Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz (45ml) Citrus Vodka
- ¾ oz (20ml) Lemon juice
- 1 or 2 teaspoons caster sugar depending on how sweet you like it
- Optional - 1/4 oz Triple Sec (Cointreau)
- Garnish - Lemon twist or wheel
Instructions:
- Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake very hard over ice. The extra effort is needed to dissolve the sugar which struggles to mix with the ice water. IMO sugar makes a better tasting drink over simple syrup in this particular case, but do whatever you prefer.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
- Garnish with lemon twist or wheel
Source: Adapted from various and The cocktail spirit with Robert Hess
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Ingredients:
- 2 oz (60ml) Vodka.
- ½ oz (15ml) lime
- 4-6oz (120-180ml) Ginger Beer
- Garnish - Lime wheel
Instructions:
- Fill a Collins glass with ice
- Add vodka and lime juice directly to the glass
- Add ginger beer and give a slight stir
- Garnish with a lime wheel or wedge
A note about the copper mug
Using a copper mug for
this drink dates back to when it was created in 1946, where friends with
failing businesses combined their products to create the first popular
vodka cocktail. You're not missing out if you don't have a mug, though.
Like the Mint Julep, it's traditional to use one but won't effect the
drink if you don't.
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Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz (45ml) Citrus Vodka.
- 1 oz (30ml) Cranberry Juice
- 1/2 oz (15ml) Triple Sec
- 1/4 oz (7.5ml) Fresh Lime Juice
- Garnish - Lime/Lemon wheel or twist.
Instructions:
- Shake all ingredients over ice
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
- Garnish with a Lime/Lemon wheel or twist.
Source: The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess
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