For anyone who desires to become a bartender, memorizing this list of Popular Cocktails will give you one less thing to think about when tending bar. Of course you will still have to work on tecnique, social skills, and handling money.
There are literally thousands of recipes for cocktails and mixed drinks, but there are a select few that are universal to the entire drinking public. You can find these classic cocktails being made in almost any bar or lounge anywhere in the world. If you're an aspiring bartender (professional or at home), this is also a good list to begin memorizing because they include many of the most asked for martinis, highballs, lowballs, shooters and tropical drinks. Also keep in mind that there are often many variations of the same drink, so you may not get the same drink everywhere you go, but hopefully it's relatively close.
Can you imagine vodka mixed with tomato juice being one of the most popular cocktails in the world? (Bloody Mary) A cocktail is a mixed drink made by mixing distilled beverages like vodka, gin, whiskey, rum or tequila with other ingredients including juice, liqueur, fruits, honey, sauce, cream, milk, spices, and other complementary flavorings. Cocktails vary in many forms, due to the differences in preparation of the drinks.
Some of the most popular of the "Most Popular Cocktails" are:
Bloody Mary
It is a popular cocktail made by mixing vodka with tomato juice, and spices or flavors like Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, beef consommé, horseradish, olive, celery, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, celery salt and lemon juice. The Bloody Mary tends to relieve hangovers and is therefore normally taken in the morning.
Martini
It is made by mixing gin with vermouth and served with olive garnishing. It also has variations using Vodka, Orange juice or melon juice. Over the years, the martini has become one of the most well-known mixed alcoholic beverages. It is favored by many legendary fictional and historical figures. The most famous being James Bond, though its version is known as Vesper.
Cosmopolitan
It is made with vodka, cranberry juice, Triple Sec, and fresh-squeezed or sweetened lime juice. It is also referred as Cosmo. It gained popularity quite fast in the 1990s with TV shows. Cosmo has not only influenced television but even other popular cultures. For example, cologne designed by Demeter Fragrance includes fragrance of Cosmo.
Margarita
It is mainly the most familiar tequila-based cocktail consisting of tequila and triple sec with lemon juice. Triple Sec can also be substituted by other orange flavored liqueurs. It is usually served shaken with ice, blended with ice or without ice or on the rocks in a glass with salt sprinkled on the rim.
Screwdriver - One of the most common cocktails. A basic drink with two ingredients. Vodka and Orange Juice. There are several cocktails that follow this pattern, a family of cocktails:
Hurricane - The Hurricane is a Rum based Cocktail best made with fresh fruit juice, the recipes vary but common to the Hurricane are Pineapple Juice, Lemon Juice, Passion Fruit Juice, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Triple Sec orange liqueur, Grenadine and Lime juice with silver rum, dark rum and or spiced rum.
Long Island Iced Tea - The Long Island Iced Tea is cockail that uses many different alcohols together then adds sweet and sour with triple sec orange liqueur to smooth them out. A splash of coke also gives the drink an Iced tea look. A large fresh lemon slice squeezed into the glass finishes this cocktail off and the drink if mixed does not have an overly alcoholic flavor. Some other drinks in this family include:
- Long Island Iced Tea - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Triple Sec,sweet and Sour Mix, Splash of Cola. *
- Long Island Iced Tea - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Triple Sec,sweet and Sour Mix, Cranberry juice, Splash of Sprite.
- Addios mother - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Blue Curacao, sweet and Sour Mix, Splash of Sprite. *
- Tokyo Tea - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Midori, Triple Sec, sweet and Sour Mix, Splash of Sprite.
- Texas Tea - Tequila, Tequila, Tequila, Triple Sec,sweet and Sour Mix, Splash of Cola.
- Grateful Dead - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Chambord, Midori, Triple Sec,sweet and Sour Mix, Splash of Sprite.
- Electric Iced tea - same as the Tokyo Tea.
- Purple Mother - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Island Blue Pucker, Triple Sec,sweet and Sour Mix, Cranberry juice, Splash of Sprite.
* Tequila can also be used in these cocktails.
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