Alcoholic cocktails - strong and light: the best recipes. How to make festive alcoholic cocktails at home? The most unusual cocktails and alcoholic drinks in the world

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How nice it is to drink a glass of your favorite cocktail in the evening - alcoholic or not, it doesn't matter, it all depends on your desire and taste. I must say a huge thank you to the person who first thought of mixing several ingredients, as a result of which the first cocktail was born.

Some argue that the word "cocktail" comes from the Spanish expression cola di gallo - the tail of a rooster. So for the outward resemblance, they called the root of one of the plants with which the bartender from the town of Campeche on the Gulf of Mexico mixed the drinks he prepared. American sailors, who did not miss a single bar, liked to visit this one, in Campeche. When asked what kind of instrument he had in his hands, the polite bartender answered in English: "Cocktail" - "rooster's tail". There is another story that connects the origin of the "cocktail" with the "rooster's tail". This story belongs to James Fenimore Cooper. According to him, the first cocktail was prepared in the 70s of the 18th century by Elizabeth Flanagan, a canker of the troops of General Washington. One day, she served the officers a drink of rum, rye whiskey, and fruit juices, adorning the glasses with feathers from the tails of fighting cocks. One of the officers, a Frenchman by birth, at the sight of such decoration of glasses, exclaimed: "Vive le cog's tail!" ("Long live the cock's tail!"). Everyone liked this half-French, half-English phrase, and the drink began to be called "cocktail" - cock's tail.

To date, there are many recipes for all kinds of cocktails. But there are some among them that are 100 percent present in any bar in the world, whether it's a French restaurant or an American eatery.

The world's most popular 10 alcoholic cocktails

This cocktail was created by Monsieur Pite Petiot at the Harris Bar in Paris in 1921. The drink inherited its name, apparently, from the daughter of the English king Henry VIII, who received the nickname Bloody Mary from her cruelty.

Ingredients:

• 3/10 vodka
• 6/10 tomato juice
• 1/10 lemon juice
• Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces
• celery salt
• salt, pepper to taste

What to do: Mix all ingredients in a highball glass with ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of celery. Served heavily chilled.

Screwdriver

The birthplace of this cocktail is the USA. At first, the cocktail was very simple in nature - orange juice and vodka. Today, this cocktail can contain rum, whiskey, and other strong drinks instead of vodka. For example, "Mexican Screwdriver" contains tequila, "Honey Screwdriver" - honey beer, "Ginger Screwdriver" - ginger liqueur. In many countries, "screwdriver" is referred to by the English word "screwdriver" (pronounced skryudryver), which also means "screwdriver". There is a variation of this cocktail with a reverse proportion of ingredients, which is called "drivesrewer". The first written mention of the Screwdriver cocktail is found in the American magazine "Time" in the issue of October 24, 1949.

Ingredients:

• 50 g vodka
• 100 g orange juice

What to do: Mix vodka with orange juice in a tall glass filled with ice. Serve with a straw.

This cocktail at one time was very fond of the famous writer Ernest Hemingway. It is prepared from lime juice, white rum, fresh mint, tonic water, sugar or syrup and crushed ice. Drink this cocktail only through a straw so that mint leaves and ice do not get into your mouth and you do not have to spit.
There are 2 types of mojito: low-alcohol and non-alcoholic. It comes from the island of Cuba, became popular in the USA in the 1980s. There are several theories about the origin of the name "mojito". One says that the word comes from Spanish. Mojo (moho, mojito - diminutive). Mojo is a sauce presumably in Cuba and the Canaries, usually it includes garlic, pepper, lemon juice, vegetable oil, herbs. Another states that mojito is a modified mojadito (Spanish: Mojadito, abbreviated from mojado), which means "slightly moist".
Mojito traditionally consists of five ingredients: rum, sugar, lime, sparkling water and mint. Its combination of sweet and refreshing citrus with mint, which may have been added to the rum to "mask" the strength of the latter, made this cocktail one of the most popular summer drinks. Some hotels in Havana also add Angostura to mojitos. In a non-alcoholic mojito, white rum is replaced with water with cane brown sugar.

Ingredients:

• mint 20 leaves
• lime 2 slices
• sugar syrup 15 ml
• ice cubes
• white rum 50 ml
• soda 10 ml

What to do: In a tall glass, put fresh mint leaves, a few lime slices and pour the whole composition with sugar syrup. Remember the pestle well. Next, crush the ice and pour it into a glass, add rum, top up the soda to the rim of the glass, stir with a cocktail spoon and finally garnish with a sprig of mint.

Alaska

This cocktail of American origin is considered a classic. It is prepared from yellow chartreuse and gin, served with ice.

Ingredients:

Gin 60 ml
yellow Chartreuse 15 ml
orange liqueur 5 ml
crushed ice

What to do: In a mixing glass filled halfway with ice, combine gin, Chartreuse yellow liqueur, and orange liqueur. Pour into a cocktail glass and serve. Serve in a cocktail glass. Decorate with a slice of orange.

Pina colada

The Pina Colada cocktail is made from pineapple juice, Malibu liqueur, coconut cream and Bacardi rum and garnished with a cherry or pineapple wedge.
Bahia is a type of Pina Colada. It contains, in addition to the usual ingredients, the pulp of a lemon. The glass itself is decorated not with fruits and berries, but with a sprig of mint.
Traditional Caribbean alcoholic cocktail containing rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice. The name of the cocktail is translated as "filtered pineapple". Initially, this name meant fresh pineapple juice, which was served strained (colado). Unstrained was called sin colar. Then rum and sugar were included in the composition. In the middle of the 20th century, in one of the Puerto Rican bars, the piña colada recipe was born, which gained immense popularity and became the pride of Puerto Rico. The piña colada is considered the official drink of Puerto Rico.

