How to Make a Bloody Maria with Tequila
The bloody Maria is a variation of the popular morning cocktail, the bloody Mary. Named after Queen Mary I of England, notorious for executing hundreds of Protestants, the drink …
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How to Make a Tequila Sunrise
According to The Everything Bartender’s Book, in the early 1500s, the Aztec ruler Montezuma offered Cortez wine made from the agave plant when he landed in Mexico. Cortez then …
How to Make a Dirty Martini
Why Is It Called a Dirty Martini? A dirty martini is a classic martini that has a splash of juice from the olive garnish added. The addition of the …
How to Make Apple Martinis – 6 Variations
APPLETINI-The apple martini, or appletini to the fashionable crowd, is oh so metropolitan and falling just shy of slightly pretentious. The apple martini is a vodka martini with apple …
How to Make a Cucumber Martini-Hendrick’s Gin
There are many cucumber martini recipes that adulterate the true classic martini with purees and sugars. This recipe is the standard classic with a refreshing cucumber taste. If you …
How to Make a Long Island Ice Tea with Vodka
According to The Essential Cocktail: The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks: Classic Favorites, New Ingredients, Modern Techniques, the Oak Beach Inn of the Hampton Bays gave the Long Island …
How to Make a Classic Vodka Martini
What Is in a Classic Martini? 1 part vodka Tiny splash of dry vermouth (8 to 1 vodka to vermouth will result in a dry martini) How to Make …
How to Make a Bloody Mary with Vodka
Invented at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris in 1920, the Bloody Mary originally consisted of vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, salt, and lemon. The drink was …
How to Make Lemon Drop Martinis
Ingredients in a Lemon Drop Martini Because this back-to-basics martini recipe does not contain simple syrup (sugar), it is extremely tart if you skip lining the glass’s rim with …
How to Make Jolly Rancher® Vodka Shots
When Hershey Food Corporations acquired the Leaf North American confectionery operations in 1996, it is doubtful that they intended for the tart confection, known as Jolly Rancher®, to be …
How to Make Vodka Jello® Shots
Discover how to make vodka Jello® shots with variations on exciting presentation ideas. The brand name Jello® Shots may be novel to current times, but the gelatin concoction imbibed with …
How to Make a Vodka Collins – Raspberry, Citrus, Mango
The Tom Collins may have been first introduced in 1876 in The Bartender’s Guide by Jerry Thomas with a category of Collins’ drinks made with gin, whiskey, or brandy. …
How to Make Chocolate Martinis with Bailey’s or Godiva
What’s in a Chocolate Martini? 1 oz chocolate liqueur 1 oz vanilla-flavored vodka How to Make a Chocolate Martini Chill a martini glass. Fill a cocktail shaker with shaved …
How to Make a Mint Julep with Vodka
Mint juleps evoke visions of fancily clad southern folk lounging on an open covered porch on a steamy summer day, lazily sipping on the iced beverage. Popularized by the …
How to Make a Vodka Gimlet
The gimlet has a colorful history, purportedly invented by a British naval doctor Thomas Gimlette in an attempt to persuade his fellow seamen to drink their required allotment of …
How to Make a Tequila Sour
What’s in a Tequila Sour? 2 oz tequila ½ oz lemon juice ½ oz simple syrup (see recipe below) Orange slice for garnish How to Make a Tequila Sour …