1. Mojito (The drink is also spelled Mohito and Moxito in certain cultural areas of Cuba).

A Mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime,
sparkling water and mint. The original Cuban recipe uses spearmint or yerba buena, a mint variety very
popular in the island.

Method:- When preparing a Mojito, lime juice is added to sugar (or syrup) and mint leaves. The mixture
is then gently mashed with a muddler. The mint leaves should only be bruised to release the essential
oils and should not be shredded.[5] Then rum is added and the mixture is briefly stirred to dissolve the
sugar and to lift the mint sprigs up from the bottom for better presentation. Finally, the drink is topped
with ice cubes and sparkling water. Mint leaves and lime wedges are used to garnish the glass

Primary alcohol by volume Rum

Served On the rocks; poured over ice

Standard garnish sprig of mint (hierba buena in the original recipe)

Standard drinkware

Collins glass
IBA specified ingredients*

 4.0 cl White Rum

 3.0 cl Fresh lime juice
 3 sprigs of Mint
 2 teaspoons Sugar
 Soda Water

Variations
 Many hotels in Havana also add Angostura bitters to cut the sweetness of the Mojito;
while icing sugar is often muddled with the mint leaves rather than cane sugar, and many
establishments simply use sugar syrup to control sweetness.
 Fruit-flavoured vodkas or rums, such as mango, strawberry, lychee or mandarin, are often
substituted.
 A Mexican Mojito uses the Mexican native tequila instead of rum as a primary alcohol,
and simple syrup instead of sugar for a sweetener.
 A "Dirty Mojito" uses spiced rum, brown sugar syrup, key limes, crushed mint, and soda.
 A Mojito without alcohol is called a "Virgin Mojito" or "Nojito.
 An "Apple Mojito" uses apple-flavoured liqueur as well as rum.

2. BLOODY MARY
A Bloody Mary is a popular cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or
flavorings such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consomme or bouillon, horseradish,
celery, olive, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, and celery salt.

Primary alcohol by volume Vodka

Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish Celery stalk or dill pickle spear
Standard drinkware

Highball glass

IBA specified ingredients*

 4.5 cl (3 parts) Vodka

 9.0 cl (6 parts) Tomato juice
 1.5 cl (1 part) Lemon juice

Ingredients

 1 oz. to 1½ oz. (30-45 ml) vodka in a highball glass filled with ice.
 Fill glass with tomato juice
 1 dash celery salt
 1 dash ground black pepper
 1 dash Tabasco sauce
 2-4 dashes of Lea & Perrin's Worcestershire sauce
 1/8 tsp. horseradish (pure, never creamed)
 Dash of lemon or lime juice
 Garnish with celery stalk.

Preparation Add dashes of Worcestershire Sauce, Tabasco, salt and pepper into highball glass,
then pour all ingredients into highball with ice cubes. Stir gently. Garnish with Celery Salt and
lemon wedge (optional).

VARIATIONS:-

Flaming Bloody Mary 

A small amount of 151 rum is floated on top and a string hangs outside the glass and is
ignited for a cold weather drink.
Flaming, Frozen Bloody Mary 
A frozen Bloody Mary is topped with 151 rum and ignited. Also called "Bloody Fire and
Ice". A ceramic mug is used to avoid shattered glass.
Red Hammer 
Through the 1950s in the Northeastern U.S., while vodka was scarce, gin instead of
vodka was known as a Bloody Mary; once vodka became readily available in those
regions, the traditional vodka-based Bloody Mary was known as a Red Hammer for a
time.
Ruddy Mary 
Gin replacing vodka.
Bloody Molly 
 Irish whiskey replacing vodka.

Bloody Murder 
Gin replacing vodka, black vinegar replacing Worcestershire sauce, wasabi sauce
replacing horseradish, served with a cherry tomato pierced with a plastic sword stirrer
Bloody Bishop 
Sherry in equal measure to vodka
Bloody Cab
Cabernet Sauvignon replacing/in addition to the vodka.
Bloody Fairy, Red Fairy 
Absinthe replacing the vodka.
Bloody Geisha, Bloody Ninja 
Sake replacing vodka.
Bloody Maria 
Tequila replacing vodka.