Ingredients:

• 4-6 ice cubes
• 2 parts Rum Light
• 1 part Rum Dark
• 3 parts Pineapple Juice
• 2 parts Malibu liqueur
• pineapple pieces for garnish

What to do: Fill a shaker with crushed ice, light rum, coconut liqueur and pineapple juice. Shake lightly to mix. Strain into a large glass and garnish with a cherry and pineapple wedges.

Martini

This legendary cocktail continues to be popular all over the world, including in Russia. It is made from vermouth and gin and is always garnished with olives. The cocktail is served in special glasses.
At the beginning of the last century, "Martini" was called Italian vermouth, which in reality had nothing to do with this cocktail. However, around the middle of the 20th century. both concepts have united, and today both vermouth and a cocktail, so beloved by visitors to respectable casinos, are called so.
The cocktail is named after its creator - Martini de Anna de Toggia. The original version consisted of equal parts vermouth and gin and is now called "fifty-fifty", but now the proportions of the martini are changed until the appearance of an ultra-dry martini, when the glass is barely rinsed with vermouth before pouring the gin.

Ingredients:

• 4-6 crushed ice cubes
• 3 parts gin
• 1 tbsp dry vermouth or to taste
• cocktail olive for garnish

What to do: Put ice cubes in a pitcher. Pour in the gin and vermouth and stir. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with a cocktail olive.

A cocktail of Latin American origin, the appearance dates back approximately to the interval between 1936-1948, there are many versions of its appearance, almost all of them feature a woman named Margarita. The first version is that the author of the first Margarita is the Mexican bartender Carlos Harrera. In 1938, he worked at the Rancho La Gloria bar in Tijuana, where the aspiring actress Margarita once dropped by. Her blond curls and heavenly beauty inspired Carlos to create the first glass of a cocktail - spicy and tender at the same time.
But there is another story that tells about the Texas aristocrat Margarita Sames. Allegedly, one year, somewhere in 1948, she arranged a grand reception in her villa in Acapulco. She treated her guests to a new tequila cocktail of her own invention. The guests liked it, they slowly got drunk and had fun. That's how everyone would drink and forget the creation of the hostess, but among the guests was Tommy Hilton, owner of the Hilton hotel chain. Tommy, as a pragmatic businessman, realized that good money could be made on the invention of a bohemian lady. A couple of days later, the cocktail appeared on the menu of bars and restaurants of his hotels. It is not known whether he shared the profits from sales with Madame Sames, but he secured her copyright in the name of the cocktail.

Ingredients:

1 part Blanco tequila
1 part lime juice
1/2 part Cointreau orange liqueur

What to do: Prepared in a shaker and served chilled in a wide stemmed cocktail glass, rimmed with a salty rim (the rim of the glass is moistened with lime juice and dipped in finely crystalline salt) and garnished with a lime wedge.

Long Island

Sometimes called "Long Island Ice Tea" on the menu. This is a strong cocktail, which, contrary to its name, does not include tea. This drink is made from tequila, vodka, rum and gin. Sometimes Triple Sec is added to it. When preparing this drink, it is important to strictly observe the proportion. If you understand that the bartender mixed the cocktail by eye, then you have every right to be indignant and refuse to pay for the drink.
According to the rules, a cocktail should be made with no more than 5 different ingredients, but Long Island is an exception. It consists of 6 to 7 ingredients. A popular version is that the cocktail was first invented during the years of Prohibition, as it resembles ice tea (iced tea) in appearance and aroma. However, the cocktail is believed to have been first made in the 1970s by Chris Bendixen, a bartender at a nightclub in Smithtown, Long Island.

Ingredients:

Vodka 30 ml.
white rum 30 ml.
Cointreau liqueur 30 ml.
tequila 30 ml.
lemon juice 30 ml.
sugar syrup 30 ml.
coca cola to taste

What to do: Put ice in the glass first. Pour in all the listed ingredients in sequence. Pour the Coca-Cola last. Garnish with a lemon wedge and mint sprig. Served with a straw.

Cosmopolitan

This cocktail is currently the most popular in the casino. It was created by American bartender Dale Degrof personally for the singer Madonna. It soon became fashionable. This drink is prepared from cranberry juice, vodka, lime and liquor, and served in martini glasses.

Ingredients:

• lemon vodka 40 ml
• liqueur "Cointreau" 15 ml
• lime juice 15 ml
• cranberry juice 30 ml

What to do: Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake well and pour into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon zest.

Tom Collins

This classic cocktail has its origins in the early 19th century. Although no one will tell you its exact origin, what we do know is that it was invented by a bartender named Collins at the famous Limmers Hotel in London. The original recipe used juniperberry Dutch alcohol, similar to gin. Ultimately, this ingredient was replaced by the sweeter London dry gin "Old Tom" (Old Tom) - thus the name Tom Collins. In fact, the Collins name is now used for a variety of other cocktails that are made with soda, sugar syrup, lemon juice, and an alcohol ingredient. In the US, the John Collins cocktail is made with Bourbon whiskey instead of gin. Other drinks called Collins are mixed using brandy, rum or Scotch whisky. This cocktail is refreshing, stylish, elegant, with a rich taste palette: just made to enjoy it in sophisticated society by the pool.

Ingredients:

• 60 ml dry London gin
• 30 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar syrup
• 90 ml soda

What to do: Fill shaker halfway with ice. Add gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup. Shake well. Strain through a strainer into a tall, half-filled glass with ice, and carefully top up with soda. Stir gently to keep bubbles in. Garnish with a cherry in liqueur or a slice of lemon that can be placed directly into the drink or on the rim of the glass.

And one more cocktail, which also occupies a leading position in all the bars and restaurants of the world.

