Cocktails

Cocktails

Any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, such as vermouth, fruit juices, sweet flavorings, or even coffee, and usually chilled.

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Champagne Cocktail

Beverages; Cocktails

A champagne cocktail is a cocktail composed of sugar, Angostura bitters, champagne and a maraschino cherry as a garnish.

Bull Shot

Beverages; Cocktails

The Bull Shot is a variation of the Bloody Mary cocktail. It is composed of vodka, lemon juice and beef bouillon instead of tomato juice as used in a Bloody Mary.

Buck’s Fizz

Beverages; Cocktails

Buck’s Fizz is a cocktail composed of orange juice and champagne. It was first served in 1921 at the London Buck’s Club, from which the cocktail gained its name.

Bloody Mary

Beverages; Cocktails

The Bloody Mary is a cocktail composed of vodka, tomato juice and lemon juice, served with a garnish of celery and lemon. It has been called the “world’s most complex cocktail” since the cocktail ...

Bellini

Beverages; Cocktails

The Bellini is a cocktail composed of sparkling wine (usually Prosecco) and fresh peach purée. The cocktail originated in Venice, Italy sometime in the 1930s or 1940s and remains very popular in ...

long drink

Beverages; Cocktails

A long drink, or tall drink, is an alcoholic mixed drink with a relatively large volume. Today this kind of beverage is gaining popularity as over the past two decades long cocktails were less ...

Whiskey Sour

Beverages; Cocktails

The Whiskey Sour is a cocktail composed of Bourbon whiskey, lemon juice, gomme syrup and sometimes a dash of egg white. The oldest reference to the Whiskey Sour dates to 1870 and is thought to be a ...