3. COSMOPOLITAN

A cosmopolitan is a cocktail made with vodka, Triple Sec, cranberry juice, and fresh-squeezed lime juice
or sweetened lime juice. Informally, it is referred to as a Cosmo.

Primary alcohol by volume Vodka

Served Straight up; without ice
Standard garnish Lemon slice, lime wedge
Standard drinkware

Cocktail glass
IBA specified ingredients*
  4.0 cl Vodka Citron
 1.5 cl Cointreau
 1.5 cl Fresh Lime juice
 3.0 cl Cranberry juice

Preparation Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and double strain
into large cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wheel. Notes The drink should be a frothy bright pink
colour.

Variations
 One variation is to squeeze a lime wedge into the chilled cocktail glass instead of
including it with the ingredients to be shaken.
 The original non-IBA versions used Rose's lime cordial instead of fresh lime juice, and
Triple Sec instead of Cointreau, and uses different proportions
 A blue cosmopolitan may be made by using white cranberry juice instead of standard red
juice, and blue curaçao in place of the triple sec.
 A Cosmocello substitutes limoncello for the lime juice.
 Another variation calls for stirring in a mixing glass, instead of shaking.

4. MARGARITAS

The margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila mixed with triple sec and lime or lemon juice, often
served with salt on the glass rim. It is the most common tequila-based cocktail in the United States. The
drink is usually served shaken with ice, on the rocks, blended with ice (frozen margarita) or without ice
(straight up). All three methods are frequently served with salt or sugar on the rim of the glass which is
optional.

Variations
Common ratios for a margarita are

 2:1:1 = (50% tequila, 25% Triple Sec, 25% fresh lime or lemon juice)
 3:2:1 = (50% tequila, 33% Triple Sec, 17% fresh lime or lemon juice)
 3:1:1 = (60% tequila, 20% Triple Sec, 20% fresh lime or lemon juice)
 6:3:1 = (60% tequila, 30% Triple Sec, 10% fresh lime or lemon juice)
 1:1:1 = (33% tequila, 33% Triple Sec, 33% fresh lime or lemon juice)

although the IBA (IBA Official list of Cocktails) standard is

 7:4:3 = (50% tequila, 29% Triple Sec, 21% fresh lime or lemon juice)
Margaritas often contain an additional sweetener, such as simple syrup or plain sugar,
alternatively the margarita can be made with bottled lime juice, with frozen limeade, or sour mix
(each of which contains sugar). Margaritas can also be made with muddled or blended fruits like
lime, lemon, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, orange, mango or blueberries.

Margaritas come in a variety of flavors and colors.

5. CAIPIROSKA

Caipiroska is a form of Caipirinha prepared with vodka instead of the usual cachaça. It is a popular
cocktail in Brazil. It is also commonly known as a Caipivodka and is generally referred to as such in clubs
and bars in Brazil. It has grown in popularity in recent years as access to international vodkas continues
to diversify in Brazil.

 2 oz. Vodka (as with many sour-type mixed drinks, the brand is not critically important)
 1/2 lime, cut into wedges
  1 teaspoon white sugar
 1 teaspoon raw or turbinado sugar
 Crushed ice
 Use an old fashioned or highball glass.

RECIPE

Squeeze juice from lime wedges into the glass. Place one of the lime wedges into the glass and
add sugars. Muddle sugar with lime wedge. Be careful not to overdo the muddling of the lime
rind as it may introduce too much of the essential oils from the lime and make the drink too
bitter. Pour in vodka and stir well until the sugar is dissolved. Add crushed ice and stir to melt
some of the ice. Garnish with lime slice or wedge and serve. Some mixologists advocate placing
all of the lime wedges into the glass without squeezing them, adding the sugar and muddling the
lime wedges and sugar together well to release the juice and essential oils from the limes.
Another variation is to use either all white sugar, or all raw or turbinado sugar. Using all white
sugar will result in a clearer drink, while using raw or turbinado sugar will result in a more or
less tan-color drink.

6. DAIQUIRI

Daiquiri 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 in
the El Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba.