Daiquiri

This cocktail is believed to be of Cuban origin. It contains lime juice, rum and syrup. In the casino, such varieties of this cocktail as "Derby daiquiri", "Peach daiquiri", "Banana daiquiri", etc. are in the greatest demand. Fruit pulp is added to them. The drink was invented in the town of Daiquiri at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1896, a certain Jennings Cox (American mining engineer), cursing the heat, mixed the above-mentioned rum with lime juice for himself and his friends, and not just mix, but pour these ingredients on ice cubes. This is how the Daiquiri (Daiquiri) cocktail turned out. And Ernest Hemingway promoted this invention in his novels, he was a big fan of this drink. And in 1893, during the celebration of Cuban independence, an American army officer toasted a free Cuba by mixing Bacardi rum, symbolizing the free spirit of Cuba, with Coca-Cola, America's new drink. The slogan of those days - "Long live free Cuba!" forever preserved in the name of the Cuba Libre cocktail.
The popularity of the daiquiri skyrocketed when F. Scott Fitzgerald mentioned it in his book 2 Beyond Paradise, published in 1920. In an episode that warns against drinking rum in moderation, a group of characters order double daiquiris each as a harbinger of the "intoxicating evening" which ends in hallucinations.

Ingredients:

6/10 white rum Bacardi or Havana Club
3/10 lemon or lime juice
1/10 sugar syrup

What to do: Pour the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake for 10 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass. You can get Pink Daiquiri ("Pink Daiquiri") by adding a few drops of Grenadine.

Today, few parties can pass without a cocktail, but why is your New Year's party worse? Today in our rating are the ten most popular cocktails and, of course, recipes for their preparation.

10th place. Mojito

Mojito recipe appeared in Havana, the capital Cuba, in a small cafe-restaurant " Bodeguita del Medio founded by the family Martinez V 1942 year and to this day welcomes visitors in the same bar in the colonial style in the heart of the city; it was visited by famous personalities, among them Ernest Hemingway, Adrianis Rodriguez, photos of which are stored in the restaurant.

On the origin of the name mojito There are several legends. One says that the word mojito is a modified mojadito (Spanish. Mojadito, reduce from mojado), which means "slightly moist".

Compound:

White rum - 50 ml
. Sugar syrup - 20 ml
. Soda (mineral water with lemon or sprite) - 50 ml
. Mint - 15 grams
. Lime - 3 slices

Cooking:

1. Put lime and mint in a highball.
2. Muddle and top with crushed ice.
3. Pour in the rum, sugar syrup and club soda.
4. Stir with a bar spoon.
5. Add crushed ice.
6. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

9th place. Pina colada

The name of the cocktail translates as " filtered pineapple". Initially, this name meant fresh pineapple juice, which was served strained ( colado). Unstrained bore the name sin color. Then rum was included in the composition. IN mid-twentieth century in one of the Puerto Rican bars, the cocktail recipe " piña colada”, which gained immense popularity and became the pride of Puerto Rico.« piña colada»is considered the official drink Puerto Rico.

Compound:

White rum - 50 ml
. Coconut syrup - 30 ml
. Pineapple juice - 100 ml

Cooking:

1. Pour rum, coconut syrup and pineapple juice into a shaker.

3. Strain through a strainer into a hurricane glass with ice.
4. Garnish with a pineapple and cocktail cherry.

8th place. cosmopolitan

Initially, the cocktail was specially created for vodka. Absolute Citron which tasted like lemon. According to another version, cosmopolitan» created Cheryl Cook, a woman bartender from the shtetl South Beach, Florida. Another figure involved in the creation of the drink was Toby Cizzini With Manhattan. He made a cocktail based on the recipe Cook, while he made his own small changes. It was his recipe that became the standard of cooking " Cosmopolitan". For a long time, this cocktail has been popular among gay club goers. Only in 1998 year with the release of the series " Sex in the city", Where " cosmopolitan"became the favorite drink of the heroines, it gained wide popularity.

Compound:

Orange liqueur - 10 ml
. Cranberry juice - 30 ml
. Lemon juice - 10 ml
. Vodka - 30 ml
. Orange peel essential oil - 1 slice

Cooking:

1. Pour vodka, orange liqueur, lemon juice and cranberry juice into a shaker.
2. Fill a shaker with ice cubes and shake.

4. Squeeze the orange peel essential oil onto the surface of the drink and plunge into the glass.

7th place. Tequila Sunrise

Cocktail " Tequila Sunrise'was invented in 30-40s years in a hotel Arizona Biltmore Hotel. The original recipe included blackcurrant liqueur and lime juice. Your name (English) sunrise - "sunrise") Cocktail received for appearance. Dense components (blackcurrant liqueur or pomegranate syrup), settling to the bottom of the glass through a mixture of juice and tequila, create a gradation of colors reminiscent of dawn.

There is a version that the cocktail became famous thanks to the group " The Rolling Stones", whose musicians preferred" Tequila Sunrise» to all other drinks during his American tour in 1972 year.

Compound:

Tequila - 50 ml
. Orange juice - 150 ml
. Grenadine syrup (pomegranate syrup) - 10 ml

Cooking:

2. Pour tequila and orange juice
3. Top with grenadine syrup
4. Garnish with an orange slice

6th place. Daiquiri

Origin story related to patriotic Cuban motifs tells the story of a Cuban engineer Jennings Cox, which was heading for manganese development in the area Daiquiri. He had only rum at his disposal to quench the thirst of the workers. The engineer asked a peasant, whose estate bordered on mining, a basket of limes and granulated sugar, then extracting ice from the fittings that miners usually used, prepared a simple cocktail composition " Dairiki". The result was so successful that the workers spread the recipe all over the island.

Well, he brought worldwide fame to the cocktail Ernest Hemingway. He wrote about his favorite cocktails like this: My daiquiri en Floridita, my mojito en Bodeguita "(My daiquiri is in Floridita, my mojito is in Bodeguita") .

Compound:

White rum - 40 ml
. Lemon juice - 20 ml
. Sugar syrup - 20 ml

Cooking:

1. Pour rum, lemon juice and sugar syrup into a shaker.
2. Fill a shaker with ice cubes and shake.
3. Strain through a strainer into a chilled cocktail glass.
4. Garnish with a circle of lemon.

