Ward Eight Cocktail

Ward Eight is a classic bourbon sour with a hint of grenadine. Garnish with an orange and cherry flag by skewering both fruits on a cocktail pick. It's assumed that the Ward Eight was created at Locke-Ober in Boston sometime in the year 1898. One of my favorite bourbons for this cocktail is Woodford Reserve as it adds a subtle, smoky sweetness that pairs nicely with the sweet grenadine.

Ingredients:
2 oz bourbon
dash of grenadine
sour mix
orange slice for garnish
maraschino cherry for garnish

Method:
Pour the bourbon and grenadine into a collins glass filled with ice.
Fill with sour mix.
Shake by placing a tin over the glass, giving a couple of good shakes.
Garnish with a cherry and orange slice flag.

By Colleen Graham, About.com

Vodka Mint Cocktail

Ingredients :
6 ounces frozen limeade
6 ounces vodka
17 mint leaves

Method :
1. Combine limeade, vodka, and mint leaves with enough ice to fill blender.
2. Blend at highest speed until slushy. Pour into cocktail glasses.
3. Top with thin slices of lime and mint leaves.

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Peach Mimosa Cocktail

A sweet twist on the classic brunch favorite.

Ingredients :
1 ounce peach schnapps
Orange juice
Champagne

Method :
1. Pour peach schnapps into a champagne flute.
2. Add enough orange juice to fill half of the glass.
3. Top with champagne.

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Pineapple Mai Tai

ingredients:
1 ounce light rum
1/2 ounce triple sec
1/4 ounce lime juice
1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice
1 1/2 ounces orange juice
1 dash of Grenadine
1/2 ounce dark rum
maraschino cherry for garnish

method:
Pour all the ingredients except the dark rum into a shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into an old-fashioned glass half filled with ice.
Top with the dark rum.
Garnish with the cherry.

Source: By Colleen Graham, About.com

The Original Mai Tai

Mai Tai translates from Tahitian to mean "Out of this World." A fitting description for this cocktail. The Mai Tai came to light in 1944 in Oakland's Trader Vic's. There Victor Bergron, one of the founders of the tiki bar, put together this great drink that deserves to feature the best rum you can get your hands on. Over the years the recipe has changed greatly, disguising the rum under layers of fruit. The first recipe is Bergron's original recipe, the second, one of the many newer versions.

ingredients:
1 oz light rum
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz orange curacao
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
1 oz dark rum
maraschino cherry for garnish

method:
Pour all the ingredients except the dark rum into a shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into an old-fashioned glass half filled with ice.
Top with the dark rum.
Garnish with the cherry.

Source: By Colleen Graham, About.com

Long Island Iced Tea Recipe

This is a classic mixed drink that should be in everyone's drink repertoire. An easy way to remember how to make a Long Island is to think of a small shot of 5 white spirits (gin, tequila, light rum, vodka, triple sec), shot of sour mix, fill with cola. It's really easy if you break it down, but it is also just as easy to drink too many. The 1970's credit for this potent and alluring concoction could go to Robert Bott, a bartender from Long Island, or to Charles Bishop, a 1930's moonshiner in (then dry) Tennessee. Or was it T.G.I. Friday's? The LIIT has also inspired many variations which are below the recipe.

ingredients
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz light rum
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz tequila
1 oz sour mix cola
lemon wedge for garnish

Method
Pour the spirits and sour mix into a collins glass with ice.
Stir well or shake with tin over top of the glass.
Top the glass off with cola.
Garnish with the lemon wedge.

variations
Long Beach Iced Tea – cranberry juice
Miami Iced Tea – cranberry juice, lemon-lime soda, peach schnapps for tequila
Electric Iced Tea – blue curacao and lemon lime soda
Hawaiian Iced Tea – pineapple juice Raspberry
Long Island Iced Tea – raspberry vodka and rum (possible with any infused spirits)
Texas Tea – add bourbon
Touchdown Tea – Gatorade for sour mix

Source: By Colleen Graham, About.com