1 1/2 ounces of gin and 1/2 ounce of...
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| x Hanky-Panky cocktail |
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Cocktail glass | Lemon twist |
The Hanky-Panky cocktail was the brainchild of Ada Coleman. Her benefactor was Rupert D'Oyly Carte, a member of the family that first produced Gilbert and Sullivan operas in London and that built the Savoy Hotel. When Rupert became chairman of the...
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| x Lime Rickey |
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Highball glass | Lime slice |
Lime Rickey is any of several mixed drinks — some alcoholic cocktails and some not — each featuring lime juice as a key ingredient. Other components may include gin, rum, vodka, bitters, and carbonated water. Sweetening from simple syrup or other...
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| x Long Island Iced Tea |
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Highball glass | Lemon Slice |
A Long Island Iced Tea is a highball made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, gin, tequila, rum and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix and a splash of cola. Most variants use...
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| x Martini |
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Cocktail glass | Olive |
The martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth. The drink is almost always garnished with an olive or, less commonly, a sliver of lemon peel. It is often described as being "crisp". Over the years, the martini has become one of the most well...
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| x Mickey Slim |
The Mickey Slim was a drink that had short-lived popularity in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. According to the The Dedalus Book of Absinthe by Phil Baker, it was made by combining gin with a pinch of DDT (also known as...
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| x Negroni |
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Old fashioned glass | Orange Peel |
The Negroni cocktail is made of 1 part gin, 1 part sweet vermouth, and 1 part bitters, traditionally Campari. It is considered an apéritif, a pre-dinner cocktail intended to stimulate the appetite.
There are two popular versions as to who invented...
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| x Old Etonian | Cocktail glass | Orange Peel |
An Old Etonian is a gin cocktail which enjoyed great popularity in London, circa 1925. The cocktail takes its name from Eton College and from the college's alumni, who are often referred to as Old Etonians. The Garden Hotel in London is an example...
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| x Pegu |
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Cocktail glass | Lime twist |
The Pegu is a Gin-based cocktail that was the signature drink of Burma's Pegu Club, a social club written about by the likes of Rudyard Kipling. The club was located just outside Rangoon. The recipe appeared in The Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930 by...
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| x Pink Gin |
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Cocktail glass | Lemon Rind |
Pink Gin is a cocktail made fashionable in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, consisting of gin and a dash of 'pink' (Angostura bitters, a dark red extract of gentian and spices, known from the 1820s at Angostura, Venezuela but now made in...
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| x Pink lady |
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Cocktail glass | Cherry |
A pink lady is a classic gin-based cocktail with a long history. The egg-whites and cream mix creates a foam that floats on top of the drink and giving it a unique texture.
Due to its name, color, ingredients, and texture, the Pink Lady is...
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| x Tom Collins |
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Collins glass | Lime |
The Tom Collins is a type of Collins cocktail made from carbonated water, sugar, lemon juice and Gin. First memorialized in writing in 1876 by "the father of American mixology" Jerry Thomas, this 'Gin and Sparkling Lemonade' drink typically is...
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| x Bacardi cocktail |
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Cocktail glass |
The Bacardi cocktail is an IBA Official Cocktail made primarily with Bacardi rum. It is served as a "pre-dinner" cocktail.
The Bacardi Cocktail was originally the same as the Daiquiri, containing rum, lime juice, and sugar; The Grenadine version of...
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| x Blue Hawaii |
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Hurricane glass | Orange |
The Blue Hawaii is a tropical cocktail made of rum, pineapple juice, blue Curacao, sweet and sour mix, and sometimes vodka as well. It should not be confused with the similarly named Blue Hawaiian cocktail that contains creme of coconut instead of...
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| x Brass Monkey |
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Highball glass |
Brass Monkey is a name given to a number of different cocktail recipes. As with many lesser-known cocktails that are named after colloquial expressions, there are some wildly differing recipes that share the same name.
It can refer to a cocktail...
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| x Bumbo |
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Old fashioned glass | Nutmeg |
Bumbo (also known as Bombo or Bumboo) is a drink made from rum, water, sugar and nutmeg. Cinnamon is sometimes substituted for or added to the nutmeg. Modern Bumbo is often made with dark rum, citrus juice, Grenadine, and nutmeg.
Bumbo was popular...
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| x Cuba Libre |
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Highball glass | Lime slice |
The Cuba Libre (IPA /'kuβ̞a'liβ̞ɾe/ in Spanish, kjuːbʌ liːbɹeɪ/ in English, "Free Cuba") is a highball made of Cola, lime, and rum. This highball is often referred to as a Rum and Coke in the United States and Canada, where the lime juice is...