5th place. margarita

A cocktail of Hispanic origin, the appearance dates back to about a period of 1936—1948 year, there are many versions about his appearance, in almost all of them a woman named Margarita appears. And although there are only three official versions of the origin of life on Earth, contenders for the title " creator of margarita» do not count!

Compound:

Tequila - 40 ml
. Orange liqueur - 20 ml
. Lemon juice - 20 ml

Cooking:

1. Pour tequila, lemon juice and orange liqueur into a shaker.
2. Fill a shaker with ice cubes and shake.
3. Strain through a strainer into a margarita glass with a salty rim.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

4 methods. Martini Dry

Dry Martini was first presented to the public at the turn of the XX century. According to one version, it happened in a bar in a New York hotel. Knickerbocker: bartender Martini di Armadi Taggia combined in equal proportions gin and Noilly Prat and added a drop of orange bitter. According to another theory, "father" Dry Martini was from San Francisco and called him Jerry Thomas. He mixed a cocktail for a gold digger who went to seek his fortune in the city. Martinez. There is also a version according to which the cocktail got its name in honor of guns. Martini and Henry, which were in service with the British army at the beginning XX century: the allegedly stunning (in the literal sense of the word) cocktail was to the taste of the soldiers.
Cinematography brought worldwide fame to the cocktail. " Matrini Dry"appears in such cult films of American cinema as a series about the war in Vietnam M*A*S*H, where the main characters use only "dry martini".

Compound:

Gin - 75 ml
. Dry vermouth - 15 ml
. Olive - 1

Cooking:

1. Chill the cocktail glass and mixing glass.
2. Drain the melted water from the mixing bowl.
3. Pour in the vermouth and gin and stir with a bar spoon.
4. While holding ice in a mixing glass, pour into a cocktail glass.
5. Dip an olive on a skewer to the bottom of the glass.

3rd place. Cuba Libre

First prepared in Havana V 1900 year. American soldiers mixed Cuban rum and cola while toasting a free Cuba: « Viva la Cuba libre» (« Long live free Cuba»).

Compound:

White rum - 40 ml
. Cola - 120 ml
. Fresh lime - 1 wedge

Cooking:

1. Fill your highball glass to the top with ice cubes
2. Pour rum and cola
3. Garnish with a lime wedge

2nd place. Screwdriver

According to legend, the cocktail got its name from the habit of American oil engineers working in Iraq to mix vodka and orange juice with a screwdriver. But most likely the cocktail was invented John Martin, the man who taught me to drink all the vodka America. The first written mention of the Screwdriver cocktail (screwdriver) is found in the American magazine " Half» in the issue dated October 24, 1949.

Compound:

Vodka - 50 ml
. Orange juice - 150 ml

Cooking:

1. Fill the highball to the top with ice cubes.
2. Pour in vodka and orange juice.
3. Garnish with an orange slice.

1 place. Bloody Mary

For the role of the inventor bloody mary Several people apply. Some sources claim that the cocktail was originally created George Jessel at about 1939 year. In the newspaper New York Herald Tribune December 2, 1939 what is believed to be the first reference to the drink was published, along with the original recipe attributed to George Jessel: « George Jessel's new anti-hangover drink, which attracted the attention of correspondents and called Bloody Mary: half tomato juice, half vodka»
The name is associated with the name of the English queen Mary I Tudor, nicknamed Bloody Mary for the massacre of Protestants.

Compound:

Vodka - 50 ml
. Tomato juice - 100 ml
. Lemon juice - 10 ml
. Fresh celery - 10 g
. Wotchester sauce - 5 drops
. Tabasco - 3 drops
. Salt
. Ground pepper

Cooking:

1. Muddle the celery in a shaker
2. Pour in vodka, lemon juice, tomato juice, Wochester and Tabasco
3. Sprinkle salt, pepper to taste
4. Fill shaker with ice cubes and shake
5. Strain through a strainer into a highball
6. Garnish with a stalk of celery and a lemon

House parties have become so fashionable among Europeans that they are arranged almost every week. Delicious food, pleasant company, a lot of music and, of course, a variety of colorful cocktails are liked by absolutely everyone. Thanks to a combination of all these factors, any party is guaranteed to be a success.

The fun of a house party directly depends on the number of friends. A thematic event of two people a priori cannot be incendiary. Take this unspoken rule into your arsenal. Do you want to have unforgettable fun? Invite as many friends as possible. And be sure to provide the evening with original snacks and interesting cocktails. And in order not to get lost in a huge assortment, we have compiled for you a rating of the most popular alcoholic drinks for a party, as well as cocktails that do not include alcohol. So let's get started.

Alcoholic cocktails

1 Long Island Cocktail

The most famous cocktail called "Long Island" was invented during the Prohibition era. Outwardly, it was very reminiscent of iced tea, so the drink is often referred to as Long Island Ice Tea. It first appeared on Long Island in New York, from where it got its name.

It is usually prepared in the following way:

• 15 ml of vodka,
• 15 ml gin
• 15 ml white rum
• 15 ml tequila,
• 15 ml Triple Seca (orange liqueur),
• 15 ml sugar syrup
• cola,
• lemon wedge,

All ingredients are mixed in a standard highball. Vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec and sugar syrup can be measured with a jigger, after which everything is mixed with Cola and ice. A slice of lemon and several tubules are used as decoration.

2. Cocktail Tom Collins

The history of the Tom Collins cocktail began at London's Limmer's, where a waiter named John Collins first mixed the ingredients that all bartenders in the world use to this day. By the way, the name of the cocktail is used differently in different establishments, changing the name "Tom" to "John". The composition does not change.

For cooking you will need:

• 60 ml gin
• 50 ml soda,
• 30 ml sugar syrup
• Lemon,
• Cocktail cherry and orange slice for garnish.

All components are mixed in a shaker, lemon juice is squeezed out through a citrus press. The cocktail is then poured into a highball glass and garnished with a cherry on top. The edge of the glass can be decorated with an orange slice.

