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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Rose

Beverages; Cocktails

The Rose is a cocktail composed of dry vermouth, Kirsch and cherry brandy.

Rob Roy

Beverages; Cocktails

The Rob Roy is a cocktail composed of Scotch whiskey, sweet vermouth and Angostura bitters. It was created in 1894 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City and is very similar to a Manhattan cocktail, ...

Paradise

Beverages; Cocktails

The Paradise is a cocktail composed of gin, apricot brandy and orange juice. The cocktail was first described by Harry Craddock, an employee and cocktail creator at the Savoy Hotel, London, who had ...

Old Fashioned

Beverages; Cocktails

The Old Fashioned is a cocktail composed of bourbon, scotch or rye whiskey, sugar, Angostura bitters and water. The drink is served in a tumbler-like glass, called an old fashioned glass, which was ...

Negroni

Beverages; Cocktails

The Negroni cocktail is a cocktail composed of gin, sweet red vermouth and Campari. The drink was most likely created in Florence, Italy in 1919, as a variation of the Americano cocktail and used gin ...

Martini (Vodka)

Beverages; Cocktails

A vokda martini is a variation of the martini cocktail and is composed of vodka and vermouth. A regular martini is made with gin as its base rather than vodka, and the beverage was made famous by ...

Martini (Sweet)

Beverages; Cocktails

A sweet martini is a cocktail composed of gin and sweet vermouth. This differs from a regular martini, since the regular version uses only dry vermouth.