Primary alcohol by volume Rum

Served Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware

Cocktail glass

IBA specified ingredients*

 4.5cl (9 parts) White rum

 2cl (4 parts) lime juice
 0.5cl (1 part) Gomme syrup

Preparation Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain in chilled
cocktail glass.
Variations
 Daiquirí Floridita – with maraschino liqueur, created by Constantino Ribalaigua Vert at
El Floridita.
 Hemingway Daiquirí, or Papa Doble – two and a half jiggers of Bacardi White Label,
juice of two limes and half a grapefruit, six drops of maraschino liqueur, served frozen.
 Frozen daiquirí - A wide variety of alcoholic mixed drinks made with finely pulverized ice are
often called frozen daiquiris. These drinks can also be combined and poured into a blender
eliminating the need for manual pulverization. Such drinks are often commercially made in
machines which produce a texture similar to a smoothie, and come in a wide variety of flavors
made with various alcohol or liquors. Another way to create a frozen daiquiri (mostly fruit-
flavored variants) is by using frozen limeade, providing the required texture, sweetness and
sourness all at once

7. Caipirinha
Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most
common distilled alcoholic beverage. While both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived
products, most rum is made from molasses. Specifically with cachaça, the alcohol results from the
fermentation of sugarcane juice that is afterwards distilled.
Primary alcohol by volume Cachaça
Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish lime
Standard drinkware

Old fashioned glass

Commonly used ingredients

 5.0 cl (1⅔ fl oz) cachaça

 ½ Lime cut into 4 wedges (or tahiti lime, but not green lemon)
 2 teaspoons crystal or refined sugar

Preparation Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients
together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the
Cachaça.

Variations
 Most variations of the caipirinha arise from the unavailability of some ingredient, such as
the Caipivodka, (also known as Caipiroska or Caipiroshka) in which vodka substitutes for
cachaça.

 The Caipiroska Negra, Black Caipiroshka or Caipiblack is made with black vodka instead
of cachaça.
  Caipirissima is a caipirinha made with rum instead of cachaça; the word was coined for
an advertisement for a popular rum brand in the late '70s, and it is not widely employed.

 Caipirão is a typical variation from Portugal. It's made using the typical Portuguese
liqueur Licor Beirão instead of cachaça.

 CaipirItaly is a variation from Italy. It's made using Campari instead of cachaça.

 Sakerinha is a version made with sake.

 The term caipirinha is sometimes used to describe any cachaça and fruit juice drink (e.g.
a "Passionfruit Caipirinha"), although the technical term for these types of drinks is
batida.

 Caipifruta is a very popular caipirinha drink in Brazil, consisting of cachaça, crushed

fresh fruits (either singly or in combination), sometimes condensed milk and crushed ice.
The most popular fresh fruits used to create Caipifrutas are tangerine, lime, kiwi fruit,
passion fruit, pineapple, lemon, grapes, mango, cajá, and caju (cashew fruit)

8. PINA COLADA
The piña colada (Spanish, strained pineapple: piña, pineapple + colada, strained) is a sweet, rum-based
cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken
with ice. It may be garnished with a pineapple wedge or a maraschino cherry. The piña colada has been
the official beverage of Puerto Rico since 1978.
Primary alcohol by volume Rum

Served Blended with ice (frozen style)

Standard garnish pineapple slice and maraschino cherry

Standard drinkware goblet, hurricane, tiki, or pint

IBA specified ingredients*

 3cl (one part) white rum

 3cl (one part) cream of coconut
 9cl (3 parts) pineapple juice

Preparation Mix with crushed ice until smooth. Pour into chilled glass, garnish and serve

Variations
 Virgin piña colada or piñita colada — without the rum
 Chi Chi — vodka substituted for rum
 Miami Vice — 1/2 strawberry daiquiri poured over 1/2 piña colada (use frozen versions of
each, and do not blend together)
 Lava Flow — strawberry daiquiri and piña colada blended together[3]
 Amaretto colada — amaretto substituted for rum[4]
 Belizean piña colada — evaporated milk (pet milk) instead of coconut cream
 Staten Island Ferry — coconut rum and pineapple juice over ice
 Iguana Colada - piña colada with midori