3. Pina Colada cocktail

"Pina Colada" is a cocktail of real pirates. As early as 1820, corsairs on ships drank it, and the first person to invent it was Captain Roberto Cofresi.

To prepare it you need:

• 50 ml white rum
• 50 ml coconut syrup
• 100 ml pineapple juice
• Lime,
• Pineapple wedge and leaves for garnish
• crushed ice,
• Tube.

The ingredients are mixed in a shaker or blender, the main task is to grind them so that the consistency becomes homogeneous. For serving use a glass called "sling". A slice of pineapple and its leaf serve as a decoration on the edge of the glass.

4. Cosmopolitan cocktail

An extremely fashionable cocktail became widely known after the release of the Sex and the City series, where the heroines drank the drink at parties. And it was invented by Dale de Gough, a mixologist from America in the 70s.

Cocktail Ingredients:

• Vodka with citrus flavor - 30 ml,
• Triple Sec - 15 ml,
• Cranberry juice - 30 ml,
• Lime,

The ingredients are mixed in a shaker with a strainer, the lime is squeezed out by hand or using a citrus press. You can decorate the cocktail with the zest removed from the orange slice. It should be served in a cocktail glass on a high leg.

5. Margarita cocktail

Famous socialite Marguerite Simes requested a new cocktail for her party in 1948. This is how the incomparable "Margarita" appeared, which even has its own "birthday" - February 22.

Here's how you can make a margarita:

• 50 ml tequila,
• 25 ml orange liqueur
• 10 ml sugar syrup
• Lime,
• Salt,

Everything is mixed in a shaker and poured through a strainer into a Margarita glass. Don't forget the glass rim of salt and a lime wedge.

6. Vesper cocktail

This cocktail bears the name of the legendary lover of James Bond - Vesper Lind. She was the only woman who settled in the heart of 007.

It includes:

• 45 ml gin
• 15 ml of vodka,
• 5 ml vermouth
• Lemon,
• Zest for decoration.

Everything is simple here: the ingredients are mixed in a shaker and poured into a cocktail glass through a strainer. You can decorate the cocktail with lemon or lime zest.

7. Bloody Mary cocktail

A cocktail that inspires fear with its name alone, but does not lose popularity at the same time - "Bloody Mary", named after the English Queen Mary Tudor, who was called "bloody" for numerous massacres of Protestants. It was invented by Fernand Petiot, a bartender from Harry's New York Bar in Paris.

The cocktail is prepared like this:

• 50 ml vodka,
• 100 ml tomato juice
• Tabasco sauce,
• Worcester sauce,
• Salt and ground pepper,
• Lemon,
• Celery stalk for garnish.

The cocktail should be mixed in a shaker, squeeze the lemon juice with your hands. Pour into a highball glass, sprinkle with ground pepper and salt, and garnish with a stalk of celery. An important point: the shaker should not be actively shaken, you just need to shake it gently.

8. Cocktail "White Russian"

This cocktail was the king of discos back in the 80s, and thanks to the movie The Big Lebowski, released in 1998, the popularity of the drink reached a new level.

Its composition:

• 30 ml of vodka,
• 30 ml coffee liqueur
• 30 ml cream

For serving, you can take a glass of "Old Fashion" or a small shot. The ingredients are mixed in a glass with a bar spoon and the cocktail is drunk in one gulp.

9. Cocktail B-52

For the first time, the cocktail was served by the bartenders of the Alice establishment, which is located in Malibu. It bears the name of a Russian secret bomber, which was never completed.

For cooking you need:

• 15 ml coffee liqueur
• 15 ml "Irish Cream",
• 15 ml Triple Seca.

Using a bar spoon, the cocktail should be stacked in layers in a shot. First, pour in the liquor, then gently “Irish Cream” along the handle of the spoon, and lastly, Triple Sec. At the end, the drink is effectively set on fire.

10. Daiquiri cocktail

Daiquiri first appeared in Cuba, where a man named Jenning Cox decided to mix rum, sugar and lime in one glass with ice. The cocktail got its name from the Daiquiri village, where it was invented.

It is prepared like this:

• 60 ml white rum
• 15 ml sugar syrup
• Lime,

Everything is mixed in a shaker and poured into a glass through a strainer. Usually the cocktail is not decorated with anything, but you can make a rim of brown sugar around the edge of the glass.

11. Cocktail Alexander

The legend of the Alexander cocktail is associated with the great commander Alexander the Great, it is his name that this drink bears. The cocktail itself was first served by a bartender in England to the court, thanks to which he received the title of "sir".

The cocktail is prepared like this:

• 30 ml gin
• 30 ml coffee liqueur
• 30 ml heavy cream
• Ground nutmeg for garnish.

All components are mixed in a shaker and poured into a cocktail glass. The cocktail should be sprinkled with nutmeg on top.

12. Tequila Sunrise Cocktail

According to legend, there is a sacred place on earth where you can find incredible energy at dawn on the day of the equinox - a 60-meter pyramid in the town of Teotihuacan. The Tequila Sunrise cocktail was created as part of a ritual to gain this energy and is called "Fire Water" in this area.

What you need for cooking:

• 50 ml tequila,
• 10 ml grenadine,
• 150 ml orange juice
• orange slice for garnish
• tubule,

The drink is mixed directly in the highball, then it is filled with ice, garnished with an orange slice and a straw.

13. Cocktail Medusa

The Medusa layered cocktail was made famous by astronomer Paul Fisher, who was able to see the Medusa and Crab nebulae after only drinking a few cocktails.

What you need for a cocktail:

• 10 ml absinthe,
• 20 ml cocoa liqueur
• 20 ml Triple Seca,
• 5 ml Irish Cream.

Layers are poured into the glass: cocoa liqueur, then Triple Sec and absinthe are carefully poured with a bar spoon, and at the end - Irish Cream, drop by drop through a straw.

