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Looking for a little Vitamin C? The orange juice in a Screwdriver makes this cocktail one of the best brunch picks. It’s a favorite mixed drink that is very easy to make and a nice, refreshing highball for summer. Make your Screwdriver even better with fresh squeezed orange juice.
Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
5 oz orange juice
Preparation:
Build the ingredients in a collins glass with ice.
Stir well.
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One of the most popular cocktails, a Sex on the Beach is a delicious fruity drink that almost anyone will like. It’s a great tropical highball that is wonderful on hot summer nights or afternoons at the beach. Beginning bartenders should place Sex on the Beach on their list of drinks to know.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz vodka
3/4 oz peach schnapps
1/2 oz creme de cassis
2 oz orange juice
2 oz cranberry juice
orange slice for garnish
maraschino cherry for garnish
Preparation:
Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into a highball glass.
Garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.
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The Mojito has risen in the ranks to become of the most popular cocktails. It originated in Cuba, was second to the Daiquiri on Ernest Hemmingway’s list of favorite cocktails and, since the 1980’s, has become one of the more fashionable tropical cocktails. It’s very simple, using mint and lime to accent the rum. Choose a premium rum like Cruzan, Appleton or Mount Gay for a spectacular Mojito.
Ingredients:
2 tsp sugar
6-8 mint leaves
club soda
1 lime, halved
2 oz light rum
mint sprig for garnish
Preparation:
Place the sugar, the mint leaves, and a little club soda into a highball glass.
Muddle well to dissolve the sugar and to release the mint flavor.
Squeeze the juice from both halves of the lime into the glass.
Drop one half of the lime into the glass.
Add the rum.
Stir well.
Fill the glass with ice cubes.
Add the rest of the club soda.
Garnish with the mint sprig.
- http://cocktails.about.com/od/atozcocktailrecipes/r/mjto_cktl.htm
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