9. WHISKY SOUR

The whiskey sour is a well-known mixed drink containing Bourbon whiskey, lemon juice,
sugar, and optionally, a dash of egg white to make it a Boston Sour. It is shaken and served
either straight or over ice.The traditional garnish is half an orange slice and a maraschino
cherry

Primary alcohol by volume Whiskey

Served shaken
Standard garnish sugared glass, lemon rind
Standard drinkware old fashioned glass or cobbler

IBA specified ingredients*

 4.5 cl (3 parts) Bourbon whiskey

 3.0 cl (2 parts) fresh lemon juice
 1.5 cl (1 part) Gomme syrup
 dash egg white (optional)

Preparation Shake with ice. Strain into ice-filled old-fashioned glass to serve "on the rocks."

10. LONG ISLAND ICE TEA

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 1½ parts sour mix and a
splash of cola. Most variants use equal parts of the main liquors but include a smaller amount of triple
sec (or other orange-flavored liqueur). Close variants often replace the sour mix with sweet and sour mix
or with lemon juice, the cola with actual iced tea, or add white creme de menthe; however, most
variants do not include any tea, despite the name of the drink. Some restaurants substitute brandy for
the tequila. A true Long Island Iced Tea, as it was originally made, has always had tequila.

Primary alcohol by volume Gin Tequila Vodka Rum

Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish lemon slice
Standard drinkware

Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients*

 1.5 cl (three parts) Vodka

 1.5 cl (three parts) Tequila
 1.5 cl (three parts) White Rum
 1.5 cl (three parts) Triple Sec
 1.5 cl (three parts) Gin
 2.5 cl (five parts) Lemon juice
 3.0 cl (six parts) Gomme Syrup
 Splash of Coke

Preparation Mix ingredients in glass over ice, stir, garnish and serve.

VARIATION

A. The Peach Long Island is a popular variation of the traditional long island with
the tequila omitted for peach schnapps.

B. The Jersey Tea is a similar variant of the long island, with the cola substituted
with a shot of Jaegermeister

C. The Pittsburgh Tea is a lesser known variant of the long island that substitutes
tequila with Wild Turkey

D. The Long Beach Iced Tea is the same as a Long Island but substitutes cranberry
juice for the soda.

E. The Tokyo Iced Tea substitutes Midori liqueur for the tequila, and lemonade for
the cola
11. Sex on the Beach

Sex on the Beach is a cocktail that has many variations. There are two general types:

 The first type is made from vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice.
This is an International Bartenders Association Official Cocktail.

 The second type is made from vodka, Chambord, Midori Melon Liqueur, pineapple juice,
and cranberry juice. This type is mixed by TGI Friday's and is listed in the Mr. Boston
Official Bartender's Guide.

The ingredients are shaken together with ice in a shaker and are served in a highball glass.
Sometimes they are mixed in smaller amounts and served as a shooter.

Primary alcohol by volume Vodka

Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish orange slice
Standard drinkware

Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients*

 2 parts (4.0 cl) Vodka

 1 parts (2.0 cl) Peach Schnapps
 2 parts (4.0 cl) Orange juice
 2 parts (4.0 cl) Cranberry juice

Preparation Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with orange slice.

Variations
 Hard Rock Cafe's recipe is based on the second form, calling for vodka, Midori,
Chambord, lemon juice, pineapple juice and sugar syrup, shaken and strained over ice
into a collins glass
 A "Modern Sex on the Beach" replaces orange juice with pineapple juice in the first
recipe
 Other variations use both orange juice and pineapple juice
 Coconut rum is often substituted for the vodka
 Grenadine is sometimes used in place of cranberry juice, especially in locales where
cranberry juice is hard to come by
 Amaretto is sometimes added for extra flavor
 Sex on the Beach is often made as a Shooter by using half Vodka, half Peach Schnapps
and a bit of Grenadine
 The alcohol-free variation is sometimes referred to as "Safe Sex on the Beach", "Dry
Humping on the Beach" or "Virgins on the Beach".