14. Cocktail Gin and tonic

Fleeing from malaria in India, soldiers of the British army used tonic in large quantities. However, in order to diversify this drink, gin was added to it. This cocktail not only cheered up, but also perfectly refreshed in the heat.

The cocktail is prepared as follows:

• 50 ml gin
• 150 ml tonic,
• Lime,

The ingredients are mixed in a shaker, squeezing a slice of lime. Then the cocktail is poured into a highball through a strainer.

15. Cocktail Sex on the beach

Well, where without the popular cocktail with the defiant name "Sex on the Beach"! He provokes and entices, for which the heroines of the Santa Barbara series fell in love with him so much.

You can prepare it like this:

• 50 ml vodka,
• 25 ml peach liqueur
• 40 ml of pineapple juice and cranberry juice,
• Pineapple and raspberry for garnish

In a shaker, you need to mix all the ingredients, pour through a strainer with a glass "sling" and garnish with a slice of pineapple and raspberries.

Non-alcoholic cocktails

People who prefer sober fun and pleasant communication with friends to drinking alcohol will certainly rate you as a bartender much higher if you have non-alcoholic cocktails in your arsenal. They are based on milk, ice cream, ripe fruits and berries, as well as syrups, juices and even eggs.

16. Rainbow cocktail

For example, a cocktail called "Rainbow" does not contain alcohol, it includes: 70 ml of orange and peach juice, sprite, grenadine and Blue Curacao syrup. First, grenadine is poured into a sling or highball glass, then juices are layered with a bar spoon, and at the end - Blue Curacao blue syrup. Before filling, ice should be poured into the glass, and you can decorate with an orange slice and a straw with an umbrella.

17. Fiesta

Drink "Fiesta" includes: 2 ml of raspberry syrup, 8 ml of passion fruit and orange juice, 2 ml of cream. All you need to shake in a shaker with ice and pour into a shot. You can drink it in one gulp or in small sips.

18. Cocktail Red Arrow

A Red Arrow cocktail is served in a glass of Irish Coffee. To prepare it, you need to mix in a blender: 20 ml of lemon juice, 10 ml of caramel and vanilla syrups, 100 ml of cranberry juice, a little ginger and strawberries to taste. The ingredients are carefully ground and heated, that is, the cocktail is drunk hot. The edges of the glass can be decorated with sugar, greased with a lemon slice.

19. Egg Nog Cocktail

The famous drink "EggNog" is a variation of "Gogol-mogul", it can be both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Take 2 cups of milk, ground nutmeg and 1 cup of cream. The mixture must be heated over low heat. And at this time, you should grind the yolks of 5 eggs and sugar, then put on fire and heat until the mass becomes white. Gently fold the egg yolks into the milk mixture and beat thoroughly. The cocktail should be cooled slightly and served in cups or highballs, garnished with nutmeg.

20. Cocktail Chocolate shake

Milk shakes, so popular among adults and children, are made with milk and ice cream. For example, for a chocolate shake you will need: ¼ cup chocolate syrup, 1 cup milk and a few scoops of vanilla ice cream. Whip all the ingredients in a blender or shaker and pour into a tall glass with a straw. To taste, grated banana, strawberries, raspberries and other fruits can be added to the drink.

21. Non-alcoholic mojito cocktail

Mojito, so popular among young people, is also available in two versions: with and without rum. Refreshing non-alcoholic "Mojito" can be prepared as follows: put ice on the bottom of the glass, pour over ¾ "Sprite" and a little sugar syrup. In a separate container, grind mint leaves, lemon and lime slices with a muddler. The whole mixture is added to the glass and stirred with a bar spoon, after which it is decorated with a lime wedge and a straw.

22. Non-alcoholic punch

A cocktail called "punch" looks very much like a compote. It is very easy to prepare, especially since it is served in a deep container, from where it is poured into glasses. This means that there is enough cocktail for everyone. Take 0.5 l of apple juice, 0.5 l of ginger lemonade, sugar to taste, apple slices and other berries as desired. All you need to heat to a boil, then remove from heat and cool.

23. Cocktail Blue Lagoon

The wonderful drink "Blue Lagoon" not only looks very presentable, but also perfectly refreshes in the summer heat. For a non-alcoholic cocktail, you will need: fill a highball glass ¾ full with ice cubes, pour half the Blue Curacao blue liqueur, add soda and lemon juice and mix with a bar spoon. You can decorate a cocktail with a slice of lemon or a cocktail cherry and a straw.

24. Shirley Temple Cocktail

Treat your friends to a delicious Shirley Temple cocktail as well. Prepare it as follows: pour ice into a highball, pour ginger lemonade and add grenadine syrup. Complete it with Sprite and garnish with a cocktail cherry or orange slice.

25. Cocktail Honeymoon

“Magnificent, and most importantly, a healthy cocktail will undoubtedly be appreciated by your friends. It bears the romantic name "Honeymoon", thanks to the honey that is part of it. You can prepare a drink as follows: mix ice in a shaker, 100 ml of orange and apple juices, as well as the juice of half a lime and a little honey. Shake the mixture thoroughly and pour into a Champagne flute glass. The resulting drink can be garnished with a cocktail cherry and orange zest, removed with a spiral with a bar knife.

26. Berry smoothie

“Pulverized fruits and berries are the perfect combination in the classic smoothie, which is not only a delicious cocktail, but a great drink for people who lead an exceptionally healthy lifestyle. As a rule, smoothies are made without sugar, the standard recipe includes: fruits or berries grated in a blender and lemon or apple juice. If desired, you can add yogurt, milk with ice cream or honey to the cocktail.

27. Ginger Lemonade

A great base for many non-alcoholic drinks at a party is ginger lemonade. Preparing it is quite simple: you need to take chopped ginger root, sugar, lemon slices and add lemon juice squeezed through a citrus press. The mixture must be put on fire and brought to a boil, then cool and let it brew for an hour, after taking out the ginger.