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| x Dark 'N' Stormy |
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Highball glass | Lime slice |
A Dark and Stormy (or Dark 'n' Stormy) is an alcoholic highball style cocktail popular in many British Commonwealth countries, such as Australia and Bermuda. It consists of dark rum and ginger beer over ice. The local rum is usually used, for...
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| x Daiquiri |
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Cocktail glass |
Daiquiri (pronounced /ˈdækəri/, Spanish: daiquirí [daikiˈɾi]) is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, lime juice, and sugar or other sweetener. There are several versions, but those that gained international fame are the ones made...
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| x Dragonfly |
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The Dragonfly is a drink made with two parts dark rum, two parts cranberry juice, and one part pineapple juice.
The drink is served over ice. Variations are the use of a flavored cranberry juice as opposed to a flavored rum
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| x Fish House Punch |
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Lemon Slice |
Fish House Punch is a strong, rum-based cocktail containing containing rum, Cognac, and peach brandy. The drink is typically served over an ice block in a punch bowl and garnished with lemon slices.
This most venerable of American flowing bowls is...
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| x Flaming Doctor Pepper |
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Shot glass |
The Flaming Doctor Pepper is a flaming cocktail said to taste like the soft drink Dr Pepper, although it does not contain any soda. It is usually made by filling a shot glass 3/4 full with Amaretto, and 1/4 high proof liquor (such as Everclear or...
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| x Flaming Volcano |
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Volcano bowl | Orange Slice |
The Flaming Volcano is a large tropical group cocktail made of rum, brandy, pineapple juice, orange juice, almond syrup, and sometimes other ingredients. It is usually a multi-user drink, served to a group in a special, ritual vessel known as a...
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| x Hurricane |
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Hurricane glass |
The hurricane is an extremely sweet alcoholic drink made from lime juice, passion fruit syrup and rum. It is one of many popular drinks served in New Orleans.
The creation of this passion fruit-colored relative of a Daiquiri drink is credited to New...
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| x Mai Tai |
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Old fashioned glass | Lime peel |
The Mai Tai is a well-known alcoholic cocktail purportedly invented at the Trader Vic's "Polynesian-style" restaurant in Oakland, California in 1944. Trader Vic's amicable rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it first in 1933 at his...
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| x Mojito |
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Highball glass | Mint leaf |
Mojito (pronounced /moʊˈhiːtoʊ/; Spanish: [moˈxito]) is a traditional Cuban highball.
A Mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime, sparkling water and mint. The original Cuban recipe...
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| x Moosemilk |
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The Canadian military has a long history of serving a beverage known as "Moosemilk" annually on New Years Day at a function hosted by the Junior Ranks Mess, Senior NCO's Mess and the Officers Mess. Each mess basically hosts an open house or invites...
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| x Painkiller |
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Nutmeg |
A Painkiller is a rum cocktail. A painkiller is traditionally made by frothing a mixture of dark rum, orange juice, pineapple juice, sweetened coconut cream, and shaved ice, and topping with nutmeg.
Reputation has it that the painkiller was...
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| x Staten Island Ferry | Highball glass |
A Staten Island Ferry is a cocktail consisting of equal parts Malibu Rum and pineapple juice served over ice. In flavor it resembles a Piña Colada but does not require coconut cream, and thus is more easily mixed in bars that lack the specialty...
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| x Tinto de verano |
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Lemon Slice |
Tinto de Verano is a wine-based drink similar to sangria and is very popular in Spain. It is simpler than sangria, usually made up of 1 part red wine and 1 part gaseosa. Gaseosa is a mild flavored low sugar lemonade, of which La Casera is the best...
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| x Sake bomb |
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Shot glass |
The sake bomb or sake bomber is a drink made by pouring sake into a shot glass and dropping it into a glass of beer. Sometimes two chopsticks are placed parallel on top of the glass of beer, and the shot glass is balanced carefully between them. The...
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| x Tamagozake |
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Tamagozake (卵酒 or 玉子酒) is a drink consisting of heated sake, sugar and a raw egg. It translates as "egg sake", being made of the kanji 卵 tamago (egg) and 酒 saké. Outside of Japan, tamagozake is sometimes referred to as sake-nog, due to its...
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| x Margarita |
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Margarita glass | Lime slice |
The Margarita is the most common tequila-based cocktail, made with tequila mixed with triple sec and lime or lemon juice, often served with salt on the glass rim.
Common ratios for a margarita are
although the IBA (IBA Official list of Cocktails)...
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| x Matador |
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Cocktail glass | Lime twist |
The Matador is a tequila-based cocktail. Less widely known than the margarita, its structure is similarly simple, with three primary ingredients: silver or blanco tequila, pineapple juice, and lime juice. Its chief coupling of pineapple and a single...
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