28. Cocktail "Frappe"

Another cocktail based on milk and ice cream vaguely resembles a milkshake, but is called differently - “Frappe”. You can add coffee, hot chocolate, bananas, strawberries, vanilla or grated berries to the main ingredients. Here is the recipe for the delicious Banana Chocolate Frappe: Blend a glass of milk, a few scoops of ice cream and a banana in a blender until smooth. Pour the cocktail into a highball glass, and then carefully insert a bar spoon and pour the liquid chocolate into the bottom of the glass along its handle. You can simplify this process by pouring chocolate through a cocktail tube.

29. Green tea smoothie

Perfectly tones and refreshes a drink based on green tea. It contains a whole complex of vitamins and gives a charge of vivacity, which will undoubtedly have a positive effect on the general condition of the body. To make a cocktail, take: 1 cup of freshly brewed green tea, half a glass of apple juice and ice. Fill shaker with ice, add all ingredients and shake well. The drink is served in a highball with a straw, if desired, it can be decorated with a slice of lemon.

30. Apricot shake

Unique, incendiary and original parties will always be fun if you carefully consider the content of the home bar. Take care of your guests: offer them an exciting program, good music and home-made cocktails, and they will definitely come to you again and again.

After a hard day or a whole week, everyone is looking for ways to relax. For some, this is a favorite hobby, for some it is an interesting film, and for some it is a rest for the soul and body with the help of alcohol.

It's no secret that any alcoholic product is quite harmful to the body. However, some of the drinks were turned into a kind of work of art, skillful hands and creative ideas.

And it is about unusual and tasty drinks that will be discussed in this article. I would like to note that almost every cocktail below has its own non-alcoholic counterpart, which allows absolutely anyone to enjoy their taste. So, the top 10 most famous alcoholic cocktails, enjoy reading!

One of the most popular and favorite drinks according to the site. Its history begins in the 16th century, and brave English pirates are considered to be the “authors”, who began to add lime and mint to their favorite strong alcohol (or simply moonshine). But it is difficult to establish the place of birth, because the pirates never sat in one place, but still, it is generally accepted that it was in Cuba that Mojito "began his dizzying career." By adding such components to a strong alcoholic drink, they made the drink not only palatable, but also useful (prevention of cholera). Mojito recipes that have come down to us are almost a hundred years old. There are different variations of this mix, but the classic recipe remains the most popular, where the main ingredient is Bacardi rum.

Where does this name come from? There are several versions… The name comes from words similar in pronunciation, which are translated from different languages ​​as “slightly wet”, “little witchcraft”, and there is also a similar name for Cuban sauce.

So, the composition of the cocktail includes:
Bacardi 50 ml
half a lime
Peppermint leaves (at least 5-6)
sugar syrup
Soda (carbonated water) 50 ml.
And, of course, crushed ice.

Mojito is served in a tall glass, garnished with mint leaves and drunk through a straw.

The favorite of the female half of all parties. Light and rich with tropical notes, it cheers up, gives a unique feeling and pleases with its unusual look. There are alcoholic and non-alcoholic Pina Coladas. And what is very important, both options are equally tasty - this is a valuable property of a cocktail. A drink made in coconut or pineapple not only looks spectacular, but is also the most delicious. The name of this drink translates as “filtered pineapple” and it came to us from Puerto Rico, where it was originally called fresh strained pineapple juice, later rum was added to it, and even later Piña Colada appeared in one of the bars. He immediately gained a bunch of fans, became the pride of Puerto Ricans and the official drink of the country.

The classic pina colada cocktail is prepared in a blender and here are its ingredients:
Pineapple juice - 90 ml
Coconut cream - 30 ml
Light rum - 30 ml

Add ice and beat. The drink is served in a glass garnished with a "drunken cherry" or a piece of pineapple. There may be other cocktail options.

The unusual color distinguishes it from other alcoholic beverages. The unique color and pleasant taste will leave an unforgettable impression after getting to know this cocktail. It appeared in the middle of the last century, and was invented by the bartender of the Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel. And the reason for the "invention" was the order of the alcohol company to promote the new Blue Curacao liquor. After several options, it was decided to stop on this lineup. And the name, probably, appeared thanks to a hit with the same name.

The taste of this cocktail is a tropical mix combined with rum and liquor. All these ingredients give an amazing heady taste, which is loved all over the world and glorified the exotic island.

The composition of the cocktail is:
Light rum - 20 ml
Coconut liqueur (Malibu) - 20 ml
Pineapple juice - 40 ml
Blue Curacao - 20 ml

Thoroughly mix all the ingredients and crushed ice in a shaker, pour into a glass, decorate with an umbrella, an orange slice or a cherry and ... Enjoy! It can be drunk at any time of the day, it perfectly refreshes and tones.

Relatively young and very popular cocktail. He first appeared under the name "Sand in shorts" in the eighties of the last century, when there were hippies with crazy parties on the beaches.

Now it can be found in any self-respecting bar. It is always in the top, has a bright color and a pleasant taste and is quite easy to prepare. For its pleasant fruity taste, the fair sex simply adores it, and the name will leave few people indifferent, because it evokes pleasant thoughts. The characters of the series "Santa Barbara" brought incredible popularity to this cocktail all over the world, because in almost every series the characters enjoyed it.

“Sex on the Beach” gained such wild popularity in such a short time, but for various reasons: firstly, it is very tasty, secondly, alcohol is almost not felt in it, thanks to fruits and berries, and thirdly, it is easy to cooking, even at home.

So, to prepare this cocktail, you must follow the recipe:
Vodka - 60 ml
Peach liqueur - 30ml
Cranberry juice - 60ml
Orange juice - 60ml

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake well. Strain the drink, pour into a highball with ice, garnish with an orange slice - and here it is "Sex on the Beach"!

B-52

One of the most famous cocktails! It is impossible to imagine any club party without this drink, which conquered all continents. In the middle of the last century, this tricolor sweetish drink was created in one of the bars in Malibu. The name was given in honor of the American bomber-missile carrier Boeing B-52. There are other versions of the origin of this cocktail, but the version with a bomber is still considered the most real.

It is desirable to cook B-52 in the presence of the guest who ordered it, firstly, in order to impress with your knowledge and skills, and, secondly, you must definitely explain how you need to drink this shot.

Of course, professional bartenders will make this cocktail better, but it is possible at home too.

To cook you will need:
Coffee liqueur (Kahlúa) – 20ml – bottom layer
Then Cream liqueur (Baileys) - 20 ml
And the top layer will be Orange liqueur (Cointreau) – 20ml

The whole difficulty lies in the uniform distribution of drinks - so that they do not mix. Liqueurs should be added along the blade of a knife or the back of a cocktail spoon. This must be done slowly and carefully. When the drink is ready, you can just drink it, or you can set it on fire. In the second case, you need to drink through a straw, lowering it to the lowest layer and very quickly so that the straw does not melt, and instead of the delicious taste of B-52, you do not feel the taste of melted plastic. It is not recommended to abuse the drink, because after 3-4 servings the euphoria may end and severe intoxication may set in.

A legendary cocktail that almost everyone knows or has at least heard of. And, of course, there are a huge number of versions about the origin of the name, and, of course, they are all associated with a girl named Margarita. But, in any case, this chic drink was born in Latin America somewhere in the period 1935-1940. And since then, "Margarita" has been walking the planet and is the favorite drink of millions.

If you tried this cocktail in a restaurant and became a fan of it, you can make it yourself at home.

Classic "Margarita" consists of:
30 ml tequila
30ml lime
15ml orange liqueur
And the constant companion of any cocktail is crushed ice..

All this must be mixed in a shaker, shake everything well and pour into a pre-prepared glass. And the preparation of the glass is as follows - the edges of the glass must be moistened and dipped in salt so that a delicate “crown” appears, then decorate with a slice of lime.

The International Bartending Association recognized this cocktail in 1986, and the cult television series Sex and the City brought it worldwide fame. After all, every evening on the TV screen, charming beauties enjoyed the Cosmopolitan. Today, at almost every party, you can see chic ladies with stylish glasses in their hands. And of course, like any such popular drink, Cosmopolitan has a mysterious origin - there are several versions, and which of them is the most truthful is unknown ... One of the versions - the cocktail was created as an addition (PR - action) to vodka with lemon flavor Absolut Citron. This drink with a mild taste and aroma of cranberries can be tasted not only in bars, but also prepared at home!

We take:
45 ml vodka (preferably with lemon flavor)
15ml Cointreau liqueur
Lime juice 5-7 ml
30ml cranberry juice
ice
We mix everything in a shaker and pour into a glass, which must be cooled in advance - either with pieces of ice, or simply in the refrigerator. Cosmopolitan is usually served without decorations. It is customary to drink it in small sips to feel the soft and original taste.

It appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century in a small town on Liberty Island. Its history is quite prosaic. No one imagined that thanks to a simple chance and ingenuity of a young man, a legendary and beloved cocktail would be born. When the bar ran out of gin, I had to treat the guests to rum, but in order to like the drink, I had to add sugar and lime juice to it. This combination made a splash among the guests, and the world received a new wonderful drink, which was called "Daiquiri"!

The classic recipe for this cocktail looks like this:
White rum - 45ml
Lime juice - 20 ml
Sugar - 5g
Crushed ice about 100g

In a chilled shaker, mix all the ingredients, mix everything very carefully and pour into a cold glass. It's simple, but the taste and effect is amazing!

Now there are a lot of variants of Daiquiri in the world: with banana, strawberry, passion fruit, coffee liqueur, etc. Rum, lime and ... your imagination!

“Por Cuba Libre!” that was the toast that American soldiers made for a free Cuba. In the post-war period, the Americans began to supply this country with bottled syrup of their favorite drink. And the favorite drink of Cubans has always been rum, of which there was a huge amount on the island of Liberty. The Americans mixed two favorite drinks from two different countries, added a little lime - and here it is an exotic drink that very quickly found its fans not only in Cuba, but all over the world. And since toasts to a free Cuba were often heard in bars, the cocktail got its name! And even during the Prohibition period, Cuba Libre not only did not give up its positions, but also became one of the most popular drinks. Now there are many different versions of this cocktail, we offer you a classic recipe.

Take:
White rum - 50 ml
Coca-Cola - 120ml
Lime juice - 10 ml

Fill the glass almost to the top with ice, squeeze a small lime wedge into the glass and leave it between the ice cubes. Pour Cola and rum, decorate with a lime wedge. Everything ingenious is simple!

Such a legendary cocktail cannot have one well-known history of appearance. So, many argue that the cocktail is so named after the ardent Catholic Queen Mary I Tudor of England, because for her brutal reprisals she received the nickname Bloody Mary. Another version is connected by Ernest Hemingway - a lover of strong drinks, when he returned home "at the merry" his wife, whose name was Mary, made scandals for him. The writer experimentally found that the components of Bloody Mary perfectly “remove” the smell of fumes and there is a chance to avoid a scandal ... There were several more people who claimed authorship. And, nevertheless, Fernando Pita Petio is considered to be the official author. Initially, this drink was considered an excellent "anti-hangover" remedy.

In the first official mention of this drink, it was said that it consists of juice and vodka. And Fernando added other components, and the recipe looks like this:
Tomato juice - 150ml
Vodka - 75ml
Lemon juice - 15ml
Salt, pepper, celery sprig.

And if desired, you can add three drops of Tobasco and Worcesters sauces. A cocktail is served in a highball, garnished with celery, and drunk through a straw. There is a version of a “two-tiered” cocktail, when the first layer is red tomato juice, and the second is vodka, but red and black pepper and salt are still added there. This option is very popular in Poland, because outwardly it resembles the flag of the country. In Russia, many people cook this option at home.